CDV case?

[scooter748driver]

Were CDVs displayed in a photograph case like you see tintypes and other images in? Or were they usually placed inside an album like photographs of the 20th century?

If placed in a case of some sort, is there a source/vendor/etc. who sells period cases to be used to display a single CDV?

 

[Lampasas Bill]

I'm sure there were exceptions, but most I've seen were displayed in albums. Some I've seen were mounted on framed display boards, often with documents or other artifacts.

 

[4thMichigan]

As was previously mentioned, most carte de visites were kept in albums, but you will occasionally find a few that were trimmed down to fit inside hard union cases or even the leatherette cases normally used for hard images (daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, ivorytypes, etc.). Some were also kept in paper sleeves, but those are rarely seen.

 

[Ihatecomplicatedinterface]

Were CDVs displayed in a photograph case like you see tintypes and other images in? Or were they usually placed inside an album like photographs of the 20th century?

If placed in a case of some sort, is there a source/vendor/etc. who sells period cases to be used to display a single CDV?

There were CDV frames and cases, but they are very rare. I have only seen a couple in my years of collecting. The CDV was made of paper and massed produced so not really necessary to take such care with a fancy case or frame. People handed them out.