Asa Forsyth Tift
Photograph
Daguerreotype portrait of Key West wrecker and warehouse owner Asa Forsyth Tift. Seated portrait housed in an embossed paper case with red velvet liner and attached label reading 'Asa Tift'. Sharp detail and clarity with tinted cheeks. The daguerreotype was found by Ernest Hemingway's widow, Mary, when cleaning out his belongings from the store room at Sloppy Joe's Bar in 1962.
2021.01.0002
Civil War
Daguerreotype
Tift, Asa Forsyth
Photograph Collection
circa 1865 - circa 1880
19th Century
Photograph, Black-and-White
Photograph
Graphic Documents
Documentary Objects
Category 08: Communication Objects
4-5/8 in
3-5/8 in
5/8 in
At Acquisition
Good