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The David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography cabinet photographs series includes upwards of 19,500 photographs produced by approximately 1,800 professional photographers from across the state of Michigan between 1868 and 1905. A majority of the subjects are unidentified people of middle and upper class status. Also included are famous and notable persons, actors, actresses, formal and casual portraits, occupational portraits, people of various ethnic backgrounds, pictures of objects, and outdoor views. Series I includes mostly anonymous individual portraits taken by known photographers. The Clements Library has created a complete list of photographers represented in the Tinder cabinet photographs: Cabinet photographers list. Series II is sorted by subject as listed below. For all but the broadest categories (such as children, men, or women), the subject groupings include all or most photos on that subject.