Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia Cabinet Cards, must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia Cabinet Cards, Ms 2011-024, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

Acquisition Information

The Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia Cabinet Cards were purchased by Special Collections in 2011.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia Cabinet Cards was completed in March 2011.

Historical Note

The albumen print, also called albumen silver print, was invented in 1850 by Louis Desire Blanquart-Evard. It was the first commercially exploitable method of producing a photographic print on a paper base from a negative. Using the albumen found in egg whites to bind the photographic chemicals to the paper, the process became the dominate form of photographic positives from 1855 to the turn of the 20th century. During the mid-19th century, the carte de visite became one of the most popular uses of the process.

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of 23 cabinet cards featuring individuals, couples, children, and adults. Photographers are from Bristol, TN/VA, Bluefield, WV, and Roanoke, Lynchburg, Christiansburg, Richmond, Radford, and Pulaski, VA.

Arrangement

The images are arranged in alphabetical order by the photographer/photography studio.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South