1 photograph : daguerreotype ; quarter plate, visible image 9.5 x 7 cm.
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<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: floral / geometric (Krainik no. 64). Material: dark brown thermoplastic. Dimensions: 12.3 x 9.6 cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed motif. Notes: [Littlefield & Parsons & Co.]</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Blind stamped on mat (LR): Burnham [probably one of four Burnhams working in Maine: Asa M., George W., John U.P., or T.P Burnham]. On plate (in red crayon, verso): 1.50. Plate mark (UR): [Circle in sixths], [lamb bearing cross], 40. Printed in case well: Littlefield, Parsons & Co. / -Manufactures of- / Daguerreotype Cases. / L.P. & Co., / Are the sole proprietors and only / legal Manufactures of / Union Cases, - with the - / Embracing Riveted Hinge. - Patented, Oct. 14, 1856, & April 21, 1857.</physfacet>;;;
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