Title:
[George Hobe.]
Creator/Contributor:
Ford, J. M. (James M.), photographer
Abstract:
Three-quarter length portrait, seated, with goatee beard. One arm rests on cloth-covered table, the other rests on his leg.
Date:
[ca. 1854]
Subject:
Men
Pioneers -- California
Note:
George Hobe came to the United States from Hamburg, Germany, in 1834, at age nine. In 1849 he came around Cape Horn to San
Francisco. After an unsuccessful attempt at mining, he opened a cigar store in San Francisco and became an accountant. He
was also active in Masonic organizations. He married Harriet Augusta Wright, who came to San Francisco from Utica, New York
on the "Golden Age" in 1857. [Paraphrased from note in collection file by collector Zelda Mackay, who purchased the daguerreotype
from Hobe's son's widow, Mrs. Harry Kendrick Hobe.]
Arrived in California in 1849.
Type:
Portraits
Stereographs, Daguerreotypes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : stereo daguerreotype ; quarter plate, visible images 5.2 x 4 cm.
displayLabel="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric - scroll. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 11.7
x 9.2 cm. Notes: Mascher (Philadelphia, PA). Notes: spine label - 258 (from prior owner). Mascher stereo lense plate insert
in case cover.;;;displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face
and hands slightly hand colored. Mat: double oval. Preserver: textured (removed and stored separately).;;;displayLabel="Marks,
Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Stamped on mat (MC): J.M. Ford. Stamped on lens insert: Mascher's Improved Stereoscope
/ Philada. / Patent / March 8th 1853. Accompanying note (by collector Zelda Mackay): George Hobe who came around the Horn
from Hamburg, Germany, to San Francisco in 1849.;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:048--CASE
Filename:
brk00040033_8a.tif
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[George Hobe.]
