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    • Double portrait

    • Double portrait

    • Double portrait of unknown man and woman, she's wearing a bonnet on head, beautiful crocheted collar with cameo, he is dressed in high collar white shirt, vest, coat, and tie. On plain glass, backing peeling away; mats are oval gilt with scroll...

    • Ambrotype; Woman; Man
    • Early Photography
    • Dr. Edward Batwell

    • Dr. Edward Batwell

    • Dr. Edward Batwell, Surgeon 14th Michigan Infantry, made by "Christofle" stamped in metal, man seated wtih stethoscope in hand. Fair condition, 1/6 plate; rectangular mat; 1/2 case, paper covered wood.

    • Daguerreotype; Fourteenth Michigan Infantry; Man; Civil War; Surgeons; Dr. Edward Batwell
    • Early Photography
    • Dr. Russell Thayer

    • Dr. Russell Thayer

    • Dr. Russell Thayer, first druggist in Lansing, died 1865. On plain glass, back badly peeled away; mat gilt oval with bouquets of flowers in corners; plastic case with cherubs standing on harp in stage setting, very good condition

    • Ambrotype; Dr. Russell Thayer; Man; Lansing (Mich.)
    • Early Photography
    • Dunham, Ozro

    • Dunham, Ozro

    • Ozro Dunham, seated, small bow tie, white collar turned down. Good condition, on amber glass; over plain mat; 1/2 case missing; case is paper covered wood.

    • Ambrotype; Dunham, Ozro; Man
    • Early Photography
    • Dussett, Truman; Milbourn, Jonathan; Ferris, Nesley

    • Dussett, Truman; Milbourn, Jonathan; Ferris, Nesley

    • Three Civil War soldiers, in uniform, with hats. Two seated, one standing, triangular pose, Truman Dussett, Johnathan Milbourn, Nesley Ferris, 6th Michigan Infantry, Company H., in good condition. Mat gilt, non-pareil, some tarnish spots, with...

    • Tintype; Civil War; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Men; Sixth Michigan Infantry; Milbourn, Jonathan; Ferris, Nesly; Dussett, Truman
    • Early Photography
    • Dutton, Charles R.

    • Dutton, Charles R.

    • Charles R. Dutton, Co. B. 26th Michigan Infantry, standing full length view with battlefield backdrop in background, rifle at "attention" position, in fair condition, lightly tinted. Mat, plain gilt, eleptical, in good condition, case of paper...

    • Tintype; Dutton, Charles R.; Twenty-sixth Michigan Infantry; Civil War; Military uniforms; Soldiers; Man
    • Early Photography
    • Farrand, Chester

    • Farrand, Chester

    • Chester Farrand, Company B, Second Michigan Infantry. On plain glass, lacquered back, in poor condition, oval gilt mat in excellent condition, made by Dean & Emerson, Worchester, Mass. 1/2 case of paper covered wood in fair condition

    • Ambrotype; Farrand, Chester; Man; Dean & Emerson; Worchester (Mass.)
    • Early Photography
    • Fisher, Pardon F.

    • Fisher, Pardon F.

    • Pardon F. Fisher, taken 1856, portrait of man. Poor condition; 1/6 plate; no mat; case is paper covered wood with scroll design; hinge broken, fair condition.

    • Daguerreotype; Fisher, Pardon F.; Man
    • Early Photography
    • Fletcher, Emily

    • Fletcher, Emily

    • Emily Fletcher, Lancaster, New Hampshire, 1856. Head and shoulder portrait. 1/9 [?] plate, oval mat with some detail, inside facing missing. Case in paper covered wood in very good condition.

    • Daguerreotype; Fletcher, Emily; Woman; Lancaster (N.H.)
    • Early Photography
    • Fletcher, George N.

    • Fletcher, George N.

    • George N. Fletcher of Oberlin College, Ohio in seated pose wearing high collar white shirt with large tie and vest. Fair to poor condition; 1/6 plate; hexagonal mat, good condition; case is paper covered wood with lyre design on front.

    • Daguerreotype; Fletcher, George N.; Man
    • Early Photography
    • Four men in triangular pose

    • Four men in triangular pose

    • Four men in a triagular pose, each wearing a suit, tie, vest and coat. One man is bearded. On loan from "Lizzie Cowles". Daguerreotype almost poor condition. 1/6 plate, oval mat with floral design, opposite cover red plush with flower design....

    • Daguerreotype; Man
    • Early Photography
    • Gillespie, Lorindia; Gillespie Hiram

    • Gillespie, Lorindia; Gillespie Hiram

    • Lorindia and Hiram Gillespie. Woman with striped dress, lace collar, folded hands on lap, man with coat, vest and tie. 1/6 plate with plain oval mat. Paper covered wood with broken hinge; scroll markings on outside; fair condition.

    • Daguerreotype; Gillespie, Lorindia; Gillespie, Hiram; Woman; Man
    • Early Photography
    • Gram, William

    • Gram, William

    • William Gram, Cass County, 1860. Ambrotype in poor condition on cranberry red glass; upper left corner broken, many scratches.

    • Ambrotype; Gram, William; Man; Cass County (Mich.)
    • Early Photography
    • Griffin, Peggy L.

    • Griffin, Peggy L.

    • Grandmother Page, Peggy L. Griffin, born 05-30-1781, died 02-06-1856, was married to Webster Page in 1805 who died Oct. 1819. Oval mat with scroll corners, good condition; case is paper covered wood with geometric design, fair condition; mat made...

    • Ambrotype; Woman; Griffin, Peggy L.; Worchester (Mass.)
    • Early Photography
    • Group of seven women

    • Group of seven women

    • Group of seven women, unidentified, different dresses, similar hair styles, three standing, three seated, one kneeling. Rectangular mat with scalloped design in corners, very good condition, no case.

    • Tintype; Women
    • Early Photography
    • Hamlin, Hannibal

    • Hamlin, Hannibal

    • Hamlin side of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin Campaign button, 1860 circular, gilt, tin with Hannibal Hamlin stamped on outside with year 1860 on bottom with flowers and leaves between the dark and lettering. Opposite side with Abraham...

    • Tintype;Hamlin, Hannibal; Man
    • Early Photography
    • Hawley, Emma E.; Mr. Hawley

    • Hawley, Emma E.; Mr. Hawley

    • Emma E. Hawley and Mr. Hawley (unknown if husband & wife). She has on a checked dress, over the shoulder neckline, with painted gilt earrings and necklace, net gloves, seated on chair. He wears a coat, satin vest, tie, white shirt, bearded. Both...

    • Tintype; Hawley, Emma E.; Mr. Hawley; Man; Woman
    • Early Photography
    • Hawley, Harriet C.

    • Hawley, Harriet C.

    • Double portrait of Harriet C. Hawley, one on ambrotype and another on ferrotype, same person on both at different ages. Ambrotype shows Harriet C. Hawley seated wearing a shoulder cut dress, earrings, broach, and necklace hand painted, lace...

    • Ambrotype; Hawley, Harriet C.; Women
    • Early Photography
    • Horton, Thomas

    • Horton, Thomas

    • Thomas Horton, Company G. 19th Michigan Infantry, in Civil War uniform, without hat, mat non-pareil with flowers and leaves, gilt, case paper covered wood with entwined leaf dign, in fair condition> Made by Holmes, Booth, and Hayden, Waterbury,...

    • Tintype; Horton, Thomas; Nineteenth Michigan Infantry; Civil War; Military uniforms; Man
    • Early Photography

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