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Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.54 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
David Allen Starr
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.54 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.

David Allen Starr

Subject (American, 1842 - 1890)
MediumPhotography; daguerreotype on silver-coated copper plate under glass with gilt mat in wooden case with embossed red velvet pad
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (photo height x width): 2 1/8 × 1 5/8in. (5.4 × 4.1cm)
Other (height x width of closed case): 3 × 2 1/2in. (7.6 × 6.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers
DescriptionDaguerreotype of David Allen Starr (1842-1890) as a young man. Case is brown with a scroll motif. Embossed red velvet pad has a scroll motif. A lock of brown hair is pinned to the velvet pad.
Object number2015.62.54
NotesDavid Allen Starr (1842-1890) is the son of David Holt Starr (1813-1843) and Harriet Newell Rogers (1821-1916). He married Julia Wightman Jerome (1846-1944) in 1867. They had two children: Ada Newell Starr (1876-1979) and Nellie Jerome Starr (1887-1972).
On View
Not on view
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.44 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rev. Curtis Keeney
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.30 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Harriet Newell Darrow
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.48  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Samuel Root
1851-1853
Gift of Daniel Piotrowski in memory of Horace W. Sellers III, 2016.100.111 © 2016 The Connectic…
Jane Wells
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.92  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Charles DeForest Fredricks
about 1865
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.93  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Samuel Root
after 1851
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.94  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Samuel Root
after 1851
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.45  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Collins Skylight Portraits
1847-1851
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.43 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Curtis Keeney
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.91  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
M. A. & S. Root
about 1865
Gift of Roger M. and Maria C. Rogers, 2015.62.42 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
John Rogers Jerome