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ca. 1855
HGO-01-004-A-4 [Drawer 36 in old database]
GUSN-253792
A man and a woman shown side-by-side in an unusual double mat format. Possibly two 1/8 plates framed together with double oval window mat; possibly taken with a camera designed to make multiple exposures on a single plate.
portraits
men (male humans)
spouses
women (female humans)
landscape format
busts (figures)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Case: "Token" was gold tooled into the spine.
DagID 143
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D04.014
3 1/4 x 4 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
4 x 5 x 3/4 (HxWxD)(inches)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-4 [Drawer 36 in old database]
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