Three times larger and a bit wider than cartes de visite— the leading portrait format they replaced—cabinet cards left plenty of room for props. Immediately after the cards’ introduction, leading suppliers started producing a myriad of such accessories, from ornamental vases to a wide assortment of fences, furniture, rocks, and even stone walls, all made of papier-mâché. This card was created as advertising copy by Edward L. Wilson, who, in addition to running a photographic supply house, was a photographer and the publisher of the Philadelphia Photographer.