Half Plate Daguerreotype Affectionate Men, Good Friends ID'd Photographer MARKS taphophile and the Adirondack connection checks

and the Adirondack connection checks out

Girl in bear costume

Condition notes: The ambrotype is in overall very good antique condition with some light spotting

slightly trimmed with rounded corners

Large ambrotype on ruby glass

Half Plate Daguerreotype Affectionate Men, Good Friends ID'd Photographer MARKS taphophile and the Adirondack connection checksHalf plate, 1850s daguerreotype of two well dressed, bearded men with their arms around each other. Mat is stamped MARKS in the lower left corner, which could have been a number of photographers, but was most likely H. J. Marks of Baltimore, Maryland. Dag is in a full case that measures 6" x 4. 75" when closed. Covers are separated along the spine. Dag has been resealed with archival tape; bits of the original seals are inside of the case. It's in