[Children of Lt. Montgomery C. Meigs, in donkey cart with dog, probably Mary Montgomery, Charles, Montgomery, and John Rodgers]

Photographer unidentified.
Hallmark: Rinhart 46c.
Case: variant of Rinhart 131.
Illegible inscription scratched on back of plate.
Accompanying note in case: The children of Lt. M.C. Meigs, Eng. Corp U.S.A. taken in Detroit, Mich. This donkey was bought from two French trappers and missionaries to the Indians who came down from the primeval forests of the N.W.
Accompanying note in case: L to R: Mary Montgomery Meigs (Mrs. Taylor, Charles Meigs, Vincent Meigs, John Rodgers Meigs.
Gift; Miss Louisa Alger; 1962.
Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Leisure section.
Annenberg batch 12