Cased photographs


	LL/11895 - Context

More than mere protection, the photographic case was a masterpiece of decorative art. From hand-tooled leather to the intricate, mass-produced thermoplastic "Union Cases," explore the ornate vessels designed to shield and elevate the 19th century's most delicate likenesses.

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Introduction
1	Cased photographs
Manufacture
2	Manufacture of cased photographs
3	Patent Model of a Mold for Making "Oreo" Daguerreotype Cases (1862 patent)
Marketing
4	Marketing: Cased photographs
Examples
5	Meade daguerreotype case a portrait of Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
6	The Henry Clay case
7	Cased ambrotypes

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Cased photographs

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