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| 1. |  | Unknown manufacturer n.d. Photograph album cover Photograph album, front Private collection of Paul K. Berg |
| 2. |  | Unidentified manufacturer n.d. Berg 6-363 Union case Private collection Courtesy "Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames" © Paul K. Berg - Used with permission |
| 3. |  | Littlefield, Parsons & Co. (maker) n.d. Berg 3-62G Union case Private collection Courtesy "Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames" © Paul K. Berg - Used with permission |
| 4. |  | Unidentified photographer 1850 (ca) Daguerriean Snuff Box Daguerreotype, 1/9 plate, snuff box 3 x 2 in (box) Private collection of Steven Evans Probably French. |
| 5. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. European thermoplastic snuffbox with a small oval daguerreotype mounted on the top. Daguerreotype Capitol Gallery Courtesy of Capitol Gallery (Fall 2007 Auction, #2) The image of a lovely young woman, which measures 1"x 1 +", has very nice flesh tones added to her face and a dab of red to the bow below her lace collar. The daguerreotype is in excellent condition with good tonal qualities and contrast. There are some very small dust spots visible on the underside of the glass. The equally gorgeous box has a beautiful pattern of silver and brass inlay, although it is difficult to tell if some areas are painted. There is one thin line on the left side of the image where the brass is missing as seen in the scan. It is a little stiff when opening, and there are some chips missing on top portion of the bottom half. |
| 6. |  | Unknown creator 1860 Purse decorated with collodion positive photograph Book-form purse National Science and Media Museum Photographs Collection, Ref Number: 1990-5036/2808 |
| 7. |  | H.C. Baird's Daguerrean Gallery 1840s (ca) Business card holder with a Daguerreotype portrait in the design with a card for H.C. Baird's Daguerrean Gallery Business card holder and business card Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada |
| 8. |  | n.d. Photo enamels mounted on red velvet in an oak frame. the images are of King Edward VII along with Boer War figures; Baden-Powell, Roberts, Kitchener, French and White. Photo enamels 13 x 14 in (Frame exterior) Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#14 / 186) |
| 9. |  | n.d. Photo enamels mounted on red velvet in an oak frame. the images are of King Edward VII along with Boer War figures; Baden-Powell, Roberts, Kitchener, French and White. Photo enamels 13 x 14 in (Frame exterior) Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#14 / 186) |
| 10. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1875-1925 (ca) éventail [Fan, Japanese] Fan 34.5 x 19.5 cm Musée du Berry © Bourges, musée du Berry, © Direction des musées de France, 2005, InventoryNo: 1984.1.187, Joconde: 02300016105 Eventail drapeau avec manche en bois laqué noir. Papier imprimé avec rehauts de peinture. |
| 11. |  | Unknown creator 1870 (ca) Fan with applied photographs Fan National Science and Media Museum Photographs Collection, Ref Number: 1990-5036/4973 |
| 12. |  | Unidentified photographers 1898 (ca) McKinley and Spanish-American War Leaders Portrait Fan Fan 24.13 cm (height) Cornell University Library Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214 Rare & Manuscript Collections |
| 13. |  | Unidentified photographer 1890s (ca) Portrait of a suited young man Mirror, photograph on reverse Private collection of Alan Griffiths |
| 14. |  | Matthewsmans Patent n.d. Steel scissors with shaped handles and a portrait (albumen ?) of a man behind a glass cover. Scissors 5 1/2 ins (length) Ebay seller - diggerlee Ebay, Courtesy of Lee Burgess, UK Lee Burgess, who kindly supplied this photograph, pointed out that the "Matthewsman Patent - Sheffield" does not appear on Google indicating that this may be a rare item. Further information is requested. This tem was listed on Ebay (Item number: 350545633025) on 11th March 2012. |
| 15. |  | Matthewsmans Patent n.d. Steel scissors with shaped handles and a portrait (albumen ?) of a man behind a glass cover. Scissors 5 1/2 ins (length) Ebay seller - diggerlee Ebay, Courtesy of Lee Burgess, UK Lee Burgess, who kindly supplied this photograph, pointed out that the "Matthewsman Patent - Sheffield" does not appear on Google indicating that this may be a rare item. Further information is requested. This tem was listed on Ebay (Item number: 350545633025) on 11th March 2012. |
| 16. |  | Matthewsmans Patent n.d. Steel scissors with shaped handles and a portrait (albumen ?) of a man behind a glass cover. Scissors 5 1/2 ins (length) Ebay seller - diggerlee Ebay, Courtesy of Lee Burgess, UK Lee Burgess, who kindly supplied this photograph, pointed out that the "Matthewsman Patent - Sheffield" does not appear on Google indicating that this may be a rare item. Further information is requested. This tem was listed on Ebay (Item number: 350545633025) on 11th March 2012. |
| 17. |  | n.d. Folk Art Game Board Game board Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (53 / 115) The inner dimensions of the frame are 23" x 20". The outlines of the squares, and the border designs, are painted on the underside of the glass ("reverse painted on glass.") Family snapshots are placed in cut-out frames on alternate squares and in the corners. Imagine the intimate setting in which checkers or chess would be played by family members. A wonderful folk art object, it also reminds me of the array of photographs in Walker Evans' photograph of the studio window. |
| 18. |  | Unknown maker 1862 [Game Board with Portraits of President Abraham Lincoln and Union Generals] Albumen silver prints, from glass negatives Metropolitan Museum of Art Brian D. Caplan Collection |
| 19. |  | Unidentified photographer 1896 (ca) McKinley "Continental" Portrait Paperweight Paperweight 10.16 x 6.35 cm Cornell University Library Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214 Rare & Manuscript Collections |
| 20. |  | Unidentified photographer 1897-1901 (ca) "President McKinley" Portrait Paper Weight Paperweight 5.5 ins; x 13.97 cm (diameter) Cornell University Library Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214 Rare & Manuscript Collections |
| 21. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Crayon portraits, sample portfolio Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (54 / 33) When it is rolled up it buttons into an 18" wide black leather cylinder. When unrolled it reveals 3 crayon portraits in different styles: these are photographic enlargements that are then worked on by hand. They are 16" x 18", backed by cloth. One, of a gentleman, is colored over with charcoal. Another, of his wife, is worked over in brown. The main attraction is a wonderful portrait of a child, in full color. Overpainted enlargements were a major form of photographic commerce in the late 19th Century, that included overpainted tintypes. This portfolio is an important object showing the commercial solicitation of customers for this process. |
| 22. |  | Unidentified manufacturer n.d. Mascher's Magnifying Case with sixth plate American Daguerreotype Mascher case, 1/6 plate Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (26 September 2009, #22 / 97) |
| 23. |  | Wilhelm von Gloeden 1900 (ca) Album of prints Album Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 22, 2009, Photographs & Photographic Literature, Sale 2191 Lot 93) Unique album with 16 wonderful "en plein air" studies of nude and semi-nude Sicilian boys, including models atop a leopard skin, draped in togas, and dressed Roman-style with garlands in their hair; with a binding featuring unique transfer images of Von Gloeden's photographs on the front and rear covers. Albumen, sepia-toned silver, and bromide prints, 8 1/2x6 1/4 inches (21.5x15.8 cm.). Folio, leather, with sepia-toned photographs set amidst a hand-colored and gilt floral motif. |
| 24. |  | Unknown artist 1840s-1850s [Button with hands] Button 1.6 cm (5/8 ins) (diameter) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, Joyce F. Menschel Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.78 Comments from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Accessed: 13 April 2017) This miniature daguerreotype shows two hands resting on a book. The photograph is set into a two-piece gold-washed brass frame with a loop on the reverse for sewing to a garment. The case design with its simple, raised ornamental border is typical of the gilt-metal buttons mass-produced from 1830 to 1850 in several New England factories such as the Scovill Manufacturing Company in Waterbury, Connecticut, which also manufactured daguerreotype plates. The button was discovered in the early 1980s in a flea market in Massachusetts. The use of buttons for political purposes in the United States began in the 1700s with buttons that proclaimed "Independence," as the goal of the oppressed colonists, and "Long Live the President," in honor of the inauguration of George Washington. But it was not until the 1828 presidential campaign of Andrew Jackson, just twenty years before the likely date of this photograph, that the button became a regular part of American elections. From "Jackson--True Standard" to "I Like Ike," the political button, both with and without pictures, developed into a characteristically American means of both political advertising and personal expression. For many years, the image was believed to represent an anti-slavery motif of two handsone black, one whiteresting on a Bible. Today, after detailed digital imaging, the photograph seems to show the hands of just one individual. The symbolic meaning of this unique button is thus open for reinterpretation. |
| 25. |  | Anthony Berger 1864, 9 February (taken) 1865 (created) Abraham Lincoln mourning badge Mourning badge, albumen print Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-19434 Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing right (Anthony Berger photo Feb. 9, 1864). Brass mat with oval window and photo attached to a blue velvet ribbon after Lincoln's death. |
| 26. |  | Mathew B. Brady 1864, 8 January (taken) (created) For president Abraham Lincoln Campaign badge, tintype Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-19442 Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln on one side (Brady photo Jan. 8, 1864) and bust portrait of Andrew Johnson on the other side; metal casing with six stars above ornamental American Flag shield and boughs that give an hourglass shape to the Lincoln portrait. |
| 27. |  | Anthony Berger 1864, 9 February (taken) (created) Lincoln Political campaign button, tintype Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-19441 Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing left (Anthony Berger photo Feb. 9, 1864); metal casing, lacking fastener. |
| 28. |  | 1912 (ca) Debs-Seidel "Our Candidates" Portrait Campaign Ribbon Campaign ribbon Cornell University Library Political Americana Collection, ID Number: 2214.RB0078 |
| 29. |  | 1885 (ca) Grant Portrait Badge Badge Cornell University Library Political Americana Collection, ID Number: 2214.RB0112 Item consists of a red, white, and blue faille ribbon with an affixed black cardboard star and albumen print portrait of U.S. Grant. The use of the black star suggests this is a memorial item issued following Grant's death in 1885. |
| 30. |  | Unidentified photographer 1896 Morton "For President" Ribbon and Button Ribbon Cornell University Library Political Americana Collection, ID Number: 2214.RB0306 Ribbon with molded metal pin bar and braided metal fringe. Attached button contains celluloid-covered halftone portrait of Levi P. Morton with facsimile signature. |
| 31. |  | Unidentified photographer 1860 Presidential campaign pinback with a tintype measuring 1/2 inch (1.3 cm.) in diameter; with the name "LINCOLN" embossed on the lower edge Tintype Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 13, 2011, #2265, Lot 3) |
| 32. |  | Unidentified photographer 1850 (ca) Lady with flowers in bonnet, holding a Daguerreotype pendant of a man Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate Private collection of Larry West Courtesy of Larry J. West, © West Companies, Inc., 2005. [From the book: Tokens of Affection and Regard] |
| 33. |  | Unidentified photographer 1861-1865 [Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with saber and revolver in oval locket with chain of braided hair] Tintype, locket 5.6 x 4.8 cm (locket) Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Portraits, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-27493 (digital file from original item, photo) Many families followed Victorian mourning customs in the mid-1800s. Mourning periods varied based on one's relation to the deceased. While these periods were characterized mainly by mourning garb, photographs and jewelry, like this locket, also served as mementos of the deceased. (Source: Matthew R. Gross and Elizabeth T. Lewin, 2010) |
| 34. |  | Unidentified photographer 1861-1865 [Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with saber and revolver in oval locket with chain of braided hair] Tintype, locket 5.6 x 4.8 cm (locket) Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Portraits, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-27494 (digital file from original item, locket) Many families followed Victorian mourning customs in the mid-1800s. Mourning periods varied based on one's relation to the deceased. While these periods were characterized mainly by mourning garb, photographs and jewelry, like this locket, also served as mementos of the deceased. (Source: Matthew R. Gross and Elizabeth T. Lewin, 2010) |
| 35. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1850 (ca) Oval pendant, Daguerreotype portrait of a lady with a chubby child Jewelry, Daguerreotype Private collection of Larry West Courtesy of Larry J. West, © West Companies, Inc., 2005. [From the book: Tokens of Affection and Regard] |
| 36. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1860 (ca) Pin, two sisters, with father on the reverse Jewelry, Ambrotype Private collection of Larry West Courtesy of Larry J. West, © West Companies, Inc., 2005. [From the book: Tokens of Affection and Regard] |
| 37. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. American Daguerreotype pin back brooch of an attractive young woman Daguerreotype, brooch 1 1/8 ins (high) Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#23 / 95) |
| 38. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1853 (ca) Pin, portrait of a lady holding a book or image, gold chain, fully tinted, pinchbeck wire surround with grape leaves, English Jewelry, Daguerreotype Private collection of Larry West Courtesy of Larry J. West, © West Companies, Inc., 2005. [From the book: Tokens of Affection and Regard] |
| 39. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1855 (ca) Watch locket, seed pearl surround, Daguerreotype of a gentleman, lady on the reverse Jewelry, Daguerreotype Private collection of Larry West Courtesy of Larry J. West, © West Companies, Inc., 2005. [From the book: Tokens of Affection and Regard] |
| 40. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. Unknown man Metal foil preserver [locket] Universiteit Leiden, Prentenkabinet www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: PRI-NFM0107/1 |
| 41. |  | Unidentified Daguerreotypist 1855 (ca) Frances Pemberton Daguerreotype, 1/16 plate, oval Historical Society of Pennsylvania Record Number: 5575, Collection: Cased Photographs Collection [3139] |
| 42. |  | Unidentified photographer 1850s Portrait of a lady Daguerreotype, brass watch case 40 cm (diameter) Stockholms Auktionsverk Photographica, 4 April 2011, Lot: 4043 |
| 43. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1850 (ca) Man's oval ring with a Daguerreotype of a lady inside, agate cover Jewelry, Daguerreotype Private collection of Larry West Courtesy of Larry J. West, © West Companies, Inc., 2005. [From the book: Tokens of Affection and Regard] |
| 44. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1865 (ca) Hairband, made of four standards of human hair with a tinted albumen image, English Jewelry, Albumen print Private collection of Larry West Courtesy of Larry J. West, © West Companies, Inc., 2005. [From the book: Tokens of Affection and Regard] |
| 45. |  | Unidentified photographer 1850-1855 Portrait of a lady on a braided bracelet Daguerreotype, bracelet, with applied colouring FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - FOMU www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: FMA-B-201-005 |
| 46. |  | Unidentified photographer 1850-1855 Portrait of a lady on a braided bracelet Daguerreotype, bracelet, with applied colouring FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - FOMU www.daguerreobase.org - Daguerreobase no: FMA-B-201-005 |
| 47. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Portrait of a Young Woman Daguerreotype, Locket Clasp on Woven Hair Bracelet Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus All rights reserved. It is unclear if this is mourning jewelry or a keepsake. |
| 48. |  | Unidentified photographer 1860 (ca) Sentimental (or mourning) hair bracelet with an ambrotype of a bearded gentleman Photographic jewelry Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 19, 2010, #2226, Lot 74) Slightly smaller than a sixteenth-plate, in a swivel setting with woven hair on the flip side; framed in an electroplated gold or brass vine and leaf design hinged by connectors, each showing delicate filigree work; the band comprised of 4 ropes consisting of finely braided strands of hair, slightly unraveled at bottom center. |
| 49. |  | Unidentified photographer 1855 (ca) 14K gold woman's bracelet with bas-relief floral embellishments and containing a hand-tinted tintype of a gentleman; Tintype Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 13, 2011, #2265, Lot 1) |
| 50. |  | Unidentified Daguerreotypist 1845 (ca) Sarah Carstairs Roberts Daguerreotype 2.7 x 2.7 cm (image) Historical Society of Pennsylvania Record Number: 6894, Collection: Roberts family Photographs [3652] [Note: Alan Griffiths - November 2011] Presumably the beads indicate that this was a bracelet or necklace where the string is missing. |
| 51. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. Classic watch style gold (colored) locket containing a double Daguerreotype of a husband and wife. Daguerreotype jewelry Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#14 / 146) |
| 52. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Ambrotype brooch of a gentleman, with gold(?) chain surround. Ambrotype, jewelry 1.75 in high (Image) Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#14 / 160) |
| 53. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1855-1859 Portrait of an unknown man Brooch, Daguerreotype Rijksmuseum Copyright © Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (RP-F-F14354) |
| 54. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1900 (ca) A broach showing three children playing with a doll and a train Broach, colored print 3 x 4 cm Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius) Courtesy of Jan Weijers |
| 55. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. Portrait of a Young Woman Daguerreotype, pin Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus All rights reserved. The use of black enamel bordering the portrait probably indicates that this was mourning jewellry. Note the high quality of the tinting on the face of the sitter and the gold highlighting. |
| 56. |  | Unknown artist 1880s (ca) A pin with two tintype portraits Photographic jewelry Burns Americana |
| 57. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1848 (ca) Watch locket back, open, mourning piece with blonde hair, Daguerreotype on the reverse. Jewelry, Daguerreotype on reverse Private collection of Larry West Courtesy of Larry J. West, © West Companies, Inc., 2005. [From the book: Tokens of Affection and Regard] |
| 58. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Portrait of a Young Woman Daguerreotype, clothing button 1 ins (diameter) Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus All rights reserved. In Larry J. West and Patricia A. Abbott, 2005, Antique Photographic Jewelry: Tokens of Affection and Regard it states that only approximately twelve of these are known. |
| 59. |  | Unidentified photographer 1850 (ca) Pair of oval electroplated-gold dangle earrings containing daguerreotypes of two young women Photographic jewelry Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 19, 2010, #2226, Lot 78) Set in a wire straight-back kidney-shape with open loop finding; embellished with a small decorative drop ball hanging from the bottom of each, one of the backings has been slightly pulled open at top. |
| 60. |  | n.d. Four stick pins Jewelry Private collection of Paul K. Berg Courtesy of Paul K. Berg The left is a tintype, the center two are (probably) paper, and the right is an ambrotype. |
| 61. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. Walking Stick with Daguerreotype Inset in Knob Daguerreotype Cowan's Auctions, Inc Auction 13 June 2014, "American History", Lot: 23 A 1 in. diameter daguerreotype of a mother and child inset in the painted wooden knob of walking stick with an overall length of 35.5 in. |
| 62. |  | n.d. A purse with photographs on the outside Purse Guernsey's - New York This item was included in the auction of "The Naylor Collection: Celebrating The History of Photography" at Guernsey‘s (New York, Oct 18-21, 2007) |
| 63. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. Shell purse with a Daguerreotype portrait Daguerreotype Interencheres - La Gallerie de Chartes Collection Henry Koilski (Galerie de Chartres, Auction, 8 October 2011, Lot: 176) Petit porte monnaie en écaille Serti sur une face d'un petit daguerréotype - portrait de femme. |
| 64. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Untitled Guernsey's - New York This item was included in the auction of "The Naylor Collection: Celebrating The History of Photography" at Guernsey‘s (New York, Oct 18-21, 2007) |
| 65. |  | Gunn & Stuart 1897 Queen Victoria Cabinet card Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#14 / 176) Taken at Buckingham Palace in 1897 during the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the same year. She is wearing a bracelet brooch with an Ambrotype of her beloved Prince Albert and she appears to be holding a stereo Daguerreotype. |
| 66. |  | Unidentified photographer 1850 (ca) Portrait of a gentleman wearing a work apron Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada Well dressed bearded gentleman wearing a work apron. He is installing a daguerreotype in the locket in his hands. Exposed in a studio, he is seated behind a board which sits balanced atop a Jenny Lind type posing table on which lie assorted tools for the work at hand, namely two other daguerreian lockets positioned on the board. He most probably worked in the studio since many daguerreotypists did their own work, If the work was subcontracted to a jeweler, it most probably would have been done on a jewelers bench rather than the make-shift props found in a studio. (Matt Isenburg) |
| 67. |  | Unidentified photographer 1850 (ca) Portrait of a gentleman wearing a work apron (Detail) Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada The thinness of the profiles distinguishes the lockets from being watch cases which are quite a bit thicker. Also the one lying open on the wooden slab shows the typical empty frame with grey paper backing awaiting its image. (Matt Isenburg) |
| 68. |  | Unidentified artist / photographer 1850 (ca, image) 1920s (constructed) Lighthouse constructed out of seashells placed in artistic patterns, with a sixth-plate daguerreotype of 3 women and a young lady inset in the tower; with a hidden pull-out drawer on the base; Daguerreotype 22 ins (hight) 12 ins (widest point) Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 13, 2011, #2265, Lot 2) |
| 69. |  | Unidentified creator / photographer 1890s (ca) Photographic souvenir from Japan: a handsome box-shaped decorative screen adorned with 4 hand-colored glass lantern slides with picturesque views Glass lantern slides Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 13, 2011, #2265, Lot 20) |
| 70. |  | T.H. Lippiatt (Shamokin, Pa.) n.d. Two young women. The woman on the left has decorated her dress, hat, and fan with paper photographs while the woman on the right is dressed in a man's suit and derby. Cabinet card Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus |