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• Ellen Clapsaddle Postcards
• by tjsales-collectibles( 12583)
• Ellen was born January 8, 1865 in South Columbia, New York, about 200 miles from New York City. She was shy and delicate and loved to draw and illustrate. Her young life was very uneventful but filled with her... 

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  Clapsaddle | Artist | Postcard | PC

• 19 of 20 people found this guide helpful

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• Short History of Victorian Calling Cards
• by tjsales-collectibles( 12583)
• The custom of carrying calling cards began in France in the early 1800's. It quickly spread throughout Europe, and then became vastly popular in the United States. Calling cards were carried by the... 

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  Victorian | Calling | Cards

• 14 of 14 people found this guide helpful

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• Short History of Tin Type Photographs
• by tjsales-collectibles( 12583)
• Tintypes were a cheap and simple way of producing photographs using wet collodion on thin black painted sheet iron (not tin). Fast and easy to produce, they needed no special care and could be put into... 

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  Tin | Type | Tintype | Photo | Photograph

• 8 of 10 people found this guide helpful

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• Brief History of Magic Lantern Glass Slides
• by tjsales-collectibles( 12583)
• The magic lantern or Laterna Magica was the ancestor of the modern slide projector. Henry R. Heyl of Philadelphia, PA patented the Magic Lantern Projector in 1870. It was first described in Ars Magna Lucis et... 

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  Magic | Lantern | Glass | Slide | Photograph

• 7 of 7 people found this guide helpful

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• Brief History of Victorian Trade Cards
• by tjsales-collectibles( 12583)
• On many Victorian Parlor tables, a place of honor was reserved for the Bible, family album, post card album and a huge scrapbook. In the latter were lovely pasted advertising cards which were acquired by... 

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  Victorian | Trade | Card | Ephemera

• 5 of 5 people found this guide helpful

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