Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

Transparency

W. & F. Langenheim

Maker
American, 1843–1874

Declaration of Independence

ca. 1865
Collodion silver transparency
Image: 1/16 × 1/16 in. (0.1 × 0.1 cm)
Overall: 7/8 × 3 in. (2.3 × 7.6 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1981.0918.0002
Inscriptions Printed on applied label on recto right: DECLARATION \ OF INDEPENDENCE \ Contains 7850 letters, on a \ space the 1-600 part of a \ square inch, and each let- \ ter the 1-5000 of an inch \ long. Made by \ W. & F. LANGENHEIM, \ PHILADELPHIA.
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