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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: [George Thompson, 1794-1876]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet with a small spray of flowers in the center and swirls all around. Note on pad reads George Thompson, brother of my grandfather, James B. Thompson - John T. Morris., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather. A bouquet of mixed flowers in a modified octagonal border, with scroll work all around. Same design on verso., 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.
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9562.2]

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

Title: [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: [Julianna Wood, 1847-1924]
Description: Portrait of Wood, probably about 5 years old, standing in front of a studio backdrop. She is holding a purse on her right arm, and is holding onto a chair with her left hand. A purse and a bonnet rest on the chair beside her. Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded purple velvet. Leaf design in an oval surrounded by scrolls., Mat: Nonpareil. Photographer's imprint: Collins, 3d & Chestnut., Case: Thermoplastic. A clover shaped design is in an oval in the center, fancy scrolls and shells form the border. Same design on verso., 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: Collins, photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8971.2]

Title: [Mary Wood, b. 1834]
Description: Bust length portrait. Wood wears a dark dress with a white collar and bodice. A brooch is pinned at the collar. Pale hand painted pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. Design is obscured., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. No design., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.23]

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: [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: [John Bouvier,1787-1851]
Description: Portrait of white haired, scowling, Bouvier. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep red velvet with flower design in center and geometric border all around., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees & Germon, Phila., Case: Leather. Double clasp. Blank in the center, with a geometric design at each corner. Same arrangement on verso., John Bouvier was a noted jurist who practiced law in Philadelphia. He is best known for his Law Dictionary and The four voume Institutes of American Law. See P.9357.1 for another daguerreotype of John Bouvier
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9357.2]

Title: Hon. Morton McMichael
Description: McMichael is sitting on a high backed chair with patterned upholstery. The fingers of both hands are touching each other. He appears to be in his early 40's and is looking slightly to his left., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Uncased., Manscript note on verso: Hon. Morton McMichael - Daguerreotype portrait taken about 1848., Morton was a Philadelphia editor and newspaper publisher. For additional biographical information about McMichael see LCP 1996 Annual Report, pp. 43-44, and research file.
Date: ca. 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9506]

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

Title: Mrs. Isaac Lea
Description: Hand colored portrait of Frances Carey Lea, wife of Isaac Lea. She wears grey dress with lace and velvet trim and a close fitting bonnet decorated with lace and blue ribbons. She wears a brooch at her neck., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Case: Uncased., Manuscript note on verso: Mrs. Isaac Lea., See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, May 1996.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9514.1]

Title: [Henry Howard Houston, 1820-1895]
Description: Portrait of Houston as a young man. He has a full head of hair, and is wearing a wide black tie. Houston was a prominent Philadelphia businessman with interests in railroads, shipping and oil. His real estate dealings led to the development of the Chestnut Hill neighborhood in Philadelphia., Previously attributed to Robert Cornelius. See Rachel K. Wetzel, "The Robert Cornelius Project: Formulating Attributions Through a Collaborative Research Process," Daguerreian Annual 2019, fig. 21., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Brown felt. Manuscript note under pad: Augusta, Georgia February 1840. Henry Howard Houston., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Leather Cornelius case. Overall pattern of tiny flowers. Same design on verso., Reproduced in Robert Cornelius: Portraits from the Dawn of Photography by William F. Stapp (Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1983), plate 14. See also Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), fig. 53., Gift of Mrs. James Dallett, 1981.
Creator: Mifflin, J. Houston (John Houston), 1807-1888, photographer
Date: 1841
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8896.1]

Title: [Mary Barnes Swift, 1795-1866]
Description: Portrait of the photographer's mother wearing a dark dress with a white lace cap and collar. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval (black backing is missing, so image appears three dimensional.), Case: Leather. Originally in the shape of a book. Lacking both cover and back. Spine stamped in gold., See Henry B. Swift research file.
Creator: Swift, Henry B., photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2004.9.6]

Title: Margot Griscom McCord Smith. Born Ap. 29, 1821 - Died Ap. 28, 1909. Grand niece of Elizabeth Griscom Ross (Betsy Ross)
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Smith wearing a black cape, plaid skirt, and a lace cap tied under her chin. Her right arm is resting on a table, her left arm is on her lap. Her hair is in long curls. She is looking slightly to her right., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Leaves in an oval in the center. Fancy scrolled border., Mat: Ornamented double elliptical. Label on mat: Collins, Nos. 100 & 166 Chestnut St., Case: Leather. Geometric design with interlocking swirls. Same design on verso. Double clasp. Accompanied by manuscript note identifying sitter: Margot Griscom McCord Smith. Born Ap. 29, 1821 - Died Ap. 28, 1909. Grand niece of Elizabeth Griscom Ross (Betsy Ross)., Manuscript note on plate verso: Aged about 33 years. Smith was a charter member of the Flag House Chapter of the Daughters of American Revolution., For additional information about Margaret Smith, see research file, LCP Annual Report, 1993, pg. 42 and Board Report, 9/21/93.
Creator: Collins, photographer
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9421]

Title: George Washington Roberts, son of Algernon & Tacy Roberts. 1802-1857
Description: Portrait of Roberts, son of Algernon and Tacy Roberts. He has a half smile on his face, and is resting his right arm on a table., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red silk with a large leaf design in the center. Manuscript note pasted to pad reads: George W. Roberts, 1802-1857., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Scrolls stamped in gold on all four sides of cover. No design on verso., Accompanying manuscript note reads: George Washington Roberts, son of Algernon & Tacy Roberts. 1802-1857., 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. 219. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
Date: ca. 1847
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9562.6]

Title: [John Fries Frazer, 1812-1872]
Description: Portrait of Frazer with mustache and short beard looking slightly to his left. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Engraving of Frazer [5657.F.29g] based on this Root daguerreotype., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers within a fancy border. Swirls all around. Geometric design on verso., See article by Sarah J. Weatherwax in Pennsylvania History, Vol. 64, Number 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 171-173 for information about Marcus Root, and John and Persifor Frazer., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), fig. 52., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pgs. 37-38.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8475.1]

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

Title: [Martha Jane Gibson (later) Spencer, 1825-1901, as a young woman]
Description: Seated portrait of Gibson, hair parted in the middle, with her right arm resting on a table. She is wearing a white collar and cuffs., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented nonpareil., Case: Thermoplastic. Lacking cover. Geometric design. This design is #3-11 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. Printed paper label on case verso under image: Patent applied for., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.8b]

Title: [Mary Barnes Swift, 1795-1866]
Description: Portrait of the photographer's mother wearing a white lace cap and collar. She is looking slightly to her right., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark red velvet with geometric design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. A geometric design with a circle in the center surrounding a wheel of small leaves. Curved octagonal border. Same design on verso., Accompanying manuscript note: Mary Barnes Swift, mother of Hannah Swift Given (one of Henry B. Swift's sisters)., See Henry B. Swift research file.
Creator: Swift, Henry B., photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2004.9.7]

Title: [George Henry Lea as a very young boy]
Description: Copy photograph of Richardson ambrotype portrait of Lea (see 8326.F.10). Portrait is reversed with edges of the original mat visible in the image., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Uncased., See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Richardson, V. L., photographer
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.11]

Title: [George Henry Lea as a very young boy]
Description: Bust length portrait of a bare shouldered Lea. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Geometric design in center, scrolls all around., Mat: Oval. Stamped: Ambrotype by V. L. Richardson., Case: Leather. Geometric design. Modified octagon surrounding a four sided figure. Scrolls all around. Same design on verso., See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Richardson, V. L., photographer
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.10]

Title: Grandmother Abigail D. Dreer
Description: Wife of Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand Julius Dreer. Image depicts Dreer, hair parted severely in the middle, looking slightly to her right. She is wearing a long sleeved black taffeta dress. Her left arm is resting on a table. Hand colored vase of flowers sits on the table. Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Gold colored velvet. Spray of flowers in center, geometric border. Embossed: W. & F. Langenheim Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers and leaves within an octagonal border. No design on verso. Label with manuscript note pasted on recto: Grandmother Abigail D. Dreer, See Research file for additional information about Abigail Dreer.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9416]

Title: [John J. Thompson, 1815-1886.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed W & F. Langenheim Philadelphia Exchange., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Within an ocatgonal border is a bouquet of mixed flowers. No design on verso., Manuscript note pasted to pad reads "John J. Thompson, my mother's brother and my dear uncle. - John T. Morris." 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. 214. See also the Board Report for January 20, 1998.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9562.3]

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

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

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

Title: [Julianna Randolph Wood holding her baby son Stuart.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. No design., Manuscript note in case reads "As you think about making this a little larger Mother & baby." Proably taken at the same time as P.8926.11., 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: 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.6]

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: [Julianna Randolph Wood in a dark dress, holding a daguerreotype portrait of a Richard D. Wood in her right hand.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. (Design is horizontal) A wavy spray of mixed flowers and leaves is in an oval. No design on verso., See P.8926.4 for the daguerreotype portrait of Richard D. Wood that Julianna holds in this image. See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.10]

Title: [Portrait of two siblings, Gilbert Livingston Bishop and Susan Holmes Bishop, as children.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Stained red silk. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers, scroll border. Same design on verso., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Date: ca. 1854
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Conarroe Family Collection [8259.F.8]

Title: [Richard Davis Wood, 1799-1869.]
Description: Wood is posed facing to his right. He is wearing a high white collar and a big black tie., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint: M. P. Simons, Philada., 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: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1847
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8928.1]

Title: [Portrait of two brothers, George and Ralph Wood]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple 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.
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.13]

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

Title: [George Washington Conarroe, 1803-1882 or 4]
Description: Portrait of a mature Conarroe looking slightly to his left. He has frown marks on his forehead., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Photographer's embossed imprint in the center is torn and illegible. Geometric border all around., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint embossed on pad: Richards 179 Chestnut St. Philada., Case: Leather. Large spray of flowers within an octagonal border. No design on verso., Conarroe was a Philadelphia portrait and genre painter. See Conarroe Family research file., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8259.F.1]

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

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

Title: [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: [Madame Marie-Athenaide Le Febvre Buchey, 1800-1874, headmistress of Mrs. Buchey's French & English Seminary for Young Ladies, 260 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Portrait of Madame Buchey wearing a dark dress with a long, wide white collar. Her hair is parted tightly in the middle, with two curls coming forward over her ears. She is holding a fan in her left hand., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather, with a horizontal floral bouquet in an oval., Madame Buchey was Headmistress of the Seminary at No. 240 Spruce St. (now 626) from September 1833 to June 1853. Buchey, born in St. Domingue (i.e., Haiti), emigrated to Cuba circa 1803 following the uprisings of the enslaved people of the island. She settled with her mother in Philadelphia in 1809. See Research File - Buchey., Gift of Francis James Dallett, great-great grandson of Madam Buchey, 2003., LCP AR (Annual Report) 2003 p. 61-63., Filed under: Unid. photographer - Sitter - Buchey.
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2003.11.2]

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