Half Plate McClees Germon Daguerreotype Philadelphia Walter Cresson & Wife ID'd celebrities I know from experience a

I know from experience a restorer can remove this if it's an issue

All words are readable under magnification

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Here is a great original cabinet card of Margaret Josephine "Josie" Scheie Isackson (1861-1945) with her twin sister Johannah Melinda “Hannah” Scheie Fjeld (1861-1951)

Half Plate McClees Germon Daguerreotype Philadelphia Walter Cresson & Wife ID'd celebrities I know from experience aOriginal half plate daguerreotype of a man and his beautiful wife by McClees & Germon their black and gold Philadelphia studio label is on the bottom of the mat. Case is 6" x 4. 75" closed. Scratched onto the back of the dag is the following ID and date: "Walter and Alice H. Cresson December 8, 1847" The Cressons were a prominent family in Philadelphia. They were successful merchants and saw makers. Walter (1817 1893) married Alice Hunnum (1824 1915)