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An ambrotype of Dickinson College President Charles Collins in a leather-bound, embossed case. Inside the case, the photograph is framed in a gold vignette, red cloth, and gold trim. The text on the gold frame reads “OUTTINGS PAT. JULY 4 & 1_ 1854” and “AMBROTYPE BY R. ADAMS”.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00796
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00335)
Subject: Photography, Ambrotype
Format: Artwork/Photography
Daguerreotype of four students from the class of 1857, including Jacob Stock and Gustavus Bird, in gold frame.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00324
Location: Shelf 25
Subject: Daguerreotype, Photography
Format: Artwork/Photography
Daguerreotype of Samuel Cushman Caldwell, class of 1858, in carved black case with black velvet interior.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00323
Location: Shelf 25
Subject: Daguerreotype, Photography
Format: Artwork/Photography
Oval daguerreotype of a young man in a black carved frame with red velvet interior.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00322
Location: Shelf 25
Subject: Daguerreotype, Photography
Format: Artwork/Photography
Small oval daguerreotype of unidentified woman in a brown carved box with red velvet interior.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00325
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00326)
Subject: Photography, Daguerreotype
Format: Artwork/Photography
Multiple long glass plate slides painted with images to be used with a projector. A total of 18 slides are stored in two wooden boxes along with a black painted wood slide holder. One series of slides features signs of the zodiac and other astronomical themes, and those are signed C. Burton and dated 1847 in the lower right corner.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00403
Location: Shelf 39
Subject: Scientific Equipment, Photography
Format: Scientific Equipment
Tintype of a family, with hand-painted colors in a green display box.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00326
Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00325)
Subject: Photography, Tintype
Format: Artwork/Photography
Oval tintype of David Davidson Stone, class of 1859, wearing a Confederate uniform, in a gold-tone frame, 1863.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00320
Location: Shelf 25
Subject: Tintype, Photography, Civil War
Format: Artwork/Photography
Tintype of Harriet Lane in a brown case with red velvet interior from around 1857. Lane, the niece of President James Buchanan, acted as First Lady of the United States from 1857 to 1861.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00321
Location: Shelf 25
Subject: Tintype, Photography
Format: Artwork/Photography
A tintype photograph of John Taylor Cuddy wearing a Union uniform around 1862. The photograph is framed in a gold vignette frame and housed in a carved wooden case embossed with intricate floral designs.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 2001.9_1
Location: Shelf 32
Subject: Photography, Tintype, Civil War
Format: Artwork/Photography
Wooden frame with a detachable center panel, iron strips and a dial in the center used to expose blue print photographs.
Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00327
Location: Shelf 10 (housed with AC 00328)
Subject: Photography, Picture Frame
Format: Artwork/Photography
