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(CHILDREN)
Group of 39 charming images of kids.
Comprising 9 sixth-plate daguerreotypes and
the rest ambrotypes, including 7 half-plates
(with a girl on a hobby horse), 14 sixth-
plates, and 9 ninth-plates; most in leather
cases (some separated at hinge). 1850s
[1,000/1,500]
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(PORTRAITS)
Group of 11 half-plate American da-
guerreotype portraits, including a
hand-tinted study of two sisters (in a
frame), and a woman holding a large
bonnet and posing with her husband.
Also with a handsome hirsute guy dressed in
a cravat, a lovely family with 3 sons, a pretty
dark-haired woman, a bearded older
gentleman, the “Brownell” children, family
groups, and single images purportedly of Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin Higgins of Boston
(uncased); the remaining plates in half and
full leather cases. 1850s
[2,000/3,000]
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