Daguerreotype and Card Mounted Photograph Size and Classification Descriptions

Daguerreotype Sizes ( size varies with reference source )

• Full plate - 6-1/2 x 8-1/2
• 1/2 plate - 4-1/4 X 5-1/2
• 1/4 plate - 3-1/4 x 4-1/4
• 1/6 plate - 2-3/4 x 3-1/4
• 1/9 plate - 2 x 2-1/2

Classification of Card Mounted Photographs

• Cigarette card - 2-3/4 x2-3/4 in.; 7 x7 cm; 1885-1895 & 1909-1917
• Stereograph card - 3-1/2 x 7in. to 5 x 7in.; 8.5/12.8 x 17.8 cm; 1850's-1920's
• Cartes de visite - 4 x 2-1/2in.; 10.2 x 6.3 cm; 1859-1900's
• Kodak card - 4-1/4 x 5-1/4in.; 10.8 x 13.3 cm; 1880's (circular)
• Boudoir - 5-1/2 x 8-1/2in.; 14 x 21.06 cm; 1890's-
• Swiss card - 6-1/2 x 2.85in.; 16.5 x 7.3 cm
• Cabinet card - 6-1/2 x 4-1/2in.; 16.5 x 11.4 cm; 1866-1900
• Imperial - 7 x 10in.; 17.8 x 25.4 cm; 1890's-
• Promenade card - 7-1/2 x 4in.; 19 x 10.2 cm
• Paris card - 9-3/4 x 6-3/4in.; 24.8 x 17.1 cm
• Panel card - 13 x 7-1/2in.; 33 x 19 cm