A Step-by-Step Guide to
Identifying and Dating Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Cards
March 21, 2013, Salt
Lake City, UT. Phototree.com™, the
leader in delivering historical photograph information to genealogists and
collectors, unveiled at the RootsTech 2013 conference their latest book titled 19th Century Card Photos
KwikGuide™, A Step-by-Step to Identifying and Dating Cartes de Visite and
Cabinet Cards. Written for the
experienced and novice genealogists or historian, this book guides the reader
through the steps used to determine the date of old card photographs.
The full color KwikGuide is written in an easy to follow,
step-by-step format that walks the reader through the common and seldom used
photograph characteristics that can help the researcher determine a
photograph’s date usually within two to six years.
This book is an update of the popular version released for
the iPad two years ago. New research
includes a section on foreign photographs and their similarities with American
photographs.
The KwikGuide
chapters include :
- A Brief History of Photography
- Cartes de Visite
- Cabinet Cards
- Studio Props
- Unique Photograph Formats
- 20th Century Photograph Introduction
- Appendixes of common photograph sizes and web research.
With over 200 color photographs and 90 pages, each chapter reveals
the clues that indicate when the photograph was taken. This helps the
genealogist determine who the picture could be, and just as important, who the
picture could not be. For the historian and photo collector, establishing a
valid photograph date is important to context, historical accuracy, and even
value of the photograph.
19th Century Card
Photos KwikGuide is available for $17.95 through the PhotoTree.com website
(www.phototree.com), from Family Roots
Publishing (www.familyrootspublishing.com),
and Amazon.com (www.amazon.com).
About the Author
Gary Clark is a professional photographer, restorer, and
genealogist who has merged these skills with his passion for collecting
photographs. His 30 years of experience
in digital imaging brings a unique and thorough understanding of photograph
problems and how to solve them. Clark introduced PhotoTree.com to genealogists
and collectors in 2000, and he continually expands the free information with a
gallery of over 1,000 images, weekly case studies, and historical information
about 19th century photographs.
Contact: Gary
Clark, gary@phototree.com
Images & Press Release: www.phototree.com/news.htm
PhotoTree.com and KwikGuide are a trademarks of
PhotoTree.com.
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