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Description
Stamped on back of case: H.A. Eickmeyer, Patent Feb. 27, 1855. Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: tinted (slightly hand colored). Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative. Type: case. Motif: geometric, book style. Material: leather (pigskin) over wood. Dimensions: 4 ¾ x 3 ¾ in. Pad: purple velvet. Notes: H.A. Eickmeyer, Patent Feb. 27, 1855. Case unhinged. DAGUERREOTYPE-V: CROCKER, MR. & MRS. GIDEON HAWLEY (ELLEN HARMON) C Copy prints available for viewing filed in the Portrait File under "Crocker, (Mr. & Mrs.) Gideon Hawley and Ellen Harmon"; accession numbers 1994-0118 and 1994-0119. Negatives, No. 24,098a-d (4x5 in.) B/W, color, and color transparencies.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; quarter plate, visible image 3 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.
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