Francis Johnson and Thomas Mears, before 1866

ambrotype

PHOTOGRAPHS - AMBROTYPES
1856 - 1866
glass; plastic
overall (open): 3-3/4 x 6-1/2 x 3/8 in.; image: 3-1/4 x 2-3/4 in.

Ambrotype; Francis Johnson and Thomas Mears, before 1866 (see Manuscript coll. 311); from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); two photographs housed in a union case, most likely of Francis Johnson (the stepmother of Capt. Mears), and Thomas Mears (the father of Capt. Mears); image on left side is most likely of Francis Johnson; photographs housed in Union Case; printed on lefthand side (under photograph of Francis Johnson) "Littlefield, Parsons & Co.,/ MANUFACTURERS OF/ Daguerreotype Cases/ L., 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."; the same thing is most likely printed underneath the image on the right hand side as well (not removed in an effort to prevent more damage).

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