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[View of a horse and covered cart in front of white frame building with signs for County House, J. Griggs and L.J. Phillips, Daguerrian Rooms, in Thompson, Connecticut] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[View of a horse and covered cart in front of white frame building with signs for County House, J. Griggs and L.J. Phillips, Daguerrian Rooms, in Thompson, Connecticut], [between 1850 and 1860] — historic photograph
[View of a horse and covered cart in front of white frame building with signs for County House, J. Griggs and L.J. Phillips, Daguerrian Rooms, in Thompson, Connecticut], [between 1850 and 1860]. Historic photograph from the Horses 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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A horse and covered cart stand before a white frame building in Thompson, Connecticut, whose signboards advertise a County House, J. Griggs, and the Daguerrian Rooms of L.J. Phillips. This sixth-plate daguerreotype dates from between 1850 and 1860, and its cloth sign suggests that Phillips may have worked as an itinerant daguerreotypist who moved from town to town. Made on silvered copper, daguerreotypes produce a single mirror-like image, so the lettering and the cart's details survive with unusual clarity for the period.

Created / published[between 1850 and 1860]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.
GenreDaguerreotypes 1850-1860.
NotesPhotographer unidentified, possibly L.J. Phillips. Phillips was active in Connecticut in the mid-1850s. His cloth sign most likely indicates that he worked as an itinerant daguerreotypist. Hallmark: [double paschal lamb] 40. Case: front, Rinhart 256; back, quadrafoil design with interlaced geometric border. Purchase/exchange; Dr. Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:R380.22). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C., 2003-2004.
SubjectsPhillips, L. J. Carts & wagons--Connecticut--Thompson--1850-1860. Taverns (Inns)--Connecticut--Thompson--1850-1860. Photographic studios--Connecticut--Thompson--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,159 × 1,482 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218023

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