[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 4 sixth plate postmortem daguerreotypes, incl. portraits of infants and a young girl.

2 sixth plate daguerreotypes of infants laid to rest. (Each with few spots, some wipes and few scratches to one of the plates.) One housed in full pressed paper case (separated at hinge, surface scuffing and edge wear), one housed in half case. -- Sixth plate daguerreotype of mother with child after death. (Few spots to plate.) Housed in half case. -- Sixth plate daguerreotype of young girl laid to rest. (Some scattered spots to plate.) Housed in full case (surface wear). With tag from Samuel T. Freeman & Co. auction company.

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American Historical Ephemera & Photography

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 4 sixth plate postmortem daguerreotypes, incl. portraits of infants and a young girl.

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