c. 1870 Microphotograph of Blood Cells Under Microscope, Dr. S. W. Fletcher, Pepperell MA (2 of 2) West Indies (better than photos convey

(better than photos convey

with just a bit of loss of gilding in a few spots

and linen parka

IL in the 1970s

which has chipped some

c. 1870 Microphotograph of Blood Cells Under Microscope, Dr. S. W. Fletcher, Pepperell MA (2 of 2) West Indies (better than photos conveyI don't know a whole lot about microphotography or about blood cells either, really! but I know that this is a microphotograph (a photograph taken under a microscope) of blood, and that is was produced by Dr. S. W. Fletcher of Pepperell, MA c. 1870s. (Included in documentation is another from the set this came from, that one mounted with printed attribution on the board.) I've learned that William Henry Fox Talbot (18001877) was taking photographs