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    • Painted ambrotype

    • Painted ambrotype

    • Painted ambrotype on plain glass, of girl reclining on couch, with arm behind head and dress pulled up to show ankles, very suggestive. Backing peeling away, rectangular mat with scroll work; case paper covered wood, with embossed designs, no...

    • Ambrotype; Girls
    • Early Photography
    • MS 22: Civil War diary of Cyrus Bacon 1861-1863 Diary of Cyrus Bacon

    • MS 22: Civil War diary of Cyrus Bacon
      1861-1863 Diary of Cyrus Bacon

    • 1861-1863 diary of Cyrus Bacon. In this diary, Bacon describes daily life in the Seventh Michigan Infantry. He gives vivid accounts of Yorktown, Fair Oaks, White Oak Swamp, Antietam, and Gettysburg.

    • American Civil War; Bacon, Cyrus; Cyrus Bacon; Seventh Michigan Infantry; 7th Michigan Infantry; Assistant Surgeon; Commissioned Officer; Yorktown (Va.); Battle of Yorktown; Seven Days Campaign; Seven Days' Battles, Va., 1862; Battle of Fair Oaks;...
    • Civil War Manuscripts
    • Small girl

    • Small girl

    • Small girl in ruffled dress, standing, off the shoulder neckline, painted in gold earrings, pantaletts. On deep amethyst antique glass; mat oval gilt in excellent condition; case is paper covered wood;with bird on grapevine on front of case, hinge...

    • Ambrotype; Girls
    • Early Photography
    • Young boy

    • Young boy

    • Young boy, with jacket and turned down white collar. On deep rose antique glass; mat decorated non-parill gilt, excellent condition; case is paper covered wood with scroll design, half missing, poor condition.

    • Ambrotype; Boys
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Unidentified man

    • Unidentified man

    • Unidentified older man with white hair, suit, tie and coat on. Excellent condition. Plain gile mat, oval with beading around edge, case of leather covered wood with urn in center; in excellent condition.

    • Ambrotype; Man
    • Early Photography
    • Unidentified woman

    • Unidentified woman

    • Unidentified woman, seated with arm on table, long earrings, crocheted collar with broach, shawl. In excellent condition, gilt oval frame, case of velvet covered wood, made to look like a book, clasp gone, in fair condition

    • Ambrotype; Woman
    • Early Photography
    • Unidentified young man

    • Unidentified young man

    • Unidentified young man, coat, vest, shirt and tie. Some fingerprints on plate, backing falling away, oval mat with American flags in corner. Bottom reads "Constitution and Union" "July 4". Good condition, case, cloth covered wood, with the...

    • Ambrotype; Man
    • Early Photography
    • Unidentified woman

    • Unidentified woman

    • Unidentified woman in dark dress, white collar, velvet ribbon around neck on red antique glass. Fair condition, oval gilt mat with symbols in corners, beautiful blue plush facing, case paper covered wood in excellent condition.

    • Ambrotype; Woman
    • Early Photography
    • Three children

    • Three children

    • Three children, group portrait, good condition, non-pariel mat, gilt, beaded at edge. Case plastic with coat-of arms design on front and back, excellent condition.

    • Ambrotype; Children
    • 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
    • Young, Lyman

    • Young, Lyman

    • Lyman Young, Company "D", 27th Infantry. On plain glass, excellent condition; backing peeling awy, mat with scroll design in excellent condition; case paper covered wood, medallion design with flowers in center, fair condition.

    • Ambrotype; Young, Lyman; Man; Twenty Seventh Michigan Infantry
    • Early Photography
    • Unidentified woman

    • Unidentified woman

    • Unidentified woman with Mona Lisa smile, cameo around neck. On deep amethyst glass, non-pariel mat, gilt, good condition, case paper covered wood with scroll design on front oand back, fair condition.

    • Ambrotype; Woman
    • Early Photography
    • Tainter, Mary Forbes

    • Tainter, Mary Forbes

    • Mary Forbes Tainter, wife of Loren Tainter, woman with bonnet and knitted collar. Very poor condition, no mat, frame falling apart, with different front and back cases.

    • Ambrotype; Tainter, Mary Forbes; Woman
    • Early Photography
    • Woman in dark dress

    • Woman in dark dress

    • Woman in dark dress with gloves. Gilt mat with flower and leaf design; case is paper covered wood with cross design in center; fair condition, hinge weak.

    • Ambrotype; Woman
    • Early Photography
    • Unidentified man and woman

    • Unidentified man and woman

    • Unidentified man and woman, seated together. Woman with plaid dress, velvet collars, and cameo around neck. Man with shirt, coat, vest and tie. Mat in good condition, slight tarnish; case is paper covered wood, in fair condition.

    • Ambrotype; Man; Woman;
    • Early Photography
    • Young girl

    • Young girl

    • Likeness of a young girl who with her sister was held in slavery by her own father in northern Alabama. They were both sent north by the 3rd. Michigan Cavalry, presented by Capt. F.C. Anderson. Portrait on raspberry colored antique glass,...

    • Ambrotype; Girls; Alabama; Third Michigan Cavalry; Captain F.C. Anderson
    • Early Photography

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