Figure 1.-- Another example is Ralph Cope (figure 1). Here the the date was apparently written after the portrait was taken and a family member dated it at about 1888, apparentlky using Ralph's age as a guide.

We have found numerous serrated / pinked cabinet cards from the late-1880s. So far the earliest cabinent card we have found is dated 1888. We are not sure why these serrated /pinked cards were introduced at this time. As far as we can see, this typr of edging was entirely decorarive. he serrated-edge card from Blue Earth City, Minnesota was dated 1888. Another example is Ralph Cope (figure 1). Here the the date was apparently written after the portrait was taken and a family member dated it at about 1888, apparentlky using Ralph's age as a guide. We note an unidentified girl from Peterborough, New Hampshire dated 1889 on the previous page. She has short hair and wears a stylish dress. On the previous page we see a boy nammed Harry from Dubuque (presumably Iowa) photographed in 1889. He wears a kneepants suit with Norfolk styling.

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