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[Occupational group portrait of four shoemakers, one full-length, standing, other three seated, holding shoes and shoe making equipment] – Antique Photo Print

[Occupational group portrait of four shoemakers, one full-length, standing, other three seated, holding shoes and shoe making equipment], [between 1840 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Occupational group portrait of four shoemakers, one full-length, standing, other three seated, holding shoes and shoe making equipment], [between 1840 and 1860]. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Four shoemakers pose together in this small sixth-plate daguerreotype, one standing and three seated, each holding finished shoes or the tools of the bench. The plate was hand-colored, a common practice in the 1840s and 1850s, when painters added tints to the silvery surface to suggest skin, clothing, and leather. Photographers of the period often recorded tradesmen this way, presenting workers as respectable professionals whose tools showed their skill. The maker of this picture is not known, but the arrangement reflects a wider habit of the era.

Created / published[between 1840 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype, hand-colored.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1860.Daguerreotypes 1840-1860.
NotesPhotographer unidentified. Case: variant of Rinhart 137. Purchase/exchange; Dr. Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:R380.13). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C., 2002-2003.
SubjectsShoemakers--1840-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,300 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference278_Occupational_group_port_1840

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