Vintage & Antique CDV Photos

CDV is from the French "carte de visite," or "visiting card." Around the time of the Civil War, CDV photos overtook ambrotype and daguerreotype photography in popularity. Ambrotype and daguerreotype photos produced excellent images, but were easily damaged, while CDVs were not so easily damaged.

CDVs were also less expensive than ambros and dags, and required less skill by the photographer. Thus, they became more widely available to many who could not afford the more expensive ambrotypes and daguerreotypes.

CDVs were perfect for sending photos from home to soldiers at the battlefield, or for soldiers to send home. CDVs became hugely popular with Civil War soldiers, who would seek out studios so that they could send photos home to family members and girlfriends.

CDVs are among several types of photos known as card photographs. Card photos consist of an albumen print (a mixture of egg whites, sodium chloride and silver nitrate) mounted on paper card stock. A CDV is typically 2 1/4" x 4 1/4", although they were sometimes 4" x 2 1/2".

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	CDV PHOTO CARD INFANT SAYS CROCKETT, ROCKLAND, MAINE
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	c. 1869, "Maritime Plan of the Suez Canal"
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	Item Location: Thomaston, CT, USA ZIP 06787 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $8.00 Handling Time: 4 business days Returns Accepted Seller: relcons Feedback: 936 / 100% See other items for sale from relcons
	CDV PHOTO LOVELY YOUNG VICTORIAN WOMAN FANCY DRESS
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	Item Location: Troy, PA, USA ZIP 16947 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $1.71 Handling Time: 3 business days Returns Accepted Seller: rowan570 Feedback: 2,973 / 99.5% See other items for sale from rowan570
	CDV PHOTO LOVELY VICTORIAN WOMAN NICE LACE DRESS TOP
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	Item Location: Troy, PA, USA ZIP 16947 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $1.71 Handling Time: 3 business days Returns Accepted Seller: rowan570 Feedback: 2,973 / 99.5% See other items for sale from rowan570
	Lot of 6 CDVs of children from the Civil War era 1860's various backmarks
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	Item Location: Northville, MI, USA ZIP 48168 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $1.00 Handling Time: 10 business days Seller: mossrose54 Feedback: 2,895 / 99.6% See other items for sale from mossrose54
	CDV Photo Girl Small Vignette Name Albertina Parker Lewis Cleveland OH 1860s
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	Item Location: Valdese, NC, USA ZIP 28690 Shipping Type: Free Expedited Shipping Handling Time: 1 business day Returns Accepted Seller: leopatti1910 Feedback: 5,765 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from leopatti1910
	CDV Photo Young Man Clean Shaven Name Tom Burtenshaw Finch Lenanon Ohio OH
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	CDV Photo Young Woman Name Etta Ives Long Curls by Cross Salem MA Mass
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	CDV Photo Old Woman Dark Dress Buttons by Kirby Eldora Iowa IA
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	CDV Photo Woman Small Vignette Very Stern Face Dark Dress 1860s-70s
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	CDV Photo Teen Age Boy by Hastings White Fisher Davenport Iowa
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	CDV PHOTO MAN PORTRAIT SAYS AT BOTTOM HENDEE AUGUSTA
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	Item Location: Milo, ME, USA ZIP 04463 Shipping Type: Free Handling Time: 1 business day Returns Accepted Seller: racme Feedback: 7,833 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from racme
	Civil War CDV of Union General Blenker
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	Civil War CDV of Union Officer Samuel S Ford Gosline's Zouaves 95th Pa Vols
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	1870's CDV Wedding Photograph
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	Item Location: Lapeer, MI, USA ZIP 48446 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $2.00 Handling Time: 1 business day Returns Accepted Seller: maberyrfd Feedback: 5,690 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from maberyrfd
	History CDV Belfast Ireland Image History Photograph
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	Item Location: Dorset, VT, USA ZIP 05251 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $5.00 Expedited Shipping Handling Time: 1 business day Returns Accepted Seller: fiveyears Feedback: 1,033 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from fiveyears
	CDV PHOTO: TRAIN CONDUCTOR, PHOTOGRAPHER W. SANDER, GEESTEMUNDE, GERMANY
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	Item Location: Lampeter, PA, USA ZIP 17537 Shipping Type: Free Handling Time: 1 business day Returns Accepted Seller: imajgin Feedback: 3,372 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from imajgin
	CDV PHOT CARD OF A MAN, J.E. RICH PHOTOGRAPHER CHARLES CITY, IOWA
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	Item Location: Milo, ME, USA ZIP 04463 Shipping Type: Free Expedited Shipping Handling Time: 1 business day Returns Accepted Seller: racme Feedback: 7,833 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from racme
	Civil War CDV of Colonel Nathan Lord 4th & 6th Vermont Volunteer Infantry's
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	CDV PHOTO OF A YOUNG CHILD SITTING, BEAUTIFUL CURLS, PLAIN ON BACKSIDE
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	Civil War CDV of William Colburn 30th Wisconsin Vols
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	CDV MAN W/ PIERCING EYES
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	Item Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA ZIP 15212 Shipping Type: Calculated Expedited Shipping Handling Time: 3 business days Seller: bandj.images Feedback: 291 / 100% See other items for sale from bandj.images
	CDV ELDERLY MAN W/ TOP HAT
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	Item Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA ZIP 15212 Shipping Type: Calculated Expedited Shipping Handling Time: 3 business days Seller: bandj.images Feedback: 291 / 100% See other items for sale from bandj.images
	CDV ELDERLY WOMAN W/ GLOVES DABBS
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	Item Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA ZIP 15212 Shipping Type: Calculated Expedited Shipping Handling Time: 3 business days Seller: bandj.images Feedback: 291 / 100% See other items for sale from bandj.images
	CDV YOUNG GIRL W/ BABY DOLL PANKOW
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	Item Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA ZIP 15212 Shipping Type: Calculated Expedited Shipping Handling Time: 3 business days Seller: bandj.images Feedback: 291 / 100% See other items for sale from bandj.images
	GR8 CDV PHOTO OF A LOVELY YOUNG LADY
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	Item Location: Washington, IL, USA ZIP 61571 Shipping Type: Calculated Handling Time: 1 business day Returns Accepted Seller: cdancer58 Feedback: 4,288 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from cdancer58
	V.M.I. CADET PHOTOGRAPHS - CDVs - 1879-1881 Virginia Military Academy Cadet
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	GR8 CDV PHOTO OF 3 MEN LOOKING AT A BOOK
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	Item Location: Washington, IL, USA ZIP 61571 Shipping Type: Calculated Handling Time: 1 business day Returns Accepted Seller: cdancer58 Feedback: 4,288 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from cdancer58
	GR8 CDV PHOTO OF A LOVELY YOUNG LADY
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	CDV 1870s YOUNG WOMAN w/ JEWELRY & LACE Cleveland OH
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	Item Location: Columbus, OH, USA ZIP 43209 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $3.00 Expedited Shipping Handling Time: 1 business day Returns Accepted Seller: lucastreet Feedback: 5,402 / 99.8% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from lucastreet
	CDV PHOTO HANDTINTED VERY CUTE WELLDRESSED LITTLE GIRL
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	Item Location: Lampeter, PA, USA ZIP 17537 Shipping Type: Free Handling Time: 1 business day Returns Accepted Seller: imajgin Feedback: 3,372 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from imajgin
	CDV Photo Lady by Stuber of Bethlehem, PA
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	Item Location: Rockville, IN, USA ZIP 47872 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $1.00 One-Day Shipping Available Handling Time: 2 business days Returns Accepted Seller: jbatro Feedback: 2,887 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from jbatro
	CDV Photo of Lady Interesting Collar
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	Item Location: Rockville, IN, USA ZIP 47872 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $1.00 One-Day Shipping Available Handling Time: 2 business days Returns Accepted Seller: jbatro Feedback: 2,887 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from jbatro
	CDV Photo Lady by Stuber of Bethlehem, PA
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	CDV Photo Lady by Chas. A. Saylor of Reading, PA
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	Item Location: Rockville, IN, USA ZIP 47872 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $1.00 One-Day Shipping Available Handling Time: 2 business days Returns Accepted Seller: jbatro Feedback: 2,887 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from jbatro
	CDV Photo Lady by Hafer of Reading, PA Gold Edge on Card
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	Item Location: Rockville, IN, USA ZIP 47872 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $1.00 One-Day Shipping Available Handling Time: 2 business days Returns Accepted Seller: jbatro Feedback: 2,887 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from jbatro
	CDV Photo of Lady by Bachman of Allentown, PA
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	Item Location: Rockville, IN, USA ZIP 47872 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $1.00 One-Day Shipping Available Handling Time: 2 business days Returns Accepted Seller: jbatro Feedback: 2,887 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from jbatro
	CDV Photo Lady by Stuber of Bethlehem, PA
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	CDV Photo Lady by Jeanes of Allentown, PA
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	GR8 CDV PHOTO OF A LOVELY YOUNG LADY - MRS SEIP
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	Item Location: Washington, IL, USA ZIP 61571 Shipping Type: Calculated Handling Time: 1 business day Returns Accepted Seller: cdancer58 Feedback: 4,288 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from cdancer58
	TRAIN LOCOMOTIVE ~ PHOTO TRADE CARD c1873 ~ CDV ~ "FORT SCOTT" ~ CONNELLSVILLE, PA ~ D & B
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	Item Condition: Used Item Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA ZIP 19103 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $2.50 Handling Time: 5 business days Returns Accepted Seller: bookmark6 Feedback: 6,072 / 99.8% See other items for sale from bookmark6
	Handsome Man w Chin Beard by C. Grelling, Detroit, Michigan, CDV
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	Item Location: Silver City, NM, USA ZIP 88061 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $1.75 Expedited Shipping Handling Time: 1 business day Returns Accepted Seller: fineprintman Feedback: 1,421 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from fineprintman
	GR8 CDV PHOTO OF A MAN WITH A BEARD & MUSTACHE - GEO.
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	CDV PHOTO 1872 NY CONFERENCE EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION, 39 THUMBNAIL PORTRAITS
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	GR8 CDV PHOTO OF A LOVELY YOUNG LADY
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	CDV PHOTO HAMBURG GERMANY BOY WITH PULL TOY HORSE & WHIP, 1880s-1890s
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	TOM THUMB - "Tom Thumb, Wife and Child" - CDV
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	Item Location: Crestline, CA, USA ZIP 92325 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $1.50 Handling Time: 1 business day Returns Accepted Seller: bodieman Feedback: 10,767 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from bodieman
	CDV of Little Tot in Striped Stockings, Lacy Bonnet & Muff, Tabor, Iowa
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	Item Location: Silver City, NM, USA ZIP 88061 Shipping Type: Flat Rate Shipping Cost: $1.75 Expedited Shipping Handling Time: 1 business day Returns Accepted Seller: fineprintman Feedback: 1,421 / 100% Top-Rated Seller See other items for sale from fineprintman
	CDV Photo Little Girl Name Lillie Osborn Plaid Pantaloon Suit Blond Hair
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	CDV Photo Young Boy Dark Shirt Pants Bow Tie Rhoads Philadelphia Pennsylvania PA
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