In vintage photography the most misused terms are CDV and cabinet card photos. A CDV is always approximately 2.5 by 4" by its very nature from its name, Carte de Visite, meaning visiting card and thus the...
What is a cdv photo? Those three letters are an acronym for the French carte de visite or visiting card. This style of antique photography took over in popularity from the daguerreotype or ambrotype of the...
Every antique American photograph is a fascinating piece of our history, an image of long-lost people, places and things, miraculously surviving into the present day. Searching eBay's offerings, you might find...
Antique photography opens a door to the past and gives us a glimpse into the lives of people who walked the earth before we did. There are as many reasons to collect the different varieties of antique photos...
TAX STAMPS ON ANTIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY You've seen them on the occasional carte de visite cdv image or tintype or even ambrotype or daguerreotype. They look like postage stamps. They may have initials scrawled on...
Why do they have pink cheeks? Although most antique photographs are found in black white, occaisonally you may find a cdv , tintype , or ambrotype with applied coloration. The sitter's cheeks might be tinted a...
Preserve those ambrotypes , daguerreotypes , cabinet cards ,tintypes , and cdv images for the next 150 years! These photographs have survived many years of storage and handling. But images are delicate, and...
If you are looking to buy a geiger counter, you should check on what you're bidding on.There are many 'yellow boxes' that are not geiger counters. They are the well know CD-715 and up, Ionization chambers that...
There are many factors to consider when purchasing a Geiger counter. Some are very sensitive and will detect radiation in food or water, and some only the radiation from a nuclear blast. There are many sellers...
What is the Art cdv card? You may have noticed carte de visite images that are not photographs at all, but reproductions of paintings or drawings or engravings. Some may have a poem, or an emotional title....
