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Grandfather Bird in his young days
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2008.001.1870
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Case dated [after 1852] tintype dated [187-] (Creation)
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1 photograph: 6.5 x 7.5 (closed), 13 x 7.5 (open), 4 x 5 (sight)
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Item is a hinged union case (plastic case) with scroll design. Die Engraver is Frederick C. Key, Casemaker is S. Peck and Company who began manufacturing in 1852, as per example in Union Cases: A Collector's Guide to the art of America's First Plastics by Clifford and Michele Krainik p. 173. Inside cover has a brown velvet cushion. Image side has brass matt, cover glass and brass preserver over tintype. Image is of a little boy, right hand on armrest. Cheeks tinted pink.
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Case in good shape, slight crack coming out of top hinge. Inside cushion is worn, velvet gone from some areas. Image in good shape. Some abrasions on cover glass. Scratch on surface of tintype.
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Includes a note, "Grandfather Bird in his young days About 2/ years old".
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- Shields, Lorne (Subject)