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Anna and Fanny Smith daguerreotype, 1850 [copy 1 of 2]

Image: 1/6 plate; Two girls with center-parted shoulder-length hair dressed in nearly identical dresses in a patterned fabric, with plain fitted bodices, and shoulder-baring necklines, probably on drawstrings so they could be adjusted to growth and weight gain, with short sleeves pulled up at the he...

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Collection:Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection (#3139)
Date:1850
Dimensions:6.9 x 8.2 cm
2 23/32 x 3 7/32 in
8.0 x 9.2 cm
3 1/8 x 3 5/8 in
Box Number:Box 2B
Folder Number:Folder 43b
Format: Electronic
Subjects and Genres:
Daguerreotype
Portrait photography > United States
Photography of children
Photographic industry
Copyright:Public Domain
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5729
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title Anna and Fanny Smith daguerreotype, 1850 [copy 1 of 2]
spellingShingle Anna and Fanny Smith daguerreotype, 1850 [copy 1 of 2]
Daguerreotype
Portrait photography--United States
Photography of children
Photographic industry
title_sort Anna and Fanny Smith daguerreotype, 1850 [copy 1 of 2]
title_txt_mv Anna and Fanny Smith daguerreotype, 1850 [copy 1 of 2]
date_txt_mv 1850
year_str_mv 1850
genre Daguerreotype
dimensions_txt_mv 6.9 x 8.2 cm
2 23/32 x 3 7/32 in
8.0 x 9.2 cm
3 1/8 x 3 5/8 in
description Image: 1/6 plate; Two girls with center-parted shoulder-length hair dressed in nearly identical dresses in a patterned fabric, with plain fitted bodices, and shoulder-baring necklines, probably on drawstrings so they could be adjusted to growth and weight gain, with short sleeves pulled up at the hem, and low waistlines, skirts with fine gathers at the waist, each have one growth tuck (early 1850s). Preserver: [none]. Mat:Scallop with pebble finish (1840s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a floral design (a variation of Berg Nos. 5-94 and 5-112) on both the front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad and a red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (1850).
subject_txt_mv LCSH: Daguerreotype
LCSH: Portrait photography--United States
LCSH: Photography of children
LCSH: Photographic industry
topic Daguerreotype
Portrait photography--United States
Photography of children
Photographic industry
copyright_txt_mv Public Domain
rights_statement_txt_mv None
collection Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
collection_number_str_mv 3139
box_number_str Box 2B
folder_number_str Folder 43b
url https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5729
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