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He doesn’t look all that happy, I think his vest is quite unique and cool to see.

This image came in a lot of three other daguerreotypes. The photo looks like it could’ve been yesterday. No names here.

I love this photograph for how adorable these two are. The little boy seems serious while the little girl almost looks to be maybe nervous about the whole ordeal. Their outfits are cute too! Both subjects cheeks are tinted, though lightly and hard to see in the scan I took.

Came in a lot of photos and decided it was worth a shot to restore. Turned out better than expected. Now he can finally be seen again!

Would this be worth sending to have the tarnish removed off of the photo plate? Am concerned about it spreading farther.

Posted this before but have since gotten a better photo of her. May update post when I scan her in. Notice the tinting/highlights.

They may be sisters? The photo has some signs of age but Its an interesting scene that I like a lot. Maybe from the 1850’s. The image was sealed with 1850’s newspaper, wish I could identify where the paper was from.

Not in the best shape but an interesting image none the less.

I may have posted this one here before, but just got done cleaning and resealing him. Not all the dust wanted to come off but I ended up just leaving it as is, because I didn't want to do any damage. Still much better than before, swipe to see after.

Took out the glass and gave it a gentle clean to remove debris, came out better than I even expected.

I’ve posted this image before however I was able to get a good scan of the image after setting up my scanner bed. She almost has a smile going too.

Yet another piece from my favorite field, in Indiana. This was found near some very old buttons coins and other household objects. I have no idea what to think of it, other than it appears to be quite old judging by how much it has degraded. Appologies for the dirt, but I am afraid to clean it much more due to the fact it is beginning to flake apart. The front looks to definitely have “18” embossed on the center, with a lip going around all the outer edges of the plate. Can’t really think what this would go to, any ideas? For some reference, I believe a house dating from the 1830’s-1860’s stood here, as many of the identified objects I’ve found here have dated to that general timeline. Thank you!

I think it’s made of copper, almost everything thing else I’ve found here has dated to the early 1800’s, and the original land and home owner was a veteran of the war of 1812. It’s so small it’s almost impossible to get a clear image of. After cleaning it definitely looks to say “US” on the top. I have set it next to a US penny for size comparison. Does anyone have any ideas?

When do we think this dates to?