American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Half plate portrait of a young couple holding hands, the woman wearing a gold-highlighted brooch and crucifix. New York: Anson, n.d. (Tarnishing to edges, significant clouding throughout image, with occasional spotting and other imperfections; retains portions of back seal.) Housed in a separated pressed paper case (fully separated at spine, significant surface wear and separation to some joints). Velvet pad stamped for Anson. -- Sixth plate seated portrait of a young girl wearing a wide belt and a gold-highlighted crucifix necklace. Pottsville, PA: A.M. Allen, n.d. (Tarnishing to edges, minor spotting to plate; retains original seals.) Housed in a separated pressed paper case (fully separated at spine, significant surface wear). -- Sixth plate portrait of an elderly woman wearing a bonnet and holding a book in her lap with the star of David on its cover. (Tarnishing especially to right edge, significant clouding and spotting throughout image, spotting to mat and preserver; appears to retain original seals.) Housed in a pressed paper case (general wear throughout). -- And one other sixth plate example. -- Together, 4 daguerreotype portraits of women with religious symbols.