Daguerreotype collection, [ca. 1856-1878].

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Daguerreotype collection, [ca. 1856-1878].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155461294

Includes daguerreotypes mounted in cases; most identified. Primary family names of individual portraits include Bergen, Ditmas, Frost, Livingston, Longmire, and Ramus. Also includes tintype of graduating class of Packer Institute, 1856. Copy negatives of selected daguerreotypes comprise remainder of collection. Various photographers are represented including Mathew Brady.

75 daguerreotypes, 36 copy negatives of daguerreotypes, 1 tintype.

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Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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The Center for Brooklyn History was founded in 1863 by Henry Pierrepont (1808–1888) as the Long Island Historical Society, with a charter from the New England Historical Society in Boston. In 1985, the society changed its name to the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS). In 2020, the BHS made an agreement to merge with the Brooklyn Public Library. As of October 2020, the organization is now part of Brooklyn Public Library and is known as the Center for Brooklyn History....

Packer Collegiate Institute.

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Livingston family.

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Bergen family.

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Longmire family.

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Ramus family.

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Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896

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Mathew Brady was a prominent American photographer, best known for his battlefield photos during the Civil War. From the description of Mathew Brady letter, Washington, D.C., to E.C. Stedman, 1879 March 20. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 82087446 From the description of Letter, Washington, D.C., to E.C. Stedman, 1879 March 20. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50061938 Mathew B. Brady (ca. 1823-1896) was a...

Ditmas family.

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Frost family.

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