Adam Schwarz's Gorgeous 1849s-54 Leather Wallet with Calendar, Notebook and Ambrotype in and watercolor Some pencil writing on first

Some pencil writing on first few pages too

making me believe this may be the original from which his bronzes were made

Watercolor or tempera on paper mounted to lightweight cardboard

with some darkening to the blue paper along the left side and small stains here and there

and even better in a group

Adam Schwarz's Gorgeous 1849s-54 Leather Wallet with Calendar, Notebook and Ambrotype in and watercolor Some pencil writing on firstI purchased this and a second leather covered notebook from the same old school antique shop in New Hampshire, where I've turned up some really interesting things now again. I haven't dug too deep into the history here but I believe the Adam Schwarz who kept this notebook, and who I would guess is the subject of the ambrotype (or at least a relative of), is Johan Adam Schwarz (he's written the name Johan a few times in the notebook), born 1809 in