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Pre-photographic

Photomechanical

Photographic

Printing-Out
Carbon
Iron-Based
Silver Gelatin (B&W)
Chromogenic Color
Instant
Dye Imbibition
Silver-Dye Bleach
Albumen
Salt Print
Gelatin POP
Collodion POP
Matte Collodion
Cyanotype
Platinum Print

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Notes on this view:

This commercial studio portrait is commonly known as a carte de visite (cdv). It is of the full-figure variety popular in the 1860s. It consists of a print mounted to a thicker paper card. The card has square corners and two bronze ink lines surrounding the print.