Frederic William Greenleaf [photograph], [ca. 1850].

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Frederic William Greenleaf [photograph], [ca. 1850].

Frederic William Greenleaf [photograph], [ca. 1850].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51572750

Hand-colored sixth-plate daguerreotype of Frederic William Greenleaf (1820-1850), whose life was the inspiration behind the Lend a Hand Society, a private Boston charitable organization founded by Unitarian minister Edward E. Hale in 1891. The photograph was taken ca. 1850 by an unknown photographer. Enclosed is a note in the hand of Edward Hale Greenleaf that identifies the photograph.

1 photograph : daguerreotype, b&w, hand-colored ; visible image 7 x 5 1/2 cm. (sixth-plate), in case 9 x 8 cm.

Massachusetts Historical Society