Daguerreotypes

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Kinsloe Daguerreotypes in cases. 4 items. Thought to be J.B.G. (James Bannister Gibson) Kinsloe and others. Two of {J.B.G. Kinsloe?}, one unidentified woman (badly damaged) , and one unidentified young African American woman (in back of case, printed: ‘Holmes, Booth & Haydens' Daguerreotype, Photographic and Ambrotype Goods’. No location or date.) J.B.G. Kinsloe was editor of a Knoxville newspaper during the Civil War, in business with W.G. Brownlow.

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Daguerreotype of Miss Lillie Rogers holding hat. (Little girl). Taken by S. Humphreys, Knoxville, Tenn. In case; very good condition.

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Daguerreotype of Sam Houston taken by S. K. Nicholson in his rooms in Hartford, CT in 1846. In original case (leather spine of case was restored by Don Etherington in 1999).

Scope and Contents Thomas Smith Harvey b. Oct. 11, 1839; enlisted Feb. 6, 1862 at Flat Lick, Ky.; mustered out Feb. 23, 1865 Nashville. Married Oct. 6, 1865 Martha W. Cofer. Information transcribed from note in the papers. Daguerreotype (or tintype) in (broken) case of soldier in uniform believed to be Thomas Smith Harvey. Tintype in paper cover of woman with infant in her lap [Martha Covey Harvey and child]. Letter with printed letterhead “The War for the Union” dated Jan 26, 1864, to his aunt “Just so we...

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SPC 2017.012.001 Unidentified woman. Daguerreotype, front cover missing. 1 pc. SPC 2017.012.002. Unidentified baby. Daguerreotype. 1 pc. + Front cover off. SPC 2017.012.003 Unidentified young boy in chair. Tintype. 1 pc. SPC 2017.012.004 Unidentified young girl, standing next to a column with 1885 on it. Tintype. 1 pc. SPC 2017.012.005 a & b. a: Unidentified man and woman. b: back of card with photographer information in Germany. 1 pc.