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Boy wearing a pilot's cap
Boy wearing a pilot's cap
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Boy wearing a pilot's cap

Permanent ID:
6640
Date:
circa 1855
Image Description:
Image: 1/16 plate; Head and shoulders of a young boy wearing a light pattern printed shirt and a pilot's cap. Preserver: Straight and embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with sandy finish (late 1840s). Case: Leather covered wood half case embossed with a geometric design on the back, with exterior gilded edge trim, and a red velvet pinchpad (1850s).
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 3.5 cm, Height: 4.1 cm (image)
Width: 1 3/8 in, Height: 1 5/8 in (image)
Width: 4.4 cm, Height: 5.0 cm, Depth: 0.8 cm (frame)
Width: 1 3/4 in, Height: 1 31/32 in, Depth: 5/16 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]
Photography of children [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85101337]