Two friends with top hats.

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Title: Two friends with top hats.
Date: [approximately 1859]
Notes: Half-length seated group portrait of two male friends wearing top hats and linking arms. Subject at right possibly Lucius Perkins Mason (1838-1921).; Case lacking, dotted double-elliptical mat.; Includes business card from Cincinnati-based manufacturer Raymond, Roberts & Co. with hand-written inscriptions (possibly non-contemporary and/or unrelated to photograph): (front) about 1859 L.P. Mason picture of L.P. Mason, Saginaw, Michigan; (verso) B.H. Wecken[?] Wm H. Bosworth Wm B.; Title devised by cataloger.
Names and Subjects: David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography.; Photographs shelf.; Friendship--Michigan--Saginaw--1850-1860.; Men--Michigan--Saginaw--1850-1860.; Young adults--Michigan--Saginaw--1850-1860.
Genre: Ambrotypes 1850-1860.; Group portraits 1850-1860.; Portrait photographs 1850-1860.
ID: 8885
Barcode: B9687869
Physical Description: 1 photograph : ambrotype with gilt highlights ; plate 80 x 70 mm. (sixth plate format)
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2019-10-21 09:51:56

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Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
Image Size: 4027 x 7944
File Size: 974 KB
Record: 8885
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