Factory worker at knitting machine

Artist Unknown

Dateca. 1853

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (8.26 x 6.99 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.557

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DescriptionImage of man in front of a machine with his hands on two side levers; vertical pieces of yarn are pulled through the top section. He is wearing a shirt with sleeves rolled up to this elbows, a vest, and a tie. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in a decorative brass mat inside of a full leather case.
[See also, a sixth plate dag showing the same man 2005.27.4682]

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