(1851-59) Token Miller La-33 Copper E. Jacobs
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Edward Jacobs (1813-1892) was a daguerreotype artist at 93 Camp Street in New Orleans. Jacobs photographed General Zachary Taylor and other notable figures, establishing himself as one of the premier photographers in the antebellum South. He was a member of the Hebrew Benevolent Association and an active participant in New Orleans's Jewish community. His copper and brass tokens (Miller La-33 and La-34) advertised his photographic studio during the golden age of the daguerreotype, when portrait photography was transforming how Americans documented their lives and appearances. Cataloged as Miller La-33 in the standard reference for American merchant tokens.
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Miller La-33.
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Miller La-33
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