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Lost Faces
Album #14 HANCHETTE
This is a beautiful civil war era photo album in fantastic condition. The clasps are solid and still work, there are 4 ivory buttons and lots of gorgeous design on the cover, even the gold edged pages form a design when closed that is still visible.
Inside are 20 tintypes, some have names written under them. Some photo slots are empty but the names are written in so I have included those in the list of photos below. What a shame that someone at some time removed those photos.
Types of Early Photographs
The type of photograph in an album helps to date the album
Daguerreotypes (ca 1839)
Photography in USA began circa 1839 but not many are found before 1854.
Ambrotypes (circa 1854)
The ambrotype was a glass negative backed with black material so it appeared as a positive image
Tintypes (ca 1855)
The Ferrotype process (tintypes) was introduced in the United States in 1855. It substituted an iron plate for glass and is one of a kind. No copies could be made from a tintype. |
Carte de Visite or CDVs (ca 1859)
CDV stands for carte de visite. CDVs replaced ambrotypes, producing a card 2.5 by 4" CDVs arrived in the United States around 1859, on the eve of the Civil War (1861-1865). On June 30, 1864 a tax on photographs, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes and other "sun-pictures" went into effect. Tax Revenue Stamps had to be placed on the backs of photographs from that date (1864) until August 1, 1866. This helps date CDVs taken in this time period.
Cabinet Cards (circa 1870)
CDV’s were replaced in the 1870s by Cabinet Cards which were on a larger 4 by 6" card. |
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Civil War Era Mrs. W. D. Hanchette
Front inside page in lovely pink and white colours floral design. Printing reads "Philadelphia" but I can't read the rest
Inscription inside front coverin handwriting reads "Mrs. W. D. Hanchette"
Photos inside:
- man and 2 women. not labelled
- "Edith Hanchette" (photo missing)
- little girl
- "Mrs. WDH & Edith" (photo missing)
- Lyman D. Bissell
- "Lulu Sigmund" (photo missing)
- woman
- dark tintype
- boy
- dark tintype
- Aunt Sarah Graham [see photo below]
- "Mr & Mrs. Fields" (photo missing)
- two men
- two men
- woman
- three men
- young girl
- Uncle Raid? & Aunt Nellie
- Woman, man & child - 3 generations?
- B. A. Bissell (photo missing)
- Geo. C. Bissell
- Mr. Warren (no photo)
- Mrs. Wm. Warren
- woman (might be Mrs. Wm. Warren again)
- C. C. Cottrell (no photo)
- baby
- 2 men
- Mr. Hiradale? Residence, Grandma Bissell Bromilaw?
- L. D. Doolittle and wife (no photo)
- C. Knapp, Aunt Nellie (no photo)
- 2 men
- Kit Harding (no photo)
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