Drouard Freres (France, maker) 1865 (ca) Ivory carte de visite album
Photograph album Private collection of Pam Ferrazzutti Each page insert is impressed with that name as well as "Brevetes SGDG" which is French for "patent" or "patented".
Both covers are solid Ivory with the front cover having a finely detailed carving of an anchor & rope design. The spine has Ivory top & bottom decorations.
The 14 pages will accommodate 28 Cartes de Visite - 6.5" x 5.25" (16.5 x 13.3 cm )
The album is filled with the then so popular sentimental ( SOULE ) CDVs
