| Unidentified photographer [Four uniformed men against two 28-star flags] 1840s Daguerreotype, whole plate, hand-tinted Internet - Original source ill-defined Eldred's, Americana, Decorative Arts and Paintings, Nov. 16-17, 2012 LL/70595 "Made in the late 1840s, it descended in the family of Freeman Cobb of Brewster, Mass., who is thought to be one of the men pictured. Cobb worked for Adams Express, a Boston transport service established in 1840, and the company uniform is probably that worn by the men pictured. He arrived in Australia in 1853 and he set up his own coach company there using two Concord coaches that he brought with him. "
"Full-Plate Daguerreotype Fetches Record 106,200 At Eldred", 21 December 2012, Antiques and the Arts Weekly
www.antiquesandthearts.com/full-plate-daguerreotype-fetches-record-106200-at-eldred/
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