[Elderly man and woman]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Elderly man and woman]
ca. 1855
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image (each): 2 1/2 × 2 in. (6.4 × 5.1 cm) (1/6 plates)
Case: 3 7/8 × 3 1/2 × 7/8 in. (9.8 × 8.9 × 2.2 cm)
Purchase
1969.0202.0031
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 332
Entry 332 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Beautiful double daguerreotype of old married couple in unusual gutta percha case picturing Crystal palace in New York, 1851, and girl in medallion exhibiting tiny daguerreotypes and miniatures. “Liberty” on shield on bottom of case. Old couple are ancestors of Mrs. C.F. Greene, Route 1, Box 67, Santa Clara, Cal. Gift at G.G.J.E. 1940
Entry 332 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Beautiful double daguerreotype of old married couple in unusual gutta percha case picturing Crystal palace in New York, 1851, and girl in medallion exhibiting tiny daguerreotypes and miniatures. “Liberty” on shield on bottom of case. Old couple are ancestors of Mrs. C.F. Greene, Route 1, Box 67, Santa Clara, Cal. Gift at G.G.J.E. 1940
