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...
Use eBay to enrich your family history (genealogy) without spending a dime... save digital copies of photographs to your computer from photos of postcards and old photographs shown on eBay and use the...
There is generally no such thing as an American Civil War cabinet card photo! Cdv, yes, as well as ambrotype and tintype. Well, yes and no. Actually, famed photographer Matthew Brady started to manufacture...