American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online

Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a couple, the man wearing a checkered shirt and a hat, the woman wears a bonnet and lace fingerless gloves. (Significant tarnishing along edges, scratching and spotting to plate, some loss of clarity; unsealed but with remnants of original seals.) Housed in a Union case. -- Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a young woman holding flowers in one hand. (Minor imperfections to plate, no preserver present; resealed.) Housed in a leatherette case. -- Ninth plate tintype portrait of a young African American male subject. (Some surface flaking and other minor imperfections; unsealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case. -- And 5 others, including 2 sixth plate daguerreotypes, one sixth plate ambrotype (significant loss, damage), one ninth plate ambrotype, and one sixteenth plate ambrotype. Conditions vary. -- Together, 8 cased images of men and women.