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Gray-Stirn plates, round glass plates, each 5 1/2" in diameter and each intended to carry six negative images, were made for use in the Gray-Stirn Concealed Vest camera, also called the Buttonhole Camera, one of a class known as "detective cameras" and one which enjoyed considerable popularity during the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
Engle's subjects include various friends and relatives; scenes in Gettysburg,
Lancaster, and Marietta, Pennsylvania, including views of the Marietta flood,
1889; street scenes in Indianapolis, Indiana, including Memorial Day parade,
1888; and individuals and locations associated with the National Convention
of the Prohibition Party, 1888. Included is Leos' "Report: Research on Horace
M. Engle," 1972, 1 folder.
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