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Town gathering

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1850-1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (13.97 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 9 1/2 × 6 inches (24.13 × 15.24 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 6 inches (12.07 × 15.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2014.31.52
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a multi-story house with other houses in the background; a group is gathered outside the door and on the street with horses and cows in the lower right corner. This half plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a decorative brass mat with an embossed burgundy velvet liner inside of a brown case with a floral motif on the cover.
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