[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 30 sixth plate daguerreotypes of serious women of varying ages.

CLARK & HOLMES, photographers. Seated portrait of a woman with a "school marm" look, wearing a lightly tinted bonnet and glasses. (Significant tarnishing and spotting to plate, few scratches; resealed.) Housed in a damaged half case (edges separating). Mat stamped for Clarke & Holmes, Troy, NY. -- Close-up bust portrait of an older woman wearing a bonnet and facing to the side of the camera. (Tarnishing along edge, some spotting; resealed.) Housed in a half case. -- Seated portrait of an older woman wearing a bonnet and glasses, and with a book on the table next to her. (Spotting to plate, glass weeping, spotting to mat.) Housed in a damaged figural Union case (upper hinge not connected, lower hinge loose, soiling). -- And 27 others. Conditions vary. Housings vary. -- Together, 30 sixth plate daguerreotypes of women.

19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 30 sixth plate daguerreotypes of serious women of varying ages.

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