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Call Number:

PH-02743

Collection Name:

Platt D. Babbitt Photography Collection

Creator:

Babbitt, Platt D. ( - 1879)

No. of Items:

1 photograph

Span Dates:

circa 1854

Description:

The collection consists of one photograph by Platt D. Babbitt (American, died 1879). Item-level information follows.

964:0020:0060 -- [View of Niagara Falls with four ladies and one gentleman standing facing the Falls], circa 1854. Daguerreotype, 13.5 x 18.5 cm (whole plate) (visible image); 18 x 23 cm (case).

Accession No(s):

964:0020:0060

Location(s):

Curatorial permission required Gernsheim Daguerreotype Box 16 (964:0020:0060)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Babbitt, Platt D. ( - 1879)
Title [View of Niagara Falls]
Date circa 1854
Medium Daguerreotype
Dimensions 13.3 x 18.6 cm; 5 1/5 x 7 3/10 in (rounded corners)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0020:0060