American Historical Ephemera & Photography

A half plate daguerreotype portrait of three adults including two women wearing matching wrist cuffs. N.p.: n.p., n.d. (Minor spotting to plate, oxidation to mat.) Housed under mat, glass, and preserver, no case. -- A sixth plate ambrotype of a young girl sitting in a chair. N.p.: N.A. Moore, n.d. (Very clear image, spotting to mat and preserver.) Housed in pressed paper case (fully separated at spine, general wear throughout). -- A pair of daguerreotypes of a man and woman identified as husband and wife, William Delos Bugbee and Mary Ellen Dickinson Bugbee. New Orleans: E. Jacobs, n.d. (Tarnishing to edges, spotting to plates, man's image unsealed with no preserver.) Housed in separate pressed paper cases (general wear throughout). Man's image uncredited, woman's image with photographer's stamp on mat. -- A sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a standing baby girl wearing a shirt and no pants. N.p.: n.p., n.d. (Heavy tarnishing to edges, scratching to upper portion of plate, and other blemishes throughout, spotting to mat, no preserver.) Housed in a leatherette case (discoloration to silk pad, general wear including finish loss throughout). -- A ninth plate daguerreotype portrait of a man with long, curly hair and possible dwarfism. N.p.: n.p., n.d. (Tarnishing to edges, spotting to mat; unsealed.) Housed under mat, glass, and preserver only, no case. --  And 20 others, including 11 daguerreotypes, 4 ambrotypes, 4 tintypes, and one milk glass portrait, assorted sizes. Conditions vary. Includes one Rare carte de visite size union frame [Berg 7-32G].