American Historical Ephemera & Photography

14 x 13 1/2 in. wooden frame housing 20 ninth plate daguerreotype portraits of men, women, and children (frame with overall wear including spots of finish loss, lacking backing material leaving backs of images visible and not secured in frame). 

Top row features 4 portraits of men and one portrait of a young boy sitting in a chair. First 2 images with advertising cards for Boston photographers Wyman & Co. and Tyler & Co. behind plate.

Second row features 5 portraits of young women and one image of a young man. Third image with mat stamped for Weston (likely James P. Weston).

Third row features 2 portraits of young men, 2 portraits of young girls, and one portrait of a middle-aged man. Second image with mat stamped for Eastman, and with price list for the Plumbe National Daguerreian Gallery in Boston (Eastman, proprietor) behind plate. Last image identified in ink on advertising card for C.V. Allen's Daguerreian Rooms in Boston, "Mary Bullard Burr."

Fourth row features 3 portraits of lovely young ladies, one portrait of a young man, and one portrait of a boy. First and third images with advertising cards for Boston photographer Tyler & Co. behind plate.

Together, 20 daguerreotypes. Condition generally fair, with varying degrees of tarnish along edges and spotting.