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[Woman]
Object Details
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Date
ca. 1857
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Object Type
Photographs
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Medium
Daguerreotype with applied color
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Object Formats
Cased photograph, 1/6 plate
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Dimensions
Image: 2 13/16 x 2 1/4 in.
Case: 3 7/8 x 3 9/16 x 11/16 in. -
Inscriptions
[descriptive paragraph about case, black type on sheet of paper underneath daguerreotype]: Improved Union Cases. (underlined) \ S. Peck's Patent, \ October 3, 1854. (underlined) \ S.Peck & Co., \ New Haven, CT., \ are the sole manufacturers of the gen- \ uine Union Cases, of which, the latest \ improvement, consists in the beautiful \ shades of color, and fineness of texture, \ and of having the hinges inserted in \ metal; thus preventing the breaking \ out of the hinge.
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Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
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Accession Number
P1989.22.5
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Copyright
Public domain
Additional details
Location: Off view
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