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Be-hold 47 Photographs: 19th & 20th Century
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78 Rockland Ave.
Yonkers, NY 10705 
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1/6 plate ambrotype on ruby glass by L. H. Purnell, Artist, at the Van Loan Gallery, 159 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, as embossed on the velvet pad. Such a credit for the actual operator as artist is quite rare.
This has a dark cool "silvery" character not usually seen on ambrotypes. The subject is slightly smiling. The case has a separated cover. [4-] ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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