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Light and dark cards of similar design were often available as options to customers at the same time.
The first of these below, though it is difficult to read the pencil inscription, is probably numbered 40709,
and the second, 49677. If so, these could be tentatively dated to around 1890 and 1891.
The lady's peaked shoulders certainly support a date in the early 1890s.
The cdv sized card below begins to strain the simple relationship between numbers and dates. The style of card, edge treatment, and the ladies' fashions all suggest the early Edwardian period, but the number 69191 on the back gives a date in the mid 1890s, according to the simple model. But it is not clear why if it is this period only the one address appears, since Whyte was at No. 75 from 1893 till 1897.
The second smaller card has no number, but the lady's shoulders suggest a date in the early to mid 1890s, though no other example of such a type of card is known from so early a date.
The very similar cdvs below carry the numbers 60934 and 61478, and also the address at 75 Jamaica street where Whyte arrived in 1893. Our calculation suggests a date of 1893 and 1894 for these, just at the start of the period at this address. They are on thick gilt and square edged glossy card, and the print is also thick, and beginning to curl away from the backing, a characteristic of the chromotype process. Cdvs were becoming less popular as the decade progressed, and very few were produced after 1900.
The cabinet cards below also show two addresses, and have similar graphics to the cards above, which place them in the same period. The first is numbered '4970' on the back, the second 97198. Perhaps the first is from the 75 Jamaica street address, which started numbering afresh. The 'calculated' date for the second is 1897/98, just after the last date noted at this address.
The cabinet cards below shows a small logo at the bottom left which is typical of the early 1900s, and a name and the single address at the bottom right. They thus postdate 1897 when Whyte left the 75 Jamaica street address. The first carries a number on the back which could be 127513, but it is not very clear. The second, which has a design carried over to the cards coming from the later 20 Union street address, (after 1904) is numbered 134089. These 'calculate' at 1902 and 1903, which seems very possible.
