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Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, young man with sideburns and a short beard.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Van Loan., Case: Uncased.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date: ca. 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.11]

Title: [Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, 306 Walnut St., Philadelphia.]
Description: View focuses on the entrance way showing four columns. Includes man standing at the base of a column., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Deep purple velvet with an oval design in the center, surrounded by leafy scroll work., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. Geometric design with broken scrolls in the center surrounded by swirls. A leafy design is at each corner., See Board Report dated September 17, 1991 which describes the building in more detail. The architect was Thomas U. Walter
Date: ca. 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9336]

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: 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: [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: Chestnut Street at Strawberry St. about 18[43]
Description: Title from manuscript note pasted to lower edge of case., Pad: Dark green velvet., Mat: Lacking mat., Case: Leather. No design., Gift of John Archibald McAllister., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Resealed by CRH [Christine Hindle] 1/79.
Creator: Mason, William G.
Date: ca. 1843
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Mason [59542.D]

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

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

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

Title: [Bust-length length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Bust-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white man. Sitter has dark hair, combed and parted to the left, long sideburns, and a chinbeard. He is attired in white shirt with a turned-up collar, a patterned, broad bowtie, and a dark-colored jacket. His cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on cheeks., Daguerreotype in engraved pocket watch setting., Gift of Michael Gibson, 2017., Mat: Oval., Case: Pocket watch case engraved with decorative scrolls.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2017.60]

Title: [Amos G. Dubree as a young man.]
Description: Portrait of a young, handsome Dubree looking slightly to his left. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Very faded red silk., Mat: Octagonal. Blue paper mat., Case: Leather. No design. Printed label with manuscript insertions (noted in brackets) on verso of plate: M[r. Amos G. Dubree]. Daguerreotyped [April 14] 184[6] by M.P. Simons, No. 120 Chestnut Street, below Fourth, south side, Philadelphia. Miniatures of all sizes, Family Groups, &c., taken in the most faithful manner. Oil Paintings and Pictures Of all kinds Copied and Colored in Imitation of the Original, upon the most reasonable terms. Addtional manuscript notes above and below label read Amos Dubree and John Dubree respectively., Dubree is listed in city directories in the late 1840s as a wood corder and later as a brushmaker. See Board Report, November 12, 1997. See also 1997 Acquisitions folder., LCP purchase.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Date: April 14, 1846
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9560.1]

Title: Grandma Toppan
Description: Portrait of elderly woman looking slightly to her right. She is wearing a white lace cap tied under her chin., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk - design obliterated., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: R. Cornelius, Philada., Case: Leather Cornelius case. Overall pattern of tiny flowers. Same design on verso.
Creator: Cornelius, Robert, 1809-1893, photographer
Date: ca. 1841
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9137.5]

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: [Portrait of an unidentified elderly man, looking slightly to his left.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Burgundy velvet. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. Large spray of mixed flowers and leaves. Butterflies at each corner. No design on verso., Originally part of the Powel Family Papers., Sitter might be Col. John Hare Powel (1786-1856).
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8421.F.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 an unidentified woman holding a baby.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Eagle at top, scroll work around. Embossed: Root, 140 Chestnut St., Philada., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Leather. On front: One rose in center surrounded by leaves and other flowers within a nonpareil like border. On verso: A variation of the rose design within a fanciful nonpareil border.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.26]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, older woman, wearing a white cap, looking slightly to her right.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple silk. No design., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Geometric design with F scrolls in center and interlocking scrolls at top and bottom. No design on verso., Originally part of the Powel Family Papers.
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8421.F.2]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified couple.]
Description: She is holding an unopened book in her right hand. He is holding his eyeglasses in his left hand. Hand colored very pale pink on cheeks of both sitters., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple velvet. Large scrolled border. Embossed: S. G. Hewes., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers within a nonpareil-like border. No design on verso., See 2000 LCP Annual Report, pp. 59-60., Reproduced in Sally Hewes, Female Daguerreotypist by Sarah J. Weatherwax in The Daguerreian Annual, 2002-2003, page 24., Reproduced in More Than "An Elegant Accomplishment": Sarah Garrett Hewes and Pennsylvania's Early Female Photographers by Sarah J. Weatherwax in Pennsylvania History, Autumn 2014, page 438. Reproduced in Samuel Broadbent, Daguerreian Artist in The Daguerreian Annual, 2001, page 142.
Creator: Hewes, Sally Garrett, d. 1853, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9833]

Title: [Unidentified family portrait including three women of various ages, a young girl and a baby.]
Description: Pale hand colored pink on cheeks. Possibly depicts four generations., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet embossed Van Loan's Gallery 118 Chestnut St. Philada., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers within an octagonal border. No design on back.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8640]

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: [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: [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: [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: [Unidentified family]
Description: Family portrait of mother, father, son, and daughter. Pink color applied to cheeks and mother's dress collar., Pad: Red velvet. Spray of flowers in center, floral border. Embossed: W. & F. Langenheim Philada., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. Spray of mixed flowers, leaves, and grapes within an octagon leafy border. No design on verso., Case is broken at spine with large areas of leather lost, particularly on verso. Plate is badly tarnished.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.2]

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