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Summary
Hallmark: AB MORTLEY, UTICA, N.Y.
Case: scroll design.
Embossed on cushion of case: Bogardus, 229 Greenwich, N.Y.
Purchase/exchange; Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:380R.10).
Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress.
Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. 2004-2005.
Exhibited: "The Sweat of Their Face : Portraying American Workers" at the Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2017 - Sept. 2018.
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Date
01/01/1851
Contributors
Bogardus, A. (Abraham), 1822-1908, photographer
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
