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C. Rentgen and G. Parsons in Keosauqua, Iowa


probably Lysander Root, C. Rentgen and G. Parsons in Keosauqua, Iowa, 1853, daguerreotype, Gift of Robert and Shirley Benz, public domain, 89.51.110

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Title

C. Rentgen and G. Parsons in Keosauqua, Iowa

Artist

Lysander Root (American, active mid-19th century)

Date

1853

Medium

daguerreotype

Inscriptions & Markings

inscription: This picture represents N.C. Rentgen & G. Parsons returning from a 700 miles (sic) jaunt through the interior of Iowa July 1, 1853, taken at Keosanqua, by Mr. Root Artist of Philadelphia

Collection Area

Photography

Category

Photographs

Object Type

photograph

Culture

American

Credit Line

Gift of Robert and Shirley Benz

Accession Number

89.51.110

Copyright

public domain

Terms

daguerreotype

daguerreotypes

photographs

sixth plate

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