Unidentified woman with child, ca. 1850
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Item 18405
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A daguerreotype of an unknown woman and child. Daguerreotypes were invented in 1839 and remained popular methods of creating portraits until replaced by the ambrotype, which was less expensive, in the late 1850s.
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- Title: Unidentified woman with child, ca. 1850
- Creation Date: circa 1850
- Subject Date: circa 1850
- State: ME
- Media: Daguerreotype, photograph
- Local Code: Coll. 443, Box 13/1
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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