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Mrs. Christian Miller

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype waist-up portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mrs. Christian Miller. Mrs. Miller is seated in a chair with one arm resting ...
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Celestia Mills

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of Celestia Mills. Miss Mills is seated with one arm resting on a table, and holding an open book with her other hand. M...
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Ambrotype Portrait of Man and Woman

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Description: A pair of sixth plate ambrotype waist-up portraits of an unidentified man and woman. In each portrait the subject is seated with the left hand on the lap a...
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Mrs. Rosellah Smith (Donnel) Bowman

Date: 1854
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Rosellah Smith (Donnel) Bowman. Mrs, Bowman was married to Samuel Hunter Donnel, architect, from 1854 to 1860. Samuel and Rose...
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Betsy Smith with Daughter Laura and Son George

Date: 1846
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Betsy H. Smith, left, with her daughter, Laura, right,and son, George. The three are the mother, sister and brother of Rosella...
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Vietnam Veteran

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Description: A Vietnam veteran with a moustache wearing a beret and military medals and patches on his shirt. He is at an anti-war demonstration and took part in the Wi...
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Harriet Sweeney Hough

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Harriet Sweeney Hough. Seated half figure facing front and to the right, wearing long-sleeved printed dress with small white l...
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Unidentified Woman, Probably Mary Oakley Hough

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of unidentified woman, probably Mary Oakley Hough. Seated half figure facing front and gazing left, wearing untied bonnet, with r...
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Portrait of Unknown Woman

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of woman sitting and holding a book upright in her lap next to a cloth covered table. She is wearing a shawl over her dress a...
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Unidentified Woman

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Description: Sixth-plate daguerreotype. Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified woman, facing front. She is sitting in a chair, with one hand in her lap, and t...
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Sixth-plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of unidentified man who is wearing a suit coat, striped vest, and a cravat. He is sitting in a chair with one ...
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Unidentified Young Girl

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of unidentified young girl. She is sitting on a chair, with her left hand resting on a cloth-covered table on which three boo...
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Unidentified Boy and Girl

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of unidentified boy and girl, seated side by side, facing forward, with hands folded in laps. He is wearing a suit with striped vest,...
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Unidentified Woman

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of an unidentified woman. Waist-up portrait of her seated, facing forward, with her arm resting on a cloth covered table on the r...
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Unidentified Woman

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a waist-up portrait of an unidentified woman. She is seated on an upholstered chair with carved top, facing front. Her hands a...
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Unidentified Girl

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified girl wearing a short sleeved striped dress and holding a cased image in her...
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Aunt Mary Botsford

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Aunt Mary Botsford. Waist-up portrait, seated, facing forward, with arm on a book on a cloth-covered table. She is wearing a p...

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