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Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

Date

1968

GUSN

GUSN-169778

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Description

The accompanying picture to this article, taken from a daguerreotype dated around 1850, is shrouded in mystery. What exactly is it (an air compressor?) and who are the men pictured with it that seem to take great pride in the object?

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Additional Identification Number

Article ID 159

Collection Code

SC001

Collection Name

Old-Time New England

Reference Code

SC001.1968.058.212.004

Abstract

The accompanying picture to this article, taken from a daguerreotype dated around 1850, is shrouded in mystery. What exactly is it (an air compressor?) and who are the men pictured with it that seem to take great pride in the object?

Date Notes

Volume 58, Number 212 (Spring, 1968)

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Publications Referencing This Collection

(1968). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Publisher Series

Old Time New England

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