| Le ministre du Petrole a decrit de succes sa visite en Chine, anticipant la visite du president Corporation chinoise Nationale du Petrole au Soudan. |
| Because they could be printed from a negative, cartes de visite could be mass produced, unlike most earlier photographic processes. |
| For the rich and famous, a carte de visite with a dignified photograph of its owner became a necessary social tool. |
| Cartes de visite of politicians, clerics, royalty, entertainers, and military heroes were sold as commonly and cheaply as postcards today. |
| These include Victorian and Edwardian cartes de visite, small photographs pasted onto a card similar in size to a contemporary visiting card. |
| The firm was founded in 1883 and produced cartes de visite from six shillings per dozen, cabinet portraits from sixteen shillings per dozen, vignettes or groups. |
