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The Out of Towners
These women were from Denver, Colorado, visiting friends in Baltimore City, Maryland. Quarter-plate tintype, 1890s.
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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2012
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Trephine
Huge 1870s trephine, used for drilling holes in the skull after death. Made in Italy, 1870s. The...
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Uploaded on Jan 17, 2012
Packanitomicaliziation
1890s cabinet card. On the back is printed: The oldest contortionist on earth, in his wonderful...
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Uploaded on Jan 16, 2012
The Murderer Downing
Dissecting the cadaver of a murderer, 1897. A possibility is that he was an African American man...
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Uploaded on Jan 6, 2012
Civil War Soldier Post Mortem
I believe this is a post-mortem, making it the only example I have ever seen of a deceased person...
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Uploaded on Jan 1, 2012
Contortionist
A contortionist. The soda bottles on the floor are there to allow audience members to come up and...
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Uploaded on Jan 1, 2012
1/6 Daguerreotype
Though unattributed, I am virtually certain that the photographer was Alexander Hesler, of Hesler's Metropolitan Gallery in Chicago.
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Uploaded on Dec 24, 2011
1/6 Daguerreotype
Though unattributed, I am virtually certain that the photographer was Alexander Hesler, of Hesler's Metropolitan Gallery in Chicago.
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Uploaded on Dec 24, 2011
Family with Slave Nanny
Half-plate ambrotype of an antebellum family with their slave nanny.
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Uploaded on Dec 2, 2011
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