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...
How do I know if a photograph is a Daguerreotype, an ambrotype or another type of photograph altogether? GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPH TYPES (listed alphabetically) INDEX OF TYPES COVERED HERE (Details follow): Albumen...
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. ...