[Mother and child]

[Mother and child]

Photograph

[Mother and child]

ca. 1850
Daguerreotype
Image: 3 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (9.5 × 7 cm) (1/4 plate)
Case: 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 7/8 in. (12.1 × 9.5 × 2.2 cm)
Purchase
1969.0200.0009
Inscriptions Embossed on verso of case, C: ROOT GALLERY \ COOK ARTISTS \ COR CHESTNUT & FIFTH \ PHILA
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 671
Entry 671 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Leather case, ¼ size, “Root Gallery, Cook Artist, cor. Chestnut & Fifth, Philla”. Received in trade from E. Barkey, along with #662 ʗ and 30 S.F. card stereo. views, for a stereo. dag. of Table Rock, Niagara.
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