"RARE UPDATE" FIRST $500 BUYS IT, FOR A REAL TREASURE HUNTER "Randy30" Member Since Dec. 10th 1998 Possible related to the WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE Convention political women's parties in Cincinnati OH in 1850s. October 17–18, 1855: Sixth National Woman's Rights Convention is held in Cincinnati, Ohio Additional info coming soon. Hello collectors & historians.. Seeking our Queen ambrotype's origin, the id of the beautiful lady and photographer. (THE CHAIR!) Also see her in the query section of THE DAGUERREIAN SOCIETY CATALOG/NEWSLETTER Vol. 16 July/August 2004 No. 4 issue. (THANKS MARK!, Pres. Dag Society, a super guy) Confident someone will help solve our mystery lady. Send your comments and clues. The sash is hand tinted by the photographer in a Royal or Patriotic color red and blue (possibility a white stripe) a sash is worn over the left shoulder, common with royalty. Depicting a crown or tiara goldly tinted with red and blue upon or inside the crown. Then the jewelry,,, to a gold crown dangling on the necklace end, golden bracelets. A long white gown, appears not to be a Ball gown but of formal attire. Queen for a day! Why here in this studio, like putting a diamond necklace on a bum, maybe convenient, who knows! Then this elusive photographer, only clue the chair and the image came from Cincinnati, Ohio. Two photographers come to mind by historians, JP Ball rumored to have taken an image of a queen during this period 1856-57 but has yet to surface. James Landy, also of Cincinnati had catalog taking 500 celebrity photographs, could this be his? 1/4 plate is featured in a nice large Union Case by Littlefield Parsons Daguerreotypes 1856-57. "Soldier's Memorial Day," first was celebrated in 1860. Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Click to view supersized image Get simple, reliable, and affordable image hosting with Vendio today! Please email your comments/facts/theories/input/anything! WE NEED YOUR AMERICAN INPUT ALSO. PATRIOTIC AND PRE CIVIL WAR Find the photographers chair and we may find her! Patriotic - Suffrage - Royal Who Knows?? Remember, first $500 takes a real 150 yr old treasure home!