[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 35 sixth plate daguerreotypes of aged women.

Bust portrait of an older woman wearing glasses and a bonnet with pink-tinted ribbons. She is identified as "Grandma Fisher" in a penciled inscription on case behind image. (Some clouding to image, tarnishing to edges, heavy oxidation to mat; original seals.) Housed in a leatherette case (significant surface wear). --Seated portrait of an elderly woman with dark hair, wearing a lace bonnet and holding a book on her lap. She appears to be sitting on a studio couch. (Tarnishing to edges, spotting and some weeping; original seals.) Housed in a leatherette case. -- Seated portrait of a mature woman wearing a lace collar and bonnet. (Great clarity.) Housed in a fully separated leatherette case (split at spine, surface wear). -- And 32 others. -- Together, 35 sixth plate daguerreotypes of elderly women. Conditions vary. Some without cases.

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

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 35 sixth plate daguerreotypes of aged women.

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