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Message:: [QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 132992, member: 33"]This type of card is often called an "album filler" by those who collect carte de visite photographs. They were used in the 19th century to fill empty spaces in albums, etc. I don't know a lot about their uses then. If you do a general search on "album filler" "cdv" you'll see lots of examples. Here is an eBay search result:<a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=%22album+filler%22&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_ftrt=901&_ftrv=1&_sabdlo=&_sabdhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=50613&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&_salic=1&_sop=1&_dmd=1&_ipg=200" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=%22album+filler%22&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_ftrt=901&_ftrv=1&_sabdlo=&_sabdhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=50613&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&_salic=1&_sop=1&_dmd=1&_ipg=200" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw="album+filler"&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_ftrt=901&_ftrv=1&_sabdlo=&_sabdhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=50613&_sargn=-1&saslc=1&_salic=1&_sop=1&_dmd=1&_ipg=200</a> Oh, and the tinted one in your first photo might not be an album filler. It reminds me of photos I've seen that were issued in series and gave examples of various types of traditional dress and costumes from different lands. Here is one of the latter type, from my collection: [ATTACH=full]34319[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]