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Trade card for John A. Whipple, daguerreotypes and crystalotypes, No. 96 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Photography: Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, and other Early Processes

GUSN

GUSN-195517

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Description

Crystalotypes, or daguerreotypes on paper, were patented by John A. Whipple in 1850.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
photography
daguerreotypes (photographs)
crystalotypes
trade cards (advertising)
advertisements

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000628
AccessID 863
Other identifier HNEDID-000628

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 1 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.090.02.01.001

Image Dimensions

1 3/4 x 3 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891 (Photographer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)
advertisements

Subjects

Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Photography: Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, and other Early Processes

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