Salon Archive

20 A FAMILIAR LAMENT! Everyone can certainly see in my scan...
425 MIRACULOUS IN GRAY! I have wondered since I acquired this...
616 amp; 616a. AMAZING PAIR! Who was this young man? He...
626 OUTSTANDING! Bear with me folks, because I am out of my...
634 THE BEST ID. The back of plate this sixth plate is coated...
676 "GENERAL ... Don Francisco Gana, brother or nephew of Mrs....
73-D WITH A RELUCTANCE! I purchased father and daughter in the...
BA DRESSED FOR? Even by today's standards of eccentric...
BRIDE CAN THERE BE . . . any doubt, after fully appreciating her...
CAW-153 HIS GAZE. Where WAS this man looking when he sat in front...
CAW-198 WICKED COOL! Plain brown leather push button cases with a...
CAW-242 HIS GOLDEN KEY. Doesn't this serious fellow's steely gaze...
CAW-252 FRAT FELLOW! He had it all when Beckers and Piard opened...
CAW-286 CHARMING THOUGHT! Casey bought this ninth size...
CAW-288 A SINGLE CARNATION . . . Was placed near Edward Ely's arm...
CAW-307 PROFICIENT PALETTE! A professional colorist had to have...
CAW-311 A PIECE OF THE POSE! The daguerreian effectively placed...
CAW-354 SLENDER TEEN. When the pretty girl visited Charles Evans at...
CAW-357 CASUAL COUPLE! What's not to like about the pretty woman...
CAW-366 IT WAS IMPORTANT. The youthful lady must have brought her...
CD TWO ON THE SAME DAY. I wonder if her parents weren't happy...
Case401 MILK CHOCOLATE. Inside this perfect ninth plate case,...
D-109 WITH HER BONNET. The full figured lady selected a gallery...
D00-113 MAINE SAILOR. According to the dealer I recently...
D00-93 UNDER THE BUBBLE! This very prominent gent was...
D01-124 ARMED FOR A REVOLUTION. My first question was, why is a...
D01-128 GEORGE VALENTINE RAND. Don't you just adore his middle...
D01-135 HOLDING HIS ARM. Curiously, the shooter chose to place...
D01-158 MOTHER'S HELPING HAND. A brother and his sister are...
D01-16 HUNTER WITH HIS DOG. The woodsman, attired in his Sunday...
D01-160 CEMENTED IN TIME. I have seen some rigid poses in sixth...
D01-186 GRADUATED! Have you ever seen such a dapper artisan? I...
D01-57 ATTACHED LACE. As you can see, someone used white string...
D01-87 AWESOME EYES! Now some might say that the fascinating woman...
D02-184 MOTHER AND ME. Upon telling his friends of his latest...
D02-39 STIFFLY POSED AND POUTING. While it is certainly evident...
D02-63 SO PLEASANT. The teenager visited a daguerreotypist in her...
D02-92 SO PLEASANT. No doubt about this pair of pretty women. ...
D03-149 STRONG ARM. If you notice, across two-thirds of the very...
D03-191 WINSOME MOM. I was astounded when I initially opened the...
D03-215 HER DRESS IS UP! Luther Hale, the maker of this...
D03-216 BEEFY FELLOW! A hefty, balding 50-year-old gent was...
D03-225 AMAZING LACE! This woman's lace cap is beautifully made...
D03-228 IS IT OVER YET? At least that's what this female child...
D03-233 HIS TEETH ARE SHOWING. "Parker S. Carr (1853) [I will guess...
D03-234 THREE GENERATIONS. Grandmother, on the right, and mother...
D03-241 PLAID DRESS. Certainly an uncommon arrangement is seen in...
D03-245 A WRITER BY TRADE! A balding 30 something gent was arranged...
D03-66 SHY BROTHERS. The unknown daguerreian didn't use any...
D04-142 THREE DIFFERENT GAZES. This quarter plate dag of a mother...
D04-204 HE'S SMILING! When Jeremiah Gurney, or one of his many...
D04-22 WHAT A CASE! Even if this classy lady werent holding that...
D04-40 GRUMPY GRANNY. What in tarnation has got old' grams so...
D04-C REMARKABLE PRESENTATION! The lovely elderly gent is...
D05-107 "TAKEN JUNE 17TH 1846" . . . was written with a steady...
D05-115 WHAT MAKES A GREAT DAG? A gorgeous young woman who...
D05-116 A PROFESSIONAL PALETTE! Think of the greatest single word...
D05-124 UNFOLDED BEFORE HIS EYES. What was passing through his mind...
D05-134 MRS. MARY CONKLYN JINKINS . . . wife of Wm. Jinkins &mother...
D05-136 FILLED HIS FRAME. "Willard Market St. AB(ove) 16th Philad."...
D05-142 THE TALL HAT! Another very expressive man, totally in...
D05-151 ABOUT THE SAME AGE. After reviewing all the dags offered...
D05-160 ACCENTUATED HEIGHT. She had an elongated appearance when...
D05-197 SHEETS OF MELODY. If you turn their quarter plate to a...
D05-20 THE SMILING BABY! Was I pleasantly surprised to see this...
D05-35 A BIG BREATH! Two gold rings were colored on the fellows...
D05-58 WITH A CYANOTYPE! "Rev. Carlton Hurd, died in 1855" is the...
D05-6 A PHYSICAL PRESENCE. "Yes luv, more bon bons?" he meekly...
D06-104 "GRANDFATHER . . . Rev. Thomas Ruckel" is the...
D06-11 DID HE KNOW? A fellow wearing his tall satin top hat tilted...
D06-110 EXTREMELY FORMAL! The extraordinary teenager was part of a...
D06-112 TEENS TOGETHER. Superlative composition just didn't...
D06-130 THE LARGE CHAIR. A cute boy wearing a pleated "pirate...
D06-135 ALTHOUGH A LATER HAND ... was responsible for the...
D06-141 ANOTHER ERA. It isn't often that you see a gorgeous gal...
D06-142 SCALLOPED VIGNETTE! I like mysterious dags, and the...
D06-146 ANOTHER FAMILIAR SEAT! The maker of the marvelous pair of...
D06-161 WAS HE WEARING . . . a small shrub across the bottom of his...
D06-17 HE IS GORGEOUS! Have you ever seen a more beautiful tiny...
D06-178 I BELIEVE THE BOY . . . thought that he was totally...
D06-183 PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL. The intact black leather case with a...
D06-186 PIXIE POWER! Kids can be many things! I'm trying to...
D06-192 THE BEST DRESS! Oxidation is scattered on much of the...
D06-195 HIS IMPRINT. Martin M. Lawrence, whose name is clearly...
D06-196 ON THE MAT. Although it was nearly invisible at first,...
D06-198 READY TO ROCK! Okay, that is slightly absurd, yet judging...
D06-215 AGED 85 YEARS! That's what the inscription says and I...
D06-222 CHECKERED TROUSERS. The daguerreotypist perfectly posed his...
D06-223 OH NO . . . she must have been thinking. If that MAN says...
D06-34 NICE VIGNETTE. Don't let the weird patina dissuade you...
D06-44 AN OUTDOORSMAN! A middle aged florid faced gent who knew...
D06-62 C. H. STOKES IN TRENTON . . . took the plump woman's...
D06-72 "1856 MAY". Too bad the author of that information (penned...
D06-90 TWISTED LIPS. You would almost suspect the gent with gray...
D06-99 THE BEST CHIN WHISKERS. My first question is: "Were...
D07-0 ENCRUSTED . . . In oxidation, yet her holographic depth was...
D07-101 TWINS? Casey first mentioned that the lovely pair of posers...
D07-105 APPROACHING 60. Nope, I don't mean that to reflect the age...
D07-106 NOT OFF THE RACK. Did the chap's wife have enough moxie and...
D07-107 NERO F. HUTCHINSON . . . USA was penned with what appears...
D07-11 WHO RULED . . . the roost you might ponder while examining...
D07-110 "MR. BARNETT . . . 4/4 copy Wilcox" was written in pencil...
D07-114 A WIDE SASH! "C. Evans, Philad'a" was stamped across the...
D07-118 HOLD YOUR THUMB . . . over mother while admiring the tiny...
D07-121 A SMALL MODERN . . . White label with "Isaac Haight"...
D07-125 PAINTED THREESOME! Startled children! The brother was...
D07-133 HER SOFT SMILE. Created in a style that strongly resembles...
D07-137 THE ORIGINAL MAN. Stolid in character, alert to his...
D07-138 WAS THE GOLD EXTRA? Both their leather cases, including new...
D07-140 ALL ABOUT HER! A pleasant resealed sixth size portrait with...
D07-143 SLICKED DOWN! Blue eyes intensely peered just beyond the...
D07-145 A FORMAL BUST. Once in a while I am very clever,...
D07-146 A COMPETENT MAN. In the dead of winter he decided to...
D07-149 ANOTHER LEAPER! When I see a child coiled up in a chair...
D07-156 PAINTED POSIES! While the lass had an austere façade not...
D07-157 A FRIENDLY SHADOW. The title certainly doesn't describe...
D07-161 OH SO VERY SHY! An adorable little girl leaned against her...
D07-162 HETTIE COLLINS. Not on my best scanning day could I...
D07-165 DAVID L. SANDERS. A flowing script on a scrap of paper...
D07-169 NOT HER BELT. Very frightened and lashed into a chair with...
D07-171 GLOWING MAN. That white (probably silk) vest, bold polka...
D07-173 HE WAS . . . Too large a boy to be seated on that miniscule...
D07-175 SOPHISTICATED! And very tinted too. At least the colorist...
D07-177 WARD ALLEN. Looking away from the lens, hair all puffed up...
D07-181 WITHOUT HESITATION. He may have been a shy man, a bit...
D07-182 STYLIN' JACKET! The bearded man had low rider hair under...
D07-183 A LIGHTENING BOLT! An old cloth hinge delicately holds...
D07-185 SURELY . . . You don't believe the little boy, who held a...
D07-187 GOLDEN PEARLS! Granny's peals got the "gilded with gold"...
D07-188 "REIMER'S GALLERY . . . North 2nd AB (ove) Green...
D07-196 WHOSE HANDS? Those fingers were twisted in angst as the...
D07-202 PAINTED PIXIE. Gaily tinted blue and yellow shoes; red...
D07-203 IN THE SPOTLIGHT! Surreal illumination bathed the babe in...
D07-204 PERFECT CHILDREN! Should I really attempt to embellish...
D07-205 NOT A SHEEP. Or a wolf! That large furry object must...
D07-206 HOLDING HIS WHIP. Well that small device kept the lad in...
D07-209 THREE SIBLINGS. Does the phrase "they certainly were...
D07-210 THE MYSTERY OBJECT. The gentleman who sold this early...
D07-212 MAIDEN SCATTERING ROSES. That's his case design, with a...
D07-213 THE ANGLE OF HER HEAD. And those deep dark round eyes...
D07-215 THE ONLY ORIGINAL . . . quarter plate dag with "C.H....
D07-218 SO CASUAL! The very attractive young lady was placed inside...
D07-219 OVER THE RAINBOW! WOW was my first thought when I opened...
D07-220 A REVELATION! What was this handsome gent thinking as the...
D07-221 MARY ELIZABETH ROBERSON. Oh, such a sly, even coquettish...
D07-223 IN FLAMES! Certainly there is a better way to describe the...
D07-227 KIND OF REVERSED. I'm trying to remember the last time I...
D07-26 OH . . . There are books on the table too. Who would have...
D07-29 A GRANDSON? My hat's off to the elderly couple if that cute...
D07-30 GOOD HEALTH. Her chubby grandchild did his best to fidget...
D07-4 "MISS ELLEN . . . Selina Bacon mother of John Lewis Fisk...
D07-43 OFF TO THE SIDE! Only the pleasant appearance of the...
D07-45 I WANT TO KNOW MORE . . . about their phenomenal primitive...
D07-46 NICELY POSED BOY. Forget the fingers of patina that reach...
D07-49 THE LOCKET COPY. A fine piece of daguerreian jewelry that...
D07-53 WIDE PINE. Eber (Jr.) and his sister Lucetta Dunbar sat...
D07-54 MR. CONGENIALITY! Yes sir, the operator had a certain...
D07-56 D07-91. IN THE BEGINNING. "Sallie M. Duncan (seated) with...
D07-62 BOSTON BEAUTIES! Or maybe they drove in a wagon with a...
D07-63 THE CASUAL HAND. A pose with pizzazz shows a standing man...
D07-64 LOVE THE VEST! A kinda casual little kid posed in a...
D07-66 LATER IN LIFE . . . the precocious child with an attitude...
D07-69 "PHEBE A. BREED . . . b 9/3 1836 d 1/23/1890" identifies...
D07-70 "BOGARDUS . . . Greenwich St. Corner Barclay N.Y." was...
D07-74 MORDACAI LEWIS. According to the information written...
D07-80 A DYNAMO! A wiry gent about 50 sat for his retaped sixth...
D07-85 MANE OF WHITE. Tight lipped and narrow eyes might indicate...
D07-86 AFTER THE WEDDING. A clever operator ushered this loving...
D07-87 MORMON CONNECTION. Ryder & Park (stamped on the left side...
D07-9 FOLKS HAVE ASKED ME . . . if kids shown wearing painted red...
D07-90 BLACKS & WHITES. A lovely old lady sat still holding her...
D07-92 GOODNESS GRACIOUS! Has an attractive teenager ever been...
D07-AA MYSTERY! I can recite a monologue detailing the nuances...
D08-1 "DAVID MAGIE . . . 1765 - 1854 grandfather of David M. Day"...
D08-10 SUBSTANTIAL TEEN. A large lad decided that since his...
D08-101 "Hayes NY" . . . Was inscribed in the lower right corner on...
D08-104 A CHAIR NOT TAKEN! Sorry Robert Frost, I will deny that the...
D08-106 HOME AT LAST! If there was a heaven in 1850, could this...
D08-107 COMMITTEE. The first time I purchased the extraordinary...
D08-109 FINGERS! That was one trick this daguerreian used when he...
D08-11 A POT KNOCKER! Here is a most elegant early sixth sized...
D08-12 A ROUGH BRUSH! There are ghostly shadows on either side...
D08-19 A.P. HART . . . Elmira NY was embossed in the red velvet of...
D08-20 DIRECTED INTO THE CHAIR. The lad's clear light eyes...
D08-22 THAT WAS . . . How his subject sat on an invisible chair (or...
D08-23 NOT THAT BRIGHT! The vivid blue line of patina slashing...
D08-24 COVERING A WINDOW? Look behind the intense subject on the...
D08-25 SILENTLY ALONE! When Casey removed the original paper seal...
D08-27 NAKED FINGERS! Doesn't the woman resemble a hard working...
D08-28 I WAS STUNNED... when a friend walked into the studio years...
D08-297 EVEN IF . . . Her mother's arm wasn't visible on the right...
D08-299 CARPENTER WITH AN ATTITUDE! An exceptional sixth plate...
D08-30 WHAT ON EARTH . . . Caused this ample Caucasian woman's...
D08-31 I KNEW IT! The moment I opened the first of this...
D08-32 "DAGUERREOTYPE . . . By Anson 589 Broadway New York" was...
D08-34 SURE OF HERSELF. Not your usual teenager posing for her...
D08-37 A PLEATED SHIRT. Look at all those buttons sewn on the...
D08-4 PAINTING BY NUMBERS! One of the wildest and most colorful...
D08-42 IN THE QUAKER STYLE. When I saw the sixth plate after I...
D08-45 "OTIS H. KENDALL . . . Husband of my mother's sister Mary...
D08-46 "Wm. C. NORTH . . . Cleveland" was stamped in the corner of...
D08-47 EXCELLENCE ON SILVER. Surely the life long partners...
D08-48 ONLY THE ROCK OF AGES . . . might have been older than the...
D08-50 AN EARNEST TEEN. Once again a daguerreotypist used his...
D08-51 YOU CALL THAT A BEARD? A male hairy fashion statement...
D08-54 HER TRUE IDENTITY! This gorgeous woman is a sixth plate...
D08-56 A LESSON LEARNED! An eager young gentleman sat watching his...
D08-57 VERY STRUCTURED! The pose is certainly stiff but the...
D08-58 THE UNRULY BOY! Let me begin with his rings! One that he...
D08-60 WASN'T HE SOMETHING! At least in his own mind. No...
D08-61 BLACKENED HANDS. Once again I was immediately drawn to the...
D08-62 IT WAS WINTER! Or else the large lad was definitely in a...
D08-64 SQUINTING! Very bright rays of sunshine blasted the young...
D08-65 CARESSED BY FOG! Now THAT would have been an even more...
D08-67 "PETER SUPPLAR . . . G. Grandfather and LFH" was written in...
D08-7 HAT IN HAND! He will brighten up by 100% and all those...
D08-70 PATENT GILDING PROCESS . . . Was notated in large...
D08-71 THE DAGUERREIAN . . . Didn't take any chances, so he...
D08-72 I KNOW . . . Unhappy when I see it and the tiny tyke tied...
D08-73 THEY COULD BE! One of the statements made by most everyone...
D08-74 HAIR AND CARTOUCHE! Still sealed, surrounded by various...
D08-77 I'VE SEEN . . . Happier children seated for a resealed...
D08-79 MONUMENTAL ILLUMINATION! Swirling light lit the...
D08-80 A DELICATE YOUNG ROSE! While I can't be certain of the...
D08-81 CURLY TOP! The instant I saw the dark haired child, even...
D08-87 AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS. The gentleman with a craggy face...
D08-91 THE BLUE BAG. And the ancient hues of patina add color to...
D08-93 PAINTED TWINS! I don't know what was most impressive to...
D1-107 MOMMA HADÉ Well you can really tell for yourself what...
D2-172 HALLOWEEN SURPRISE. I suspected that the lighter colored...
D2-68 "G.D.M. . . . With his great aunt Mrs. Warren, 'auntie...
D2-86 THE SURPRISE!! A marvelous portrait of a cute child, ready...
D3-175 A MIRACLE ON SILVER! How great can a half plate...
D3-21 DISTINCTLY UNRIVALED! An exceptional early quarter plate...
D4-267 SURREAL! I will begin by telling you that the plate stock...
D5-14 A SURVIVOR! The woman on the left appears to have...
D5-158 SUSPICIOUS INTENTIONS! What a lovely quarter plate...
D5-62 THE BLACK KID GLOVE. I wonder if the old woman's hand was...
D6-196 I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER . . . wondering if the badly decayed...
D6-208 THROUGHLY FROSTED. Yes, all those insignificant white...
D6-641 WHEN SHE ENTERED . . . a room, I would wager that all...
D6-792 PROPER LAD. One mention to this kid that he was in a...
D7-252 THE ANCHOR BROOCH. Her long slender fingers and gnarled...
D8-113 A GENTLEMANÉ who had acquired modest wealth, reaching an...
D8-79 THE STYLE ALONE! Charles Williamson operated his studio...
D8-85 APPREHENISVE CHILD! Perfect! Faultless! Majestic!...
D88-114 D88-114 & 115. TAKE A GUESS. The family member who...
D9-157 THE BACKGROUND… behind the be-whiskered gentleman...
D9-81 THREE ANGELS! The title for a most extraordinary quarter...
DAJ-339 MOST ATTRACTIVE BLUES! What's your favorite shade of blue?...
DAJ-378 NATIVE VERMONTER! The stonemason, ready to cleave a rock,...
DAJ-380 ARTFUL EFFORT. Since the remarkable book detailing in...
DAJ-393 SPECTACULARY SPATIAL. The tyke is firmly nested in a...
DAJ-395 EMBOSSED ON THE . . . red velvet pad of the broken leather...
DAJ-427 A MYRIAD OF FACES. Young and old, male and female, that...
DAJ-453 TRAVELING COMPANIONS. Where are you going, my ladies' fair?...
DAWZ A GOOD GRIP! While the man firmly held his walking stick...
DD-84 WHO THEY WERE. The piece of paper pinned to the red velvet...
EC-1 WHY SO DETERMINED? The lad's face was resolute when he and...
EC-7 BUMPS AND KNOBS. And that was her better hand that we see...
EC-9 SHE WAS COPIED. I examined this sixth plate before Casey...
EEW-22 SIGNED IN THE SILVER . . . by the maker Silvester! ...
EEW-27 NO ADDITIONAL INCOME . . . would be necessary if the...
EEW-28 ONCE AGAIN . . . a middle aged woman was seated next to a...
EEW-34 NOT ONLY . . . did the mother and daughter smile, when they...
EEW-39 amp; 39a. THE CONSENSUS IS . . . these men must be father...
EEW-60 I WAS WONDERING . . . if that dark spot below the woman's...
EEW-61 PASSIVE CONFIDENCE. Unlike another male dag in this...
EEW-62 CLARK . . . along with N(ew) Brunswick (NJ) was stamped in...
EEW-64 NOT THAT OLD. Here is a retaped sixth plate that presents...
EEW-68 I MIGHT HAVE GUESSED . . . that the daguerreotypist would...
EEW-69 FINALLY. Now that ginormous is officially a word, well...
EEW-76 SIT 'EM DOWN . . . Tell them where to stare, uncover the...
EEW-77 A LARGE TIE! I was prepared to blame the teenager for...
EEW-80 YES . . . The suit of clothes the tall angular gent wore...
EEW-81 INNOCENCE ABROAD! Her gray toned sixth plate that has been...
EEW-83 THOSE EYES . . . Were watching someone other than the...
EEW-84 HER SIZE . . . Was somewhat diminished by the black cape...
EEW-86 GRANDMOTHER MOORE. Very even illumination lit the lady...
EEW-89 ONLY IN GOOD LIGHT . . . is it possible to see the richness...
EEW-97 THE LENS . . . accurately recorded the older gentleman's...
EEW20 A GENTEEL SOUL. His clear eyes and calm expression make...
FL130 ROWS OF FURROWS! There is elegance is this aged man's...
GERMAN GERMAN DAGS. ALL THREE . . . sixth plates, which are...