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HGO-01-004-A-2 [Drawer 44 in old database]
GUSN-254101
two boys (8 and 12) [brothers ?]; the younger rests his arm on the elder (seated); 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
siblings
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
(case) wm. shew, miniature case maker, and dealer in daguerreotype apparatus and materials, court street, opposite the head of hanover st., boston
DagID 713
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D06.213
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-2 [Drawer 44 in old database]
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