Three sixth plates (two are double cases) and a ninth plate.

1) Case #172, 'Birds at the Fountain,' in Union Cases, by Krainik Krainik and Walvoord. Case #2-59, 'Birds at the Water Fountain 1,' in Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases and Wall Frames, by Paul Berg. Hidden mother daguerreotype of an infant (see insert).

2) Case #138, 'The Farmer's Dream,' in Union Cases. Case #1-93, 'Child in a Tree, Farm Scene, in the Berg book. Features 2 daguerreotypes; one of woman looking at us with fingerless gloves, and a young man with dark jacket and white pants.

3) Case #174, 'Jardiniere of Fruit,' in Union Cases. Case #2-32, 'Vase of Fruit,' in the Berg book. Features a woman holding a book while her arm rests on another book, and a well-dressed older man.

4) Ninth plate geometric case includes a daguerreotype of a woman from a religious order.

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