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Elderly woman with spectacles

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-4 [Drawer 36 in old database]

GUSN

GUSN-253813

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Description

elderly woman with spectacles; case [and image ?] by William Shew, a pioneer Boston daguerreotypist who was active later in San Francisco

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
elderly
women (female humans)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

(case) made by William Shew corner of Court and Howard sts. Boston

Additional Identification Number

DagID 461

Physical Description

1 daguerreotype

Collection Code

PC005

Collection Name

Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

Reference Code

PC005.D04.035

Record Details

Material Type

daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-4 [Drawer 36 in old database]

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