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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: 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: [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: 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: [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: [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: [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: [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: [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: [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, 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: [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]

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: [Portrait of an unidentified man, without his right eye, facing slightly right]
Description: Half-length, hand-tinted portrait depicting a man, with dark hair, cropped short on the top of his head, and longer and curled out near his ears. He misses his right eye and his right eye is slightly descended over the socket. He wears a dark-colored coat, V-neck, button-down vest, white shirt with high stiff collar, and black, horizontally-tied necktie with extended ends., Pad: None., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Lacking front cover. Filigree-like ornaments within octagonal shape 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.2019.7.2]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified young woman in a patterned dress with a child in her lap.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded bugundy velvet. Urn in the center, large scrolls at corners., Mat: Modified nonpareil., Case: Leather. A young woman is in the center holding a large spray of flowers and leaves. Fancy scrolls are all around. Swirling lines on back. The design of the case is called Maiden with Cornucopia and is plate 163 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity, ca. 1851., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977., Reference: CRH/1978. Source to be identified.
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.6]

Title: [Unidentified man with mustache, in profile with high white collar and cravat.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet, embossed Bailey, 198 Chesnut St. Philada. Eagle embossed at top, scroll work on three sides., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers and leaves, with one rose in the center, a bird sitting on one stem, all within a nonpareil-like border. No design on verso., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Bailey, Jason, fl. 1853-1855, photographer
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.5]

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: 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: [Unidentified, somber looking, little girl wearing an off the shoulder black dress, her hands folded in her lap.]
Description: Hand colored dark pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Rust colored velvet embossed D. F. Bower's 317 Nth Second St. Philadelphia. Scroll border., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. In center a striated eight pointed star. Fancy scroll work all around. Same design on verso.
Creator: Bowers, D. F., photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.1]

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: [Unidentified young man with his left hand resting on a table.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet, embossed Bradley's Gallery 340 Market St., Philadelphia. Eagle with outstretched wings on top., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. A floral spray with one rose in the center within a nonpareil like border. No design on verso.
Creator: Bradley's Gallery, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.3]

Title: [Unidentified young woman, hands folded, wearing a square pin on her lace collar.]
Description: Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded tan velvet, embossed Bradley's Gallery 340 Market St., Philadelphia. Eagle with outstretched wings on top., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Within a large oval, a geometric design with modified scrolls. Narrow gold border at edges of case. Same design on verso.
Creator: Bradley's Gallery, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.2]

Title: [Reverend Bird Wilson, 1777-1859.]
Description: Portrait of an elderly Wilson, looking slightly to his right, wearing glasses., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet, embossed Brady's Gallery 205 & 207 Broadway, New York. Fancy design surrounds broken scroll border., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. A small oval surrounded by leaves and flowers is within a modified nonpareil like border. Scroll work all around., Bird Wilson, D.D., LL.D, was a lawyer, a President Judge of the Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 7th Circuit 1806-1807, and chair of Systematic Divinity at the General Theological Seminary in New York, 1821-1850. See collection folder for additional biographical information. See Board Report for September 21, 1993.
Creator: Brady, Mathew B., 1823 (ca.)-1896, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9419]

Title: [Mary Elizabeth Garesche and child]
Description: Lovely portrait of Garesche turned slightly to her left with a white lace bonnet tied under her chin. She is cradling her daughter in her arms. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. Floral design in center, fanciful scrolls all around., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. Floral spray within a curved octagon. Ornate scrolls work all around. Same design on verso., Gift of Mrs. Custus B. Swope, December 31, 1979., Reproduced in Samuel Broadbent, Daguerreian Artist in The Daguerreian Annual, 2001, page 145.
Creator: Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date: 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8510 ]

Title: Sister Emma
Description: Portrait of a serene woman, hair parted severely in the middle. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. No design.
Creator: Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date: 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.18]

Title: [Potrait of three sisters, Caroline, Mary, and Julianna Wood.]
Description: Studio portrait of three of the sixteen children of Richard and Julianna Randolph Wood. Shows the girls posed in a window frame with grape vines growing along thee edge. A strw hat hangs down in front of them., Daguerreotypist attribution based on use of window frame with creeping vine prop used by Samuel Broadbent's studio., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., 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. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.1]

Title: Miriam Good
Description: A stern, frowning Good is wearing a tight fitting dark dress with a white bodice, a white lace bonnet, and patterned shawl. Painted backdrop of wooded landscape., Daguerreotypist attribution based on painted backdrop employed by Samuel Broadbent., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Geometric design with a lyre like design in center., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. A spray of roses in a modified nonpareil border. The design of the case is called A Spray of Roses and is plate 131 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) One of the most popular case designs in the early 1850's. Variants were made by a number of casemakers., Accompanying manuscript note reads: Miriam Good. She was the wife of Ziba Pyle and mother of Elizabeth Good Pyle who married Thomas Williams. Taken about 1850., See the article 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) pgs. 210-221 for information about the Roberts and Thompson Families. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
Creator: Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date: ca. 1851
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9562.7]

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: [Portrait of an unidentified bearded man, neatly coifed.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. Lacking front cover. Geometric design in center, swirls all around.
Creator: Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8553]

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: [Walter Wood, 1849-1934]
Description: A sweet faced, seated, nine year old Wood is wearing a jacket with buttons down the front and a white collar. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint on mat: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. No design on front or back., 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. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.17]

Title: [Richard Wood, 1833-1910]
Description: Depicts Wood as a young man. He is looking slightly to his right. His hair is parted neatly on the side, and he has a short beard under his chin. Pale hand painted pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: S. Broadbent., Case: Leather. A tall spray of mixed flowers and leaves, with a fancy scolled border. Same design on verso., Probably taken at the same time as P.8926.24., 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. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.25]

Title: [Richard Wood, 1833-1910]
Description: Depicts Wood as a young man, hair parted neatly on the side with a short beard. Pale hand painted pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. Geometric design with scrolls and leaves., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: S. Broadbent., Case: Thermoplastic. Geometric design with scrolls and leaves. This design is #3-32 in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. 92647. Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) It is designated as scarce. Same design on verso., Probably taken at the same time as P.8926.25., 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. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.24]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified African American woman]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of a seated African American woman posed behind a prop window frame. Sitter rests her left elbow and right hand on the bottom edge of the frame. Her left hand rests on her shoulder, near the side of her face. She has dark, crimped hair, parted in the middle and that is pulled back into a braided crown at the back of her head. She is attired in a dark-colored, satiny dress with a plunging V-neck and that is adorned with a frilled ribbon and long sleeves with ruching below the shoulder. She also wears a white V-neck collar adorned with a broach, frilled white cuffs, hoop earrings, and a ring on her right hand. Her cheeks and lips are tinted pink. Image also includes a creeping grape vine in the right of the image. Sitter probably from or related to the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic format and attire of sitter., Sitter's cheeks tinted pink., Name of daguerreotypist inferred from studio prop (window and trailing vine) visible in image., Pad: Bright red velvet with a scroll design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. A large floral spray with a lily and leaves, surrounded by an ornate scrolled border. Geometric design on verso., Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993., Library Company. Annual Report, 1993, p. 17-24., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator: Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cased photos [P.9427.13]

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: [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: Mr. Charles Dickens
Description: Three quarter length pose of Dickens standing with his right hand in his pocket and his left hand, holding his gloves, resting on an urn., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. Gold stamped on front: Seal of Great Britain with photographer's imprint: Mr. Claudet, 107 Regents St. Quadrant., Title from paper label pasted to recto., Acquired from Charlotte Irene King Sumner, granddaughter of Rev. Demetrius P. Calliphronas, from his daguerreotype collection, June 21, 1940.
Creator: Claudet, A. (Antoine), 1797-1867, photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [94383.D]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, young boy, hair neatly combed, with a curl at each side.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet embossed Clemon's Gallery 516 N. 2nd St. Ab...Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. One rose in a spray within a scalloped border. No design on verso., This may be the same boy in P.9734.2.
Creator: Clemons, John R., photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9734.1]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, young boy, hair neatly combed, with a curl at each side.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet embossed Clemon's Gallery 516 N. 2nd St. Ab...Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. One rose in a spray within a scalloped border. No design on verso., This may be the same boy in P.9734.1.
Creator: Clemons, John R., photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9734.2]

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