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1860s
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 35 in old database]
GUSN-254361
Mature woman with mournful expression. Unusually late date for daguerreotypy.
women (female humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
portraits
portrait format
busts (figures)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Case: "Grandma Read" was hand written on a water sensitive label and applied to the bottom of the case. Verso: Davis & Co.'s (Formerly James & Co.) 25 cent daguerreotype and ambrotype rooms [...]
DagID 99
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D09.009
2 1/2 x 2 (HxW)(inches)
3 x 2 5/8 x 5/8 (HxWxD)(inches)
Davis & Co. (Photographic studio)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-1 [Drawer 35 in old database]
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