Historical Indulgences

ca. 1840-60, [Daguerreotype portrait of an unusually posed pair, identified on verso as Jacob and Thomas Kesey. The boy appears to be wearing a modified naval uniform with Christian iconography]

via Harvard University’s Houghton Library, Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photography

• August 15 2012 | 20 Notes - Read More →
• Tags: vintagehistoryportraitdaguerreotypeunusualcostumechildrennavalchristianityreligion

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