American Historical Ephemera and Photography Online

Seated portrait of an adolescent girl wearing a pink-tinted dress with lace collar and drop earrings, likely a European image. (Heavy tarnishing to edges, chemical discoloring, dust particles, no preserver.) Housed in a half leatherette case. -- Another hand-tinted likely European portrait featuring a woman wearing an ornate hat and a coat. (Heavy tarnishing and chemical deterioration throughout, no preserver.) Housed in a fully separated leatherette case with top hinge. -- Portrait of an elderly woman wearing a shawl and hat. (Heavy tarnishing and chemical deterioration throughout.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case. Mat stamped for daguerreotypist Holmes of New York. -- And 34 others. Some without cases. Conditions vary. -- Together, 27 ninth plate daguerreotypes featuring women of varying ages.

[With:] Heavily deteriorated ninth plate ruby ambrotype of a young lady housed in a half case.