[Man]
Photograph

[Man]

ca. 1855
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image: 2 9/16 × 2 1/8 in. (6.5 × 5.4 cm) (1/6 plate)
Case: 3 1/4 × 3 3/4 × 3/4 in. (8.3 × 9.5 × 1.9 cm)
Purchase
1969.0202.0017
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 594
Entry 594 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Fine octagonal gutta percha case, center panel outlined with 8 scallops. Has man and woman in costume of middle ages, playing chess at small table. Mans picture From Mrs. James Finch, East Rockaway, N.Y. 3.00
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