Rare "Father of the Erie Canal" ALFRED KELLEY Ohio HISTORY Daguerreotype 1800s photograph showing a little boy with

showing a little boy with his well-behaved dog

but the plate itself appears to be flawless

resealed with archival tape

Overall very good

Rare "Father of the Erie Canal" ALFRED KELLEY Ohio HISTORY Daguerreotype 1800s photograph showing a little boy withRare original quarter plate daguerreotype of Alfred Kelley, photographed late 1840s. Housed behind mat and cover glass in its original leather case. Identified with a period note pinned to the silk mat, this portrait would have been taken around the time Kelley became president of the Columbus and Xenia Railroad in 1847. More, from Wikipedia: Alfred Kelley (November 7, 1789December 2, 1859) was a banker, canal builder, lawyer, railroad executive, and