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Format (Carte de Visite):
Mounted on thick card stock with printed text at the bottom margin, a style wildly popular from the 1860s through the late 1880s.
Men's Fashion & Styling:
Full Beard: A thick, full beard paired with a trimmed mustache was the hallmark masculine style of the 1870s and 1880s.
Attire: He is wearing a high-buttoning lounge suit/jacket with wide lapels and a matching waistcoat, typical daytime wear for a middle or upper class gentlemen.