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1853
HGO-01-004-A-5 [Drawer 40 in old database]
GUSN-253774
Group portrait featuring four young men, probably from Harvard College, standing with top hats on the occasion of their graduation. Theodore Chase is second from right. Another man may be John Quincy Adams.
men (male humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
portraits
commencements
academia (learning concept)
portrait format
standing
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Case: There is an inscription on the case stating "July 1853-Boston--(Whipple's)-on graduation-F.N.P. 22 T.C. 21 J.Q.A. [?] 19 F.C.P. 20. (CASE) JULY 1853 BOSTON (WHIPPLE'S) ON GRADUATION F.N.P. 22 T.C. 21 J.Q.A. [?] 19 J.C.P. 20
DagID 285
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D02.071
5 1/2 x 4 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
6 1/4 x 5 x 3/4 (HxWxD)(inches)
Codman Family Photograph Collection
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
John Adams Whipple (Photographer)
Whipple, John Adams (Photographer)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-5 [Drawer 40 in old database]
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