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Albumen Prints
Period of Use: 1850 - ca. 1890


    The Albumen print was the most common photographic print used in the nineteenth century, and represents 80% of all surviving 19th century photographs.  Albumen prints can vary in color from purple to chocolate brown.   They fade to yellow, and the highlights are often yellow.  Because the paper was extremely thin, albumen prints were almost always placed on a thick mount.  Unmounted prints would curl, crack and/or tear easily.  
     

Albumen Prints come in a variety of sizes:    
Carte de Visite 
Cabinet 
Promenade 
Boudoir
Imperial 
Panel 
1 1/2” x 2 1/2” 
6 1/2” x 4 1/2”
7 1/2” x 3 3/4” 
8 1/4” x 5” 
10” x 7”
13” x 8” 

  Examples of Albumen Prints:      

The camp barber
 
Soldier and boy posing with wooden gun

 

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NEW AND NOTEWORTHY ON FLORIDA MEMORY
Bedell Collection   Pets with a Florida Flair   Postcard Collection
Bedell Collection 126 prints of Deaconess Harriet Bedell working among the Seminole Indians in South Florida from 1933 to 1960.   Pets with a Florida Flair From dogs and cats, to fawns, monkeys and macaws, Floridians have shared their lives with their animal friends.   Postcard Collection Over 6,300 picture postcards of Florida attractions, cities, and people, circa 1900s-1970s.

 


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