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Captain D.G. Farragut 
1854 (ca) 
  
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate 
Cowan's Auctions, Inc 
Auction 13 June 2014, "American History", Lot: 31 
  
 
LL/54842 
  
Captain D.G. Farragut taken at Mare Island, CA, ca 1854, while he oversaw construction and establishment of the first US naval base on the west coast, California's Mare Island Naval Ship Yard. Beautifully framed, 7.5 x 9 in. The earliest known photograph of Farragut in existence.
 
Purchased from G.W. Bell Auctioneer, Portland, ME, January 1995, and accompanied by original Maine Antique Digest advertisement in which daguerreotype was featured. The consignor was able to trace the origin of the daguerreotype to the San Francisco, CA area. 
 

 
  
 
  
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