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Box 16

 Container

Contains 12 Results:

Ambrotype, hand tinted, 1850

 File — Box: 16, Item: 1
Scope and Contents

1 3/8 by 3 ¼ inches. Half of case missing, wooden case with embossed papier-mâché overlay. Case has a single clasp. The image is matted with a brass plate and is bound by a copper overlay. Subject is an un­identified male.

Dates: Other: 1850

Opaline print, 1850

 File — Box: 16, Item: 2
Scope and Contents

2 ¾ by 3 ¼ inches. Half of case missing, wooden case embossed. Double clasp case. Brass mat is not attached to the print. Subject is an unidentified male

Dates: Other: 1850

Daguerreotype, hand tinted, Late 1840s to early1850s

 File — Box: 16, Item: 3
Scope and Contents

3 ¼ by 4 1/8 inches. Oriental veneer "book" case with mother of pearl inlay, hand painted cover. Case is broken along joint to spine. Spine is leather bound with the word "Token" inscribed on it. Case is plush lined. Engraved metal plate book clasp. Mat is brass and consistent in style with those made in the 1850's. Mat is inscribed with the name of the photographer, Emil Jacobs, and the initials of the city in which it was taken, New Orleans. This image is of an unidentified woman

Dates: Other: Late 1840s to early1850s

Ambrotype, hand tinted, 1850

 File — Box: 16, Item: 4
Scope and Contents

2 by 2 ½ inches. Wooden single-clasp cloth covered case is intact. Image has a brass mat and is enclosed with an ornate copper overlay. Image is of an unidentified woman posed against a pastoral backdrop

Dates: Other: 1850

Daguerreotype, hand tinted, 1850

 File — Box: 16, Item: 5
Scope and Contents

3 ¾ by 3 ¼ inches. Embossed and hand painted wooden case, plush lined, double clasp. Plain brass mat with copper overlay. Copper overlay is embossed with manufacturer's name, Dean & Emerson of Worcester, Massachusetts. Image is of an unidentified girl. Painted into her blurred right hand is a bird sitting on a book.

Dates: Other: 1850

Ambrotype, hand tinted, Late 1850s

 File — Box: 16, Item: 6
Scope and Contents

2 by 2 /12 inches. Embossed wooden case, plush lined with a single clasp. Spine is broken. Ornate brass mat with intricate copper overlay. Image is of an unidentified woman posed against a pastoral backdrop.

Dates: Other: Late 1850s

Ambrotype, hand tinted, Early 1850s

 File — Box: 16, Item: 7
Scope and Contents

2 ¾ by 4 ¼ inches. Embossed wooden case, plush lined with a single clasp. Spine is broken. Image is of an unidentified male against a plain backdrop

Dates: Other: Early 1850s

Daguerreotype, 1860

 File — Box: 16, Item: 8
Scope and Contents

3 ¾ by 3 ¼ inches. Brass frame, case broken, plush lined with a single clasp. Image is of two unidentified young girls posing with a vase full of flowers between them

Dates: Other: 1860

Ambrotype, black canvas case, 1860

 File — Box: 16, Item: 9
Scope and Contents

3 by 2 ½ inches. Brass frame with a single clasp. Image is of an unidentified young man in front of a plain backdrop

Dates: Other: 1860

Ambrotype, 1860

 File — Box: 16, Item: 10
Scope and Contents

3 by 2 ½ inches. Embossed wooden case, plush lined with a single clasp and a brass frame. Frame was loose easily pulled out to reveal something scratched into case behind picture. The inscription was a scratched out name then the words "All I love." Image is of a young lady and parts of the photo appear to have been painted

Dates: Other: 1860