Intriguing 1840s 1/6 Daguerreotype Woman Sick or Mourning? Girl & Hidden Figure painting Woman posing with an advertising

Woman posing with an advertising banner and wearing a decorated dress for Creech & Spencer Grocers in Webb City

antique photos of a cute Saint Bernard (I think

The back is blank with "Puss Asleep" written in neat period pen along one edge

so this tintype was made circa 1872

Intriguing 1840s 1/6 Daguerreotype Woman Sick or Mourning? Girl & Hidden Figure painting Woman posing with an advertisingInteresting sixth plate daguerreotype of a woman and a little girl, who is leaning on the shoulder of a third woman that is cut off by the edge of the mat, but is largely still visible. The dag is unsealed and has several typical mat abrasions, but the one along the right edge seems intentionally done, maybe a misguided attempt at hiding the partially visible woman. Apart from the abrasions, the dag has a lot of little mold spiders, but no swipes or