[Man]
Photograph
[Man]
ca. 1853
Daguerreotype
Image (each): 2 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (6 × 3.8 cm) (1/6 plate)
Case: 4 3/4 × 3 7/8 × 15/16 in. (12.1 × 9.8 × 2.4 cm)
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Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 610
Embossed on brass mat, BRC: BURGESS \ 393 B.WAY
Stamped on stereo viewer inside case, BC: MASCHER'S IMPROVED STEREOSCOPE \ PHILADA. \ PATENT \ MARCH 8TH 1853.
Entry 610 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Fine leather Mascher Stereoscope Dag. case with brass clasp. Contains fine colored daguerreotypes of young man. Taken by Burgess, 298 Broadway, N.Y. Came from Elrod’s 2711 N. Proctor St. Tacoma, Wash. Cost $2.50 but worth $10.00 or much more. In 1954 worth 20.00 or 25.00. In 1972 worth 100.00 or more.
Embossed on brass mat, BRC: BURGESS \ 393 B.WAY
Stamped on stereo viewer inside case, BC: MASCHER'S IMPROVED STEREOSCOPE \ PHILADA. \ PATENT \ MARCH 8TH 1853.
Entry 610 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Fine leather Mascher Stereoscope Dag. case with brass clasp. Contains fine colored daguerreotypes of young man. Taken by Burgess, 298 Broadway, N.Y. Came from Elrod’s 2711 N. Proctor St. Tacoma, Wash. Cost $2.50 but worth $10.00 or much more. In 1954 worth 20.00 or 25.00. In 1972 worth 100.00 or more.
