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"MARSHALL HURD - KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF ANT-- --18"Notes
Written in pencil on a paper under the left photographTranscription
"A.P. CRITCHLOW 7 CO., // MANUFACTURERS OF // DAGUERREOTYPE CASES // A.P.C. & CO. // ARE ORIGINAL INVENTORS OF THE COMPOSITION FOR THE UNION CASE, // (SO CALLED,) INCLUDING ALL THE VARIOUS SHADES // OF COLOUR AND FINENESS OF TEXTURE PECULIAR/TO THEIR MANUFACTURE AND OF THE // EMBRACING RIVETTED HINGES, THUS // SECURING THEM FROM BREAKING OUT AS DO // OTHERS THAT ARE INSERTED WITH OR WITHOUT // A METAL BRACE. // HINGE PATENTED OCT. 14, 1856Notes
Written in pencil on a slip of paper behind the right photograph.
Position Notes: UNDER LEFT PHOTO (AMBROTYPE) IS PENCILED ON WHITE PAPER "MARSHALL HURD - KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF ANT-- --18". UNDER RIGHT PHOTO (TINTYPE) ON WHITE PAPER IS WRITTEN "A.P. CRITCHLOW 7 CO.,/MANUFACTURERS OF/DAGUERREOTYPE CASES/A.P.C. & CO./ARE ORIGINAL INVENTORS OF THE COMPOSITION FOR THE UNION CASE,/ (SO CALLED,) INCLUDING ALL THE VARIOUS SHADES/OF COLOUR AND FINENESS OF TEXTURE PECULIAR/TO THEIR MANUFACTURE AND OF THE/EMBRACING RIVETTED HINGES, THUS/SECURING THEM FROM BREAKING OUT AS DO/OTHERS THAT ARE INSERTED WITH OR WITHOUT/A METAL BRACE./HINGE PATENTED OCT. 14, 1856