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From: "Beverly G. Kirby-McDonough" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Daguerreotype
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 10:11:27 -0400
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Richard,

In the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Alexandria, I observed an old
ambrotype (glass) image attached to a monument. The small metal
two-piece encasement is attached to the headstone with masonry screws.
The image is housed within a rubber seal. Due to age and climate, the
seal is brittle and broken and the image is destroyed by moisture.

I believe dags can date back to the 1850's. Even when well-cared for,
they develop a distinctive "halo" patina and deteriorate over time.

If your message refers to Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, I can
provide a direct contact to you who can answer your question.

Beverly G. Kirby-McDonough
Holland Township, HC, NJ

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>
>
> List,
> An advertisement item in an 1861 Hunterdon Gazette claims to have
> placed
> more than a thousand ornamental cases containing Daguerreotype
> photos of the
> deceased on Head Stones and Monuments in Greenwood Cemetery and
> Laurel Hill
> Cemetery.
> Claims they would last "for a long number of years".
>
> Has one observed these cases?
>
> Richard Williamson
> Tucson, AZ
> http://members.aol.com/rrw122433/INDEX.htm
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