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ca. 1848
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
GUSN-253919
Girl about 3 years old seated wearing an off-the-shoulders dress. Accession numbers 1927.259-1927.261 are all images of the same girl. Case [and image ?] made by William Shew, a pioneer Boston daguerreotypist who was active later in San Francisco
children (people by age group)
costume (mode of fashion)
portraits
portrait format
sitting
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Case: WM. Shew miniature case maker, and dealer in Daguerreotype materials at 123 Washington Street, Boston.
DagID 36
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D06.031
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
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