Littlefield, Parsons & Co.
Untitled

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Untitled
  • (Case) The Blind Beggar
Datec. 1857
MediumDaguerreotype case, 1/9 plate size
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 2 5/8 × 7/8 in. (7.6 × 6.7 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Sonia Marvins Collection, gift of Sonia Marvins
Object number2003.529
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceSonia Marvins, Houston; given to MFAH, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked on the card: "Littlefield, Parsons & Co., / MANUFACTURER OF / Daguerreotype Cases. / I., P. & Co., are the sole / Proprietors and only legal Manu- / facturers of UNION CASES, with the Embracing Riveted Hinge. / Patented October 14, 1856, / and April 21, 1857."

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