[Child holding strands of hair (chlid possibly has alopecia areata)]

[Child holding strands of hair (chlid possibly has alopecia areata)]

Photograph

Rufus Anson

Maker
American, active 1851–1867

[Child holding strands of hair (chlid possibly has alopecia areata)]

ca. 1855
Daguerreotype
Image (1/6 plate): 2 3/4 × 2 3/16 in. (7 × 5.5 cm)
Case: 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 9/16 in. (9.2 × 8 × 1.5 cm)
Gift of Donald K. Weber in honor and appreciation of Heather Shannon, 2017
2017.0026.0011
Inscriptions Embossed on brass mat recto, BL: ANSON
Embossed on brass mat recto, BR: 589 \ BROADWAY
Embossed on pinch pad recto, C: ANSON \ 589 BROADWAY. \ N-Y
Inscribed in pencil on tape on plate verso, TC: [?] \ NP40
Retaped 10/11/01 \ DAN EXCTER N[?]
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