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ca. 1900
GUSN-24754
Glass negative of the oil painting (1963.98B) in the best parlor which is a 3/4 length picture of Mrs. Colman. Box marked "The Forbes Insoluble dry plates. C. & V. E. Forbes Rochester, New York. Proprietors & Sole Manufacturers, Brilliant. This brand of dry plates has special chemical qualities by which they are adapted to the production of beautiful transparencies and excellent lantern slides".
portraits
negatives (photographic)
glass (material)
Glass
PICTURE, PORTRAIT
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
C. & V. E. Forbes (Maker)
Rochester, NY, USA
5 x 7 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.93
New York state (United States)
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