Figure 1.-- While not very common, we also notice CDVs in cases. The primary way in which CDVs were saved and archives was heavy cardboard pages with slots for the CDVs. Here is a leater case made for a CDV. This is a CDV of a Scottish boy on a wooden rocking horse, mounted into a case. The photo is by Ross & Pringle of 114 George Street, one of the main shopping streets in Edinburg. It dates from 1867-875. The image is loosely mounted into the case. The cover glass is not fixed and lifts out easily.

While not very common, we also notice CDVs in cases. The primary way in which CDVs were saved and archives was heavy cardboard pages with slots for the CDVs. The pages were part of albums. We see ,any images of 19th century individuals and families looking theough these albums. HBC readers have provided us information on some of these anbums which they have collected. We have not found very many CDV cases. We do not think they were very common, but they did exist. Notice how CDV pprtratists at the time did not fully utilize the image space. There are lare areas at the top and bottom of the portrait that are waisted space. This portrait would have been better shot as a horizontal image. One reason for this is that the CDV albums in which they were stored often had oval windows like the frame here.

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