Historical Indulgences

ca. 1855, [daguerreotype portrait of a dentist with his tools and a patient]

via the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery

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• Tags: vintagehistorymedicalportraitblack and whitedentistdentistryoccupationaltoolsequipmentteethcouplemendaguerreotype

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    Wow shows just how much pain they must have been in.

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