| Unknown photographer Unknown town 1853 (ca) Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate Heritage Auctions 13 November 2015 auction LL/61927 Illustrated in The American Daguerreotype by Floyd & Marion Rinhart with the following caption:
"Unknown town, ca. 1853. Half-size daguerreotype. Artist unknown. This scene probably depicts a typical American Industrial town of the 1850s. The clouds have been hand-painted for realistic effect. Most daguerreotype scenes did not record cloud formations except under peculiar atmospheric conditions."
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