[Young man with a beard]
Photograph
[Young man with a beard]
ca. 1850
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image: 2 1/8 × 1 5/8 in. (5.4 × 4.1 cm) (1/6 plate)
Case: 3 3/4 × 3 5/16 × 7/8 in. (9.5 × 8.4 × 2.2 cm)
1969.0202.0051
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 591
Entry 591 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Nice 3x4 hard rubber case designed by A. Schaefer. Shows Fireman in full regalia, fire horn in one hand, leaning on post or pedestal, jacket on other arm. Standing under trellis of vines, etc. Fine conventional design on reverse side. Contains daguer. plate by Anson, showing young man in long curly hair, goatee & mustache, freckled. Fine crack down one side of cover. From Mrs. James Finch, East Rockaway, N.Y. 5.00
Entry 591 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Nice 3x4 hard rubber case designed by A. Schaefer. Shows Fireman in full regalia, fire horn in one hand, leaning on post or pedestal, jacket on other arm. Standing under trellis of vines, etc. Fine conventional design on reverse side. Contains daguer. plate by Anson, showing young man in long curly hair, goatee & mustache, freckled. Fine crack down one side of cover. From Mrs. James Finch, East Rockaway, N.Y. 5.00
