Once CdVs became a popular thing with photographers either buying negatives to make cards to sell, or selling prints by other photographers on their mounts pretty much anyone currently famous at the time was photographed. The format changed over the years, but most anyone who was famous enough to get any press was photographed.
The more interesting photos are occupational, especially ones not posed. Random blacksmiths etc who weren't generally famous or rich enough for pictures, having a picture taken at work is pretty cool.
It's totally different for pictures of someone famous taken well before that fame.
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