| Unidentified photographer/creator Daguerreotypist with Lewis-type camera on a tripod n.d. Ambrotype, 1/4 plate Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (45 / 21) LL/10877 He holds the cloth that will cover and uncover the lens. Fine 1/4 plate ambrotype on ruby glass. This is just at the period where the ambrotype was beginning to compete with the daguerreotype, so this ambrotype is an hommage to the earlier format.
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