[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY-AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of subject identified as "Grandma Binx" with braided hairwork heart.

Seated portrait of a lovely African American woman wearing a lightly-tinted pink neck bow, earrings, and lace collar. (Significant chemical deterioration surrounding subject, a fair amount of surface scratching, some weeping, spotting to mat; retains original seals.) Housed in a pressed paper case with intricate hairwork heart attached to velvet pad (missing one closure hook). Loosely contained in case is a modern piece of cardstock with blue ink inscription identifying subject as "Grandma Binx."

An Ancestry search for a Black female with the last name Binx returned one "Roxy Binx," age 53, living in Canandaigua, New York in 1850 along with William H. Binx, age 21, and a Rebecca Binx, age 20.

Early Photography Collection of Jules Martino, Silverton, Oregon

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY-AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of subject identified as "Grandma Binx" with braided hairwork heart.

Early Photography Collection of Jules Martino, Silverton, Oregon

American Historical Ephemera & Photography

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY-AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of subject identified as "Grandma Binx" with braided hairwork heart.

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY-AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of subject identified as "Grandma Binx" with braided hairwork heart.