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Message:: [QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 55064, member: 44"]She is wearing a daycap of the mid 1800s. Daycaps covered the top and back of the head with ties down the front. They hung free as evident by the untied ribbons down her front. These caps were worn in the house. "Earlier in the decade daycaps were worn by young and old, but later in the decade only by older women." I think the couple are of the same generation. Her face looks weird and older because she is probably "gumming" it - teeth gone and she flatly refused to wear Washington's wooden ones. Her eyes look weird probably because the focus on them is not sharp. This may be because they were were moving- blinking, the pupils are of a light color or the fading from wear and age of the CDV. They both have white hair. BTW, found a couple of references to the photographer M.W. Newcomb of Marysville, Kansas in the 1860s. The same person or another photographer with the same name was taking pics of circus performers in Salt Lake City in the 1880s. The 1884 SLC City Directory has listed a photographer M.W. Newcomb residing in that city. In 1883 a M.W. Newcomb filed a patent application for a "Photographic Plate Holder." Okay, found the patent for the Photographic Plate Holder. It was issued to a M.W. Newcomb of Marysville, Kansas on August 7, 1883. With the 1884 SLC City Directory listing him, it means M.W. Newcomb grabbed the patent and quickly moved on to SLC orrr they are not the same person. --- Susan PS. Washington wearing wooden dentures is as much a myth as him chopping down the cherry tree. Washington like most at that time did have dental problems, but he had multiple sets of dentures of a variety of materials—including ivory, gold, and lead. [ATTACH=full]14104[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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