Images of Cartes-de-Visite now on Flickr

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A carte-de-visite is a type of calling card popular during the mid- to late 19th century.

A black-and-white photograph of Napoléon Bourassa’s left profile.

Napoléon Bourassa [e008302188]

The card consisted of a photographic print glued onto a cardboard backing. These cards were inexpensive and easy to produce, and varied slightly in size. Cards were commonly given out to friends and family during holidays or for special events. Collectors, at the time, put their cards into albums. Images were not limited to family and friends—famous individuals from the past were also featured on cartes-de-visite.

A black-and-white photolithograph of two dogs, one large and one small, looking out from the entrance to a doghouse.

Two dogs [e011196678]

A black-and-white photographic portrait of 27 young girls wearing medals and seated around a nun.

Group of girls wearing medals seated around a nun [e010969237]

A black-and-white photographic portrait of a dog resting on a chair next to a boy and a man holding a rifle.

Hunter with a boy and dog [e011196672]

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2 thoughts on “ Images of Cartes-de-Visite now on Flickr”

  1. Pingback: Images of Cartes-de-Visite now on Flickr — Library and Archives Canada Blog | countrymeadowsdesigns

  2. I think you’ll find those are not medals – they are crucifixes (probably engraved on spheres that give the impression of medals) on ribbons round the girls’ necks and they are the pupils at a convent school. I went to one, myself… (albeit not at that date – or I’d be VERY old!) that’s why I recognise it.

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