Historic New England

A.E., February 20, 1854

Bust of an adult woman looking off to proper right side

Date: 1854

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253889

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.001

Man (50s) with overcoat

Half length portrait of man, frontal view with nice clothing.

Date: ca. 1857

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253890

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.002

Amy Batchelder, 4 years

Amy Batchelder depicted at age 4 years, seated in a lavish chair holding a doll. She was the sister of the donor's father. Gift of Charles F. Batchelder.

Date: ca. 1856

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253891

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.003

Young woman with printed dress, arm supported on side table

Young woman resting her proper right elbow on a table. Same image as D.6.024.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253892

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.004

Elderly woman with bonnet and shawl, seated at table

An older woman with a bonnet leans her proper left arm on a table.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253893

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.005

Elizabeth Clifford Greene Fenner Clark

Elizabeth Clifford Greene smiles softly and stares off to her proper left shoulder. She is wearing a white décolleté dress. Greene was born August 25, 1825. Her first marriage was to Cornelius G. Fenner, then she later married Gardner H. Clark. She died without children in November 1857. See also...

Date: ca. 1854

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253894

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.006

Nellie Haven

Young girl (4) with damp hair, seated facing the camera, vignetted around the head.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253895

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.007

Elizabeth Clifford Greene Fenner Clark

Elizabeth Clifford Greene wearing a white décolleté dress stares off over her proper right shoulder. Greene was born August 25, 1825. Her first marriage was to Cornelius G. Fenner, then she later married Gardner H. Clark. She died without children in November 1857. Same sitter in D.6.006 & D.6.010...

Date: ca. 1854

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253896

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.008

Woman in mourning costume

woman with elaborate mourning costume

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253897

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.009

Elizabeth Clifford Greene Fenner Clark

Elizabeth Clifford Greene with a lace-trimmed décolleté dress stares off over her proper left shoulder. Greene was born August 25, 1825. Her first marriage was to Cornelius G. Fenner, then she later married Gardner H. Clark. She died without children in November 1857. Same sitter as D.6.006, D.6.0...

Date: ca. 1854

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253898

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.010

Woman with chignon

Woman (30s) staring off to the right. She has long braids wrapped up in an elaborately-braided bun (chignon).

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253899

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.011

Lucy Loring (Barker) Whiting & Caroline Tufts (Barker) Winsor, b. 1830

Two women (20s) with earrings and lace collars smile softly into the camera. Both wear collars of lace. The woman at the left is wearing a brooch that might be a daguerreotype.; Whipple, a leading Boston photographer, was one of the first to practice daguerreotypy in the United States.

Date: ca. 1854

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253900

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.012

Mary Clifford Greene (Mrs. Samuel Coffin Eastman)

Mary Clifford Greene (Mrs. Samuel Coffin Eastman) as a young woman with earrings and a brooch. She was born on July 27, 1834, in Providence, Rhode Island, and married Samuel Coffin Eastman of Concord, New Hampshire, in 1861. According to "Who's Who in New England" (1916), Samuel Eastman was a promin...

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253901

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.013

Wainwright Bradlee (1839-1928)

A young boy (10-11), facing proper right, stares at camera.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253902

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.014

Nellie Haven

Nellie Haven (5) with dark décolleté dress. Similar image to D.6.007. Previous survey noted a label stating "Nellie Haven taken when about 5 years old. (a very good likeness)" Label is no longer extant or located under the image package. Gift of W. O. Ross.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253903

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.015

Young woman with tie and carnation

Young woman with hair cut short and unconventional costume with tie and carnation. Possibly an immigrant or street performer; possibly ill. Same image as D.9.090 and D.6.104.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253904

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.016

Mrs. Davis

Image of an older lady (Mrs. Davis) wearing spectacles and a lace bonnet. She is staring off to the right. She wears glasses and has a lace bonnet.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253905

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.017

Miss Emma E. Dickman wearing green silk cape

A smiling girl (6) sits on a fancy high-backed chair with her hands crossed on her lap. The image package was placed into the case upside down.

Date: ca. 1854

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253906

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.018

Melissa Alma Goodrich, Rensalier Warren Goodrich, and Edwin L. Goodrich

Woman with print dress, seated with two boys (5 & 9); Ambrotype A.6.001 of the same woman is in the right half of the case.

Date: ca. 1856

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253907

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.019

George Lord

The Lord family is imaged in accession numbers 1970.283-1970.288. A smiling man (late 30s) is nicely dressed with a tie and white shirt. Whipple, a leading Boston photographer, was one of the first to practice daguerreotypy in the United States. Note: Use caution when opening this object.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253908

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.020

Emma Frances Morton (1854-)

Morton family images, accession numbers 1930.970-1930-972. A young girl (4), vignetted, stares inquisitively into the camera.; Peck was the innovator of the thermoplastic case.

Date: ca. 1860

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253909

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.021

Man (30s) seated next to side table with tinted tablecloth and two books

A man with rosy cheeks and a top hat sits, leaning on a table.

Date: 1860s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253910

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.022

Mrs. Samuel Eliot & her daughter Emily Marshall Eliot (Emily Otis)

Mrs. Samuel Eliot, wearing an ornate ruffled dress, holds infant Emily in her lap. Gift of Samuel Eliot Morison. Another family member is featured in accession number 1926.188.

Date: ca. 1858

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253911

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.023

Young woman with print dress, arm supported on side table

A young woman wearing a printed dress rests her arm on a side table. Same image as D.6.004.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253912

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.024

Adolescent boy (14-16) seated with hands on lap

An adolescent boy sits on a stool and stares off to the proper left. Case die-engraved by David Pretlove.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253913

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.025

Family of Cyrus Barton

A young woman stares into the camera. She holds an open book in her lap and wears a dress with a high neckline.; Case designed by die-engraver Smith.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253914

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.026

Child of Adeline Hall

A young girl (3-4) sits on a small cloth-covered pedestal. She wears a plaid dress off the shoulders and has ringlet curls.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253915

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.027

Catherine Johnson

Catherine Johnson (15) seated at a side table with a bible in her lap. Case [and image ?] made by William Shew, a pioneer Boston daguerreotypist who was active later in San Francisco.

Date: 1846

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253916

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.028

Mrs. G.W. (Lucinda M.) Snow and George Richmond Snow

Snow family accession numbers 1932.320-1932.328. A portrait of Lucinda M. Snow as a young mother, seated with her son, George Richmond Snow (1-2). The child may be ill as he has a clean shaven head and relies on his mother for support.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253917

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.029

Newhall family

Images associated with Newhall family: Accession numbers 1928.205-1928.212. Portrait of an elderly man.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253918

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.030

Sarah Ellen Waldo (1845-1926) (Mrs. York)

Girl about 3 years old seated wearing an off-the-shoulders dress. Accession numbers 1927.259-1927.261 are all images of the same girl. Case [and image ?] made by William Shew, a pioneer Boston daguerreotypist who was active later in San Francisco

Date: ca. 1848

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253919

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.031

Emily Edwards

Young woman wearing fringed dress.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253920

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.032

Frances Olive King

A portrait of a seated woman taken from a middle distance in a room or studio.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253921

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.033

Alfred Churchill Thacher

Portrait of Alfred Churchill Thatcher, about 35 years old. Same sitter as D.9.032.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253922

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.034

Mrs. Elizabeth Lyon (Belcher)

Middle-aged woman (40s) with dark dress with lace collar, and bonnet; inscription is only partially legible, apparently giving photographic instructions. Same woman appears in accession number 1925.857.

Date: ca. 1845

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253923

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.035

Unidentified man

Young man or adolescent dressed in outerwear.

Date: ca. 1860

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253924

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.036

Lydia Ames Newell (Mrs. Jenks)

Portrait of Lydia Ames Newell (later Jenks) at age 10 resting elbow on a side table. She is attired in an off the shoulder décolleté dress, large plaid hair ribbons and a bead necklance.

Date: ca. 1852

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253925

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.037

Elderly woman with book

Elderly (blind ?) woman wearing black cloak and lace bonnet with book (bible ?) in lap.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253926

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.038

Virginia Harris Stimson

Girl about 3-4 years seated in a high chair.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253927

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.039

Unidentified boy

Young boy about 5-6 years old.

Date: ca.1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253928

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.040

Half-length portrait of Martha Ann Curtis Stevenson, location unknown, 1850s

The woman is identified as possibly Mrs. Jonathan Greely Stevenson, formerly Martha Ann Curtis. Martha Curtis Stevenson was the mother of the sisters Martha Curtis, Frances Greely and Annie Brace Stevenson.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253929

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.041

Unidentified woman in dress

Woman in simple dress resting elbow on side table.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253930

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.042

Edward Belknap Haven (1844-1909)

Boy (6) with long hair, about 6 years standing beside an armchair.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253931

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.043

Mrs. Jess May (Betsy Marsh)

Elderly woman with lace bonnet. Accession number 1925.242.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253932

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.044

Mrs. Kelsey

An elderly woman identified as Mrs. Kelsey is seated next to side table with book (bible) on top. She is wearing a bonnet. Gift of Mrs. George D. Latimer.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253933

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.045

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Smith

A young married couple (20s) sits for the camera. Case [and image?] made by William Shew, a pioneer Boston daguerreotypist who was active later in San Francisco.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253934

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.046