Woman Telegrapher
Former TitleFemale telegrapher
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (10.8 x 8.26 cm)
Case: 5 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 inches (12.7 x 9.53 x 0.94 cm)
Case: 5 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 inches (12.7 x 9.53 x 0.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2011.7.16
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionOccupational portrait of woman telegrapher in front of telegraph machine. In leather case with mother of pearl inlay; plain velvet liner; plain brass mat; hand gilding on earrings and brooch.
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