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1850s
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
GUSN-253908
The Lord family is imaged in accession numbers 1970.283-1970.288. A smiling man (late 30s) is nicely dressed with a tie and white shirt. Whipple, a leading Boston photographer, was one of the first to practice daguerreotypy in the United States. Note: Use caution when opening this object.
men (male humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
portraits
portrait format
busts (figures)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Cushion: none noted (MAT) WHIPPLE'S PATENT
DagID 19
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D06.020
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 5/8 (HxWxD)(inches)
John Adams Whipple (Photographer)
Whipple, John Adams (Photographer)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
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