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Again we repeat the warning that portrait style is probably the least reliable way to date old photos. Darrah does not mention group photographs, but it seems as if they are rare in the older CDV's, perhaps due to the small format. If two people are shown together, it seems most often to be two children, or mother and child in early CDV's, while later CDV's and Cabinet Cards tend to have pairs of adults more frequently.

Dating:

We have no dating criteria for this characteristic yet, but have included this section in case we make some useful observations as we go through dated examples.




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