Your best bet for dating would be to have a costume specialist look at them. If you want to send me a few of them I can give you rough dates based on clothes or spend some time with the book Dressed For The Photographer, she does a great job of pointing out which details narrow down specific date ranges. Elizabeth Walton On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Laurie Baty <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Are the early dates showing copies of prints or paintings? > > Richards is most likely Frederick DeBourg Richards, an early and important > Philadelphia daguerreian. There is an article on Richards in the 1994 > Daguerreian Annual as well as numerous online articles. > > Laurie Baty > > > > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Shannon Lefebvre <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> Good evening; >> >> I am working on cataloguing the collection of a local historical >> society, so I was wondering if the following notes found in a box of >> daguerrotypes ring any bells with others in the history community. >> Something feels wrong about the dates given, but the handwriting on the >> notes is probably 20th century, although there are two sets of handwriting. >> >> Notes from the collection include: >> "great-grandmother Alice Stewart Scotland abt 1756" >> "Richards Chestnut Hill Phila" (Probably a photographer, it is the only >> one with this originally impressed in the velvet inside the photo case.) >> "About 1800 Jane Stewart b. Scotland wife of Jacob Glaus Phila" (Younger >> lady with boat-neckish dress and hair worn almost hippie style) >> "Mrs. Mary (Stewart) Cole Scotland b.c.1800" (looks younger) >> "Chas Potts grandson of Capt Potts" (infant)** >> "Robert Stewart b. Scotland c. 1800" (looks no older than late 20s, early >> 30s) >> "Went to Cuba d. of small pox on way home great uncle of HRH" (HRH seems >> to be the author of the notes, seems to also be Robert) >> "Grandmother Cole Mary Cole Grandmother of HSH" (Younger image, tinted) >> >> I would *guess* that the family moved to the US sometime after 1800 if the >> dates are accurate, but another note seemed to say "taken 1805", which would >> be a miracle. Does anyone have a database of Stewarts, Philly area early >> photographers, or be aware if the Stewarts are connected to the Pottstown >> area (or Potts/Rutter/Nutt/Savage clans) in a way that has been forgotten >> since 1950? >> >> PART 2: Are there any grants out there to help stabilize these images, or >> does anyone know of a locally-able way to repair broken glass and image >> damage from future degradation? The organization in question has very >> limited resources. >> >> >> Thank you in advance for your input! >> >> Sincerely, >> Shannon L Lefebvre, MA >> Curator for Pottstown Historical Society >> 603-767-4033 >> >> **From the Potts Memorial, Capt Charles Potts is a son of James Potts and >> Mary Aris Potts, born ?, m. Margaret Tallman 1796, sailed on the merchant >> ship Adventure soon after. d. Pottstown, his brother Benezet m. his widow. >> She dies 1818, buried Friend's graveyard in Philadelphia. Unfortunately, >> there are several infant Charles in our target time period, many of whom did >> not make it out of infancy. >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: >> http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 >> > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).