Frank Bell Governor, Nevada State Prison Warden Rare 1850s Ambrotype Political mourning In the winter of 1860

In the winter of 1860 he was elected to the Alameda County

The daguerreotypes are in overall very good or better antique condition

which was at Cooper's Point in Camden

you will see some other photos available that were purchased along with this album

The cases are generally in good antique condition with some edge and/or corner chips

Frank Bell Governor, Nevada State Prison Warden Rare 1850s Ambrotype Political mourning In the winter of 1860Rare original sixth plate ambrotype of Francis "Frank" Jardine Bell, photographedby Broadbent in Philadelphia, probably right before he headed off to Nevada atthe early age of just 18, to supervise the construction of the transcontinentaltelegraph line. He would become a telegraph operator, and telegraphed Nevada'sConstitution to Washington, D. C. in 1864, later becoming the 6th governor ofNevada (and first foreign born governor)and warden of the