Lot 078 - Antique 1/9th Plate Ruby Ambrotype Photograph of a Young Woman with Hand-Tinted Cheeks in Thermoplastic Union Case, Photographed by Davis Brothers, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1859 1166 The collar area shows fraying

The collar area shows fraying and fabric loss

Here is a great five card collection of Keystone brand 3D stereo view stereo cards depicting the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake and fire disaster that took place in San Francisco

note cover board detached as single piece

The setting resembles a bourgeois salon

one 1 karat diamond

Lot 078 - Antique 1/9th Plate Ruby Ambrotype Photograph of a Young Woman with Hand-Tinted Cheeks in Thermoplastic Union Case, Photographed by Davis Brothers, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1859 1166 The collar area shows frayingAntique 1 9th plate ruby ambrotype photograph of a young woman in dark attire, with hand tinted rosy cheeks. The image is housed in a brass mat within a full intact thermoplastic union case with scroll and floral motif and a red velvet pillow. Photographed by Davis Brothers, 8 Daniel Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1859, as identified by a printed label on the reverse of the photograph. The case interior bears a printed paper label reading