[Early Photography] Group of 34 Sixth Plate Daguerreotypes of Men and Women
Publishers and subjects unidentified, ages vary. All sixth plate size. Some without cases. Conditions vary. Including:
Standing pose of a young man with dark hair. Mat stamped "Wm. Stroud, Norristown (PA)." Spotting to mat, margins of image tarnished; Seated pose of a man with dark hair and a beard, in "Bijou"-style case with a seated pose of a woman with a child seated on her lap. Both sides of case absent, margins of images tarnished, spine stamped "Bijou."; Seated pose of a man with dark hair, in "Bijou"- style paper mache case, alongside a seated pose of woman wearing a white bonnet. Case heavily worn; Seated pose of a young man with dark hair and a moustache. House in octagonal shaped black case; Seated pose of a young many wearing a white kerchief, identified as Hiram Brown by a paper note. Margins of image slightly tarnished.
And 27 others. 34 photographs total.
19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock
This lot is located in Philadelphia.