1860's TINTYPE - CDV - OREO

 

                        Sweetheart  or  "Oreo"  case

                          Carte de Visite

            Tintype...sometines  Placed in same type of cases

            As  Dags  and  Ambro's  were.

                         

       Just in time for the civil war...the tintype arrived.

       These were no very expensive at all  and durable

       (more so than glass)

       Not especially hi quality...but fine to send home to

       sweethearts back home.

       Often times photographers set up their tents right

        outside the troops quarters...all across the USA 

       the photogs would roam...in search of the armies

       of the north and the south

      The CDV or Carte de Visite was a small paper  Image

       adhered to  cardboard, with photogs name and address

       printed usually on the reverse of the Image.

       these were  popular as well during this period.

        The  sweetheart case or 'Oreo' as it has been nicknamed

        given its resemblance to the cookie.

        Are prized among collectors.

        These most often contained Tintypes and many a soldier 

        carried  these on the battlefield (of their girlfriend  back home)