Daguerreotype of James Buchanan. Gold frame with blue velvet. Note in typescript on back: Daguerreotype presented by President Buchanan to J. Henry Brown - 1851.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Uncased daguerreotype of two undientified men. One is standing, one is seated. Metal around glass is rusted. Decorative goldleaf and blue floral patterned frame around image.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
l. Mrs. John Donachy and niece, Emily Elizabeth Bateman; 2. John Donachy and nephew, William H. Bateman, Jr.; 3. Mrs. William H. Bateman-1st; 4. Mrs. William H. Bateman-2nd
Alexander Hood, father of Mary Bernarda Hood married to Adam Ross Black (wedding announcement from newspaper in case) Note pasted to top of case: "Alexander Hood, 'Fat Boy' of Lancaster Court, one of two Alexanders" .