Dallie Julian, Somersault Equestrienne, circa 1900

Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs of family, friends and celebrities. This example, made by noted circus photographer Frank Wendt around 1900, features a young equestrienne performer and her horse.