1 photograph : ambrotype ; quarter plate, visible image 6.1 x 9 cm.
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<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, backing glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum on backing glass (in the style of Cutting's Patent), face slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Material: green leather (pigskin) over wood. Dimensions: 12.9 x 9.3 cm. Pad: purple velvet. Notes: spine label - 346 (from prior owner). Eickmeyer style case with no patent statement. Blackened well (ambrotype case).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Blind stamped on mat (LR): HAMILTON / SAN FRANCISCO. Label (hand and typewritten): CORPSE OF ELISHA CHANNING COOK, Jr SON OF ELISHA AND WILLIE COOK. DIED DEC.16, 1858, AGE 4 MONTHS. SAN FRANCISCO. AND AMBROTYPE. Taken by Hamilton photog. of S.F.</physfacet>;;;
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Image 2: [Corpse of Elisha Cook, Jr., age 4 months.] (Before treatment: housed in case, prior to removal and addition of cover glass. Scanned from a 35mm slide.)
Image 2: BANC PIC 1905.16242:057––NEG (trans.)
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