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[Double image of the Magee Family posed in front of and in back of Magee Farm in Marcus Hook.] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A84030
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Creator
Magee, James Francis, 1834-1903, photographer.
Title
[Double image of the Magee Family posed in front of and in back of Magee Farm in Marcus Hook.] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date
August 13, 1859
Physical Description
1 photograph : ambrotype ; 1/2 plate.
Notes
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project.
Mat: Oval
Case: Leather. In a scalloped oval, within a larger oval, are several bunches of grapes. Scrolled border. Same design on back.
Accompanied by manuscript note: Ambrotype of the farm at Marcus Hook known as the 'Magee Farm' taken by James F. Magee [on] Saturday, August 13th 1859.
See Magee research file for biographical information about James F. Magee. Also see Board report dated April 29, 2002 regarding the aquisition of these ambrotypes.
Genre
Ambrotypes -- 1850-1860.
Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860.
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.2002.22a&b]
Accession number
P.2002.22a&b
In Collections
Cased Photograph Collection
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