[Man]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Man]
ca. 1853
Daguerreotype
Image: 2 3/16 × 1 3/8 in. (5.6 × 3.5 cm)
Image: 2 3/16 × 1 1/4 in. (5.6 × 3.2 cm)
Case: 3 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 7/8 in. (9.5 × 8.6 × 2.2 cm)
1969.0202.0046
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 586
Printed on stereoscope viewer inside case, BC: MASCHER'S IMPROVED STEREOSCOPE \ PHILADA. \ PATENT \ MARCH 8TH 1853.
Printed behind stereoscope viewer inside case, C: MYRON SHEW, \ STOCK DEALER , \ No.118 CHESTNUT STREET: \ PHILADELPHIA. \ Constantly on hand a full supply
\ of Stereoscopic Dag'type cases.
Entry 586 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): 3x4 Mascher’s Stereoscope Dag.$.75 from Stroudsburg, Pa. Pictures oxidized, but fairly good. Subject moved his hands & arms slightly between photos, so stereo[illegible] effect is not perfect. Nice little case. Inscription inside of case “Myron Shew, Stock Dealer. No. 118 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Constantly on hand a full supply of stereoscopic Dag. type cases. Shew left Boston for Phil. When Wm. Shew left for S.F. Gold Rush 1850.
Printed on stereoscope viewer inside case, BC: MASCHER'S IMPROVED STEREOSCOPE \ PHILADA. \ PATENT \ MARCH 8TH 1853.
Printed behind stereoscope viewer inside case, C: MYRON SHEW, \ STOCK DEALER , \ No.118 CHESTNUT STREET: \ PHILADELPHIA. \ Constantly on hand a full supply
\ of Stereoscopic Dag'type cases.
Entry 586 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): 3x4 Mascher’s Stereoscope Dag.$.75 from Stroudsburg, Pa. Pictures oxidized, but fairly good. Subject moved his hands & arms slightly between photos, so stereo[illegible] effect is not perfect. Nice little case. Inscription inside of case “Myron Shew, Stock Dealer. No. 118 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Constantly on hand a full supply of stereoscopic Dag. type cases. Shew left Boston for Phil. When Wm. Shew left for S.F. Gold Rush 1850.
