Alan RossCurrier & Ives Trade CardsAs I’ve previously mentioned, my tour of card research and collecting was spawned from various sections of the American Card Catalog (ACC)…Sep 8Sep 8
Alan RossAn 1850 Card Set!As a researcher and collector of cards, my bias had been that the practice of creating sets of cards came after the invention of the Carte…Aug 27Aug 27
Alan RossFrog In Your Throat?I am often asked “What is your favorite card?”. That’s a fair, but tough, question. Often I will show “The adventures of Pollywog and Taddy…Aug 12Aug 12
Alan RossBufford Civil War Battle Scene Album Cards and a VariationJohn Henry Bufford was one of America’s first chromolithographers, using many stones and colors for a single piece of work. The earliest…Mar 4, 2021Mar 4, 2021
Alan RossCorrelating Cards and Taking a Guess at SomethingWow, where to begin? With some assumptions. And some facts. And some leaps.Jun 24, 2020Jun 24, 2020
Alan RossAnother Album Card Mystery — Not Solved. Butterflies.As you may have seen in previous stories, I collect all of the possible 1860s and 1870s album cards I can get my hands on. Many I know but…Jun 19, 2020Jun 19, 2020
Alan Ross“Larger” Album Cards of Niagara FallsUntil now I’ve been focused on the CDV size “traditional” album cards from the 1860s-1870s, which are 2.5x4 inches.Jun 16, 2020Jun 16, 2020
Alan Ross“Generic” CDV Album Card Fillers of the 1860sIn the 1860s, the Carte De Visite (CDV) photograph was all the rage. Portraits had come down in price from the ambrotype days and people…Jun 13, 2020Jun 13, 2020
Alan RossFortune Telling Cards by Charles Magnus ca 1876There aren’t many cards by Charles Magnus. He did a lot of song sheets, envelope covers, larger lithographs but other than his Civil War…Jun 10, 2020Jun 10, 2020
Alan RossHold to the Light Calling Cards — Some Late 1800s FunSome time back a friend of mine showed me a typical calling card from the 1800s — rectangular shape, usually around 1.5 x 3 inches in size…Jun 7, 2020Jun 7, 2020
