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Title: [Portrait of an unidentified boy with his left arm is resting on a table.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with scrolls at each corner. Embossed in center Rehn's National Gallery 267 North Second St. above Callowhill Phila., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers within a nonpareil-like border. No design on verso.
Creator: Rehn, Isaac, photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.6]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man seated facing right, with his hands folded in his lap.]
Description: Waist-length portrait of a man seated in a chair. He wears a jacket, vest, high-collared shirt, and a wide necktie. He has long sideburns and curly hair combed over his head., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet with geometric border. Embossed: Patent Talbotype by W. & F. Langenheim Phila Exchange., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers and leaves within an octagonal border. No design on verso., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pg. 38.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9643.2]

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: [Portrait of a rather portly, unidentified man with sideburns, resting his left arm on a table.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet with a large floral design in the center., Mat: Octagonal. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees & Germon, Phila., Case: Leather. Within an oval is a mixed bouquet of flowers and leaves. No design on verso.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8419.F]

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

Title: Hannah Davis Wood, b. 1809
Description: Wood is sitting primly, hands folded in her lap. She is wearing a high necked dress with a triangular collar., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple velvet. A floral spray in blue is in the center., Mat: Oval. Stamped on mat: M. P. Simons, Philada., Case: Leather. Stamped in gold in center with a bird surrounded by leaves. Gold stamping in leaf pattern along all four edges. Same design on verso without central stamp of bird., 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.8926.19]

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 a seated couple, possibly Meyer and Caroline Fleisher.]
Description: She is wearing a lace collar and cuffs and a long string of beads, and is holding a book in her lap. He has a big black mustache and is wearing checked trousers and a black jacket. He is holding an unidentified object in his hands., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with a rectangular floral design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Case is shaped like a book with gilt edges. Papier-mache with inlaid mother of pearl with a rose and leaf design. Leather spine. Board on inside left cover is decorated with a gold design., Gift of Edwin Wolf, 2nd, March 14, 1989.
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9015]

Title: [Portrait of a rather stern, unidentified, older woman wearing a lace collar and cap.]
Description: Die-engraver's imprint stamped on lower left corner of case: C. Loekel Phila., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Urn in center, fancy scrolls all around., Mat: Double elliptical. Label on mat: Collins, 3d & Chesnut., Case: Leather. One rose, buds and leaves in a scalloped border. The design of the case is called Forget Me Not and is plate 174 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co. Inc., 1969.) Rare. Highly prized by collectors. A token of remembrance. The die-engraver was Charles Loekle, Phila., ca. 1855. Geometric design of interlocking scrolls on verso.
Creator: Collins, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9584]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, seated young woman, wearing a black dress with a white bodice.]
Description: Her left arm is resting on a table, her right arm is on her lap., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: M. P. Simons, Philada., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. No design.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.10]

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: [Portrait of an unidentified young woman wearing a plaid dress with a small white collar.]
Description: Her hair is parted in the middle with long side curls. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Bright red silk. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. The design on the case is horizontal. Within an oval is a country scene with a house, sunburst, and dogs running. Photographer's imprint, M. P. Simons, Phila. stamped on verso.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9564]

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: [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: [Portrait of a wide eyed, handsome, unidentified young man.]
Description: Sitter is posed turned slightly to his left. His right arm is resting on a table, his left arm is on his lap. Hand colored pale pink on cheeks. Posed in front of a painted mountain landscape back drop., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep red velvet. Eagle with wings outstretched on top, scrolls all around., Mat: Double elliptical. Label on mat: Collins, Artist., Case: Leather. A rose in a floral spray within a nonpareil like border. Similar design on verso. Double clasp.
Creator: Collins, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8495]

Title: [Portrait of a serious looking, bearded young man.]
Description: Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded rust colored velvet. Geometric design in center, fancy leaves and scrolls all around., Mat: Octagonal. Label on mat: Collins, 3d & Chesnut., Case: Leather. Geometric design with stylized leaves. Same design on verso. The design of the case is called Leaf Circle Motif and is plate 197 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co. Inc., 1969.) Uncommon. A nicely done case in cardboard, circa 1859., See Board report 9/16/9
Creator: Collins, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9518.1]

Title: [Three-quarter length portrait of a rather stern looking, unidentified man, wearing a high white collar.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Fancy leaf and scroll designs in center and corners., Mat: Oval. Label on mat: Collins, 3d & Chesnut., Case: Deep blue velvet. Gold stamped design of leaves, grapes, apples and birds on front and back. Gold stamped on spine: The Token. Gilt edges on top, bottom and left side.
Creator: Collins, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8941]

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

Title: [Three quarter length portrait of two unidentified young men.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with geometric design in center and scroll work all around., Mat: Elliptical. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees & Germon Phila., Case: Leather. A spray of mixed flowers is within an ornamented octagonal border. All around the case are scrolls and leaves, etc. Same design on verso.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.8]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified young woman wearing a dark, taffeta dress with a crossed collar.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Royal blue silk. Design obscured., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Geometric. An open tulip design at top, reversed on the bottom. Photographer's imprint "M. P. Simons, Phila." stamped on verso., Same sitter in P.8518.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8517]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, elderly woman wearing a white lace bonnet.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with one large rose in the center., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees & Germon, Phila., Case: Leather. A delicate spray of mixed flowers is within a modified nonpareil border. Geometric design on verso.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8440]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified young man holding a pen in his left hand.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Van Loan & Co's Gallery 11 Chesnut St. Philada. Geometric border., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers and leaves in a pseudo octagonal border. No design on verso. Same case design on P.9561.14.
Creator: Van Loan & Co., photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.10]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified young man.]
Description: Pale pink hand colored on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Van Loan & Ennis Gallery 11 Chesnut St. Philada. Geometric border., Mat: Curved octagonal., Case: Leather. Spray of roses in an octagonal border. The design of the case is called A Spray of Roses, variant and is plate 127 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity, ca. 1857. No design on verso. Same case design on P.9957.2
Creator: Van Loan & Ennis, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.15]

Title: [Portrait of two unidentified, young women seated wearing close fitting long sleeved dresses with crossed collars.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees & Germon Phila., Case: Leather, painted a dirty yellow color on front. Within an ornamented oval is a single flower surrounded by curlicues. No design on verso.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8519]

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 Henry Reeves as a young man.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Van Loan & Ennis Gallery 11 Chesnut St. Philada. Geometric border., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers and leaves in a pseudo octagonal border. No design on verso. Same case design on P.9577.10.
Creator: Van Loan & Ennis, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.14]

Title: [Seated portrait of an unidentified young man wearing striped trousers, with his right hand resting on a low table.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Octagonal., 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: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8514.8]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified young woman, long hair, parted in the middle, wearing a white collar with a black brooch.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red silk. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Geometric design with S scrolls.
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8680.1]

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: [Portrait of an unidentified young man looking very slightly to his right.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark red velvet with geometric design and scroll border., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Langdon, Phila., Case: Leather. A modified quatrefoil with a small floral spray. Same design on verso.
Creator: Langdon, William F., photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9831.1]

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: [Portrait of an unidentified woman sitting demurely with her left hand in her lap.]
Description: Her hair is parted in ther middle and is pulled back from her face. A white collar and cuffs adorn her dress. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Dark purple velvet. No design., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: M. A. Root. Philada., Case: Leather. No design on front or back., See Board Report, November 18, 1996., LCP purchase.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9518.2]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, seated, unsmiling man wearing a white collar, tie, and jabot.]
Description: Hand painted pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Eagle with wings outstretched in center. Embossed: Evan's 380 Market St. Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed leaves and flowers in a nonpareil-like border. Geometric design on verso.
Creator: Evans, C. (Charles), fl. 1848-1860, photographer
Date: ca. 1851
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9568.2]

Title: [Mary Barnes Swift with her great nephew Robert J. Swift]
Description: Portrait of the photographer's mother with a young boy who may be her great nephew, Robert. The boy is leaning against the older woman who is holding his hand in her lap. She wears a patterned dress and an aporn., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet with geometric design., Mat: Modified nonpareil., Case: Leather. Mixed flowers within an ornate nonpareil like border. The design of the case is called Bouquet of Flowers and is plate 134 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity, circa 1851. A different design with spray of flowers in a rectangular border is on verso., Accompanying manuscript note reads: Papa and Great grandmother Swift, born Barnes., See Henry B. Swift research file.
Creator: Swift, Henry B., photographer
Date: ca. 1851
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2004.9.1]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified seated bearded man, hands resting on his thighs.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet. Eagle with wings outstretched on top of sun. Embossed within two concentric circles forming the core of the sun: Evan's 380 Market St. Girard Row. Philada. Original Sun Beam., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. Spray of roses in an octagonal border. The design of the case is called A Spray of Roses, variant and is plate 127 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Produced in quantity, ca. 1857. No design on verso.
Creator: Evans, C. (Charles), fl. 1848-1860, photographer
Date: ca. 1851
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9957.2]

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: [Julianna Randolph Wood and another unidentified woman with album.]
Description: Both women are seated at a table with their hands on an open large album. Wood is wearing a dark dress with a white collar and cuffs and a white lace cap. The other woman is resting her chin on her right hand., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded and torn red velvet. No design., Mat: Double elliptical., 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. Probably taken at the same time as P.8926.6.
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.11]

Title: [Portrait of seated, unidentified woman, hair parted in the middle, with a white lace collar and cuffs on her dress.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet with geometric design., Mat: Modified non pareil., Case: Green leather with fanciful gold stamped floral and leaf design with hand coloring. This design is The Lily Motif and is reproduced opposite page 65 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) A thin gold border is on the back, but no design., See Henry B. Swift Research file.
Creator: Swift, Henry B., photographer
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2004.9.5]

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

Title: [Hannah T. White and baby]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Within an oval is an interlocking geometric design.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.4]

Title: [Mary R. Housekeeper as a young child.]
Description: Mary sits on a square column in front of a painted landscape backdrop., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed Van Loan Gallery 159 Chesnut St. Philada. Scrolled border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Spray of tulips within a nonpareil-like border. Scroll work all around. Geometric design on verso., Accompanied by manuscript note: Mary R. Housekeeper.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.12]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, bearded man in a light colored waistcoat.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded gold velvet with a geometric design in the center., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: McClees & Germon Phila., Case: Leather. Delicate floral spray within a modified oval. Geometric designs all around. Same design on verso.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: ca. 1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.3]

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

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified couple]
Description: Portrait of a seated young man and young woman. An open book rests on a cloth covered table between them., Title supplied by cataloger., The photographer could be either Thomas P. Collins or David C. Collins., Pad: Red velvet, embossed Collins's Sky Light Portraits 100 Chestnut St. Ab 3d Philada., Mat: Octagon., Case: Leather. Central circular sunburst medallion surrounded by scrollwork. No design on verso., Gift of David Long.
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9969.3]

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]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, young woman dressed all in black, with a large black hat on her head tied in a big bow at the neck.]
Description: Pale hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Modified nonpareil., Case: Leather. Lacking cover. Circle in center with a spoke at each corner. The design of the case is very similar to The Tangent Circle, plate 195 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) Designated as uncommon, ca. 1852.
Date: ca. 1853
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.27]

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: [Julianna Wood, aged 5 years, holding a doll in her right hand and pointing to a page in an open album on a table next to her.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks and on flowers on table., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded red velvet. No design., 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., Accompanying manuscript note reads: Julianna Wood, aged 5 years., 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.8926.15]

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