Figure 1.- This boy was identified as CBG. His portrait was taken in Rockood, New York in 1894.

We note quite a few ivory-colored mounts and other white shades in America during the 1890s. It seems to have been an especially popular color for mounts in the 1890s. We see more ivory-colored mounts in the 1890s than any other decade. We do not see very many in the 1880s. This is not an entirely fair statement because cabinent cards rapidly went out of fashion after the turn of the 20th century. Thus we see quite a few ivory mounts in the early-1900s, but the number if cabinent cards was very small in comparison to the 1890s when the vast proprtion of portraits were dome as cabinent cards. We don't see actual white mounts, but instead off-white colors like ivory or cream. The ivory mounts seem to have been common throughout the 1890s. We have found quite a number dated in this decade. An ivory-colored card was a portrait of Griff Prather Knapp wearing a Fauntleroy suit in 1891 (figure 1). We note an unidentified portrait from Rochester, New York in 1894 with gold printing (figure 1). The boy wears a sailor suit. On the previous page. we see an 1897 card done in what looks like an ivory color with embossed printing. Another example is a New York boy in 1893.

Decade Trends

We note quite a few ivory-colored mounts and other white shades in America during the 1890s. It seems to have been an especially popular color for mounts in the 1890s. We see more ivory-colored mounts in the 1890s than any other decade. We do not see very many in the 1880s. Surely there must have been sone, but we have not found very many. The dark colors seem much more common. This is not an entirely fair statement because cabinent cards rapidly went out of fashion after the turn of the 20th century. Thus we see quite a few ivory mounts in the early-1900s, but the number if cabinent cards was very small in comparison to the 1890s when the vast proprtion of portraits were dome as cabinent cards. We don't see actual white mounts, but instead off-white colors like ivory or cream.

Specific Years

The ivory mounts seem to have been common throughout the 1890s. We have found quite a number dated in the 1890s. We see the Allen family children in a 1890 Christmas portrait. An ivory-colored card was a portrait of Griff Prather Knapp wearing a Fauntleroy suit in 1891 on the previous page. We note an unidentified portrait from Rochester, New York in 1894 with gold printing. The boy here wass identified as CBG Figure 1). His portrait was taken in Rockood, New York in 1894. The boy wears a sailor suit. On another page we see an unidentified boy in 1897 we see aing a Fauntleroy suit on what looks like an ivory color with embossed printing. Another example is a New York boy in 1893.

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