In a message dated 7/10/2004 2:09:41 PM Central Standard Time, kyseeker@comcast.net writes: > It is taken > pre-civil war from the clothing, hat, shoes, chair, etc in a studio I'm just curious...does anyone know when the first photos would have been taken? I guess I thought photography was invented around the civil wat but do know if it was 1850...1860...any ideas? Bridget Couch

Hope this helps: The first form of photographic process was publicized by Daguerre and became known as Daguerreotype. These photographs had a case that resembled a double frame with the photo image on a silver clad copper sheet. It was then force-fit into a wood case and padded with velvet or silk. They were popular between 1839 and 1870. The cost was $5.00 which was a month's pay for some people. Tintype were produced from 1856 to 1930 and are not actually made from tin at all, but are made of thin black iron. One way to tell if it's a Tintype is that it will attract a small magnet. The first Tintype were made of heavy metal and stamped "Neff's Melainotype Pat 19 Feb 56" along the edge. During the Civil War Period of 1861-1865, Tintypes had paper holders, often embossed. Then came the "brown period," between 1870 and 1885. In 1870 the Phenix Plate Company started making plates that had a chocolate-tinted surface, painted backgrounds, fake stones, fences and rural props. During the period of 1863 to 1890, tiny Tintype portraits 7/8 by 1 inch, called Gems, were cut to fit lockets, cufflinks, tiepins, rings and garter clasps. From 1860 to 1891, the Cartes-de-Visites was popular. They were small prints mounted on a card with photographers names often printed on the back. Albumen emulsion (egg white) was often used therefore they scratched easily. From about 1866 to 1906 the photographs were made on card stock and were called the Cabinet Card. Below is a chart that depicts the era of the Cabinet Card Card Color 1866 - 1880 White card stock of a light weight 1880 - 1890 Different colors for face and back of mounts 1882 - 1888 Face of buff, matte-finished, with a back of creamy-yellow, glossy. Borders 1866 - 1880 Red or gold rules, single and double lines 1884 - 1885 Wide gold borders 1885 - 1892 Gold beveled edges 1889 - 1896 Rounded corner rule of single line 1890 - 1892 Metallic green or gold impressed border 1896 Impressed outer border, without color. Corners 1866 - 1880 Square, lightweight mount 1880 - 1890 Square, heavy board with scalloped sides. (from Willis, Photography as A Tool in Genealogy) Photographs from the 1890s and and on into the early 20th century are attached to cardboard mattes of various designs. When the Kodak Brownie home photos emerged in the mid-1890s, they were developed into postcards until about 1925. BCouch1015@aol.com wrote:In a message dated 7/10/2004 2:09:41 PM Central Standard Time, kyseeker@comcast.net writes: > It is taken > pre-civil war from the clothing, hat, shoes, chair, etc in a studio I'm just curious...does anyone know when the first photos would have been taken? I guess I thought photography was invented around the civil wat but do know if it was 1850...1860...any ideas? Bridget Couch ==== APPLEGATE Mailing List ==== <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> WELCOME TO THE APPLEGATE GENEALOGY GROUP Rootsweb Host site http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/a/p/APPLEGATE/ To contact list owner APPLEGATE-admin@rootweb.com to unsubscribe mailto:APPLEGATE-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe mailto:APPLEGATE-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 All outgoing e-mail is checked by Norton Anti-Virus before being sent.