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Edward & Henry T. Anthony
Edward Anthony trained as a civil engineer before turning to photography. He was educated at Columbia University where he studied science. Anthony took an interest in photography from the time it was first introduced to the U.S. in 1839. He studied under one of the pioneers of American photograph, Samuel Morse. Helped by his sound scientific background Anthony soon became an accomplished Daguerreotype photographer.
By 1842 Anthony was [...] Click here to continue reading.
Cabinet Cards
In 1863 the cabinet card photographic image was introduced. This format, in many ways, was similar to its predecessor, the carte de visite, a paper albumen print mounted on card. The principal difference between the two formats was their size. The cabinet card mount measured approximately 6.5 inches by 4.25 inches. The images were slightly smaller measuring approximately 5.5 inches by 4 inches. Sometime in the 1870′s a new larger sized card [...] Click here to continue reading.
Cartes De Visite
The carte de visite, or visiting card as it is loosely translated, truly opened up photography to the masses. It should be noted that carte de visite is frequently abbreviated in catalogs as “CDV”. This photographic version of the visiting card followed the popular trend in fashionable society to leave a calling card after a visit. This new format consisted of small paper albumen prints mounted on card.
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Megalethoscope
A room-sized viewing device, the Megalethoscope was invented circa 1860 by Venetian optician and photographer Carlo Ponti. Up to five feet wide, the device showed travel and other photographs using daylight magnified by a large lens. The views were up to twelve inches in width.
Keystone View Company
Stereographs or views are paired images of two slightly different views. These images are created with a two-lens camera. The lenses are offset at about the same spacing as with the distance between human eyes. The dual-lens camera produces paired-stereographic negatives. Load a stereograph into a stereo viewer and the user can see the paired views as if they were a single photograph. Consequently, the stereoscopically combined photographs transform into a [...] Click here to continue reading.
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