"Cases of Character: Selections from Photographic Case Art in the B. and H. Henisch Photo-History Collection" will be on display until July 31 in The University Libaries' B. and H. Henisch Photo-History Collection Exhibit Room, 201A Pattee Library.

The exhibit focuses daguerr-eotype case design, a significant secondary art from that was quite popular during the latter part of the nineteenth century.

One of the earliest needs of the photographic trade was to guard the delicate surface of daugerreotypes from abrasion and dust.

The design of these protective covers became a new form of craftsmanship.