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Margaret Ditzler
Margaret Ditzler
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Margaret Ditzler

Permanent ID:
5847
Date:
circa 1861
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate; woman with hair parted in the middle and smoothed down over the head, wearing a dress in a striped fabric, darted and closing at the front, with large bishop sleeves, with arm-hugging caps, a wide whitework collar clasped with a brooch, and long earings, color applied to her cheeks. Preserver: Fancier with inward points at the corners (after 1858). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Paper-covered wood-frame embossed wtih a floral and geometric design both front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad, and a red velvet cushion embossed with a floral design (1850-60s).
Inscription:
(ink on paper): Margaret Ditzler / 2nd wife of John / d. Phila 2-14-1847 / mother of E. Louisa Foust / (Mrs. W. H) / #195 (Enclosed note)

Presented by / Mrs. A. M. (Helen) Dryden / Oct. 13, 1959 (Label applied to back exterior of case)
Format:
Ambrotype
Dimensions:
Width: 7 cm, Height: 8.3 cm (image)
Width: 2 3/4 in, Height: 3 9/32 in (image)
Width: 8.2 cm, Height: 9.5 cm, Depth: 2.1 cm (case)
Width: 3 7/32 in, Height: 3 3/4 in, Depth: 27/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
Ditzler, Margaret (depicted)
Foust, Elizabeth Louisa (relates to)
Dryden, A. M. (was donated by)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Ambrotype [sh85004169]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]