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    • Interior scene

    • Interior scene

    • Interior scene, of either an apothacary, or possibly doctor's office, cabinet with many bottles, mortar and pestle on shelf, books on table, deer antler foot stool in foreground. Some scratches, plain glass; black laquer backing; no mat; no...

    • Ambrotype; Interior architecture; Apothecaries
    • Early Photography
    • Jacobus, Henry

    • Jacobus, Henry

    • Henry Jacobus. Single portrait. Flowered tie, underchin whiskers, black vest. 1/6 plate, plain oval mat. Paper covered wood case, scroll design, front half missing. Good condition.

    • Daguerreotype; Jacobus, Henry; Man
    • Early Photography
    • Jacobus, Mellissa White

    • Jacobus, Mellissa White

    • Millissa White Jacobus, born 09-19-1843, died 10-18-1923, seated, print dress. On antique amethyst glass; gilt non-pareil mat with some tarnish; case is plastic with sheaf of grain and sickle; case manufactured by Littlefield Parsons & Co.

    • Ambrotype; Jacobus, Mellissa White; Woman
    • Early Photography
    • Jenison, Fletcher

    • Jenison, Fletcher

    • Fletcher Jenison, father of William F., came from Byron, N.Y., to settle in Eagle, Mich. in 1838. Man holding cane. Seated, on antique cranberry glass, excellent condition; oval gilt mat, case paper covered wood with hing broken, and bottom board...

    • Ambrotype; Jenison, Fletcher; Man
    • Early Photography
    • Justin, Issac; Cox, Henry

    • Justin, Issac; Cox, Henry

    • Issac Justin and Henry Cox, 766 Battery H. , 1st Michigan Light Artillery with uniforms on, arms around shoulders. On plain glass; rectangular mat with stamped flowers & vines; 1/2 case missing, case is paper covered wood with scroll design.

    • Ambrotype; Justin, Issac; Cox, Henry; Men; First Michigan Light Artillery
    • Early Photography
    • Kenyon, Dewitt C.; Kenyon, Viola A.

    • Kenyon, Dewitt C.; Kenyon, Viola A.

    • Double portrait, DeWitt C. Kenyon, Co. B. 13th Michigan Infantry, and on other side, Viola A. Kenyon, (see letter in biog. section of vertical file: Kenyon), in good condition, both mats, non-pareil, gilt, with flower and leaf design, case by...

    • Tintype; Kenyon, Dewitt C.; Kenyon, Viola A.; Thirteenth Michigan Infantry; Man; Woman
    • Early Photography
    • King, George D.

    • King, George D.

    • George D. King, Co. "1", Twenty-first Michigan Infantry, man in straw top hat and beard. On plain glass, with some tarnish on edges; rectangular mat with flower and leaf design in corners; 1/2 case missing, poor condition.

    • Ambrotype; King, George D.; Man; Twenty-First Michigan Infantry
    • Early Photography
    • Kline, Joseph W.

    • Kline, Joseph W.

    • Joseph W. Kline, very dark image, oval mat, by "Dean & Emerson", 1/2 case missing, remaining case stripped of paper, bare wood showing.

    • Tintype; Kline, Joseph W.; Dean & Emerson
    • Early Photography
    • Landscape, tavern at 6 mile road and Woodward Ave.

    • Landscape, tavern at 6 mile road and Woodward Ave.

    • Landscape, tavern at 6 mile road and Woodward Ave., Detroit, where Eleanor Williams Havewell was born 1859, Williams Hotel, buggy and horses along side. 2 story building. Fair condition, rectangular frame, fair condition, 1/2 case missing.

    • Ambrotype; Bars; Williams Hotel; Carriages & coaches; Detroit, (Mich.); Havewell, Eleanor Williams
    • Early Photography
    • Lewis, William

    • Lewis, William

    • William Lewis, called Yankee Lewis, 1844 kept tavern at Yankee Springs, Barry County, nine stories high. 1/6 plate; plain gilt mat; case is paper covered wood in poor condition, partially apart.

    • Daguerreotype; Lewis, William; Man
    • Early Photography
    • Lincoln, Abraham

    • Lincoln, Abraham

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

    • Tintype; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Man
    • Early Photography
    • Man with child

    • Man with child

    • Man with child on lap. On rose colored antique glass, surface scratched; mat oval in good condition; case 1/2 missing; case is paper covered wood in poor condition.

    • Ambrotype; Man; Children
    • Early Photography
    • Miss Cheney

    • Miss Cheney

    • Miss Cheney, Rochester, N.Y., young girl seated, with print dress, bracelets on arms, necklace, hair in ringlets. Excellent condition, mat, oval gilt, with flags, ship, cannon, stars, etc. Words "Constitution and Union" printed on lower half,...

    • Tintype; Miss Cheney; Rochester (N.Y.)
    • Early Photography
    • Moody, Edward W.

    • Moody, Edward W.

    • Edward W. Moody, Co. G, 12th Michigan Infantry, full length portrait. In poor condition, emulsion peeled and cracking badly, mat elipitcal gilt, with clover pattern, in good condition, made by "Holmes, Booth & Hayden, Waterbury, Conn., no case.

    • Tintype; Moody, Edward W.; Twelfth Michigan Infantry; Civil War; Soldiers; Military Uniforms;Holmes, Booth & Hayden; Waterbury (Conn.)
    • Early Photography
    • Morry, George

    • Morry, George

    • George Morry, Kentucky Cavalry, seated, pistol drawn and held accross chest with finger on trigger, hand gilt painted buttons and stripes, fair condition. No mat, no case.

    • Tintype; Morry, George; Man; Kentucky Cavalry; Military uniforms; Civil War; Soldiers
    • Early Photography
    • Moss, Myron S.

    • Moss, Myron S.

    • Myron S. Moss, in black suit, vest, and tie, very good condition, mat non-pariel, gilt, in good condition, case is paper covered wood in fair condition.

    • Tintype; Moss, Myron S.; Man
    • Early Photography

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