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Description: Portrait of a seated older woman resting her arm on a table. She wears a lace bonnet, a dress with a lace collar, a fringed shawl held together by a brooch and gloves. Eliza M. Young McAllister (1790-1853) married John McAllister (1786-1877) in 1811., Title from accompanying ms. note on paper., Pad: Red velvet embossed Root's Gallery 140 Chestnut St. Philada., Mat: Plain octagonal., Case: Leather. Floral and grape design. No design on verso. Attached to case is ms. note on paper: Mrs. E. Y. McAllister, 1851/62.

Title: Abraham Henry Jones, born Feb. 14, 1823, died Oct. 6, 1884
Description: Portrait of Jones, a Salem County, N.J. famer, as a young man. He is wearing a wide black tie and a white collar. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Date inferred from photographer's years of operation at address in imprint stamped on mat., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: W.L. Germon 168 Chest St Phila., Case: Leather. Small vase of flowers in the center surrounded by ornate decorations. The design of the case is called Flower Vase Motif and is plate 146 in American Miniature Cast Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersy: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969) Very rare, ca. 1852. The die-engraver's name is below the design in reverse, and reads A[nthony] C. Paquet. Geometric design on verso., Accompanied by paper label identifying sitter. See Jones Research File (Collection) and Board Report, September 16, 1997., LCP purchase.
Creator: Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), 1822-1877, photographer
Date: [ca. 1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Germon [P.9530]

Title: [African American girl caregiver seated with a young white girl, probably her charge, on her lap]
Description: Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of an African American girl caregiver, possibly an enslaved girl, seated on a wooden chair with spindles. Sitter has short hair and is attired in a long-sleeved dress made of patterned fabric with small checks and an apron with white polka dots. She holds a white girl on her lap (probably her charge), with her right hand on the girl’s chest and her left hand on the left side of the girl’s head. Their heads press together side-by-side. The blond-haired, white girl, attired in a necklace, a short-sleeved, dark-colored, checked dress with a white petticoat, stockings, and black shoes, faces the viewer and smiles. Her cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitters., Leather miniature case embossed with oval motif, contains nonpareil mat, and is missing front cover., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, 1977., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - unidentified [8326.F.17]

Title: Algernon Roberts, 1828-1868. Age about 21. Pencoyd
Description: Seated, waist-length portrait of Roberts, well coiffed, wearing a big black bowtie. His left arm is resting on a table. Pencoyd was the Roberts Family estate near Philadelphia., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. It is shaped like a book and is similar to Fig. 41 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) The case manufacturer is identified as H.A. Eichmeyer of Philadelphia., Attributed to Simons based on entry in Robert's diary dated September 4, 1848 (HSP, Roberts Family Papers #2087) that reads: Had my daguerreotype taken with Sidney for Uncle George at Simmons [sic] ....He took us in a sitting posture., Reproduced in "The Ties That Bind: Daguerreotypes and the Roberts and Thompson Families" by Sarah Weatherwax in The Daguerreian Annual 1999 (Pittsburgh, Pa.: The Daguerreian Society, 1999) p. 210. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: September 4, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9562.5]

Title: [Amos G. Dubree as a young man.]
Description: Portrait of a young, handsome Dubree looking slightly to his left. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Very faded red silk., Mat: Octagonal. Blue paper mat., Case: Leather. No design. Printed label with manuscript insertions (noted in brackets) on verso of plate: M[r. Amos G. Dubree]. Daguerreotyped [April 14] 184[6] by M.P. Simons, No. 120 Chestnut Street, below Fourth, south side, Philadelphia. Miniatures of all sizes, Family Groups, &c., taken in the most faithful manner. Oil Paintings and Pictures Of all kinds Copied and Colored in Imitation of the Original, upon the most reasonable terms. Addtional manuscript notes above and below label read Amos Dubree and John Dubree respectively., Dubree is listed in city directories in the late 1840s as a wood corder and later as a brushmaker. See Board Report, November 12, 1997. See also 1997 Acquisitions folder., LCP purchase.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: April 14, 1846
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9560.1]

Title: Anna Caroline Jaudon, 1824-1912
Description: Anna Caroline Jaudon, age 20, is looking very slightly left. Her hair is parted in the middle and pulled away from her face, Pad: Burgundy velvet, No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Very dark green leather with a central medallion of an eagle. Embossed on back: June, 1845., Anna Caroline Jaudon married Henry Charles Lea, May 27, 1850. Lock of Anna Caroline Jaudon's hair with note reading "A.C.J. June 10th 1845" is folded in case., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.4]

Title: [Anna Jaudon Lea]
Description: Half-length, hand-tinted portrait of seated Anna Jaudon Lea. Her right arm is resting on the arm of a fur draped chair, and her right hand is resting on her cheek. He white hair is in long curls, and she is wearing a white lace shawl., Pad: Black and blue velvet., Mat: Square., Case: Folding leather standing photograph case. Double-door, opens in the middle., Signed E. D. Jamison/1895 in lower right corner., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.7]

Title: Anna Jaudon Lea, 1824-1912 with Francis Carey Lea and Charles M. Lea
Description: Portrait showing Anna Jaudon Lea, hair parted in the middle, wearing a white cap, seated, and holding her two children on her lap. One child is resting his head against her shoulder., Pad: Burgundy velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. Within a scrolled border is a spray of flowers (lilies?) and leaves. On the back is a vertical design with six rounded corners in the center of which is a design of three small interlocking images., Anna Caroline Jaudon married Henry Charles Lea, May 27, 1850., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.6]

Title: [Anna Lea Bakewell as a girl.]
Description: Young Anna Lea Bakewell is sitting sideways on a chair, facing to her right. She wears a woolen cloak. Her hair is parted in the middle. Hand colored pink on cheeks, and hand coloring on her cloak., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Geometric design with fancy swirls., Mat: Curved oval., Case: Leather. A small spray of flowers is in an oval bordered by a curved oval. Scrolls all around. Same design on back., See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.7]

Title: [Anna Lea Bakewell as a young child.]
Description: Seated portrait. Her hair is cropped short. She wears a plaid dress. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Spray of flowers in center surrounded by scrolls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Small urn on a pedestal in the center surrounded by ornate scrolls and swirls., See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.3]

Title: Anna Maria Jaudon, 1795-1870
Description: Small bust-length portrait of Anna Maria Jaudon., Pad: Bright purple velvet. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Oval thermoplastic with elaborate floral design in center and a vine border. Same design on back., Anna Maria Jaudon was the oldest of nine children born to Daniel Jaudon and Anna McNeal Jaudon. The third in the family was William Latta Jaudon who married Susan Gibson Lea and was the father of Mrs. Henry Charles Lea. Inscription on the reverse of this photograph is in the handwriting of Mrs. Henry Charles Lea (Anna Caroline Jaudon.), Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.5]

Title: [Ariovistus Pardee, Jr.]
Description: Bust-length portrait of Pardee as a boy. He wears his hair long and below his ears. He is attired in a dark-colored jacket, white, high-collared shirt, and necktie. Pardee was a prominent Civil War Union officer celebrated for his leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was also the son of Ariovistus Pardee, the founder of Hazleton, PA., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from inferred age of sitter., Plate tarnished around the edges., Pad: Red velvet with no design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. No visible design., Gift of Samuel Earle.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Pardee Family [P.2016.58.2]

Title: [Ariovistus Pardee, Jr.]
Description: Bust-length portrait of Pardee as a boy. He wears his hair long and tucked behind his ears. He is attired in a dark-colored jacket, white, high-collared shirt, and necktie. Pardee was a prominent Civil War Union officer celebrated for his leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was also the son of Ariovistus Pardee, the founder of Hazleton, PA., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from inferred age of sitter., Plate tarnished around the edges., Pad: Red velvet with no design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: M. A. Root, 40 Chestnut St., Philada., Case: Leather. Geometric pattern. Same design on verso. Front cover detached., Gift of Samuel Earle.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Pardee Family [P.2016.58.3]

Title: [Ariovistus Pardee, Jr.]
Description: Bust-length portrait of Pardee as a young man. He wears his hair long, swept over, and with a side part. He also has a mustache. He is attired in a dark-colored jacket, white, high-collared shirt, and necktie. Pardee was a prominent Civil War Union officer celebrated for his leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was also the son of Ariovistus Pardee, the founder of Hazleton, PA., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from inferred age of sitter., Pad: Red velvet with scroll design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. Scroll pattern in center. Framed above and below by a border pattern with a scroll design. Same design on verso. Front cover detached., Gift of Samuel Earle.
Creator: Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date: [ca. 1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Pardee Family [P.2016.58.4]

Title: [Ariovistus Pardee, Jr.]
Description: Bust-length portrait of Pardee as a young man. He wears his hair long, swept over, and with a side part. He also has a mustache. He is attired in a dark-colored jacket, white, high-collared shirt, and necktie. Pardee was a prominent Civil War Union officer celebrated for his leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was also the son of Ariovistus Pardee, the founder of Hazleton, PA., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from inferred age of sitter., Pad: No pad., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: M. P. Simons, Philada., Case: No case. Two of four preservers detached., Gift of Samuel Earle.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), 1810-1880, photographer
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Pardee Family [P.2016.58.5]

Title: Aunt Kate Richardson
Description: Richardson is sitting toward her left, wearing a high necked dress with a very tight bodice. Her left arm is resting on a table, and there is a ring on her second finger., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Geometric designs at each corner. No design in center. Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: M. A. Root, 140 Chestnut St., Philada., Accompanying manuscript note reads: Aunt Kate Richardson Kate. Sister of S.K. McCay. Richardson was the aunt of Ellanor C. Thompson who married Thomas Williams Roberts in 1915. Reproduced in The Ties That Bind by Sarah Weatherwax in the 1999 Daguerreian Annual (Pittsburgh, Pa.: The Daguerreian Society, 1999) p. 213. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: ca. 1847
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9562.4]

Title: [Balding man, possibly Frederick Klett, Jr.]
Description: Hand colored pale pink on cheeks. Possibly Frederick Klett, Jr., partner in Potts & Kletts of Camden, N.J. Kletts was the son of Frederick Klett, a founder of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded velvet, embossed Bailey 198 Chesnut St. Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers within a double oval. Same design on verso.
Creator: Bailey, Jason, fl. 1853-1855, photographer
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9956.1]

Title: [Bootmaker with a boot on the table beside him.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. Embossed in center Reimer 617 N. 2nd St. Philada. Fancy scroll work all around., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Geometric design in center surrounded by fancy scrolls and swirls. Same design on verso.
Creator: Reimer, Benjamin, 1826-1899, photographer
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2003.23]

Title: [Bust-length length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Bust-length, portrait of an unidentified white man, posed slightly toward the left. Sitter has dark hair, long sideburns, and facial hair on his jawline. He is attired in a top hat, a collared shirt, a patterned tie, and a jacket. His eyes look left., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Gift of Michael Gibson, 2017., Pad: Red velvet with a spray of flowers in the center., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Shield with granular ornamentation in the center surrounded by a border of filigree. Same design on verso.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2017.59]

Title: [Bust-length length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Bust-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white man. Sitter has dark hair, combed and parted to the left, long sideburns, and a chinbeard. He is attired in white shirt with a turned-up collar, a patterned, broad bowtie, and a dark-colored jacket. His cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on cheeks., Daguerreotype in engraved pocket watch setting., Gift of Michael Gibson, 2017., Mat: Oval., Case: Pocket watch case engraved with decorative scrolls.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2017.60]

Title: [Bust-length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Bust-length, forward facing portrait of a seated, white man. Sitter has dark hair, parted to the side and brushed back, and wears a mustache. He is attired in a white shirt with a high collar, a wide bowtie, a patterned waistcoat, and a jacket., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium, attire of the sitter, and address of photographer and dates of operation., Pad: Orange velvet embossed with photographer’s imprint “Chas. M. Ising Dag’ps. S.W. Cor. Of 8th & Arch Sts. Philada.” in the center and within an ornamental frame containing decorative flowers and leaves., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Cluster of grapes and other fruits, including a strawberry and pomegranate. Decorative leaves are in each corner. Same design on verso., Charles M. Ising operated from 8th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia between 1856 and 1857.
Creator: Ising, Charles M., photographer
Date: [ca. 1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – photographer – Ising [P.2011.33]

Title: [Bust-length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Bust-length, forward facing portrait of a white man. Sitter has dark hair, parted to the left with long sideburns. He is attired in a white shirt with a high collar, a broad bowtie, and a jacket., Title supplied by the cataloger., Date inferred from manuscript note enclosed in case: The property of Hannah W. Sterling, 1515 Arch St., Phila taken in 1845., Gift of David Doret., Pad: Red velvet embossed with photographer’s imprint “Root, 140 Chestnut St. Philada.” in the bottom edge of an ornamental frame composed of decorative scrolls. In the center, above photographer’s imprint, is a bouquet of flowers in a vase., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Bouquet of mixed flowers surrounded by an embossed border. Geometric design of interlocking circles with flower details in each corner and within a border of decorative scrolls on the verso., Marcus A. Root operated from 140 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia between 1845 and 1846.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: [ca. 1845]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Photos [P.2021.34.1]

Title: [Caroline Hahn Wood]
Description: Seated portrait of Wood, wife of physician George Bacon Wood, in a patterned dress, looking down at an open book on a table beside her., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. No design., Mat: Octagonal. Stamped on left bottom corner: Simons., Case: Leather. No design. Stamped on verso: M. P. Simons, Phila., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.2]

Title: [Caroline Wood, 1838-1857]
Description: Wood's hair is parted in the middle with long curls at each side of her face. She is wearing a big white collar. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. S. Broadbent stamped in lower left corner., Case: Leather. No design., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Creator: Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.20]

Title: [Caroline Wood in a plaid dress with scalloped white collar and a brooch.]
Description: Copy photograph. Detail of full plate portrait of Caroline with her two sisters, Mary and Julianna (see P.8926.21) in reverse. Very pale hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. No design., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.21]

Title: [Charles W. Gettz seated at table with one hand supporting his head.]
Description: Portrait of a seated young man resting one hand on his hand-painted pink cheek. His elbow is on a book placed on the nearby table. His other hand rests in his lap. Philadelphia city directories list Charles Getz as a farmer or gardener., Pad: Red velvet. Eagle with wings outstretched on top of sun. Embossed within two concentric circles forming the core of the sun: Evans 380 Market St. Girard Row. Original Sun Beam., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. Spray of roses in an octagonal border. The design of the case is called A Spray of Roses, variant and is plate 127 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity, ca. 1857. No design on verso.
Creator: Evans, C. (Charles), fl. 1848-1860, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.1]]

Title: [Charlotte Conarroe and her daughter Ellen.]
Description: Charlotte is sitting facing slightly to her right, her left hand holding a book on her lap. Her daughter Ellen is leaning into Charlotte, her left hand raised to her cheek., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet, photographer's imprint embossed in the center: Richards, 179 Chesnut St., Philada. Scrolled border., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. A grape vine with two birds, one perched on a bough, the other flying toward the vine. Modified nonpareil border. No design on verso., See Conarroe Family research file. See also Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), pg. 226 and fig. 37., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.4]

Title: [Charlotte Conarroe, b. 1804]
Description: Conarroe is sitting sideways facing right. Her hair is parted in the middle and pulled back, with curls hanging down on the sides. She is wearing lace gloves and her left arm is resting on a table with a patterned tablecloth. A book and a beaded purse (?) rest on the table beside her., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk., Mat: Ornamented octagonal., Case: Leather. Spray of roses in a square border. The design of the case is called The Delicate Roses, variant and is plate 124 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Generally produced in large quantity, circa 1845. Same design on verso., See Conarroe Family research file., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.5]

Title: Chestnut Street at Strawberry St. about 18[43]
Description: Title from manuscript note pasted to lower edge of case., Pad: Dark green velvet., Mat: Lacking mat., Case: Leather. No design., Gift of John Archibald McAllister., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Resealed by CRH [Christine Hindle] 1/79.
Creator: Mason, William G.
Date: ca. 1843
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Mason [59542.D]

Title: Daniel Webster
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with geometric design in center. Scrolled border., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers in a nonpareil like border. Same design on verso. The design of the case is called Lily and Rose and is plate 114 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co. Inc., 1969.) Produced in moderate quantity, ca. 1850., Accompanied by manuscript note: Daniel Webster.
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9025.38]

Title: Daughter of William & Mary (Phillips) Hill
Description: A sweet faced young woman, hair parted in the middle, is wearing a lace collar with a cameo at the center. Her left arm is resting on a table, her right arm is on her lap. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark red velvet. Floral spray in center, scroll work all around., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Bell & Clayton, Phil'a., Case: Leather. A double circle is in the center; half circles are at the top and bottom and on either side. Same design on verso.
Creator: Bell & Clayton, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8496.5]

Title: [Double image of the Magee Family posed in front of and in back of Magee Farm in Marcus Hook.]
Description: 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.
Creator: Magee, James Francis, 1834-1903, photographer
Date: August 13, 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2002.22a&b]

Title: [Double portrait of two young siblings, Anna and George Henry Lea.]
Description: Double images. On the left, George Henry Lea, age 4 years and 9 months, hair parted low on the left side. On the right, Anna Lea (later Bakewell), age 9 years and 7 months, hair parted in the middle with big ribbons on each side. Hand colored pale pink on cheeks of both children., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Rehn. Chestnut St. Patented July 4 & 11 1854. Inscribed in mat: Feb. 1858., Case: Leather. No design., Small slip of paper inside case identifying the date and ages of the children. See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date: February or March 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.9a&b]

Title: [Double portraits of an elderly unidentified man and woman.]
Description: Man is on the left, seated in an ornamented chair, arms resting on the chair arms. He is wearing a black suit with a satin vest. Woman is on the right, sitting on the edge of the chair, holding a cane in her left hand. She is wearing a white cap tied under her chin, and a large white bib collar., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. No design., Photographer's business card located behind the portrait of the woman. Advertises "P.F. Cooper's Photographing Rooms, all on ground floor, at 1338 Chestnut Street, opposite U.S. Mint, Philadelphia" and describes the photographer's areas of specialization., Gift of Gordon Marshall, October 2, 1976.
Creator: Cooper, Peregrine F., photographer
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [66530.D]

Title: [Double portraits of Caroline Wood and her mother, Julianna Randolph Wood in an oval brooch.]
Description: Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Engraved on verso: C. H. Wood, 1848., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Date: 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8971.1]

Title: [Double portraits of unidentified couple.]
Description: On the left a rather stern looking man, on the right a woman wearing a white cap and a shawl., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Gutekunst & Bro. Patented July 4 & 11 '54., Case: Double ambrotype case. Leather with a single large clasp. No design.
Creator: Gutekunst & Bro., photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8711]

Title: Dr. Charles Kingsbury, Dr. French Alseael, S.H. Porter, and Royal L. Burgh
Description: Group portrait of four men including Samuel H. Porter, a Philadelphia doctor. Two of the men stand in the middle with the others seated on chairs on either side., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Van Loan 120 Arch St. Phila. Geometric border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric design with an ornate nonpareil-like design in the center surrounded by vertical lines and a scrolled border. A different geometric design on verso., Manuscript note behind the image identifies the sitters as Dr. Charles Kingsbury, Dr. French Alseael, S.H. Porter, and Royal L. Burgh.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date: ca. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9560.2]

Title: [Edward Randolph Wood, b. 1840]
Description: Depicts Wood as a young man, wearing a big black bow tie. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Stamped on left bottom corner: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. No design., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Creator: Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.18]

Title: Elizabeth Jaudon Bakewell, New Orleans, 9 May 1848
Description: Waist length portrait of Bakewell as a young woman with long curls hanging down her cheeks, wearing a brooch at her neck. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. S curves at corners. Manuscript note on inside back cover under the plate reads: Elizabeth Jaudon Bakewell, New Orleans, 9 May 1848., See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: May 9, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.1]

Title: [Elizabeth Lea, 1797-1877]
Description: Half-length portrait of Elizabeth Lea wearing a heavy robe. Her hands are resting on her lap. Wide curls frame her face. She is wearing two caps, one white, the other black., This small tintype is in a mourning envelope and is inserted in the case with the ivorytype of Elizabeth Lea (P.2006.32.9). Biographical notes are inserted in the case (P.2006.32.9)., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.8]

Title: [Elizabeth Lea, 1797-1877]
Description: Bust-length hand tinted portrait of Elizabeth Lea facing very slightly left. Her white hair is styled with wide curls on either side of her face. Her lace cap is untied and the ends are resting on her shoulders., Pad: Dark burgundy velvet. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Full plate size leather with a diamond geometric design in the center. Same design on the back., Biographical notes about and tintype of Lea (P.2006.32.8) in mourning envelope included in case. The Wenderoth, Taylor and Brown Fine Art Studio was at 912-914 Chestnut St. 1864-1866., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Creator: Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown, photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.9]

Title: [Elizabeth Lea Jaudon Bakewell, aged 42.]
Description: Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Ivory silk. Stamped on pad: Suddards & Fennemore 820 Arch St. Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Oval dark purple velvet., See also 8326.F.21. See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Suddards & Fennemore, photographer
Date: 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.22]

Title: [Elizabeth Lea Jaudon Bakewell, aged 42.]
Description: Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Ivory silk. Manuscript note: January 1870. Aged 42., Mat: Oval., Case: Oval dark purple velvet., See also 8326.F.22. See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Suddards & Fennemore, photographer
Date: January 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.21]

Title: [Elizabeth Lea Jaudon (later Bakewell) as a young woman.]
Description: Seated portrait. She wears a dark dress with a lace collar, white gloves and a brooch at her throat., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red silk. No design. In ink: Sept. 1846., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Geometric design with intertwined rectangles. No design on verso., See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: September 1846
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.2]

Title: Elizabeth Swift Nixon
Description: Seated portrait of the photographer's sister resting her right elbow on a column. Her right hand is touching her cheek., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed : H. B. Swift, No. 312 Market Street., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Mixed flower design in a modified oval. Geometric design on verso., Accompanied by manuscript note: Great aunt Elizabeth Swift Nixon, wife of Rev. Henry Nixon & sister of H.B. Swift. Elizabeth Swift married Henry Nixon in 1852., See Henry B. Swift research file.
Creator: Swift, Henry B., photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2004.9.3]

Title: [Elsie Todd]
Description: Portrait of an elderly Todd in Quaker dress. She wears eye glasses and a high white bonnet., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Very dark faded purple velvet., Mat: Paper. Ornamented octagonal., Case: Leather. Within a double oval is one large open flower surrounded by scrolls. No design on verso. Manuscript note inside case reads: Elsie Todd ask Cousin Lydia., Reproduced in "The Ties That Bind: Daguerreotypes and the Roberts and Thompson Families" by Sarah Weatherwax in The Daguerreian Annual 1999 (Pittsburgh, Pa.: The Daguerreian Society, 1999) p. 212. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9562.8]

Title: [E.O. Craven as a child, holding a basket of flowers.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet, embossed "Ennis Gallery 106 Chestnut St. Philadelphia.", Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. One rose and one bud in a nonpareil-like border. Geometric design on verso.
Creator: Ennis, Thomas L., photographer
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8379.F]

Title: Frances Anne Carey (Mrs. Isaac Lea), 1799-1874
Description: Bust-length portrait of Frances Anne Carey, her face framed in a large lace cap tied under her chin. She has a slight smile on her face, and is looking straight ahead., Pad: Dark burgundy velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Stamped on mat: M. A. Root, Phila., Case: Leather. No design., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.2]

Title: [Full-length portrait of an unidentified older woman seated in a wheelchair]
Description: Full-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified older white woman, seated in a wheelchair positioned at a slight angle. Sitter has gray hair parted in the center and is attired in a dark-colored lace cap with lappets and a dark-colored, long-sleeved dress with a white collar. Her cheeks are tinted pink. She holds a book, with the spine towards the viewer, in her right hand on her lap. Her left arm is propped on the armrest. A small pouch-like bag hangs from the corner of the back of the wheelchair visible in the left of the image. The chair back is covered with a patterned cloth., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on cheeks., Pad: Red velvet with a leaf in the center and decorative scroll border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Decorative geometric and leaf pattern in the center with leaves in the corners. Same design on verso.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo –unid sitter - ambro [P.2021.31]

Title: [Full-length portrait of an unidentified, seated boy]
Description: Full-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified, young, white boy seated on a chair. Sitter has short hair parted and combed to the left. He is attired in a three-quarter length, checked shirt with gold buttons down the center, pants, white socks, and lace-up boots. He sits on a wooden chair and holds a book in both hands on his lap. Gilt is applied to the pictorial detail of the book. His cheeks are tinted pink. In the right background is a side table covered with a dark-colored tablecloth., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on cheeks., Gilt on sitter’s buttons and book., Pad: Red velvet with a spray of flowers in the center surrounded by a border of decorative scrolls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers in an oval surrounded by leaves. Same design on verso.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2012.68]

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