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  Standard Daguerreotype Sizes

Whole plate 6 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches
Half plate 4 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches
Quarter plate 3 1/4 by 4 1/4 inches
Sixth plate 2 3/4 by 3 1/4 inches
Ninth plate 2 by 2 1/2 inches
Sixteenth plate 1 3/8 by 1 5/8 inches



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