Daguerreotype of Harriet Lane. Full bust length view, facing right. Her hair is coiled and pinned back. She is wearing a dark jacket over a white blouse, with a white lace collar. Broach at her neck and long earrings are prominent. Gold matting around image. Image mounted inside of book-type case of black leather and red velvet inner lining. Two hook clasps.
This daguerreotype represents the earliest known image of Harriet Lane, niece of President James Buchanan. This likeness might have been photographed ca. 1845, Harriet Lane would have been about fifteen years old.
Photograph- John H. Evans, reputed to have been Lancaster's first professional architect, was hired to design Building #4 of the Lancaster County Almshouse - familiar to older Lancastrians as the "County Home". See LCHS Journal Vol. 102, issue 2/3, page 96.
Photograph- John H. Evans, reputed to have been Lancaster's first professional architect, was hired to design Building #4 of the Lancaster County Almshouse - familiar to older Lancastrians as the "County Home". See LCHS Journal Vol. 102, issue 2/3, page 96.
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John H. Evans, reputed to have been Lancaster's first professional architect, was hired to design Building #4 of the Lancaster County Almshouse - familiar to older Lancastrians as the "County Home". See LCHS Journal Vol. 102, issue 2/3, page 96.
