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Subject:	Re: confirmation of a term
From:	Sara Bearss <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:10:20 -0500
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Daguerreotypes, which have mirror-like backgrounds, were close to passe by
the time of the Civil War.  Most cased images from the Civil War era are
actually ambrotypes, which have green-gray backgrounds.  The uncased, dark
images on metal are tintypes or ferrotypes.  The paper images (made from
glass negatives) are usually described by their size (cabinet card, carte de
visite).


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Sara B. Bearss
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Dictionary of Virginia Biography
The Library of Virginia
800 E. Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219-8000

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