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George W. Smiley and Emma M. Smiley daguerreotypes, 1855
Left image: 1/6 plate; Head and shoulders of a man with hair to below the ears, parted on one side, oiled and combed into a high wave at the center of the forehead, with a mustache, and a little beard just below the lower lip, wearing a jacket with a high velvet collar, a velvet vest, white button-d...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection (#3139) |
| Date: | 1855 |
| Dimensions: | each image 6.9 x 8.3 cm each image 2 23/32 x 3 9/32 in 8.7 x 9.7 cm 3 7/16 x 3 13/16 in |
| Box Number: | Box 2B |
| Folder Number: | Folder 54/55 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/5736 |
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Left image: 1/6 plate; Head and shoulders of a man with hair to below the ears, parted on one side, oiled and combed into a high wave at the center of the forehead, with a mustache, and a little beard just below the lower lip, wearing a jacket with a high velvet collar, a velvet vest, white button-down shirt and starched collar with standing points, and horizontally tied flat bow tie, with color applied to his cheeks. Right image: 1/6 plate; Head and shoulders of a woman wearing a dark, probably black, silk dress, with a wide white collar that lies out to the shoulders with fronts that do not meet, and drop earrings, her hair rounded out in a softer, longer style to below the ears. Preservers: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mats: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Thermoplastic with a common Two Bunches of Grapes design (Berg No. 2-24), engraved by Frederick Key and manufactured by Peck and Halvorson (see notes about S. Peck and H. Halvorson on pages 20-21 of Paul K. Berg's "Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames", 2nd ed.), on both front and back, red velvet pinchpads (1852-1860). |
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