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Posted By: Scott

the important thing is how the differences between a cabinet card and a card such as an OJ (or "Just So"), where the albumen goes all the way to the edge of the card, affect a restoration effort. If a "Just So" were a true cabinet card, restoration would be much simpler - just skin Jessie off the remaining backing and glue him to the actress mount. I doubt anyone would even notice.

As it is, the restorer has to actually cut the actress image out of the card, replace it with Burkett's image, then "mend" the seam between the two (if I am understanding this right).