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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gckimm, post: 9577158, member: 83519&quot;]Thank you so much for your replies.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the actual photo and case are at my family home and I do not have access to them at this time.&nbsp; But it is of the black thermoplastic variety that I have seen with daguerreotypes, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know the photograph was taken in CA because it was among other family photos and my family did not live outside of CA after coming to the U.S. The clothing is consistent with the style worn by Chinese women in the 1860s-70s.</p><p><br /></p><p>My suspicion is that the photo is of my great-grandfather&#039;s second wife, to whom he was married from 1866, if not earlier, to the time of her death in 1893. If I am correct, the photo may have been taken around the time of their marriage. To me it looks as though the photograph was relatively expensive to have done.&nbsp; This great-grandfather was a wealthy man, unlike most of my other ancestors, and he would have had the resources to buy a photo of this kind.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would welcome and be grateful for any other thoughts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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