Title:
[Sacramento Street; view toward bay down the north side of street, San Francisco.]
Creator/Contributor:
Shew, William, 1820-1903, photographer
Abstract:
A wrong-reading (reversed) view from a roof top. Image includes men, carts, wagons, horses, and bales of goods on the street
and sidewalk. Signs on buildings in the foreground read: Circulating Library, Golden Era, [Pai]nts and Oils, D[ ]ney & Co.
Gold Dust..., and Pacific Mail Steamship Co., among others. A large metal top hat is on top of one building, presumably advertising
a hatter or clothing store. Masts of ships are visible in the distance.
Date:
[ca. 1852-1853]
Subject:
Men
Buildings
Cities and towns
Streets
Carriages & coaches
San Francisco (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Note:
Although attributed by prior owner to Shew, image was possibly taken from roof of the R.H. Vance Gallery. A woodcut published
in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly (June 29, 1859), was probably engraved from this image. The photograph may have been
intentionally wrong-reading, for ease of reproduction. [Observations by Peter Palmquist in his article "The Daguerreotype
in San Francisco" in History of Photography, v.4 no.3.]
Collector Zelda Mackay acquired this image from the son and daughter of Oregon photographer Peter Britt, who was said to have
received it as a gift from photographer William Shew.
Tarnish lines from a former rectangular mat are visible. A brass preserver was present, but has been removed and retained
separately.
Type:
Daguerreotypes
Landscapes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; whole plate, visible image 20.3 x 15.5 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Accompanying note (modern, possibly by collector Zelda Mackay)
identifies view, date, photographer, and provenance. Plate mark: [flower] [lamb of God within crescents] 40.;;;displayLabel="Image
Package Note">Original component parts: plate, cover glass, preserver. Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).;;;displayLabel="Container
or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: plain. Material: leather (pigskin) over wood. Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.2 cm. Pad: red velvet.
Notes: spine label - 417 (from prior owner).;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:104--CASE
Filename:
brk00040089_8a.tif
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