[Man with beard]

[Man with beard]

Photograph

[Man with beard]

ca. 1850
Daguerreotype
Image: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm) (1/2 plate)
Case: 5 × 6 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (12.7 × 15.9 × 3.5 cm)
1969.0202.0080
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 496
Entry 496 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Beautiful large perfect half-plate gutta percha case showing beautiful pastoral farm scene. Men haying, child chasing butterfly. Fine Victorian home, barns, cows, horses. Village church spire in distance. Very lovely. Has dag. of unknown bearded man inside case from the East, dag. of man from S.F. woman. Case 5.50. Total (6.50)
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