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Posted 8 years ago
ho2cultcha
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This frame is about 4.5 inches square. it belonged to my great grandparents and the photo and story inside is about an ancestor of mine who owned a fishing/hunting lodge on a lake in Quebec. i think that the frame is really beautiful. i'd never seen such a large one before. the story is interesting too, but in old-style french, so i can't read it very well.
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Beautiful CASE! How nice to have a relative still residing in it!!!
thank you PostCardCollector!
That is a big bit of gutta percha, and beautifully made. The photos are a big bonus.
Wow! What a treasure. Agreed with PostCard and racer, the original photos inside make it whole and absolutely priceless.
Very nice!! I really love this.
Nice to have images of relatives from so long ago!
These are actually made out of an early composite material called thermoplastic and not gutta percha (a tree sap).
They are often called Union cases (a "union" of materials used to make them).
scott
It is a common mistake-- similar to the notion that every antique cased image is a daguerreotype or tintype.
scott
thank you racer, bijou, scott and valentino!