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The front of the vest is made of an ivory-colored silk woven in a comples pile pattern. The back of the vest and the lining are made of a plain weave, white cotton. The vest has a shawl collar and two small pockets. There are five small 7/16 inch (1…

This waistcoat was made from a black satin fabric, with a brown glazed cotton back and off-white cotton front lining. The front chest areas are padded. The double-breasted front has three pairs of buttons and a low shawl collar. Towards the end of…

This particular waistcoat, dated from 1855-1865, is made from a moire fabric, which was a very fine textile at the time. The entire vest is an off-white color, with cotton for the back and lining. The vest also features many distinct details from the…

This is a double-breasted waistcoat with a shawl collar. It has two welt pockets on either side towards the bottom and a small welt pocket on the left breast. Short darts at each armscye give the waistcoat a slightly puffed upper torso. The front of…

This ambrotype is a portrait of a young woman. As for the dating, it can be determined by the bodice style of the dress which was popular across a span of several years during the 1840s. The bodice, shaped by a long rigid corset, comes to a V-shaped…

This ambrotype depicts Patience P. Crandall (1794-1886) wearing a striped dress with bishop sleeves and a large white, flat collar (most likely either of lace or a sheer fabric) completed with a cameo brooch. The loose-fitting dress is fashioned with…

The daguerreotype is set in a leather case with a red velvet embossed interior, framed with a gold matte embossed with the word ‘Stratford’ in the upper left and lower right corners. These likely refer to the photographer Henry K. Stratford, who…

This is a ambrotype of young girl and her mother dating from the late 1840s to the early 1850s. Although the donor record indicated that this was an image of herself and her mother, the dates do not correspond. This may, in fact, be a photograph of…

This ambrotype image of a young woman is housed in a small gold decorative frame. The young woman is wearing a printed dress which closes in the center front with a brooch at her collar. Her hair, parted down the middle, has been smoothed over her…

This ambrotype is enclosed in a miniature book measuring only three by four inches. To prevent early photographs from deteriorating, photographers came up with this method of encasing the image that kept them out of direct sunlight and regulated…