Figure 1.-- We do not know this boy's name. We do know that he was an American boy from New York. We also know who the photographer was. The preserver mat is signed "CARDEN & CO., 293 B.WAY". Robert A. Carden is listed as a Daguerreotype photographer in 1853-54 at 293 Broadway in New York City. He appears to have been active even before the 1853-54 period. |
We know who the photographer was. The preserver mat is signed "CARDEN & CO., 293 B.WAY" (figure 1). Robert A. Carden is listed as a Daguerreotype photographer in 1853-54 at 293 Broadway in New York City. He appears to have been active even before the 1853-54 period.
R. A. Carden (probably the same photographer) is also listed in San Francisco, California in 1856 at the corner of Clay and Kearny Streets. This Dag was purchased with a group of images from the San Francisco area. This suggests that Carden took the portrait with him when he moved to Dan Francisco. We wonder if the boy could be related to Carden, perhaps his son.
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