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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9843652, member: 8267"]One thing you might try is looking behind the photograph. Sometimes there are pieces of paper hidden there, with information about the sitter. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a diagram of the structure of early cased photos, including ambrotypes. An ambrotype would be an image on glass, in the position where the diagram indicates a daguerreotype -</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nedcc.org%2Fassets%2Fcomponents%2Fphpthumbof%2Fcache%2FDM_Explode_Composite2.97c7bc02b20567eb970b46a5e66fae9a.jpg&hash=7b08e34cda63f85d41eb925187852aeb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.nedcc.org/about/nedcc-stories/dolley-madison-daguerreotype" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nedcc.org/about/nedcc-stories/dolley-madison-daguerreotype" rel="nofollow">https://www.nedcc.org/about/nedcc-stories/dolley-madison-daguerreotype</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The photograph is an assemblage of several layers, held together by a metal frame - the "preserver" - that wraps around the layers. This sandwich is simply press fitted into the case. If you have a very thin tool or spatula, you may be able to carefully insert it between the preserver and the red fabric lining of the case, and pop the whole sandwich out of the case. You don't want to unwrap the preserver, or otherwise disturb the layers of the sandwich. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you don't find any information there (or don't feel safe to remove it from its case) [USER=1476]@Debora[/USER] might have suggestions as to resources for identifying him via military records.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9843652, member: 8267"]One thing you might try is looking behind the photograph. Sometimes there are pieces of paper hidden there, with information about the sitter. Here is a diagram of the structure of early cased photos, including ambrotypes. An ambrotype would be an image on glass, in the position where the diagram indicates a daguerreotype - [IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nedcc.org%2Fassets%2Fcomponents%2Fphpthumbof%2Fcache%2FDM_Explode_Composite2.97c7bc02b20567eb970b46a5e66fae9a.jpg&hash=7b08e34cda63f85d41eb925187852aeb[/IMG] [URL]https://www.nedcc.org/about/nedcc-stories/dolley-madison-daguerreotype[/URL] The photograph is an assemblage of several layers, held together by a metal frame - the "preserver" - that wraps around the layers. This sandwich is simply press fitted into the case. If you have a very thin tool or spatula, you may be able to carefully insert it between the preserver and the red fabric lining of the case, and pop the whole sandwich out of the case. You don't want to unwrap the preserver, or otherwise disturb the layers of the sandwich. If you don't find any information there (or don't feel safe to remove it from its case) [USER=1476]@Debora[/USER] might have suggestions as to resources for identifying him via military records.[/QUOTE]
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