The WHITE BORDER ERA (1915-1930)
The White Border Era followed the golden age that produced those gorgeous German and England printed postcards and brought an end to the postcard craze. World War I ended imports from Germany and the German publishing industry did not recover following the end of the war. Publishers in the U.S. began printing postcards to try to fill the void. The cards were very poor quality and many were reprints of earlier Divided Back Era cards. These are distinguished by the white border around the pictured area which was done to save on ink and costs
White Border Postcard-Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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White border cards are generally found used, that is, sent through the mail. White border cards that haven’t been used generally attract a higher price. And white border cards have been somewhat overlooked in the collecting market and are becoming rarer.
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Collecting Photography>Cabinet Card Photos
Cabinet Card-Lady in Fancy Hat
Timeline
Introduced: 1866.
First used for horizontal views, then eventually adapted for portraits.
Peak popularity: 1880s.
Although not uncommon in the 1870s, the cabinet card did not displace the carte de visite completely until the 1880s.
Decline: 1890s.
As snapshot and personal photography became commonplace among the public, the popularity of the cabinet card and cabinet card specific albums waned. Unmounted paper prints and the scrapbook albums started replacing them. A variety of other large card styles of various names and dimensions came about for professional portraits in the 1880s and 1890s. After 1900, card photographs generally had a much larger area surrounding the print quite often with an embossed frame around the image on heavy, gray card stock.
Last Used:
The cabinet card still had a place in public consumption and continued to be produced until the early 1900s and quite a bit longer in Europe. The last cabinet cards were produced in the twenties.
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Cabinet Photo-Red Lake Minnesota
Cabinet photos are 1860-1920 photographs mounted on a card much like the CDV (Carte de visite). CDVs were replaced by the larger Cabinet cards. In the early 1860s, both types of photographs were essentially the same in process and design. Both were most often albumen prints; the primary difference being the cabinet card was larger and usually included extensive logos and information on the reverse side of the card to advertise the photographer’s services. However, later into its popularity, other types of papers began to replace the albumen process. Despite the similarity, the cabinet card format was initially used for landscape views before it was adopted for portraiture.
Some cabinet card images from 1890s have the appearance of a black and white photograph in contrast to the distinctive sepia toning notable in the albumen print process. These photographs have a neutral image tone and were most likely produced on a matte collodion, gelatin or gelatin bromide paper. A true black and white image on a cabinet card is likely to have been produced in the 1890s or after 1900. The last cabinet cards were produced in the twenties, even as late as 1924.
Cabinet photos are very collectible both for the subject and for the imprinted photo company names often found in decorative script on the back of the cardboard. Especially prized are good examples of fashion dresses and men’s suits, family units, and common objects often found in the photos.
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