1850s Quarter Plate Daguerreotype of Woman Holding Union Case in Rare Hanging Gutta Percha Frame decorative plate Paul's Dramatic Society at the

Paul's Dramatic Society at the Brown Township School

and a clown conducts the proceedings on this sweet wooden box

and might guess they were all once part of Miss Fanny Allen's collection

I found it along with three very sweet homemade railroad crossing signs  nd a cool watertower

was certainly done about the same time

1850s Quarter Plate Daguerreotype of Woman Holding Union Case in Rare Hanging Gutta Percha Frame decorative plate Paul's Dramatic Society at theThe seller I purchased this from was all about the very rare, (no other examples found) c 1855 hanging quarter plate gutta percha thermoplastic frame, with leaves and flowers in the corners, original brass liner, and original hanging loop. I, however, am all about her! The daguerreotype has been wiped and, as the seller pointed out, perhaps a bit too much cleaned, leaving the image a bit light. For me, however, this makes it feel more like a