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[Gertrude M. Hubbard and baby daughter Mabel] – Antique Photo Print

[Gertrude M. Hubbard and baby daughter Mabel], [ca. 1858] — historic photograph
[Gertrude M. Hubbard and baby daughter Mabel], [ca. 1858]. 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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Gertrude Mercer McCurdy Hubbard poses with her baby daughter, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, in this hand-colored sixth-plate daguerreotype. Mabel grew up to marry Alexander Graham Bell, and her father, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, a Boston lawyer, later backed Bell's telephone work. The plate dates to about 1858 and was cut down to fit its small leather push-button case. The photographer is unidentified, but the tinting that adds color to cheeks and clothing was a common finishing touch on portraits of the period.

Created / published[ca. 1858]
Medium1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype, cut down, hand-colored.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.
NotesPhotographer unidentified. Case: plain leather, push button. Accompanying note: Gertrude M. Hubbard, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsHubbard, Gertrude Mercer McCurdy,--1827-1909. Bell, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard,--1857-1923.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,289 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference31_Gertrude_M_Hubbard_and_1858

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