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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 3800774, member: 33"]It is not always certain, but the vast majority were taken in the studio listed. A few possible reasons that a card mount could have have an imprint of a studio that didn't take the photo:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Some images were basically pirated and reprinted by other studios. Especially if the photo is of a famous person. Some of these reprints don't include a studio name, especially if they were doing it without permission. And sometimes reprinted pictures will have an indication of who took the original photo, even if printed by a different studio.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) Some photos could have been reprinted by an affiliated studio. Not sure what you mean by affiliated, but I'm talking about studios with the same owners, in two different cities.</p><p><br /></p><p>3) Sometimes photos were reprinted in later years by the same studios that originally took them. Sometimes the studio will have the same owner and sometimes the ownership has been passed on to somebody else. I have an example of the latter in my collection. You may have seen the notes on the back of many 19th-century photos that say something like "Negatives preserved." This is so they can make reprints for people who ask for more copies.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are other reasons for reprints, too. Perhaps a family had a copy of a photo that was taken in a different place, but they went to their local photo studio for reprints. Since the new studio wouldn't have a negative, I believe they just photographed the older photo and cropped it to put on a card mount.</p><p><br /></p><p>4) Oh! And I recently saw an interesting presentation by some photo sellers and collectors who talked about fake CDVs and cabinet photos that were made in the modern era. There are people now who will grab a collectible image, let's say of a Native American, from the web and reproduce it so it looks old/sepia, etc. Then glue it to an old cabinet card mount from a place that has nothing to do with the original image. The presenters I saw talked about some ways to discern these kinds of fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>As mentioned, though, I think the majority of card-mounted images were taken at the studio whose imprint is on the card.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I agree with Debora.... we'd love to see the image about which you are wondering![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 3800774, member: 33"]It is not always certain, but the vast majority were taken in the studio listed. A few possible reasons that a card mount could have have an imprint of a studio that didn't take the photo: 1) Some images were basically pirated and reprinted by other studios. Especially if the photo is of a famous person. Some of these reprints don't include a studio name, especially if they were doing it without permission. And sometimes reprinted pictures will have an indication of who took the original photo, even if printed by a different studio. 2) Some photos could have been reprinted by an affiliated studio. Not sure what you mean by affiliated, but I'm talking about studios with the same owners, in two different cities. 3) Sometimes photos were reprinted in later years by the same studios that originally took them. Sometimes the studio will have the same owner and sometimes the ownership has been passed on to somebody else. I have an example of the latter in my collection. You may have seen the notes on the back of many 19th-century photos that say something like "Negatives preserved." This is so they can make reprints for people who ask for more copies. There are other reasons for reprints, too. Perhaps a family had a copy of a photo that was taken in a different place, but they went to their local photo studio for reprints. Since the new studio wouldn't have a negative, I believe they just photographed the older photo and cropped it to put on a card mount. 4) Oh! And I recently saw an interesting presentation by some photo sellers and collectors who talked about fake CDVs and cabinet photos that were made in the modern era. There are people now who will grab a collectible image, let's say of a Native American, from the web and reproduce it so it looks old/sepia, etc. Then glue it to an old cabinet card mount from a place that has nothing to do with the original image. The presenters I saw talked about some ways to discern these kinds of fakes. As mentioned, though, I think the majority of card-mounted images were taken at the studio whose imprint is on the card. And I agree with Debora.... we'd love to see the image about which you are wondering![/QUOTE]
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