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Merry Christmas from the 19th Century

Carte de Visite - With Kindest Xmas Wishes and Heartiest New Years Greetings

Here is a carte de visite Christmas and New Year greeting from the late 19th Century. It features a 'Gem Portrait' ferrotype photograph, which is a print on a metal plate - the plate includes iron, so magnets are attracted to it. The cards were the Polaroid photographs of their day - they could be 'Taken and Finished in a few minutes', and a dozen cards cost one shilling. Sadly the name of the person in the photograph is not included, but the card was given to my Great-Great Aunt Laurie.

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