Emerging in the 1880’s and favored for their larger size, cabinet cards replaced the smaller Carte-de-Visite. Serving the same purpose as Carte-de-Visite, cabinet cards were gifted and circulated among friends and family members. They were displayed in cabinets and were easily visible from afar. Cabinet cards were still produced in photography studios, as in this example created by Mrs. Charles (Mary Tanner) Waldack. Mary Tanner-Waldack began her career assisting her well- known husband, Charles Waldack, in his photography studio in Cincinnati. She managed the studio in his absences and ran the business for over a decade after his death in 1882, placing herself among the earliest pioneers of women in photography.
