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Unidentified photographer
John Ross. Thief.
[Rogues Gallery Collection]
1857 (ca)
Ambrotype
Missouri Historical Society
Rogues Gallery collection, Identifier: 3888-A, Identifier: P0689-00033
LL/105074
Curatorial description
(Accessed: 5 October 2020)
Vertical, black and white photograph. One view of the portrait of a man wearing a suit, the face of the man colored pink. The photograph is encased in a bronze- and gold-colored metal preserver frame and mat decorated and engraved with floral and plantlike designs. A piece of cloth tied to a metal ring is hanging on the back. The back of the photograph depicts the following description in cursive: "[Illegible] [Illegible - Ciminah? Cimrnah? Amrinah? Criminals?] Oldest Picture John Ross Oct 3 [illegible] 1857 Thief."
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