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Serrated edge mounts provide useful chonological information. Some authors use the term scalloped edges. We think serrated is a more accurate term. We note cards in the 1880s and 1890s that had serrated edges. This was not the most common alternative, but we do see a number of them. We do not yet have the precise chronology of these serrated edge cabinent cards. And the variations in the serrations may help us further identify the chronological range. We note different types of serrated edges. We are not yet sure how common the different serrations were, but they affect the dating.
The serrated edges we have noted so far have four smooth corners, but serration between the corners. I'm not precisely sure why that was done. So far the cabinent cards we have found with serrated edges date from 1888-95. Our sample is very small, so presumably the chronological range is wider. The serrated-edge card from Blue Earth City, Minnesota on the previous page was dated 1888. We note another serrated card of two boys in 1893. The card here from Mondovi, Wisconsin was tken in 1895 (figure 1). As we acquire additional datedcards we will refine our dating.
We notice some cabinent cards with corner serration and the rest of the card with smooth edges. This seems to be less common than the cards with serration and smooh corners. The corner serration as far as we can tellis a 1890s format, but our sample is still too limited for any definitive dating.
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