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Includes ten ambrotypes and five daguerreotypes of various sizes, most in full cases (a few of which are split into two halves). All are identified, most with old handwritten slips which are tipped or taped to the velvet liners facing the images. Also includes a lock of hair from one of the subjects. Compelling pictorial record of a New England family in the middle of the 19th century. According to a handwritten genealogical record offered in another part of this archive, one John Hill first settled in Dover, New Hampshire, before 1680. Judging from the captions of the images, and other indications, the images in this collection were retained by the descendants of Frank Hill, born in 1847, who is in two of the images. Ambrotype: Great Aunt Susan Galladay 1848. Sixth plate (8x7 cm; 3¼x2¾”). Octagonal gutta percha case. (Black varnish on back of image is partially flaked off.) Braided hair of Martha Galladay Seville, set in small box with label “Martha Galladay Seville’s hair at the time of her marriage to James Seville 1848.” Ambrotype: “Ellen (Hill) Walker, Sister of Frank Hill” (from handwritten label affixed to velvet liner of leather case). Name of photographer R.B. Perkins, Cuttings Pass (?) July 48 (?) stamped on metal overmat. Ninth plate (6x5 cm; 2½x2”). Embossed leather-covered case, metal clasp. Ambrotype: David Galladay. Undated. Sixth plate (8x7 cm; 3¼x2¾”). (Image flaked, poor condition). With metal overmat and protector, no case. Ambrotype: Ellen [Hill] Walker (sister of Frank Hill). Undated. Ninth plate (6x5 cm; 2½x2”). With metal overmat and protector, no case. Ambrotype: “Cousin Addie White 1850. Niece of Mary Ann White Hill. Mary Adeline – born 1832” (from handwritten label affixed to velvet liner of leather case). Sixteenth plate (4x3.5 cm; 1½x1¼”). Leather cover case, metal clasp (split along spine). Ambrotype: James Hill Father of Frank Hill. c. 1850. Ninth plate (6x5 cm; 2½x2”). (Image darkened). Leather-covered case. Ambrotype: “John Holland & Wife, of Warwick, England, Uncle of James Seville about 1850” (from handwritten label affixed to velvet liner of leather case). Ninth plate (6x5 cm; 2½x2”). Embossed leather-covered case (rubbed), metal clasp. Ambrotype: James Seville and Martha, take the year after marriage, 1850. Metal overmat with imprint: Baldwin Artist Dayton, O. Sixth plate. (8x7 cm; 3¼x2¾”). Embossed leather-covered case, with two clasps (spine formerly repaired, now split, missing a clasp; black varnish on back of image is partially flaked off). Ambrotype: John Hill brother of Frank Hill. c.1850. Ninth plate (6x5 cm; 2½x2”). Embossed leather-covered case, with clasp (spine split). Daguerreotype: Frank Hill age 4 years. Old handwritten description affixed to velvet liner reads: “Frank Hill age 4 years father of Frederick Hill and May Hill. Dressed in plaid velvet coat, beaver hat – the last word in style”. c.1851. Sixth plate (8x7 cm; 3¼x2¾”). Embossed leather-covered case, with clasp (spine repaired). Daguerreotype: Anna Loveland. Old handwritten description affixed to velvet liner reads: “Cousin of Frank Hill. Anna Loveland a famous beauty. 1852.” Ninth plate (6x5 cm; 2½x2”). Octagonal gutta-percha case. Daguerreotype: The old Hill Home Greenland, New Hampshire. Old handwritten description affixed to velvet liner reads: “The old Hill home in Greenland, N.H. where Frank Hill was born. The small child near the house is Frank, his father beside him – brother John in the buggy - & Mother in doorway. Year 1853.” Quarter plate (8x11 cm; 3¼x4¼”). Embossed leather-covered case, with two clasps (spine neatly repaired). Daguerreotype: “Martha Seville and daughter Emma age 4 years, year 1854” (from old handwritten label affixed to back of leather case). “H.S. Brown Artist Milwaukee” stamped on metal overmat. Sixth plate (8x7 cm; 3¼x2¾”) (Tarnished at edges). Bottom half only of embossed leather-covered case. Ambrotype: Charlotte Kyle and husband. 1855. Old handwritten description affix