1860s Cdv Dakota MINNESOTA By UPTON Wet Plate CAMERA And PHOTO EQUIPMENT
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Superb 1860s albumen cdv of fabulous scene in Minnesota taken by Benjamin Upton at Castle Rock with an array of wet-plate camera equipment including developing wagon clearly visible and a young girl posing on the rock.NO RESERVE
Upton, Benjamin FranklinDaguerreian and inventor, Bath, Maine; and Chicago, Ill. In 1853, he received patent #9, 666, for a mercury bath for daguerreotyping. On September 19, 1854 he was issued Patent #11, 740(?), for apparatus for polishing daguerreotyp...e plates. He was listed as a daguerreian in Bath, Maine in 1855-1856. Another source listed him as a daguerreian in Chicago, Ill., dates unknown. Another source has also placed Upton as a daguerreian in St. Anthony, Minn., dates unknown. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig
Upton, Benjamin FranklinDaguerreian and inventor, Bath, Maine; and Chicago, Ill. In 1853, he received patent #9, 666, for a mercury bath for daguerreotyping. On September 19, 1854 he was issued Patent #11, 740(?), for apparatus for polishing daguerreotyp...e plates. He was listed as a daguerreian in Bath, Maine in 1855-1856. Another source listed him as a daguerreian in Chicago, Ill., dates unknown. Another source has also placed Upton as a daguerreian in St. Anthony, Minn., dates unknown. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig
