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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 397191, member: 8267"]They are probably albumen prints. The photographic paper itself is very thin, and it was then mounted on a heavier card stock. I don't know about value. There are tons of albumen prints from that era. Unless the subjects are known, or otherwise of interest or rare, the age probably does not enhance the value.</p><p>btw they are called albumen prints because the light sensitive chemicals were suspended in a solution of egg whites (albumen).</p><p>The binding on the album looks like book bindings from the mid 1870s or thereabouts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 397191, member: 8267"]They are probably albumen prints. The photographic paper itself is very thin, and it was then mounted on a heavier card stock. I don't know about value. There are tons of albumen prints from that era. Unless the subjects are known, or otherwise of interest or rare, the age probably does not enhance the value. btw they are called albumen prints because the light sensitive chemicals were suspended in a solution of egg whites (albumen). The binding on the album looks like book bindings from the mid 1870s or thereabouts.[/QUOTE]
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