1850s Daguerreotype Pretty Girl Waves in Hair Mourning Bands? Sealed 1800s photo birdcage and a CW collector who

and a CW collector who saw this believes he was possibly a member of the Alabama or Georgia infantry

the original daguerreotype was probably in their possession

Annual meeting of the Winfield

Wisconsin men who made the overland trip to California in 1849 to try to strike it rich in the Gold Rush

The light area in the lower-right corner appears to be something in the original photo

1850s Daguerreotype Pretty Girl Waves in Hair Mourning Bands? Sealed 1800s photo birdcage and a CW collector whoNinth plate daguerreotype of a girl. Original seals are dried but look to be still in place and mostly intact. The Case covers are separated, but matching. Dag is in very good condition.