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HOLMES, BOOTH & HAYDEN, LITTLEFIELD, PARSONS & CO. and others
Daguerreotypes in Union cases, 1850s
One quarter-plate portrait of a gentleman in Holmes, Booth & Hayden case 'Bountiful Harvest'; a sixth-plate portrait of a lady opposite a sixth-plate floral still-life in Littlefield, Parsons & Co. 'Belt, Buckle and Chain' case; a sixth-plate portrait of a lady in anonymous geometric/scroll-pattern case; a twelfth-plate portrait of a gentleman in geometric-pattern case; an empty twelfth-plate case decorated with foliage and thistles around a basket of fruit; and a sixth-plate portrait of a lady in a decorated thermo-plastic frame. (6)
Daguerreotypes in Union cases, 1850s
One quarter-plate portrait of a gentleman in Holmes, Booth & Hayden case 'Bountiful Harvest'; a sixth-plate portrait of a lady opposite a sixth-plate floral still-life in Littlefield, Parsons & Co. 'Belt, Buckle and Chain' case; a sixth-plate portrait of a lady in anonymous geometric/scroll-pattern case; a twelfth-plate portrait of a gentleman in geometric-pattern case; an empty twelfth-plate case decorated with foliage and thistles around a basket of fruit; and a sixth-plate portrait of a lady in a decorated thermo-plastic frame. (6)
Literature
Krainik, Krainik & Walvoord, Union Cases, p. 55, no. 47, p. 101, no. 161 and p. 135, no. 324.