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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 332344, member: 33&quot;]I would want to know whether that photo with &quot;B. F. Spilman&quot; written under it has a photographer&#039;s backmark or not. This CDV appears to be from the 1860s. The stripe around the edge is pretty much diagnostic for an 1860s or very early 1870s card. If it has squared corners and is on a fairly thin card stock, 1860s. If it has rounded corners, more likely early 1870s.</p><p><br /></p><p>This could be a different B. F. Spilman who has nothing to do with the person who was a photographer. Also, this photograph might be a copy of an older, cased photo (probably a daguerreotype or ambrotype). Something about the look of it makes me think that it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] , the way the name is written on the photo is more representative of the placement of an identification of the subject of the photo rather than the photographer. Although, anything is possible![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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