American Historical Ephemera and Photography

Crisp portrait of a young woman seated in an ornately carved wooden chair, wearing lace gloves and posing with a thick volume on the table next to her. (Some spotting to plate and mat; reglazed and resealed.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (split at spine, surface wear) with penciled inscription behind image reading, "16 years old when this was taken Ellen M. Larrabee." -- Crisp image of a young woman wearing some kind of woven headpiece in her hair and a gold-highlighted brooch on her collar, holding open a small book in her lap with her thumb. (Minor surface imperfections, spotting to mat; reglazed and resealed 2018.) Housed in a leatherette case (repair to spine, surface wear throughout). -- And 19 others. Conditions and housings vary. -- Together, 21 sixth plate daguerreotypes featuring women with books.