U.S. Steamer Susquehana
Transparency
W. & F. Langenheim
American, 1843–1874
U.S. Steamer Susquehana
ca. 1850
Albumen silver transparency with applied color (Hyalotype)
Image (diameter): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Overall: 3 5/8 × 6 7/8 × 7/16 in. (9.2 × 17.4 × 1.1 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley
Inscriptions Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder recto, TC: Philada
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder recto, RC: $4.00 \ By W.&F. Langenheim \ Phil[?]
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder recto, BC: U.S. Steamer Susquehanna 20 40 ready to receive her [?]
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder bottom edge, C: $4.00
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder right edge, C: 20
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder left edge, C: 20
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder top edge, OA: U.S. Steamer Susquehanna. $3.00
Typed on applied label on wood slide holder verso, RC: [label ripped in half] ORIGINAL VIEW, \ Taken from Nature, by the Camera Obscura, \ BY W. & F. LANGENHEIM, \ No. 216 Chesnut Street, between Eighth and Ninth Sts. \ Talbotypes from life, or copied from Daguerreotypes of any size up to the \ size of life, and painted by the most competent artists. Hyalotypes on Glass \ for Magic Lantern Sliders, Light Shades, or Ornament. Views from Nature, \ on paper, and Daguerreotype Portraits, on plates, in their well known style.
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder recto, RC: $4.00 \ By W.&F. Langenheim \ Phil[?]
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder recto, BC: U.S. Steamer Susquehanna 20 40 ready to receive her [?]
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder bottom edge, C: $4.00
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder right edge, C: 20
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder left edge, C: 20
Inscribed in ink on wood slide holder top edge, OA: U.S. Steamer Susquehanna. $3.00
Typed on applied label on wood slide holder verso, RC: [label ripped in half] ORIGINAL VIEW, \ Taken from Nature, by the Camera Obscura, \ BY W. & F. LANGENHEIM, \ No. 216 Chesnut Street, between Eighth and Ninth Sts. \ Talbotypes from life, or copied from Daguerreotypes of any size up to the \ size of life, and painted by the most competent artists. Hyalotypes on Glass \ for Magic Lantern Sliders, Light Shades, or Ornament. Views from Nature, \ on paper, and Daguerreotype Portraits, on plates, in their well known style.
