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The Henry Clay case
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1.Unidentified photographer / artist
n.d.
Thermoplastic union case "Henry Clay" with the steel mold that was used to create it.

Photographic case
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
The case was made by F.C. Key and Son of Philadelphia, PA.
 
LL/12482
2.Unidentified photographer / artist
n.d.
Steel mold for the "Henry Clay" thermoplastic union case

Photographic case
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
The case was made by F.C. Key and Son of Philadelphia, PA.
 
LL/12483
3.Unidentified photographer / artist
n.d.
Reverse of the steel mold for the "Henry Clay" thermoplastic union case

Photographic case
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
The case was made by F.C. Key and Son of Philadelphia, PA.
 
LL/12484
4.Unidentified photographer / artist
n.d.
The "Henry Clay" thermoplastic union case the steel mold that created it an a contemporary Daguerreotype copy of a portrait of Henry Clay.

Photographic case
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
The case was made by F.C. Key and Son of Philadelphia, PA.
 
LL/12485
5.Unidentified photographer / artist
n.d.
The interior of the "Henry Clay" thermoplastic union case made by F. C. Key & Son.

Photographic case
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
The advertising message reads:
 
F. C. KEY & SON,
Manufacturers of the
Excelsior Ambrotype
CASE.
 
F.C. KEY & SON
Are the Original Inventors of the
INSERTED HINGE AND CATCH,
far superior to all others, being im-
bedded in the case when pressed, and
warranted not to break out or spring,
as do all others that are riveted,
or inserted with or without
a metal brace.
 
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
 
LL/12486
   
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