Figure 1.--This high school portrait here is an 8x10 inch mount, a popular size for school portraits. The card was plain, but notice the embossed framing. The name of the studio was stamped on mount. Unlike 19th century caninet mounts, made o order studio mounts were relatively rare. We do see some woth thee studio informatiion impressed. This mount was grey. Brownish shades were also popular. Here we see the James Campbell High School in Baltimore, Maryland.

We begin to see fewer cabinet cards in the 1910s, but they continues to be an important photographic type. There were many other format by the 1910s. We see studio portraits in paper frames, postcard back photographs, and countless snapshots. We begin to see some more decorative mounts, but many were still vry plain. This was very different than the rather plain cabinet of the 19th century and 1900s decade. We believe all these different styles was part of the studio effort to continue to appeal to the client niw that amateur photography was within the range of the average consumer. We see framing emerging as an important element in the cards. The framing was done in different ways. Embossing was particularly important in the decoration. We also see larger cards than were common in the 19th century, another eggort to maintain popularity. . We see new colors moving away from the cream and olive- grey colors popular in the 1900s decade.

1910

Here we have a large 8x10 inmch cabinet card with a fanily portrait--the George White family in 1910. The names of the chidren are written on the back of the card. There is no studio information on the front or back. But in this case there is information about the White family written on the back. The card was used as a kind of Christmas card.

1915

This high school portrait here is an 8x10 inch mount, a popular size for school portraits (figure 1). Individual portraits were not yet common. The card was plain, but notice the embossed framing. The name of the studio was stamped on mount. Unlike 19th century caninet mounts, made o order studio mounts were relatively rare. We do see some woth thee studio informatiion impressed. This mount was grey. Brownish shades were also popular. Here we see the James Campbell High School in Baltimore, Maryland.

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