American Historical Ephemera and Photography

Seated portrait of a mature woman wearing glasses and a bonnet, her face and hands with pink tinting. (Tarnishing, residue, and weeping throughout, oxidation spots to mat; original seals.) Housed in a leatherette case with velvet pad marked for "Newcomer's Gallery, 308 N. 2nd St. Phila" (spine repaired, surface wear). -- Seated portrait of a middle-aged woman wearing a bonnet with frill near her face and a wide-brimmed exterior, holding a book in her lap with pictorial cover. (Light tarnishing to edges, wiping, clouding, and spotting to plate, spotting to mat; unsealed.) Housed in a half leatherette case. -- Exceptionally crisp seated portrait of an elderly woman wearing a lace ruffled bonnet with striped ribbons and a shawl. The way her mouth rests suggest she may be missing teeth. (Clear image, spotting to mat; resealed 1997.) Housed in a fully separated leatherette case (split at spine, surface wear). -- And 14 others. Conditions and housings vary. -- Together, 17 quarter plate daguerreotypes of women wearing bonnets.