[School children]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[School children]
ca. 1850
Daguerreotype
Image: 3 1/4 × 4 1/2 in. (8.3 × 11.4 cm) (1/2 plate)
Case: 6 × 4 3/4 × 3/4 in. (15.2 × 12.1 × 1.9 cm)
Purchase
1969.0201.0043
Inscriptions Entry 721 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Rare New England 5x6 daguerreotype of a school house, more than seventy pupils of all grade being assembled on steps. Considering the difficulty in photographing children & groups, especially outdoors, due to the long exposure, this is a remarkable group, almost perfect. Very rare to find a daguerreotype of a large group. Probably an early Massachusetts grade school. From Mrs. Grace L. Stammers. Bolton, Mass. Cost 3.00, but worth around 10.00.
