American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online

Daguerreotype portrait of a man seated at a table, holding the page of an open book lying on a table next to a candlestick with candle. (Large chemical spot to center, affecting subject, with surface scratching and wiping throughout; unsealed.) Housed in a Union case (soiling, some loss). Ambrotype bust portrait of a young lady wearing a brooch, her pinks and forehead heavily tinted pink. (Some loss, surface imperfections.) Housed in a half pressed paper case. -- Seated tintype portrait of a banjoist posed as if playing his instrument before a painted backdrop. (surface scratching throughout; resealed.) Housed in a Union case (soiling, heavy nicking). -- Tintype portrait of two women standing before a painted backdrop and behind a studio pillar/rail prop, wearing large hats and fur muffs. (Image a bit dark, creased, with significant horizontal scratch with loss and other imperfections; partially resealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case (spine reinforcement loosening). -- And 45 others, including 7 daguerreotypes (one round, uncased), 2 ambrotypes, and 5 tintypes (one round, housed in broken oreo case; one loose). -- Together, 18 sixteenth plate images.