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Re: cigarette photos

  • From: P3D Bob Wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: cigarette photos
  • Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 14:24:02 -0500

Here's something which came thru another list which I thought
might be of interest here - note that the Library of Congress
calls them "Stereograph" ...

--B.W.

>Sender: History of Photography <PHOTOHST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>From: Steve Knoblock <SEKnoblock@xxxxxxx>
>Subject:      Re: cigarette photos... (Just another 19th C. standard card
>              mounted albumen phot
>To: Multiple recipients of list PHOTOHST <PHOTOHST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Status:   
>
>In a message dated 96-05-10 15:42:00 EDT, you write:
>
>>
>>These are size standards as listed by the Library of Congress with
>>approximate sizes and dates of popularity.
>>I would gladly take corrections or clarifications:
>>
>>CLASSIFICATION OF CARD MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHS
>>Cigarette card,  2-3/4 x2-3/4 in.; 7 x7 cm      1885-1895 & 1909-1917
>>Stereograph card,  3-1/2 x 7in. to 5 x 7in.; 8.5/12.8 x 17.8 cm;
>


 -------- Bob Wier ----- wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----
          Sunday, May 12, 1996  2:23:37 PM
  East Texas State University Computer Science Dept.
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