[Thresher machine]

[Thresher machine]

Photograph

[Thresher machine]

ca. 1850
Daguerreotype
Image: 2 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (5.7 × 7 cm) (1/6 plate)
Case: 3 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 5/8 in. (8.9 × 8.3 × 1.6 cm)
Purchase
1969.0201.0008
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 713
Entry 713 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Extremely rare dag of a machine, taken outdoors in front of a large home. Machine is probably some sort of a press, separator, thresher, or masher for wine, grapes, rice, grain, etc. Is probably the first photo of some one’s new invention. Such dags. are very rare. From Mr. Strober $5.00
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