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(PHOTOGRAPHER’S DISPLAY)

Oversized handsome period frame containing 48 sixth-plate daguerreotype studio portraits, with

images of children, mothers and kids, matriarchs and single gents; overall size 30x33 inches

(76.2x83.8 cm.). 1850s

[3,000/4,500]

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(EPHEMERA)

Group of approximately 110 hard images with

American photographers’ printed backs from

the post-daguerreian-era that advertise Picture

Galleries, Portrait Rooms, Saloons, or Institutes;

with the photographer’s name, photographic

services offered, business addresses and, often,

period prices. With 19 ambrotype portraits,

mainly produced in Massachusetts (Boston),

which are housed in brass mats and preservers;

and more than 91 tintypes, many by Brooklyn,

NewYork or Northeast photographers, housed

in period mats, a few with tax revenue stamps;

and approximately 20 loose cards (without

corresponding hard images). 1850s-70s

[300/450]

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