Daguerreotype

Photograph

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Wrangell Museum

Name/Title

Daguerreotype

Entry/Object ID

1999.001.001

Description

Daguerreotype photograph, referred to as a Tin Type on research spreadsheet. Man, a member of the Dodge family of New York. Image is the bust of a young man wearing jacket, vest, white shirt with stand up collar and neck tie / bow tie, fashionable in the 1840s. The photo is in a metal case with a gold painted curving mat. The frame's back is covered with dark brown leather decorated with a flower basket design. Very Fragile