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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: [Margaret Vaughan Lea, b. 1881]
Description: Bust-length, hand-painted full face minature pendant of lovely Marjorie Vaughan Lea wearing a low cut white lacy dress. Her beautifully coiffed hair is combed high on her head., Pad: Faded and torn ivory silk., Mat: Oval., Case: Oval., Engraved on verso: Margaret Vaughan Lea, May 27, 1903, with lock of her hair., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: 1903
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.14]

Title: [Unidentified child]
Description: Half-length, hand-tinted portrait of a young girl wearing an off the shoulder black dress cinched at the waist. Her short hair is parted in the middle with a soft curl on either side of her forehead., Pad:, Mat: Non pareil., Case: Leather with a geometric design. Fancy scrolled border, modified diamond shape in center with circles and scrolls., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.15]

Title: Henry Charles Lea, 1825-1909
Description: Facing very slightly right is young, handsome Henry Charles Lea. His long hair, parted on the side, frames his face. Pale hand-colored pink on his cheeks., Pad: Burgundy velvet, No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. The design is three concentric circles. A cross is in the smallest circle., Included in the case is a lock of Henry Charles Lea's hair., 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.2006.32.10]

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: Helen Vaughan Cope
Description: Hand-painted portrait of young, lovely Helen Vaughan Cope facing very slightly left. Her hair is pulled high on her head, then flowing down her neck. She is wearing a V-necked gown trimmed in blue with a lace collar. She is wearing a pearl necklace with a pendant, and a diamond earing., Pad: Dark burgundy velvet., Mat: Oval., Case: Oval; Light brown leather. No design., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.3]

Title: Eliza Y. McAllister
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.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Root [P.2010.15]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified young woman.]
Description: Portrait of a young woman seated in a high backed chair in front of a painted landscape background. One arm rests on a table and she holds a book in her lap., The sitter's earrings, brooch, and rings are hand colored gold., Verso and recto of case are detached and may not belong together., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Rust colored velvet embossed D. F. Bower's 317 Nth Second St. Philadelphia. Scroll border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. In center a striated eight pointed star. Fancy scroll work all around. Tangent circle design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Creator: Bowers, D. F., photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.14]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified woman]
Description: Portrait of a seated woman wearing a bonnet, a dress with a lace collar, and a fur-trimmed cape., Cheeks and parts of bonnet are hand painted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Van Loan Gallery 159 Chesnut St. Philada. Scrolled border., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers within a nonpareil-like border. Scroll work all around. Geometric design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.16]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man.]
Description: Waist length portrait of a bearded man wearing a jacket, vest, high collared shirt and large necktie. A watch chain stretches across his stomach., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: red velvet. Floral design in center with floral scroll border., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Floral design with scroll work borders. Identical design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Creator: Root, Samuel, 1819-1889, photographer
Date: 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.19]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified boy.]
Description: Full length portrait of a young boy in a dress standing in front of a painted backdrop. His hand rests next to a closed book on a table., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Red velvet. Flower basket in center surrounded by floral scrolls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Oval geometric design surrounded by floral scrolls. Identical design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Creator: Fenton, Joseph, photographer
Date: 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.12 ]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified woman.]
Description: Portrait of a middle-aged seated woman wearing a bonnet. Her dress has a lace collar and cuffs., Hand colored pink on cheeks., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Dark blue velvet., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Rehn. Patent July 4th & 11th 1854., Case: Leather. No design., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Creator: Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.10]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified woman.]
Description: Portrait of a seated woman wearing a plaid dress with a lace collar., Hand colored pink on cheeks., Text supplied by cataloger., Pad: purple velvet. Floral design in center with floral scroll border., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Oval medallion with interlocking chain surrounded by floral scroll work. Identical design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Creator: Root, Samuel, 1819-1889, photographer
Date: 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.18]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man.]
Description: Waist length portrait of an older man with slightly disheveled hair. He wears a jacket, vest, and high collared shirt., Hand colored pink on cheeks., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Purple velvet., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. Floral design with elaborate floral scroll border. Identical design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer.
Creator: Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date: 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.13]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified young woman holding a daguerreotype]
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of a seated, young, white woman with brown hair. She rests an elbow on a book on a table beside her and holds a daguerreotype in her opposite gloved hand. She sits in front of a painted landscape backdrop depicting high cliffs near a body of water., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Faded rust colored velvet with an eagle at the top. Photographer's imprint: "Daguerreotype artist, Goodridge's Extra Sky- Light Gallery, York, Pa.", Mat: Brass nonpareil., Case: Leather. Within a nonpareil-like border, striated lines surround a geometric design in the center. Same design on verso. Front cover detached., See John Vincent Jezierski's Enterprising images: The Goodridge brothers, African American photographers, 1847-1922 (Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University, 2000) and "'Dangerous opportunity': Glenalvin J. Goodridge and early photography in York Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania history. (Spring 1997, vol. 64, no. 2), pp. 310-333 for additional information on Goodridge., Accessioned 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Goodridge, an African American daguerreotypist, ambrotypist, and photographer, operated a gallery in York, Pennsylvania from 1847 to 1862. He primarily produced daguerreotypes from 1847 to around 1855.
Creator: Goodridge, Glenalvin J., 1829-1867, daguerreotypist
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Goodridge [P.9989]

Title: [Walter Graham, wholesale & retail grocer, northwest corner of Market and Sixteenth Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view showing storefront at 1601 Market Street. Also depicts adjoining businesses including John S. Hansell, produce dealer at 1605 Market. Image includes two delivery wagons, barrels lining the sidewalk, and street railway tracks. Graham and Hansell are first listed in city directories simultaneously at this location in 1862., Nonpareil brass mat., Leather case with geometric design. Front cover separated. Losses in leather., Deep blue velvet pad, stamped., Image damaged at upper right along roofline., Similar view reproduced in Robert Looney's Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs, 1839-1914 (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1976) page 98.
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - unidentified [P.9669.17]

Title: Judge Bouvier
Description: Bouvier was a Philadelphia lawyer and judge, best known for his Law Dictionary., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Case: In square brass frame. Paper label on verso: Daguerreotype miniatures, by R. Cornelius, Eighth Street, above Chesnut, Philadelphia. Manuscript note on verso: Judge Bouvier., See also research file; LCP Annual Report for 1991, pgs. 51-52; Board Report, November 19, 1991; and Sarah Weatherwax, "Picturing the Law: Images of John Bouvier," The Daguerreian Society Quarterly 32 (January-March 2020), 5-7. See also P.9357.2 for another daguerreotype of John Bouvier.
Creator: Cornelius, Robert, 1809-1893, photographer
Date: 1840
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9357.1]

Title: [Portrait of an unsmiling, unidentified woman with white cotton cap.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk - design obliterated., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: R. Cornelius, Philada., Case: Leather Cornelius case. Overall pattern of tiny flowers. Same design on verso., Gift of Robert C. Langmuir, Jr.
Creator: Cornelius, Robert, 1809-1893, photographer
Date: 1841
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9081]

Title: Sarah Wilkinson. Born Feb 15 1788. Married (John) Wm. Trautwine, Apr 27 1809 (Mother of John C. Trautwine, Civ. engr. March 30 1810 Died 1883) Died July 25 1855
Description: Trautwine is wearing a white cap and collar, and is holding a folded fan in her left hand., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented double elliptical., Case: Uncased., Title from typed note pasted on verso of plate.
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.11]

Title: [Portrait of a frowning, unidentified man with his right arm is resting on a table.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk. The date 1841 is barely visible on the silk., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: R. Cornelius, Philada., Case: Leather Cornelius case. Overall pattern of tiny flowers. Same design on verso., Loaned to the Philadelphia Museum of Art for an exhibition entitled Legacies of Light, May 26 - August 12, 1990.
Creator: Cornelius, Robert, 1809-1893, photographer
Date: 1841
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9104]

Title: [Three quarter length, seated portrait of an unidentified man in formal clothes, wearing a top hat and holding a cane in his left hand.]
Description: A column and drapery visible in background., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red silk. No design. Manuscript note: 1844., Mat: Rectangular., Case: Leather. Horizontal design of a bouquet of mixed flowers in a vase on a short pedestal within an oval. No design on verso., Gift of Mr. E. Perot Walker, May 23, 1980.
Date: 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8514.7]

Title: [Julianna Randolph Wood holding her baby daughter, Julia, on her lap.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Stamped on mat: M. P. Simons, Philada., Case: Leather. No design. Manuscript note pasted on spine: Julia Wood... 12th, 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.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.12]

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: [Portrait of an unidentified bearded man with stickpin looking slightly to his right.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Date etched in plate., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees & Germon Phila., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Repetitive small geometric design.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: Apr. 29, 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8536]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man.]
Description: Waist-lenght portrait of a man wearing a jacket, vest, high-collared shirt, and large necktie., Title supplied by cataloger., Hand colored pink on cheeks., Pad: Red velvet. Floral design in center with floral scroll border., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers and grapes within nonpareil border. Identical design on verso., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer., Marcus A. Root and his brother Samuel Root operated a New York City daguerreotype studio, 1851-1853.
Creator: M. A. & S. Root, photographers
Date: 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2010.38.17]

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: [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: [Robert B. Davidson, 1808-1876.]
Description: Bust-length portrait of the Philadelphia broker and recording secretary of the Pennsylvania Colonization Society. Davidson, attired in a white collared shirt, a black cravat, a waistcoat, and a dark colored jacket, faces slightly right. The Pennsylvania Colonization Society promoted Black American emigration to resolve the problem of race inequality and to dissolve the institution of slavery., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on paper label on verso of plate., Mounted in square ornamented brass frame with yellow painted borders., Manuscript note in pencil on verso: "7-6-37 #25" and "Robt. B. Davidson, 1838.", Purchase 1988., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cornelius operated the first commercial daguerreotype portrait studio in the United States.
Creator: Cornelius, Robert, 1809-1893, daguerreotypist
Date: May 1840
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - photographer - Cornelius [P.9251]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified older man, who is blind, facing slightly right]
Description: Half-length portrait depicting an older man, balding, and with long white hair tucked behind his ears. His right eye is shut and his left eye is clouded over. He is seated and holds a walking stick in his right hand. He wears a medium-colored overcoat, button-down vest, white shirt, and black cravat., Pad: None., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Lacking front cover. Octagonal shape within concentric circular patterns surrounded by scrolls., Purchased partially with funds for the Visual Culture Program.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - unid. photo - unid. sitter - daguerreotypes [P.2019.7.1]

Title: [Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified man, standing]
Description: Ambrotype stereograph in stereoscope case depicting a three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified white man, standing. Sitter has dark hair, combed and parted to the left, and a beard. He is attired in white shirt with a turned-up collar, a white waistcoat, a dark-colored bowtie, a dark-colored jacket with tails, and light-colored pants. His cheeks are tinted pink. He stands with his right hand touching the top rail of a wooden chair in the left. His left arm is bent and his hand holds the edge of his open jacket at his waist. In the right, a straw hat with a patterned scarf hanging out of it, lies on a side table. The pictorial detail of the scarf is hand tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Pink tinting on cheeks and scarf., Labeled on the stereoscope: “Macher’s Improved Stereoscope. Philada. Patent, March 8th 1853.” “Stereoscopic Ambrotype. Pictures, Surpassing any thing for Depth, Clearness, and Relief, which the Art has yet produced. Also Ambrotype & Mezzograph pictures taken at the Gallery of Photography by Isaac Rehn. No. 126 Arch Street, above Sixth, South side, Philadelphia., Mat: Oval. Engraved on metal plate, ”Ambrotype by Rehn 260 Chestnut St.” “Patented July 4 & 11, 1854.”, Case: Leather., Isaac Rehn is listed as a photographer in the Philadelphia directories from 1850 to-1861. Rehn has been credited with the first ambrotype in the United States.
Creator: Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date: [ca. 1854]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – photographer – Rehn [P.2018.52]

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: [Ralston family cased photograph collection]
Description: Collection of daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits, several by Norristown daguerreotypist William Stroud, portraying clergyman and founder of Oakland Female Institute James Grier Ralston, his wife Mary Anderson Larimore Ralston, their daughters, and his and his wife’s female siblings, and women teachers at the Institute. Contains bust-, half-, three-quarter, and full-length portraits of individual and pairs of sitters. Sitters are often seated, but a number of the portrait depicts sitters in a standing pose. The women’s and girl’s attire includes bonnets; off-the-shoulder bateau neckline dresses; high-neck, long-sleeved dresses with lace collars and cuffs; brooch and belt chatelaines; and earrings. Dresses worn by the female sitters are often a solid dark color, but occasionally are of a pattern design or light color. James Grier Ralston’s attire included broad bow ties, vests, jackets, and suits. Many of the images also contain props, including covered side tables, chairs, flowers, possibly an ambrotype, and a crumpled piece of cloth., Sitters in addition to James Grier Ralston and Mary Anderson Larimore Ralston include their daughters Anna Larimore Ralston, Ella Grier Ralston, Lilly Grier Ralston (who died at 11 months old), and Cora (Cara) Ralston; Institute music teacher Mrs. John Hunsicker, i.e., Fannie Henry Hunsicker (married by James G. Ralston); Mary’s sister and Institute graduate, Hetty Clark Larimore; and Institute teacher and sister of James, Agnes Caldwell Ralston; Institute graduate Martha (Mattie) Divine (Mrs. Fleming); and an unidentified woman., Posed portrait pairs include images of Mary Anderson Larimore Ralston and daughter Anna Larimore Ralston (P.2012.5.6) in which Anna sits in Mary’s lap with her mother’s hand on her head; and Anna Larimore Ralston and Ella Grier Ralston (P.2012.5.8) which Anna stands next to Ella who sits on a chair, while she rests her arm on a covered side table adorned with a basket of flowers; Anna Larimore Ralston and Fanny Hunsicker (P.2012.5.16) in which Fanny, seated, has her one hand at her hip and her other hand and arm around the waist of Anna who stands; and Hetty Clark Larimore and Mary Larimore Ralston (p.2012.5.17) in which the women are seated, side by side, and Hetty holds a bound object, possibly an ambrotype and Mary holds a crumpled white cloth., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and age and attire of sitters., Photographers include William Stroud (Norristown, Pa.) and Theodore L. Chase (Philadelphia, Pa.)., Various-shaped mats, including oval, elliptical, double elliptical, and non pareil., Various colored pads, including blue, red, and maroon velvet or silk, several with embossing. Embossings include photographer’s imprints and/or imagery. Imagery includes floral and geometric designs, scroll work, and eagles., Primarily leather cases, and one thermoplastic case. Case designs vary, but are predominantly rose and mixed flower designs, in addition to geometric, scroll, and quatrefoil designs. Designs also include Pressed Flower, plate 154; The Delicate Roses, variant, plate 123; A Spray of Roses, plate 131; Mixed Garden Flowers, plate 133; Two Lilies, variant, see plate 112 and 113 in American miniature case art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)., Majority of sitters identified by accompanying slips of paper with manuscript notes., Several of the images contain pink tinting on the cheeks of the sitters., P.2012.5.4, P.2012.5.8, P.2012.5.11-15, P.2012.5.21 contains daguerrean's imprint on pad or inside rim of case. Various imprints include: William Stroud, Norristown; William Stroud's Skylight Gallery, Norristown, Pa.; Stroud’s Ambrotypes Norristown, Pa., P.2012.5.6 contains dagurrean's imprint on pad: Theodore L. Chase, N.E. cor. Chestnut & Fifth Sts., Fannie Henry Hunsicker was a woman of Chinese descent. Official records are conflicting as to whether she was born in China, at sea, or in Connecticut., Several of the images contain weeping glass deterioration, tarnished plates, or other damage., Inventory of collection available at repository., See Sarah Weatherwax, "Revealing the Ralston Family," The Daguerreian Society Quarterly (July-September 2021), p. 3-6., Clergyman James Grier Ralston (1815-1880) founded Oakland Female Institute in 1845 in Norristown, Pa. Ralston studied at the Theological Seminary at Princeton and headed the Female Seminary at Oxford, Chester Country, PA before establishing Oakland. He married Mary A. Larimore (1822-1891) in 1842 and they had four children Anna L. (1848-1902), Ella M.(1847-1924), Lillie G. (1852-1853) and Cara G. (1856-1928), with Lillie dying in infancy. Ralston’s children were educated and/or taught at Oakland, as did his sister Agnes C. Ralston. The Institute operated until 1880 and the death of Ralston
Date: [ca. 1845-ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cased photos - Ralston Family [P.2012.5.1-22]

Title: [Gutekunst and Haldt family cased photograph collection]
Description: Collection of cased photographs of sitters related to cabinet maker Frederick Gutekunst, his son and photographer Frederick Gutekunst, and his son-in-law and photographer Jacob Haldt. Majority of the sitters (men, women, and children) are unidentified. Identified sitters include Frederick L. Gutekunst, and Katherine (Katie) Gutekunst, son and daughter of photographer Gutekunst, photographer Jacob Haldt, and Tomas Hernandes, “the friend who was with Mr. Peale since he came to Pto [ Puerto] Rico until the last moment.” Includes bust, half, three-quarter, and full-length portraits with sitters mostly posed seated. Many of the women sitters wear long-sleeved dresses with collars. Some images also include a scenic backdrop (P.2020.12.13) or depict props, including side tables and a book on which an unidentified girl leans as she sits on a table (P.2020.12.11). Also includes a daguerreotype depicting a woman holding a baby inscribed “Isaac, Mary Jane & Charles Burr” on verso of the plate., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and age and attire of sitters., Photographers include Frederick Gutekunst, Gutekunst & Bro., and Lemuel H. Purnell., Various-shaped mats, including oval, elliptical, double elliptical, square, and quarterfoil., Various colored pads, including red, purple, black, green, and maroon velvet, some with embossing. Embossings include photographer’s imprints and/or imagery. Imagery includes floral and ornament designs and scroll work., Leather and thermoplastic cases. Case designs vary, and include floral, ornament, emblem, geometric, and scroll designs. Designs also include a double-sided bookcase format as well as Seated woman holding child and pets, plate 30 and Berry motif, plate 99 in American miniature case art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)., P.2020.12.2-3 and P.2020.12.6-9 contains daguerrean's imprint on pad., Several of the images contain weeping glass deterioration, tarnished plates, or other damage., Basic inventory of collection available at repository.
Date: [ca. 1850-ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cased photos - Gutekunst and Haldt Family [P.2020.12.1-22]

Title: [Half-length portrait of an unidentified, seated woman]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white woman seated on a chair. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, and looped behind her ears. She is attired in a dark-colored, short-sleeved, silk dress with buttons down the bodice and a white lace collar, and black lace, fingerless gloves. A broach adorns her collar. She rests her right forearm on a table covered in a patterned cloth. The sitter’s left hand is slightly clenched and rests on her lap. Her lips and cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium, attire of the sitter, and dates of operation of the photographer., Pink tinting on lips and cheeks., Attributed to McClees & Germon., Pad: Red velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather., Contains weeping glass deterioration., Edges of daguerreotype plate are tarnished., Gift of Jane Hastings, 2011., James E. McLees (1821-1887) and Washington Lafayette Germon (1822-1877) operated as partners from 1846 to 1855 in Philadelphia.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – photographer – McClees & Germon [P.2011.56.3]

Title: [Full-length portrait of an unidentified, seated girl]
Description: Full-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified, young, white girl seated on a chair. Sitter has dark hair parted in the middle with a curl on her forehead. She is attired in an off-the shoulder, boat neckline, short-sleeved dress with decorative swirls around the collar and cuffs, a necklace, white stockings, and black Mary Jane shoes. She sits on a child-sized, wooden chair with her left arm on the armrest and curled right hand, slightly clenched, resting on her lap. Her lips and cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on lips and cheeks., Pad: Red velvet with a diamond-shaped, decorative scroll in the center., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. The design of the case is called the Oval, Diamond and Circle and is plate 198 in American miniature case art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Uncommon., Gift of Robert DeMento, 2012.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2012.50]

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]

Title: [Group portrait with Captain William Wallace Rogers, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, at military encampment in unidentified location]
Description: Group portrait of Captain William Wallace Rogers, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, and seven individuals, including white military officers, a white boy, and an African American man posed in front of tents at an unidentified military encampment. In the center, Rogers, wearing a mustache and attired in a Union uniform and hat, stands with his right hand on his hip and his left hand on the back of a chair. Two Union officers sit in the left, one holding a sword. In the right, a bearded man sits, attired in shirtsleeves and with a pipe in his mouth and another man sits attired in uniform. To the right of Rogers, a man, attired in uniform, stands holding a flag on a pole. In the right, a boy, possibly a messenger or scout, attired in cap, shirtsleeves, and pants, stands with his left leg crossed over his right. In front of the men, an African American man, probably a camp laborer/servant and possibly an enslaved freedom seeker, lies on the ground on his side, propped up on his left elbow, and looks at the viewer. He wears shirtsleeves and pants. The tops of trees are visible in the background. William Wallace Rogers (1832-1890) served in the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Civil War and served in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, including the Battle of Gettysburg, where he was wounded in July 1863. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1865 and retired from service in 1889., Title supplied by cataloger from information provided by donor, descendent of William Wallace Rogers., Date inferred from content and information provided by donor., Pad: Red velvet with a decorative scroll in the center surrounded by an ornamental border with flowers and leaves., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric design of a scroll in the center surrounded by vases of flowers and leaves. Same design on verso., Gift of John J. Nesbitt III, 2016.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – sitter – Rogers [P.2016.78.1]

Title: [Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified, seated woman]
Description: Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified, seated white woman. Sitter has dark hair parted in the middle with ringlet curls at the sides of her face. She is attired in a lace cap, a white chemisette, and a dark-colored, long-sleeved, silk dress with a lace collar and cuffs. She also wears earrings, a ring on her right hand, and a cameo brooch and pocket watch chain that adorn her chest and waist, respectively. Gilt is applied to the photographic details of her earrings, ring, right cuff, cameo brooch, and pocket watch chain. She sits holding a card in her left hand on her lap. It is inscribed with the number, 50, which may signify the portrait is in honor of her 50th birthday. She rests her right arm on a cloth-covered side table in the left. Possibly her bonnet lies on top of the table. Her cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on cheeks., Gilt on sitter’s jewelry and card., Gift of Michael Zinman, 2016., Pad: Red velvet with a spray of flowers., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Case is shaped like a book with gilt edges and a spine labeled “Bijou.” Papier-mache, black lacquer with a spray of flowers made of mother of pearl inlay. Verso design composed of an ornamental scroll in gold, green, and red with a gold border., Edges of daguerreotype plate are tarnished.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2016.85]

Title: [Half-length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white man, posed slightly toward the left. Sitter has dark hair combed to the right and wears a chinbeard. He is attired in a white collared shirt and a dark-colored bowtie and jacket., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Gift of Michael Zinman, 2016., Pad: Red velvet with a decorative scroll in the center., Mat: Oval., Case: Case is shaped like a book with gilt edges and a spine labeled “Memorial.” Papier-mache, black lacquer with a spray of flowers made of mother of pearl inlay. Verso is black lacquer., Edges of daguerreotype plate are tarnished.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2016.86]

Title: [Half-length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Half-length portrait of an unidentified white man, slightly facing right. Sitter has dark-colored hair, combed and parted to the left, and is attired in a white shirt with a turned-up collar, a broad, black bowtie, and a black jacket. His cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium, attire of the sitter, and dates of operation of the photographer., Pink tinting on cheeks., Gift of Michael Gibson, 2017., Mat: Oval. Stamped: McClees & Germon. Phila., James E. McLees (1821-1887) and Washington Lafayette Germon (1822-1877) operated as partners from 1846 to 1855 in Philadelphia.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – photographer – McClees & Germon [P.2017.57]

Title: [Half-length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white man. Sitter wears a mustache and goatee and has dark-colored hair, combed and parted to the left. He is attired in a white shirt with a turned-up collar, a broad bowtie with polka dots, a patterned waistcoat, and a black jacket with a velvet collar and a pocket kerchief., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Gift of Michael Gibson, 2017., Mat: Double elliptical.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2017.58]

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: [Half-length length portrait of two young white men]
Description: Half-length portrait of two young white men seated and facing the viewer. In the left, the man has rosy cheeks and long, upswept dark colored hair and is attired in a white collared shirt, a bowtie, a waistcoat with a watch chain that has a cross, a jacket, and pants. He rests his lightly close-fisted right hand on his knee while his left arm is draped behind the other man. In the right, the man has rosy cheeks and long, brush-backed, dark colored hair and is attired in a white collared shirt, a bowtie, a waistcoat with a watch chain, a jacket, and pants. He rests his slightly curled hands on his lap., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium, attire of the sitter, and address of photographer and dates of operation., Pink tinting on cheeks., Pad: Red velvet embossed with photographer’s imprint “Van Loan Gallery, 159 Chesnut St., Philada” in the center and within an ornamental frame composed of filigree scrolls., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. The design of the case is called the Bird and the Grape Vine and is plate 89 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity. Geometric Celtic design on verso., Contains weeping glass deterioration., Edges of daguerreotype plate are tarnished., Gift of Jane Hastings, 2011., Samuel Van Loan operated from 159 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia between 1852 to 1853.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date: [ca. 1852]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – photographer – Van Loan [P.2011.56.2]

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: [Half-length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of a white man. Sitter has dark hair, parted to the right, and pink tinting on his lips and cheeks. He is attired in a white shirt, a bowtie, a waistcoat, and a jacket. His slightly curled right hand rests on his leg. His left arm and hand rest on a side table in the right., Title supplied by the cataloger., Date inferred from dates of operation of photographer at address in photographer’s imprint., Pink tinting on lips and cheeks., Gift of David Doret., Pad: Brown velvet embossed with photographer’s imprint “Willard, No. 1628 Market St.” in the center., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Mother of pearl inlay in a geometric design in the center. Some pieces of inlay lacking. No design on verso., Oliver H. Willard operated from No. 1628 Market Street, Philadelphia between 1858 and 1860.
Creator: Willard, Oliver H., -1875, photographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Photos [P.2021.34.2]

Title: [Three-quarter length portrait of Frances W. Bruce]
Description: Three-quarter length, forward facing, seated portrait of Frances W. Bruce. Sitter has dark hair parted in the middle with ringlet curls at the sides of her face. She is attired in a dress made of a patterned fabric of decorative scrolls and with a white lace collar and cuffs. She wears two rings on her right hand. Sitter rests her right elbow on a tableclothed side table in the left. Her left hand rests on her lap and slightly clasps her right hand. Frances Wardale Bruce (1815-1892) was William Y. McAllister’s sister and spouse of physician George D. Bruce., Title supplied by the cataloger., Date and name of photographer from manuscript note on label attached to case: Frances Bruce, Feb. 1845., Pad: Red velvet., Mat: Octagon., Case: Leather. Bouquet of mixed flowers in a vase. No design on verso., William Y. McAllister was an optician and cane manufacturer in Philadelphia from 1845 to 1860.
Creator: McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896, photographer
Date: Feb. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cased photos – McAllister [P.2021.37]

Title: [Half-length portrait of an unidentified woman, seated]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white woman. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, and looped behind her ears. She is attired in a dark-colored, long-sleeved dress with buttons down the bodice and a white collar, and black lace, fingerless gloves. A broach adorns her collar. Her lips and cheeks are tinted pink. She is seated and holds a book labeled, Message and Documents 1857-8 Part 1 (i.e., Congressional documents), on her lap with her right hand. She crosses her left arm over her right and rests her left hand on her right wrist., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on lips and cheeks., Cased image accompanied by a lock of hair and four feathers from an Amazon parrot., Gift of Ivan Jurin, 2022., Pad: Red velvet with flowers within a decorative scroll border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Decorative geometric and scroll 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 [P.2022.29.1-1a]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Bust-length portrait of a bearded man wearing a jacket, high-collared shirt, and necktie., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from attire of sitter., Pad: Red velvet with design in center., Mat: Oval. Stamped on mount: 685 Broa[ ]., Case: Thermoplastic. A small circle is within a larger circle on a diamond-patterned background. Larger circle is within a grid-patterned background. Same design on verso., Gift of Samuel Earle.
Date: [ca. 1854]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Pardee Family [P.2016.58.1]

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