Sixth-plate daguerreotype; original seal, Full leather case with floral bouquet motif; imprint on velvet pad of case, "L.H. HALE ARTIST. / 109 / WASHINGTON ST. / BOSTON", Inscription on note accompanying image, "Cordelia W. Lewis", and Possible companion image to Item 120
Two ninth-plate daguerreotypes to form a stereoscopic pair, Quarter-plate thermoplastic case with Mascher viewer built in, imprinted "MASCHER'S IMPROVED STEREOSCOPE / PHILADA. / PATENT / MARCH 8TH 1853"; printed label in case, "FROM R. H. VANCE'S / DAGUERREAN ROOMS / SAN FRANCISCO, SACRAMENTO, & MARYSVILLE, / CAL.", and Imprint on case medallion, "OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN HALLOWED BE THY NAME / BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL / MATTHEW V VI. 9"
Unidentified location, California, Sixth-plate tintype, Printed calling card accompanies the tintype, "Miss Adelina Dana"; probably the card of Adelina (Ellen) Dana (1873-1893), the granddaughter of William Goodwin Dana, and William Goodwin Dana was a merchant ship captain and settled in Santa Barbara, California, in 1825. In 1828, he married Maria Josefa Carrillo, the eldest daughter of Don Carlos Antonio Carrillo, who was later provisional governor of California. In 1835, Dana became a citizen of Mexico and Captain of the Port at Santa Barbara. In 1836 he was Alcade of Santa Barbara. In 1839, Dana moved to a Mexican land grant in Nipomo, California, and built the Dana Adobe
Sixth-plate hand-tinted ruby-glass ambrotypes with asphaltum coating; original seals; cover glass behind mats, Blindstamp on mats, "J. A. Clayton / San Jose [California]", and Full brown thermoplastic case with Grape Cluster motif