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Mary Rosen and Mary Yocum daguerreotype, 1849
Image: 1/6 plate; Two seated young woman, one with dark hair in shoulder-length ringlets parted in the center, with a ribbon tied in the back, wearing a mid-toned dress with a snug bodice, no center seam but two diverging darts from the rounded waist point, with long capped belled sleeves with cuffe...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (#3404) |
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| Date: | 1849 |
| Dimensions: | 6.9 x 9.2 cm 2 23/32 x 3 5/8 in 8.1 x 9.3 cm 3 3/16 x 3 19/32 in |
| Box Number: | Box 2 |
| Folder Number: | Folder 174 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6614 |
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Image: 1/6 plate; Two seated young woman, one with dark hair in shoulder-length ringlets parted in the center, with a ribbon tied in the back, wearing a mid-toned dress with a snug bodice, no center seam but two diverging darts from the rounded waist point, with long capped belled sleeves with cuffed white undersleeves, and a high neck with a standing collar, two rings snug on her fingers, the other with dark hair parted in the center and split over the crown, covering the ears, wearing a dark short-sleeved dress buttoned up a front center seam with two diverging darts from the rounded waist point, a high dagged edge white collar and broach at her throat, and wide dark ribbons at each wrist, two rings on her fingers, with color applied to both their cheeks. Preserver: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Octagonal with sandy finish (late 1840s). Case: Leather-covered wood frame embossed with a rare Flowers design (Berg No. 5-104) on the front only, with a plain (unembossed) back, a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (ca. 1849). |
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