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    Posted 14 years ago

    Savoychina1
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    Taken sometime around 1893 - 1897, these are among my favorite "discoveries" in my grandfathers photos.

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    1860s CIVIL WAR TINTYPE PHOTO DOUBLE ARMED UNION SOLDIER COLT REVOLVER & KNIFE
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    1/6 PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE TWO YOUNG MEN W/ TOP HATS + CIGARS, NOTE: HAS SCRATCHES
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    1850s DAGUERREOTYPE / AMBROTYPE PHOTO WALL FRAME - OGEE STYLE ROSEWOOD VENEER
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    Glass Ambrotype 1850s-60s 2 men in hat & top hat back to back an unusual photo
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    1860s CIVIL WAR TINTYPE PHOTO DOUBLE ARMED UNION SOLDIER COLT REVOLVER & KNIFE
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    1. Savoychina1 Savoychina1, 14 years ago
      http://astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes/index.html
    2. Richard Dreiser, Yerkes Observatory, 14 years ago
      The landscape dates from after October 1897 because the small dome on the right on the SE tower was not not put on yet for the October 1897 Dedication Exercises. The telescope photographs may well date from a early as 1897. I do not recall ever seeing those two and would love jpegs if you can spare them. Who was your grandfather? Thanks for sharing!
      Cordially, Richard Dreiser, Yerkes Observatory, 373 W Geneva Street, Williams Bay, WI 53191

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