Title:
[Mrs. C.C. Beekman of Jacksonville, Oregon.]
Creator/Contributor:
Britt, Peter, 1819-1905, photographer
Abstract:
Bust length portrait, wearing a white lace collar and gold jewelry (brooch).
Date:
[ca. 1855-ca. 1870]
Subject:
Women
Young adults
Pioneers
Note:
Cover glass painted blue with black trim for a mat effect.
Type:
Portraits
Opalotypes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : opalotype ; quarter plate (in whole plate case), visible image 11.4 x 8.8 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Letter fragment adhered to cardboard backing panel bears date
1867. Label (typewritten, presumably by collector Zelda Mackay): Beautiful porcelain photograph of Mrs. C.C. Beeckman, wife
of pioneer banker of Jacksonville. Oregon. Taken about 1860 by Peter Britt, first photographer of Oregon, who crossed the
plains in 1852. Gift of his son and daughter, Emil and Mollie Britt from the Britt Museum, Jackson-/ ville, Oregon.;;;displayLabel="Image
Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Plate: milk glass or porcelain, face and jewelry slightly
hand colored. Mat: pebble-grained board with oval window. Cover glass: painted?;;;displayLabel="Container or Case Note">Type:
case. Material: leather (pigskin) over wood. Dimensions: 23 x 18 cm. Pad: purple velvet. Notes: spine label - 434 (from prior
owner).;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:103--CASE
Filename:
brk00040088_8a.tif
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[Mrs. C.C. Beekman of Jacksonville, Oregon.]
