Rare original quarter-plate daguerreotype of Alfred Kelley, photographed late-1840s. Housed behind mat and cover glass in its original leather case. Identified with a period note pinned to the silk mat, this portrait would have been taken around the time Kelley became president of the Columbus and Xenia Railroad in 1847.
More, from Wikipedia: Alfred Kelley (November 7, 1789—December 2, 1859) was a banker, canal builder, lawyer, railroad executive, and state legislator in the state of Ohio in the United States. He is considered by historians to be one of the most prominent commercial, financial, and political Ohioans of the first half of the 19th century.
Dag is unsealed and the case covers are separated. Some scattered mold spiders, otherwise in VG antique condition.
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