4″x6″ Memorial Card. Private Collection.
This poor fellow passed away much too young at the age of 27. This is the only memorial card I possess but I’d like to get more of them. It was much larger than I anticipated. Some memorial cards have parchment designs and are generally busy. This one’s sober with the black border. Close-up after the cut.
Photoshop 1900. They painted white or gray over the background of the original photo to separate the subject from it, and then reprinted it.
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April 12th, 2015 at 1:19 am
Generally memorial cards are much smaller and only contain the age, funeral date and where interred. I have posted a couple of King Edward VII and Queen Victoria which I gave to my wife who collects them. Some are very ornate and a sad record of someone’s brief place on earth.
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April 12th, 2015 at 1:27 am
I haven’t seen many, so they’re CDV size I assume. I have seen cabinet cards some sellers also call memorial cards because of the parchment design around the person’s head, but I wonder if those always are, or are just a design choice of the photographer.
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April 12th, 2015 at 1:32 am
Yes the size of a credit card or business card.
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