It's been in my personal collection for close to 30 years
Mickle November 1850" visible
Quarter-plate daguerreotype of a Revolutionary War period man standing in front of a painting of ship at sea
head and shoulders of a young boy surrounded by leaves
I was able to definitively identify her as Helen Meacham
1860s CDV Photos Civil War Missouri Iowa Minnesota Sewing Machine Advertising Viral It's been in my personalLot of six original CDVs, as shown, including a couple of ID's. Lewis N. Smith of Hastings, Minnesota and Charles M. Howe of Auburn, New York. Smith was a soldier in the Civil War, serving in Co. C, 5th Massachusetts Infantry. Apparently he was wounded in action, because I found an "Army Invalid" certificate for him online. Photographers cities are: J. S. Doan, Vinton, Iowa; Landy, Cincinnati, Ohio; Harter's, Auburn, NY; Mitchell's, in St. Joseph,