Group of daguerrotypes, ambrotypes, and cabinet card related to the family of Alfred Henry Martine (1831 – 1905) including: two (2) 1/9 plate daguerreotypes housed in tooled leather cases depicting Alfred Martine as a 23-year-old young man including one dated en verso "April 14, 1854, New York", one 1/9 plate ambrotype in a tooled leather case of a toddler and one 1/9 plate daguerreotype in an octagonal Union case of a young girl both depicting Mary Florence Merwin; one 1/9 plate sized cabinet card of an unidentified young woman; one 1/16 ambrotype of an unidentified male in a molded case and one 1/16 daguerreotype of an unidentified male in leather case. Lot also included a 1/9 plate size empty molded Union case and a set of carved miniature bone cutlery including spoons, forks, and knives, and two miniature silver spoons belonging to the mother of Alfred Henry Martine.
PROVENANCE: Private Knoxville, TN collection. By descent through the family of Alfred Henry Martine. Alfred Henry Martine (1831 – 1905) was born in New Hampshire to William Martine and Henrietta Tuttle. He was married to Flora Emma Whitting (1841 – 1935). The couple adopted Flora''s niece Henrietta "Hettie" Emma Smith (1862 – 1950) and she was married Hubert John Merwin (1858 – 1935). Alfred Martine served in the United States Navy during the Civil War and was the superintendent of water works at Fall River, Massachusetts after the war. He moved to Knoxville, TN in 1884 and was in charge of the Knoxville Water Works. He also spent time in Middlesboro, Kentucky, where he helped construct the town''s waterworks. He died in Knoxville in 1901. His adoptive daughter Hattie and her husband Hubert John Merwin, who was a Civil Engineer, were also residing in Knoxville at the time of Martine''s death.

CONDITION: All items are in overall good condition. The daguerreotype images all exhibit some minor losses and ghosting to images. The ambrotype of the toddler with scattered pinprick losses.