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Originally Posted by 1880nonsports
Neat photo. Gary about your last comment - do you think that in terms of a chronology in general that things like the photographers attribution/back stamps became more elaborate just as the mounts would become more embellished? It would seem that way to me. I had studied cabinet mounts a little when I collected images of women ballplayers but moved on before I got to the next class dealing with the studios and such.......
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Actually, the backmarks tend to get more elaborate and larger as you get later in the 19th century.
The card itself is also a key indicator of era. Civil War era cards are on thinner stock, with square (vs. rounded) corners.
Scott