Objects

Viewing Record 25 of 42
Previous Record  Next Record
Switch Views: Lightbox | Image List | List

Nemiah Weaver in Sons of Temperance Regalia
ca. 1855
Maker not marked
USA
Daguerreotype in case: glass, metal, velvet, leather, wood
4-3/4"w x 6"h (w/ 3/4" ring for hangiing)
Special Acquisitions Fund
88.42.11

Cased daguerreotype of standing man holding red white and blue rod or staff. Wearing a white collar with red and gold rosette at closure. Collar bears an ornament in the shape of a chalice with a frame painted gold and a red background. Red, white, blude and gold rosette at the center of the collar. Label on back reads "Nemiah Weaver Father of Helen M. married G. W. Lester." Half case of leather, metal and glass with wall mount; tinted.