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Head-and-shoulders portrait of Horace Mann, facing left, location unknown, ca. 1853

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1853

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-6 [Drawer 40 in old database]

GUSN

GUSN-253690

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Description

American educator Horace Mann is seen in this portrait on the eve of assuming the presidency of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Sobieszek and Appel #7.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
educators
politicians
men (male humans)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DagID 340

Physical Description

1 daguerreotype

Collection Code

PC005

Collection Name

Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

Reference Code

PC005.D01.017

Image Dimensions

8 1/2 x 6 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Yellow Springs (Greene county, Ohio)

Record Details

Originator

Southworth & Hawes (Photographic studio)

Material Type

daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Mann, Horace, 1796-1859

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-6 [Drawer 40 in old database]

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