Weymouth In Old Postcards and Photographs
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Cartes
de Visite - click on an image
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The
Carte de Visite, or CDV/CdV, was a type of small photograph patented
in Paris by photographer Andre Adolph Eugene Disdéri in 1854, although
first used by Louis Dodero. It was made of a thin paper photograph mounted
on a thicker paper card known as an albumen print. The size of a carte
de visite is 54.0 mm (2.125 in) × 89 mm (3.5 in) and is mounted on a
card sized 64 mm (2.5 in) × 100 mm (4 in). In 1854, Disdéri had also
patented a method of taking eight separate negatives on a single plate,
which reduced production costs. The Carte de Visite was slow to gain
widespead use until 1859, when Disdéri published Emperor Napoleon III's
photos in this format. The CDV became an immediate success, collecting
them became extremely popular and was known as "cardomania" and becomin
a worldwide craze and were traded much as Cigarette cards once were.
The immense popularity of these card photographs led to the publication
and collection of photographs of prominent persons. Albums for the collection
and display of cards became popular with the Victorians. In the 1870s,
cartes de visite were replaced by "cabinet cards," which were larger
albumen prints still mounted on cardboard backs of 110 mm (4.5 in) by
170 mm (6.5 in). These larger Cabinet cards remained popular into the
early 20th century until the introduction and wider use of cameras by
the public.
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Click
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to a site dealing with the fascinating world of Cartes de Visites
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The
Esplanade
looking North circa 1890 |
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The
Esplanade
looking North circa 1890 |
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View
from The Nothe
looking North circa 1890 |
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The
Esplanade looking South |
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The
Esplanade looking North
circa 1895 |
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