Collecting 19th Century Woodcuts vs. 20th Century Original Photos

[triwak]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Do what you enjoy, but something cut out of a newspaper is not a card.

I almost always agree, with regard to cut-outs NOT being cards. But in the case of the NY Clipper and Harper's woodcuts - doesn't the collecting custom of the time matter? In other words, if people in the 19th century routinely cut the woodcuts out, and then collected and displayed them, perhaps even traded them, does this not impart a card-like quality? What did the publishers intend? I'm on the fence. Sure would save the modern collector money, haha!