Sarah A. Mears, before 1866

ambrotype

PHOTOGRAPHS - AMBROTYPES
before 1866
plastic; glass; velvet
overall (open): 3 x 5-1/4 x 3/8 in.; image: 2-1/2 x 2 in.

Ambrotype; Sarah A. Mears, before 1866 (see Manuscript coll. 311); in the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); photograph of Sarah A. Mears (nee Goodsell), the second wife of Captain Richard C. Mears; photograph housed in a Union Case (showing an early form of plastic manufacturing and usage); left interior side of the case has a purple colored stamped velvet insert; behind photograph on right side of case is printed "GENUINE UNION CASE,/ IMPROVED./ Fine Gilt and Burnish-/ ed Hinge./ S. PECK'S PATENT./ Oct. 3d, 1854/ H. HALVERSON'S PATENT,/ Aug. 7th, 1855,/ Assigned to S. Peck."

2005.34.132