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Comment by Ron Cosens on November 21, 2011 at 20:42: Sebastion - I have two or three Japanese portrait cdv from Nagasaki that you can have gratis if you want them. Ron

Comment by Marcel Safier on November 19, 2011 at 6:48: The history of photography in Edinburgh with a list of photographers is covered on Pete Stubb's site Edinphoto www.edinphoto.org.uk. The site has stimulated contact and input from a number of cdv photographer's relations. 19th century photographers of Fife are listed on the Fife Family History Society's website: http://www.fifefhs.org/Records/photographers.htm.

Comment by Marcel Safier on November 17, 2011 at 15:39: Thanks Sebastian. I have found Japanese cdvs hard to source from Australia and have just a few in my collection. I have a number of reference works on Japanese photography, the ones covering the cdv era being, "History of Japanese Photography" by Anne Wilkes Tucker et al and, "Early Japanese Images", "Old Japanese Photographs. Collector's Data Guide" and "Photography in Japan 1853-1912" all by Terry Bennett (who will be visiting Australian soon). I think the latter of Terry's books gives the best coverage on cdvs. Are their any other suggested titles that cover the history of the cdv in Japan? Cheers! Marcel

Comment by Sebastian Dobson on November 17, 2011 at 10:11: Thanks for invitation Marcel! I have always been interested in the cdv format, especially in relation to its introduction and circulation in nineteenth-century Japan.

Comment by Marcel Safier on November 17, 2011 at 10:05: South African photographers of the 19th Century are detailed on Heather McAllister's site http://ancestry24.com/photographers-south-africa. Some of this info correlates closely with research by Dr. Arthur Bensusan whose collection of photographica is held at the Bensusan Museum of Photography in Johannesburg. I have substantially augmented the list with my own research but do not have permission to place it on line. I welcome enquiries however. I have been corresponding with Carol Hardijzer of Pretoria on this research. Cheers! Marcel

Comment by Marcel Safier on November 15, 2011 at 20:53: There are some excellent resources on Dutch cdvs available, firstly the web site LCPD: Leiden 19th-Century Portrait Database. A Database of 21094 Dutch Carte de Visite Studio Portraits CdV's (1860-1914)http://nies.liacs.nl:1860 and also the newly published book by Steve Wachlin "Photographers in the Netherlands" which is a two volume, hard covered reference work of commercial photographers, born before 1900, who worked in the Netherlands. There are nearly 3000 entries and about as many illustrations, mostly cdvs but also postcards, newspaper advertisements etc. The cost is 99 Euros including local postage but extra for outside the Netherlands. Currently it has to be ordered through the Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie http://194.171.109.12/lang/EN. Cheers! Marcel

Comment by Dick Wood on November 15, 2011 at 20:25: I avidly collect cartes that pertain to Alaska history. I started collecting and researching early Alaska photography about 25 years ago. I'd appreciate leads on any that become available! Thanks. Dick Wood, Juneau, Alaska.

Comment by Keith Giles on November 15, 2011 at 20:12: Hi Marcel. Besides hosting the NZ Photographers Database, The Sir George Grey Special Collections has several hundred files on individual photographers and photographic partnerships which in many cases include information and material which does not appear in the database. So if you've a question about an NZ photographer, it's worth asking!

Comment by Marcel Safier on November 15, 2011 at 12:28: Thanks Keith. To your list we should add Tony's two excellent blogs that include many cdv scans: http://earlyotagophotographers.blogspot.com and http://canterburyphotography.blogspot.com. I have quite a few reseaarch files on New Zealand photographers, especially those with Australian connections and around 800 NZ cdvs. Cheers! Marcel

Comment by Keith Giles on November 14, 2011 at 21:57: For researchers interested in the carte de visite in New Zealand, have a look at the NZ Photographers' Database