Current Photography Inventory

19th Century Image Plate Size Nomenclature

Whole Plate: 6.5 x 8.5 inches (16.5 x 21.5 cm)

Half Plate: 4.25 x 5.5 inches (11 x 14 cm)

Quarter Plate: 3.25 x 4.25 inches (8 x 11 cm)

Sixth Plate: 2.75 x 3.25 inches (7 x 8 cm)

Ninth Plate: 2 x 2.5 inches (5 x 6 cm)

Sixteenth Plate: 1.375 x 1.625 inches (3.5 x 4 cm)

CDV means carte de visite, or an image on paper stock

Image on tin: ferrotype or tintype; image on glass, ambrotype; image on copper, daguerrotype