We have a large collection of card photographs in the form of landscape panels. As distinguished from stereographs and cabinet cards, these were often referred to as “view cards” by the manufacturer and tended to be regional in nature. They are most often found in 5¼” x 8½” format but may also be in 5½” x 9″ and 5½” x 8½” formats. Although the genre tends to be scenic rather than portraiture, some cards contain groups of people (such as school portraits) and some have people within a scene.
Some photographers who produced San Diego area “view cards”:
- Slocum, J.E. 854 Fourth Street
- Parker 740 Fifth Street
- Elite Studio 767 Fifth Street, San Diego
These five photographers used the same address:
- Rhea Bros 867 5th Street
- I.B. Rhea 867 5th Street
- San Diego View Co. 867 5th Street
- F.E. Bosworth & Co. 867 5th Street
- Judd Photo (formerly Turner and Judd) 867 Fifth Street San Diego
- Waite Photo
- Furman, R.H. Coronado Beach
- Plaza Photograph Gallery Los Angeles
