Figure 1.-- We note brown mounts in the 1880s and 90s, but are not yet sure of the chronology, we think they first appeared in the 1880s. The bbrown here was dated 1891. It is unusual because American cabinet cards usually indicated the state. |
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The color of the mounts varied widely. Ceratain colors were popular on a chronological basis and can be used to help date the poertrait. The first cards which appeared in the mid-1860s were white and rather light weight. This continued until about 1880. About 1880 you begin to see cards with face and back of different colors. This was common until about 1890. We note black mounts in the 1890s, but are not yet sure of the chronology, we think they first appeared in the 1880s. About 1882 you begin to see buff faces, matte finished, with a back of creamy yellow, glossy. This was popular until about 1888. On the previous page we see an 1897 card done in what looks like an ivory color. We have just begun to collect information here, but hope over time to compile a useful chronology here. Hopefully HBC readers with photographic collections will add their insights here.
The color of the mounts varied widely. Ceratain colors were popular on a chronological basis and can be used to help date the poertrait.
We note black mounts in the 1890s, but are not yet sure of the chronology, we think they first appeared in the 1880s. The black card here was dated 1891 .
We have seen blue cards from Germany, but this color does not seem to have been very popular in America. We are not yet sure about the chronology. We have noted dark blue cards in America, but not very many. It was one of several dark colors often done with gold lettering. We think the chronology of all these dark colors were similar. They seem to have been most populsr in the 1880s.
We note dark brown mounts in the 1880s and early-90s. They seem to have been fairly common. The ones we have noted are all a dark, chocolate brown. We are not yet sure of the chronology, we think they first appeared in the 1880s. A good example is an American card of the Hale children made in America during 1886. The dark brown card here was dated 1891 (figure 1).
We have seen some green cards. They were all dark green. We are not yet sure of the chronology. We think they were mostly done in the 1880s. We are not yet sure about the 70s, but so not see very many of the dark green cards after the very early-90s. We think all these daek colored cards (blue, brown, burgandy/maroon, and green) all had about the sane chronolgical popularity. The lettering was often done with gold or a gold looking print. Some were done with fancy backs.
Grey comes in many different shades. We do not notice a lot of grey-colored mounts. We do not recall seeing dark grey mounts. We do notice some light-grey mounts around the turn of the 20th cemtury. This seems related to other light-colored mounts that were popular at the time.
We note quite a few ivory-colored mounts in America during the 1890s. We are not yet sure about the chrnology. We do not know where they first appeared. The ivory mounts seem to have been especially common in the 1890s. We note a portrair from Rochester, New York in 1894 with gold printing. On the previous page we see an 1897 card done in what looks like an ivory color with embossed printing. We do not yet have information on other countries..
Marron and similared redish brown shades were a popular color for the card stock. This was one of the dark colors popuar for cabinet cards. We note them in the 1870s and 80s with light colored letters. This seems to ve the time when marron was most common. We hope to eventually estanlish a more precise chronology. Some were done with cold edges and lettering, but we are not sure about the time range of this.
The first cards which appeared in the mid-1860s were white and rather light weight. This continued until about 1880.
We see a number of cabinent cards that look to be uncolored card stock. This was the case for many early CDVs from the 1860s. Cabinent cards, however were commonly done with card stock that hd a color finish. We note the uncolored card stock into the 1880s, but are not yet sure about the 1890s. Presumably this would have been less expdnive card stock for studios attempting to keep the cost od their portraits low.
About 1880 you begin to see cards with face and back of different colors. This was common until about 1890.
About 1882 you begin to see buff faces, matte finished, with a back of creamy yellow, glossy. This was popular until about 1888.
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