Collection Highlights
Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover
1950
1956.7
Oil on paper laid on board
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Buffs for daguerreotype plates (2)
Object name
Buffs for daguerreotype plates (2)
Date
1840-1860
Medium
Wood, cotton, buckskin
Dimensions
largest: 2 3/4 x 25 3/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 7 x 64.5 x 9.2 cm )
Description
Two long, rectangular paddles, each with inner surface covered with cotton padding and buckskin, cylindrical handle made separately and attached with screws, and traces of jeweller's rouge on surface of buckskin.
Credit Line
Purchase, Abbott Fund
Object Number
1954.231a-b
Gallery Label
Buffers such as these were used to polish daguerreotype plates with jeweller's rouge prior to sensitizing them.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
