: Broken glass original collodion negatives made by Alexander [[Hesler]], in Springfield, Illinois, June 3, 1860. Reproduced from gelatin silver prints.
[Also describing [[a60fc2]]] Reproduced from gelatin silver prints of two positives printed on glass, about 1900, from the original negatives made by Alexander [[Hesler]], in [[Springfield]], Illinois, June 3, 1860.
Duplicate negatives were made in 1881. The original negatives were cracked in the mail in 1933. "The Post Office paid the claim and presented the broken negatives to the Smithsonian Institution."
Photograph by Alexander [[Hesler]], Springfield, Sunday, June 3, 1860