[Man and woman]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Man and woman]
ca. 1857
Daguerreotype
Image (quarter plate): 3 1/4 × 4 5/16 in. (8.3 × 10.9 cm)
Case: 3 15/16 × 4 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (10 × 12.4 × 3.2 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1951
1979.3218.0003
Inscriptions Printed on paper inside interior of case beneath plate, C: A. P. CRITCHLOW & CO., \ Manufacturers of \ Daguerreotype Cases. \ A. P. C. & CO. \ Are the Original Inventors of \ the Composition for the Union Case, \ (so called,) including all the various shades \ of color and fineness of texture pecu- \ liar to their manufacture and of the \ Embracing Rivited Hinges, thus \ securing them from breaking out as \ do others that are inserted \ with or without a \ metal brace. \ Hinge Patented \ OCT. 14, 1856, & APRIL 21, 1857.
Inscribed in pencil on paper insider interior of case beneath plate, BC: 3.50
Inscribed in pencil on paper insider interior of case beneath plate, BC: 3.50
