Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
[Portrait of a man]
General material designation
- Graphic material
Parallel title
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- Attributions and conjectures: Supplied title based on object.
Level of description
Item
Repository
Reference code
2009.005.004
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Statement of scale (cartographic)
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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[between 1858-1866] (Creation)
- Creator
- Littlefield, Parsons & Co.
Physical description area
Physical description
1 photograph : ambrotype, in union case ; 7.6 x 6.6 x 2.2 cm opening to 7.6 x 13 x 1.5 cm
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Scope and content
Item is an ambrotype photograph in a velvet-lined thermoplastic union case, showing a male sitter. A stamp on the inside back cover beneath the ambrotype plate gives the manufacturer of the case: "Littlefield, Parsons & Co.,/ Sole Manufacturers of / UNION CASES,/ with/ Embracing Riveted Hinge./ PATENTED/ October 14, 1856, & April 21, 1857."
Notes area
Physical condition
Good. Glass has minor pitting; some long brush marks through the image, probably from cleanings.
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
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Restrictions on access
Open
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General note
Date based on studio open dates. See "Early Florence History & Underground Railroad Studies, 2009, http://www.davidrugglescenter.org/earlybusiness.html"
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Name access points
- Littlefield, Parsons & Co. (Subject)