American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Sixth plate portrait of a middle-aged woman wearing a bonnet and holding a pair of glasses in one hand. New York: Helme, n.d. (Tarnishing to edges; unsealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case (surface wear). -- A pair of half plate daguerreotypes featuring an elderly man and woman, likely husband and wife, the woman wearing a bonnet and glasses. (Some light tarnishing, surface scratching, and spotting to both plates; partially resealed.) Housed together in a Rare Union case with geometric design [Berg 3-4] (loose lower hinge, alignment partly off). -- And 26 others, including 8 quarter plate examples, 16 sixth plate examples, and 2 ninth plate examples, many without full cases. -- Together, 29 daguerreotype portraits of subjects with eyeglasses.