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Courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

Title:

[Young gold rush widow, the mother of Mrs. Nellie Mayhood, of Oakland, holding a daguerreotype.]

Description:

Half length portrait of a young woman wearing a hat with a veil (mourning clothes?), and holding a daguerreotype.

Date:

[ca. 1858-1859]

Contributing Institution:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library