Odd Fellow Taking Oath

Artist Benjamin F. Reimer (American, 1826 - 1899)

Dateca. 1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 3/8 inches (12.07 × 19.05 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 9.53 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2005.37.17

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InscribedOn velvet liner, center, embossed: "REIMER'S GALLERY / 397 [illeg.] AB GREEN / PHILADELPHIA."

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DescriptionImage of a bearded man dressed in ceremonial clothing, one hand raised to take the oath while the other rests on a book. This quarter plate hand-colored daguerreotype is housed in a case with a floral motif and a red velvet liner embossed with the photographer's stamp.

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