Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

Transparency

Langenheim, Loyd & Co.

Maker
American, 1859–1860

Declaration of Independence

ca. 1860
Collodion silver transparency
Image: 1/16 × 1/16 in. (0.2 × 0.2 cm)
Overall: 7/8 × 3 in. (2.3 × 7.6 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1981.0916.0002
Inscriptions Printed on applied label on recto, LC: DECLARATION \ OF \ INDEPENDENCE, \ Contains 7850 letters. \ PUBLISHED BY \ LANGENHEIM, LOYD & Co. \ Philadelphia, Pa.
Inscribed on applied label with blue starbust shape, RC: [strikethrough, illegible?]
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