Cases contain one intimate tintype portrait of a mother and child with inscription behind image reading, "Gus, when he was / 3 months old. / Sept. 1862," [3-410]; one tintype portrait of a young girl wearing a long necklace [3-411]; and one unusual postmortem daguerreotype of an identified young boy with note included reading "My brother / Charles Albert / Price / Age 1 yo. 1 month / 17 days," [3-413]. Provenance:Paul K. Berg Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames Condition: Cases with general wear including surface soil and minor loss to edges; [3-410] with more significant chips to edges of front and back covers.
Cases contain one intimate tintype portrait of a mother and child with inscription behind image reading, "Gus, when he was / 3 months old. / Sept. 1862," [3-410]; one tintype portrait of a young girl wearing a long necklace [3-411]; and one unusual postmortem daguerreotype of an identified young boy with note included reading "My brother / Charles Albert / Price / Age 1 yo. 1 month / 17 days," [3-413]. Provenance:Paul K. Berg Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames Condition: Cases with general wear including surface soil and minor loss to edges; [3-410] with more significant chips to edges of front and back covers.
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