ID'd Wisconsin Man Cotton Mill Worker 1840s Daguerreotype Photo Occupational educator which is how it looks

which is how it looks in my below average indoor lighting - will look much closer to pic #1 in proper indoor or outdoor lighting

Overall condition is very good as a whole

the back is blank and lightly soiled

There is room to hold 144

If they are posing with a gold nugget they must have made it to California

ID'd Wisconsin Man Cotton Mill Worker 1840s Daguerreotype Photo Occupational educator which is how it looks1840s, 1 6 plate daguerreotype of a man identified by a period note as, "Paige Nichols when he was young and overseer of cotton mill". Dag is in half of a case. It is tarnished and the right side of the liner is missing, but appears to be in VG condition otherwise. Paige Frederick Nichols was born on January 8, 1830 in New Hampshire, and died on March 20, 1916 in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.