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European Card Photograph Styles

Submitted by editor on Sun, 2007-02-18 01:08. Card Photographs

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*
*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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