American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online

COLLINS, photographer. Seated portrait of a distinguished gentleman. (Minor tarnishing to edges, glass weeping, spotting to mat; original seals.) Housed in a leatherette case (surface wear, some separation to spine). Mat with affixed label bearing Collins' 3rd & Chestnut address. -- Seated portrait of a gentleman with his hair combed over and groomed facial hair extending from ear to ear. (Tarnishing to edges, some minor scratching, no preserver present; resealed.) Housed in a fully separated leatherette case (split at spine, heavy surface wear/loss, separation to edges). -- Seated portrait of a middle-aged gentleman, with penciled date on case interior "taken 1851." (Tarnishing along edge, otherwise mostly clear with very minor surface imperfections, spotting to mat and preserver; resealed.) housed in a fully separated leatherette case with Washington Monument motif on front cover (split at spine, significant wear and separation throughout). -- And 9 others. Conditions vary. Housings vary. -- Together, 12 half plate daguerreotype portraits of men.