Title:
[James Otis Johnson and his two children.]
Date:
[ca. 1855]
Subject:
Fathers & children
Families
Note:
A native of Indiana, Johnson came to California in the gold rush and was a founder of the town of Dixon, near Sacramento,
in 1852. He was a farmer and wagonmaker. [Paraphrased from notes by collector Zelda Mackay.]
Type:
Portraits
Daguerreotypes
Physical Description:
2 photographs : daguerreotype ; sixth plate.
displayLabel="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: grapes (Krainik no. 183). Material: brown thermoplastic. Dimensions:
9.8 x 8.8 cm. Notes: S. Peck & Co. October 3, 1854. Notes: spine label - 342 (from prior owner). Double case with 2 images.;;;displayLabel="Marks,
Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Printed in case well: Improved Union cases. / - / S. Peck's Patent, / October 3, 1854.
/ - / S. Peck & Co., / of New Haven, Conn., / Are sole manufacturers of the Im- / proved Union Cases, of which, the latest,
/consists in the beautiful shades of color, / and fineness of texture, and of having / the hinges inserted in Metal; thus
pre- / venting the breaking out of the hinge.;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:028--CASE
Filename:
brk00040013_8a.tif
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[James Otis Johnson and his two children.]
