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mr. mosessome confusion that MOST people have...... A "cabinet" photo is on a thick stock mount - measures 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 (most cases) - was actually named because they would often be displayed in a family's wooden cabinet in their living room for others to see (late 1860's-1890's general usage date). That is DIFFERENT from simply a "mounted" photograph on variously sized and differing thickness stock. This stock served to "frame" the images for putting up on the wall. These are LATER images (1890's-1930's-even later) and should NOT be referred to as cabinets.