Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
A woman in a dark high-collared dress sits with two young children in an ornate armchair. The young boy wears a dark suit and a broad collar – the infant, a white gown. Taken at Thor Fotograph in Bergen, Norway. From the Marie Morris collection. Courtesy photo.
Last week readers of Archival Anecdotes learned a little about the cabinet cards of the late 19th century, but we just barely scratched the surface. These 6.25-by-9.5 inch debuted in 1868; the smaller carte de visite had been invented in France in 1854. Considering this was just 18 years after the invention of the postage stamp, it was only natural that people would send photographs to their fr...
