European Card Photograph Styles
European Card Photograph Styles
The following table shows card sizes gleaned from a catalog published by Loebenstein Co. photographic supplier and maker of the Elvira Cards line of card stock in Wienna (Vienna, Austria) about 1910. There are other 12 tables also in this source. Popular card styles, such as the carte de visite, cabinet card, Boudoir, Imperial, and Promenade cards are seen along with more unusual styles named after women, royalty, and European cities.
Nr. |
Name |
Picture size mm |
Card size mm |
1467 |
Mignon |
37 53 |
45 67 |
1468 |
Kolibri |
33 61 |
40 80 |
1469 |
Frida |
40 63 |
51 80 |
1470 |
Visit |
58 89 |
69 110 |
1471 |
Sezession |
46 98 |
55 115 |
1472 |
Elisabeth |
70 100 |
82 125 |
l473 |
Melanie |
79 97 |
90 120 |
1474 |
Malvern |
70 138 |
82 165 |
1475 |
Chique |
45 131 |
55 150 |
1476 |
Alfons . |
46 146 |
55 165 |
1477 |
Kabinett |
100 140 |
110 165 |
1478 |
Helene |
117 150 |
130 180 |
1479 |
Promenade |
98 177 |
110 205 |
1480 |
Boudoir |
119 186 |
132 205 |
1481 |
Salon |
157 214 |
175 250 |
1482 |
" |
157 214 |
175 250 |
1483 |
Valerie |
194 240 |
310 280 |
1484 |
Isabella |
230 290 |
250 330 |
1485 |
Imperial |
173 294 |
190 330 |
1486 |
Adele |
57 87 |
70 100 |
1487 |
Admiral |
87 117 |
100 130 |
1488 |
Album |
110 150 |
125 165 |
1489 |
Rudolf |
127 177 |
140 190 |
1490 |
Franz |
175 235 |
190 250 |
149l |
Madrid. |
58 58 |
70 70 |
1493 |
London |
87 87 |
100 100 |
1494 |
Wien |
94 94 |
108 108 |
As can be seen in the data (compared with other well known sources) there are a few variations of the sizes of each name (and of the name of some sizes).
In the following table, are sizes from the Fenykepeszek Zsebkonyve. (Photographers Pocketbook) written by Moller Miklos, and published by Boldogasszony in 1896 in Hungary, illustrating the far reach of the card phenomenon.
Name |
Picture |
Card (mm) |
Mignon |
36 70 |
40 78 |
Vizit |
54 92 |
62 101 |
Kagylo alak |
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kicsiny |
70 70 |
75 75 |
Viktoria |
70 105 |
82 127 |
Kagylo alak nagy |
105 105 |
115 115 |
Stereoskop |
75 75 |
88 180 |
Kabinet |
100 137 |
108 166 |
Promenade |
93 200 |
105 210 |
Boudoir |
123 189 |
135 220 |
Imperial |
160 217 |
175 250 |
Royal |
115 235 |
130 268 |
Pausel |
166 300 |
188 330 |
Contributed from the database of Balint Flesch - Archaist/conservation photographer in Budapest, Hungary.
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