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Anna and Fanny Smith daguerreotype, 1850 [copy 1 of 2]
Anna and Fanny Smith daguerreotype, 1850 [copy 1 of 2]
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Anna and Fanny Smith daguerreotype, 1850 [copy 1 of 2]

Permanent ID:
5729
Date:
circa 1850
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; Two girls with center-parted shoulder-length hair dressed in nearly identical dresses in a patterned fabric, with plain fitted bodices, and shoulder-baring necklines, probably on drawstrings so they could be adjusted to growth and weight gain, with short sleeves pulled up at the hem, and low waistlines, skirts with fine gathers at the waist, each have one growth tuck (early 1850s). Preserver: [none]. Mat:Scallop with pebble finish (1840s). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame embossed with a floral design (a variation of Berg Nos. 5-94 and 5-112) on both the front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad and a red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (1850).
Inscription:
(ink): Anna & Fanny C. L. Smith; (pencil): Mrs. Carson [illegible] (Label adhered to cover glass)

(stamped): Miniature Case / MANUFACTORY / Corner of Court and Howard Sts / BOSTON. [paper pasted in to case upside down and text is seen in reverse] (Paper lining inside of case, behind image package)
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 6.9 cm, Height: 8.2 cm (image)
Width: 2 23/32 in, Height: 3 7/32 in (image)
Width: 8.0 cm, Height: 9.2 cm, Depth: 1.7 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 5/8 in, Depth: 21/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
Smith, Anna (depicted)
Carson (was donated by)
Smith, Fanny C. L. (depicted)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photography of children [sh85101337]
Photographic industry [sh85101187]