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.

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.

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”.

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.

Daguerreotype of Samuel Cushman Caldwell, class of 1858, in carved black case with black velvet interior.

Daguerreotype of four students from the class of 1857, including Jacob Stock and Gustavus Bird, in gold frame.

Oval daguerreotype of a young man in a black carved frame with red velvet interior.

Oval tintype of David Davidson Stone, class of 1859, wearing a Confederate uniform, in a gold-tone frame, 1863.

Tintype of a family, with hand-painted colors in a green display box.

Small oval daguerreotype of unidentified woman in a brown carved box with red velvet interior.

Wooden frame with a detachable center panel, iron strips and a dial in the center used to expose blue print photographs.