Wonderful sixth plate man with great hair half case original seals Holmes New York

Nice sixth plate daguerreotype of a guy with hair I could only wish to have. Full split case with original seals present. Image is signed in the lower corner Holmes 289 Broadway. Silas Holmes was a daguerreotypist in New York City. Noted also as Samuel Holmes; daguerreian, New York City and Brooklyn, N.

From 1848 to 1860 he was listed in New York City. Harrison at 289 Broadway, the LaFarge Buildings. In 1854 he was issued Patent #10,087 for a camera taking stereoscopic and other pictures, known as the double camera. There are sometimes directory listings for both S. They are probably the same.

Holmes listed his residence in Brooklyn from 1855 to 1860 at 61 Hicks Street. He was also noted as a former partner in Rees & Co.