[Sam: portrait of Samuel Clemens as a youth holding a printer's composing stick with letters SAM.]

Nov. 29 1850

Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870

MTP 9.07a [00001]

Image

1 photograph : daguerreotype ; sixth plate, visible image 7 x 5.7 cm.

The Bancroft Library

Date NoteWritten in case well.
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat: dome topped (elliptical).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: floral. Material: leather over wood. Pad: red silk.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Plate mark: Scovill. Inscribed in case well: G.H.[?] Jones [or Jonco?] / Hannibal Mo / 1850 / Nov. 29th. On case pad: Samuel L. Clem-/ens - [illegible] / Taken Dec. 1850 / Age 15.</physfacet>;;;

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