Mary P. Turpin Booth
Unknown American, American
about 1850
Daguerreotype with half case
Plate: 2 1/2 × 2 in. (6.4 × 5.1 cm)
Case: 2 15/16 × 2 7/16 in. (7.5 × 6.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Andrew E. Lewin, Class of 1981
2005.61.2
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in graphite, on separate slip of paper: Mary P. Booth
Course History
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
Provenance
Unidentified Ohio dealer found the image in Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, along with other images including some identified as Eli Booth and a couple more identified as Mary Booth (said to have come from an old hotel); (the 1870 census for Mauch Chuck, Pennsylvania lists a Hotel Keeper Elias Booth and his wife Mary P. Booth, born Connecticut and at the corresponding age for Mary P. Turpin in 1860 Census); sold to Walt Plunkett, Tuscon, Arizona (dealer); sold via e-bay to Andrew Lewin, Scarsdale, New York, 2005; given to present collection, 2005.
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