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Posted By: davidcycleback

It should be noted that 1800s studio photographers often made gigantic
mounted albumen prints and used these photos as the 'original art' to make
the smaller cabinet cards. You will see these mammoth photos around once
in a while, and there are a few by Joseph Hall used to make his famous cabinets.

Also, to make many of their composite image cabinet cards, the studio often made
giant displays like this-- then rephotographed the display to make the cabinets.
The photographers were often creative in their designs. There is one notable
cabinet card that has a wreath around the team images, which means the photographer
placed the live green wreath around the physical photos and photographed that.