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Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man with sideburns and short beard.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Double elliptical. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: M. A. Root, Philada., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Geometric design.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.9]

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: 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: [Seated musician holding a brass horn in his right hand.]
Description: His left arm is resting on his lap. Painted back drop of trees and landscape are behind him., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded gold velvet. Eagle with wings outstretched on top of sun. Embossed within two concentric circles forming the core of the sun: Evans, 380 Market Street, Girard Row. Original Sun Beam., Mat: Ornamented nonpareil., Case: Leather with a geometric design. An oval is in the center of a curved corner rectangle. Same design on verso., See Research file., Gift of David Long, 2002.
Creator: Evans, C. (Charles), fl. 1848-1860, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2002.51.1]

Title: [William Spencer]
Description: Portrait of a young, handsome Spencer wearing a vest and a fancy tie., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented nonpareil., Case: Thermoplastic. Lacking cover. Geometric design. This design is #3-119 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., Gift of Mrs. A Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.8a]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man, head slightly lowered, looking toward his right.]
Description: Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet embossed "Van Loan's Rooms 126 Arch St., Philada." Geometric border with swirls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Eagle with outstretched wings, sitting on a branch within a nonpareil-like border. Swirls all around. Geometric design on verso.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9792]

Title: [Portrait of two unidentified male musicians holding their instruments, a flute and a violin.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. Urn with flowers in center, scroll work all around., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. Flowers and leaves are In a circle within a six pointed star. Same design on verso.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9025.36]

Title: [Portrait of three unidentified men, possibly a family group, in formal clothes.]
Description: Hand colored photograph. The younger man in the center is looking straight ahead, the older man is looking to his left, and the elderly man on the right is looking right., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Gold velvet., Mat: Square., Case: Tan soft leather. No design.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9566]

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

Title: [Portrait of a dour looking, unidentified man wearing a tight fitting cap.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Ambrotype by Rehn. Patent July 4th & 11th 1854., Case: A double ambrotype case. Leather., See Board report, November 3, 1998 for a description of this double plate., LCP purchase.
Creator: Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9636.1]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified young man looking to his right, wearing a big black tie and a black satin vest, with left arm is resting on a table.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark red velvet with geometric border. Embossed: Keenan 248 South Second St. Philada., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Spray of three tulips within a nonpareil-like border. Geometric design on verso.
Creator: Keenan, John A., photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.7]

Title: [M. Stanton Hall with his parents and sister.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design. Newspaper clipping containing biographical information on Hall is pasted on the pad., Mat: Oval., Case: Thermoplastic. Geometric design. This design is #3-14 in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. 92647: Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) It is designated as rare., Hall was the first President of the Philadelphia Board of Education. See also Board Report for November 19, 1991.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9362]

Title: [Portrait of a seated, unidentified baby girl, hands resting in her lap.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet embossed: Plumbe's Gallery...Philadelphia (Street address illegible.), Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. No design.
Creator: Plumbe's Gallery, photographer
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9981.9]

Title: Portrait of an unidentified man in a military costume
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red silk. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather with border of scrolls. Photographer's imprint stamped in gold on verso: Swift & Mahan, 312 Market St., Philadelphia.
Creator: Swift & Mahan, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9678.2]

Title: [Seated portrait of a unidentified woman, her hair parted in the middle, arms crossed on her lap, white collar at her neck.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded burgundy velvet., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. It is shaped like a book and is similar to Fig. 42 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) The case manufacturer is identified as H. A. Eichmeyer of Philadelphia.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.28]

Title: [Mr. Stevenson and friends.]
Description: Informal group portrait of seven men standing., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with a scroll design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. One rose surrounded by leaves within a nonpareil like border., See Board report of November 17, 1992., Gift of Charles Dorman, November 2, 1992.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9403.1]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified seated woman.]
Description: Her right arm is resting on a table, and her right hand is under her chin. She is holding a small book or cased photograph in her left hand which is resting on her lap., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. A spray of flowers with one rose within a modified nonpareil border.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9491.5]

Title: [Maria Conarroe, b. 1835]
Description: Portrait of a serious looking Maria is looking straight ahead. She is wearing a high necked dress with a brooch., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Pale apricot colored velvet with a leaf design within a star border., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Small urn of flowers within an inverted octagonal border. Photographer's imprint stamped in gold on verso: Swift & Mahan, 312 Market St. Phila., See Conarroe Family research file., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator: Swift & Mahan, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.10]

Title: [Portrait of a serious looking, young man with a carefully trimmed beard looking slightly to his right.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark red velvet with fancy border. Embossed in center Reimer's Gallery 397 N. 2nd St., ab Green Philadelphia., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather: Geometric design within a quatrefoil. Scroll work all around. Same design on verso.
Creator: Reimer, Benjamin, 1826-1899, photographer
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8896.2]

Title: [Portrait of a stern looking, unidentified young man looking straight ahead.]
Description: He is holding an unidentifiable object in his left hand. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Raised red velvet with tulip design., Mat: Double elliptical. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: R. N. Keely, 332 N. 2d St., Philada., Case: Leather. Case is shaped like a book with the word Souvenir gold stamped on the spine. Elaborate design of mixed flowers and leaves is gold stamped on the front and back. Edges are painted in gold., See Board report November 18, 1996., LCP purchase.
Creator: Keely, Robert N., photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9518.3]

Title: [Unidentified residence, Long Island, New York]
Description: View, taken through trees, focuses on the doorway of the frame house., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet . Urn with flowers in center. Scroll border., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. A large scalloped oval with an ornate scrolled border., See Board report of November 17, 1992. Mr. Dorman purchased this daguerreotype at Weschler's auction in Washington, D.C. in 1958., Gift of Charles Dorman, November 2, 1992.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9403.2]

Title: [Julianna Randolph Wood, 1810-1885]
Description: Portrait of Wood wearing a white lace cap and a checked dress buttoned down the front. She is sitting, resting her right arm on a table. Very pale pink hand coloring on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red silk. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of two roses in a leafy border. The design of the case is called Delicate Roses, Variant and is plate 123 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Generally produced in large quantity, ca. 1844. Same design on verso. The Die-engraver was David Pretlove., See also P.8926.8 for a different pose. Richard Davis Wood (1799-1869), Julianna's husband, notes in his diary on May 1, 1846, "Took wife and daughters Mary and Caroline to Langenheim's, and had their daguerreotypes taken, succeeding very well.", 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: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: [May 1, 1846]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.7]

Title: [Portrait of two sisters, Caroline and Mary Wood.]
Description: Mary is standing with her arm around seated Caroline. Both girls are wearing the same patterned dress, but the dresses are hand colored different colors. Very pale hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Within a double oval is an open flower surrounded by scrolls. No design on verso., Richard Davis Wood (1799-1869), the girls' father notes in his diary on May 1, 1846, "Took wife and daughters Mary and Caroline to Langenheim's, and had their daguerreotypes taken, succeeding very well." Inside case is the poem "Watching for the Prodigal" clipped from a newspaper., 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: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: [May 1, 1846]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.22]

Title: North-east corner of Third & Dock Street. Girard Bank, at the time the latter was occupied by the military during the riots
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Small central circle surrounded by flowers and leaves within a larger circle. Circles surrounded by diamond shaped scroll pattern with additional scrolls at each corner. All within rectangular border. Photographer's blindstamp appears running vertically along the edge of the border nearest the clasps. No design on verso., Quarter of a Millennium #199., Gift of John A. McAllister., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 90., Arcadia caption text: This daguerreotype image is the earliest extant photograph of America’s oldest bank building. Constructed between 1795 and 1797 as the First Bank of the United States after designs by Samuel Blodget, Jr., the building still stands at 120 South Third Street. Photographers William and Frederick Langenheim captured this view of a crowd gathered in front of the bank, the temporary headquarters of the militia in the aftermath of anti-Catholic riots, on May 9, 1844, creating the earliest known Philadelphia “news” photograph.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim, photographer
Date: May 9, 1844
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [59541.D]

Title: [Portrait of Charles Sailer in his Civil War uniform.]
Description: Pale hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Very faded and brittle orange velvet with geometric design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers within several concentric ovals. Same design on verso. Accompanied by manuscript note: Charles Sailer, Mother's brother.
Date: ca.1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9470.27]

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

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

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

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

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

Title: John Gummere
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet with green geometric design in center., Mat: Ornamented oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees, Phila., Case: Thermoplastic. Design of beehive and farm implements. This design is similar to #I-90 and #I-91, Beehive, Farm Motif, in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. 92647: Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) Same design on verso. Manuscript note on recto identifies the sitter: John Gummere.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9208.8]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified woman, hair parted severly in the middle, wearing a black dress with white collar and cuffs.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. Embossed: Tyson's Gallery 272 N. Second St. above Willow Philadelphia, Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers within a nonpareil-like border. Geometric design on verso.
Creator: Tyson, Thomas H., photographer
Date: ca.1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9831.2]

Title: [Mrs. Isaac Lea, 1799-1874.]
Description: Portrait of Frances Carey Lea at about 60 years of age. Her hair is parted in the middle and she is wearing a lace scarf on her hair that comes down the sides of her face. Hand colored pale pink on her cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet with geometric design with a crown on top., Mat: Ornamented double elliptical. Stamped at top, upside down: Ambrotype by Rehn. Stamped on bottom: Patented July 4 and 11, 1854., Case: Thermoplastic. Geometric design with interlocking swirls.This design is #3-131in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames by Paul K. Berg (Huntington Beach, Ca. : Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) It is designated as common. Same design on verso., See Lea Family Research File., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date: ca.1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.12]

Title: [Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Livingston Bishop at Horse Shoe Falls, Niagara Falls.]
Description: She is seated with her husband, in top hat and frock coat, is standing next to her on the edge of the falls., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented double elliptical., Case: Uncased., Manuscript note on verso: Mr. & Mrs. G.L.B. Horse Shoe Falls. Canadian Side, June 7th 1869. Typed note taped on verso: Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Livingston BIshop taken June 71th 1869. G.L.B. - 1845-1926. Mrs. G.B.L. 1840-1921., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Date: June 7, 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Conarroe Family Collection [8259.F.9]

Title: [Julianna Randolph Wood, 1810-1885]
Description: Portrait of Wood wearing a white lace cap and a checked dress buttoned down the front, is in a prim pose, with her hands clasped at her waist. The image is off center. Very pale pink hand coloring on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red silk. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of two roses in a leafy border. The design of the case is called Delicate Roses, Variant and is plate 123 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Generally produced in large quantity, ca. 1844. Same design on verso. The die-engraver was David Pretlove., See also P.8926.7 for a different pose. Richard Davis Wood (1799-1869), Julianna's husband, notes in his diary on May 1, 1846, "Took wife and daughters Mary and Caroline to Langenheim's, and had their daguerreotypes taken, succeeding very well.", 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: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: [May 1, 1846]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.8]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified woman]
Description: Bust-length, forward facing portrait of an African American woman. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, and looped behind the ears. She is attired in hoop earrings, a white collared chemisette, a dress with polka dots, and a dark-colored shawl. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from sitter's attire., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Surrounded by scrolls, a spray of lillies is in the center. Geometric design on verso., Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993, p. 17-24., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.4]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified woman]
Description: Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of an African American woman. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, crimped, and looped behind the ears. She is attired in a striped, long-sleeved dress with a wide lace collar, a brooch, black laced fingerless gloves, and a ribbon around her neck attached to a pair of spectacles. She rests her left arm on a table covered with a patterned tablecloth on which a book sits. Her right hand rests at her side below her waist. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from sitter's attire., Pad: Faded golden colored velvet. Geometric design in center surrounded by swirls., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. Geometric design: striated lines in the center within interlocking circles. Shell-like designs at the four corners. Same design on verso., Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993, p. 17-24., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [Philadelphia]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.5]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified African American woman]
Description: Bust-length, forward facing portrait of a seated, African American woman whose eyes look to the right. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, crimped, and looped behind her ears. She wears hoop earrings and a dark-colored, long-sleeved, silk dress with a white collar and cravat. A small, decorative button or brooch is pinned in the center of the collar. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Faded red velvet with a single swirled feather design., Mat: Oval., Leather. Geometric design with a crosshatched oval surrounded by ovals, each of which has a flower in the center. Same design on verso., Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993, p. 17-24., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1855-ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.8]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified African American girl]
Description: Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of an African American girl seated on a chair with an ornate, wooden back. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, crimped, and tied in pig tails. She is attired in a dark-colored, short-sleeved dress with white lace decorating the cuffs. She clasps her hands together slightly and rests them at her waist. Her cheeks are tinted pink. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Faded red velvet with fleur de lis in center surrounded by scrolls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Geometric design with a six pointed star within a shield flanked by banners. Same design on verso., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993, p. 17-24., Reproduced on cover and on page 44 of Julie Winch's The Elite of our people (University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000)., Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1855-ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.9]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified African American woman]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of an African American woman seated on a chair. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, and tied behind her head. She is attired in a dark-colored, diagonally striped, long-sleeved dress with a lace collar, a brooch, and a long necklace. She rests her left arm on a table covered with a patterned tablecloth, and her right hand rests on her lap. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from sitter's attire., Pad: Cinnamon colored velvet with one large leaf., Mat: Octogonal., Case: Leather. Design is curved octagon within scroll and is Plate 219 in Floyd and Marion Rinhart's American miniature case art (Cranbury, NJ: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969). Case made by William Shew who was active in Boston in the 1840s. Same design on verso., Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993 p. 17-24., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [Philadelphia]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.10]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified African American woman]
Description: Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of a seated, African American woman. Sitter has dark hair that is parted in the middle and combed close to and tied back behind her head. She is attired in a long-sleeved, button down, plaid dress with ruffles at the cuffs and wears a matching, round, brooch necklace and earrings. She rests her right forearm on a table and her hands, forming slight fists, rest in her lap. Her cheeks and lips are tinted pink. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Faded red velvet. Fleur de lis in center surrounded by scrolls., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric design featuring a six-pointed star within a shield flanked by banners. Same design on verso., Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993, p. 17-24., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1855-ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.7]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified woman]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of an African American woman. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle with ringlet curls on either side of her face, and tied behind her head. She is attired in a long-sleeved dress with a lace collar, a brooch, and a ring. She rests her right arm on a table covered with a patterned tablecloth, and she clutches a purse in her right hand. Her left hand rests on her lap. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred by sitter's attire., Pad: Faded red silk., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Geometric design: A striated circle in the center within a striated oval. Nonpareil border. Same design on verso., Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993, p. 17-24., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.6]

Title: [Post mortem portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Portrait of deceased elderly man with closed eyes wearing a high-collared shirt and jacket and resting his head on a pillow., Title supplied by cataloger., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark red velvet with geometric border. Embossed: Keenan 248 South Second St. Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Single rose within nonpareil border surrounded by floral scroll work. Same design on verso.
Creator: Keenan, John A., photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2011.13]

Title: [Portrait of young man]
Description: Waist-length portait of a young man with a sparse beard wearing a jacket, vest, high-collared shirt, and necktie., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Green velvet with embossed floral design., Mat: Oval., Case: Painted leather. Central lyre motif with leafy border design on recto and verso. Paper label in case: R. Jennings, manufacturer of daguerreotype minature and jewel cases of every description, daguerretoype stock, and the patent book-case for daguerreotypes, always on hand. N.W. corner of Vine and Second streets, Philadelphia. Robert Jennings was a Philadelphia case maker in the early 1850s.
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2008.8]

Title: [Portrait of a young boy and girl]
Description: A young boy and a girl sit on wooden chairs looking directly at the photographer. The boy holds a book in his lap., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed: Van Loan & Mayall, Phila., Mat: Plain octagonal., Case: Leather. Floral design border., Samuel Van Loan and John Jabez Edwin Mayll were partners in a studio at 140 Chestnut Street in 1845 and 1846.
Creator: Van Loan & Mayall, photographer
Date: ca. 1846
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2008.2]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified African American woman]
Description: Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of a seated, African American woman. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, and looped behind her ears. She is attired in a dark-colored, long-sleeved, silk dress with a white lace collar, and black lace, fingerless gloves. A broach adorns her collar. She rests her left forearm on a table covered in a patterned cloth. A book lies on the table. The sitter’s left hand rests on her lap. Her lips are tinted pink. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Dark purple velvet with a scroll design in the center., Mat: Oval., Case: Square thermoplastic. On recto is a leaf design surrounded by scrolls. This design is #3-128 reproduced in Paul K. Berg's nineteenth century photographic cases and wall frames (Huntington Beach, Ca. 92647: Huntington Valley Press, 1995.) The design on the verso is a bunch of grapes, #2-25 in Berg's book., Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993, p. 17-24.
Date: [ca. 1850-ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos -Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.16]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified African American woman]
Description: Three-quarter length, front facing portrait of a seated African American woman. Sitter has dark hair, parted in the middle, crimped, and looped behind her ears. She is attired in a dark-colored, silk dress with long, bell-shaped sleeves with trim details and ruching below the shoulder. She also wears a lace collar and cuffs. A pin adorns the front of her collar. She rests her left forearm on a book which sits atop a table covered in a patterned cloth in the right of the image. A ribbon adorns her left wrist and she wears a ring on her left forefinger. Her right hand rests in her lap. Her lips and upper cheeks are tinted pink. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from sitter's attire., Tinting on sitter's lips and upper cheeks., Pad: Deep purple velvet without a design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Case design showing small vase of flowers in the center surrounded by ornate decorations is called "Flower Vase Motif" and is Plate 146 in Floyd and Marion Rinhart's American miniature case art (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Geometric design on verso., Die-engraver's name on case design reads A[nthony] C. Paquet., Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993., Library Company. Annual Report, 1993, p. 17-24., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.15]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified African American woman]
Description: Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of an African American woman seated on a chair with an ornate, wooden back. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, crimped, and looped behind her ears. She wears hoop earrings and a dark-colored, long-sleeve button-down, silk dress with a lace collar and cuffs. A broach adorns her collar. She also rests her right forearm and hand on a book which sits atop a table covered in a patterned cloth in the left of the image. She wears a ring on her right hand and her left hand, in a slight fist, rests in her lap. Her cheeks are tinted pink. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic format and attire of sitter., Tinting on cheeks., Pad: Dark 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. Same design on verso., Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993., Library Company. Annual Report, 1993, p. 17-24., Reproduced on cover and on page 45 of Julie Winch's The Elite of our people (University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000)
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.12]

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 woman]
Description: Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of a seated, African American woman. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, and looped behind her ears. She is attired in a dark-colored, long-sleeved, silk dress with a white lace collar, and black lace fingerless gloves. A broach adorns her collar. She rests her left forearm on a table covered in a patterned cloth. A book lies on the table. The sitter’s left hand rests on her lap. Her lips are tinted pink. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred by sitter's attire., Pink tinting on lips., Pad: Deep purple velvet without a design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Small vase of flowers in the center surrounded by ornate decorations. The"Flower Vase" design is reproduced as Plate 146 in Floyd and Marion Rinhart's American miniature case art (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Geometric design on verso., The die-engraver's name is below the design in reverse, and properly reads A[nthony] C. Paquet., Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993, p. 17-24., Reproduced on page 45 of Julie Winch's The Elite of our people (University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000), Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.11]

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