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ca. 1845
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
GUSN-253923
Middle-aged woman (40s) with dark dress with lace collar, and bonnet; inscription is only partially legible, apparently giving photographic instructions. Same woman appears in accession number 1925.857.
women (female humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
jewelry
portraits
portrait format
sitting
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Case: "Saunders [illeg.]" on partially legible consists of photographic instructions.
DagID 32
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D06.035
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 5/8 (HxWxD)(inches)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 41 in old database]
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