Half Plate Daguerreotype ID’d Politician & Gold Rush Miner California Rare 1850s tobacco Photos from 1860s-1870s Measures about

Photos from 1860s-1870s Measures about 6" x 5" x 2" by closed

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Original tintype of a young Civil War soldier photographed in front of a camp scene backdrop holding his artilleryman's Hardee Hat

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Half Plate Daguerreotype ID’d Politician & Gold Rush Miner California Rare 1850s tobacco Photos from 1860s-1870s Measures aboutHalf plate daguerreotype of Francis Frederick "Frank" Fargo (1824 1891), his wife Marietta Perry Fargo (1829 1880), and their daughter Eva Fargo Brown (1852 1925). The family is identified inside of the case, as well as on the back of the case. Fargo was born in New York, was a teacher and county clerk in Warsaw, NY before being lured to California by the Gold Rush in April '51. In 1852, Fargo and his wife were living in the mining town of Fairfield