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<p>[QUOTE="Aquitaine, post: 123094, member: 602"]Hi.....Since joining Ancestry a couple of weeks ago, have been going through the genealogy stuff that I have (OI!...WHAT did I get myself into!!!) and had forgotten that I had at least this ONE nice gutta percha daguerreotype of a relative with a cameo in the middle.....would LOVE to know what she's made of!! The relative inside is about 1842, so I am assuming that might help date the dag. and the O.D. is 2 1/2" x 3".......BTW, it was FILTHY from being in a box with a mess of other stuff so I took a very soft bristled tooth brush and VERY gently gave her a LIGHT scrub with mostly warm water. Didn't seem to hurt it any, thankfully!! Here she be:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]31315[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]31316[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Aquitaine, post: 123094, member: 602"]Hi.....Since joining Ancestry a couple of weeks ago, have been going through the genealogy stuff that I have (OI!...WHAT did I get myself into!!!) and had forgotten that I had at least this ONE nice gutta percha daguerreotype of a relative with a cameo in the middle.....would LOVE to know what she's made of!! The relative inside is about 1842, so I am assuming that might help date the dag. and the O.D. is 2 1/2" x 3".......BTW, it was FILTHY from being in a box with a mess of other stuff so I took a very soft bristled tooth brush and VERY gently gave her a LIGHT scrub with mostly warm water. Didn't seem to hurt it any, thankfully!! Here she be: [ATTACH=full]31315[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]31316[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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