Guide to the Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, bulk ca. 1845-ca. 1870

Portraits from the Adams and McGaw families. BANC PIC 1981.027

Abstract

9 items selected from the Portraits from the Adams and McGaw families.

The Portraits from the Adams and McGaw families consist of 62 photographic prints (including cartes de visite, miniatures, tintypes, ambrotype, and daguerreotypes) spanning the dates of ca. 1845-ca. 1940. Photographs are of members of the Adams and McGaw families: many of Bruce McRae (some in uniform) and Bernice McGaw Taylor Adams. Others show Mary Carver Adams, D.G. McGaw, and others.

Provenance

Transferred from the Adams family papers (BANC MSS 81/96 z).

[Unidentified boy.] [ca. 1846-1850] BANC PIC 1981.027:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.7 x 5.8 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a boy wearing a white collar.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat: textured octagonal.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.2 cm. Pad: brown (or black?) silk. Notes: possibly a John Plumbe case. Case warped. Image package removed and stored separately.

Subjects

Boys

Children

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified young man.] [ca. 1845] BANC PIC 1981.027:002--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.9 x 5.7 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait, seated, with hand grasping double-breasted jacket.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Die maker's mark on case cover (LL): PRETLOVE.

Original seal removed and retained separately, made from writing paper with fragments of numbers written in ink.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat: textured dome topped (elliptical).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - variant of Mixed Flowers (Rinhart no. 138). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 cm. Pad: red silk. Notes: diemaker: Pretlove.

Subjects

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified man with a young girl.] [ca. 1845] BANC PIC 1981.027:003--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; quarter plate, visible image 8.7 x 7.1 cm.

Content/Description

Full length portrait of a man, seated, with a girl standing next to him. They are in front of a backdrop of a column. A rug is also visible.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat: plain oval.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 11 x 9.3 cm. Pad: red silk. Notes: horizontal orientation, case hinged at short end (notebook style.) English or French case.

Subjects

Men

Girls

Fathers & children

Children

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Unidentified man.] [ca. 1860's] BANC PIC 1981.027:004--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: albumen on paper; visible image 5 x 3.9 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a man.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped on mat: Dean & Emerson Patent Applied for / Worcester Mass No 12.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: paper. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral / geometric. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 7.2 x 6.1 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: blackened well (ambrotype case).

Subjects

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Vignette portrait of Mary Carver Adams.] [ca. 1858] BANC PIC 1981.027:005--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 5.3 x 4 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading portrait of a woman. Only her face, neck and collar are visible.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying news clipping: Death [1860] On the 8th instant, in the 28th year of her age, Miss MARY CARVER ADAMS, daughter of Jas. Adams, Esq. Her funeral will take place from the residence of her father, No. 21 Four-and-a -half street, to-morrow (Wednes-day) at 3 o'clock P.M.; at which the friends of the family are invited to attend.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum on backing glass, face slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral / geometric. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 7.3 x 6 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified elderly woman.] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1981.027:006--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; one-third plate, visible image 8.7 x 7.5 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a woman seated next to a table. She wearing a bonnet with spectacles perched on top, and is holding knitting work and a card with 86 scratched over it on the plate (her age?). Several books are on the table and a cane is in front.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Plate: table cover slightly hand colored. Mat: octagonal.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: Curved Octagon with Scroll Center (Rinhart no. 219). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 12 x 10.8 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed single leaf motif.

General Note

Plate size indicates likely British or European origin.

Subjects

Women

Aged persons

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified man with a beard.] [ca. 1854] BANC PIC 1981.027:007--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Whitehurst, J. H., photographer

Physical Description: 1 photograph: stereo daguerreotype; quarter plate, visible image 6 x 4 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a young man with a beard

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Printed in gold on case (in well of cover, behing stereo viewer insert): J.H. Whitehurst, / Daguerreotypist. / N 205 Baltimore Street / Baltimore. / Stereoscopic Pictures taken in the / highest perfection of the Art.

Stamped on lens insert: MASCHER'S IMPROVED STEREOSCOPE / PHILADA. / PATENT / MARCH 8TH 1853.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: single plate with two images, faces slightly hand colored. Mat: plain stereoscopic (double) oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Material: leather (pigskin) over wood. Notes: Mascher stereo lense plate insert in case cover. Eickmeyer style case, but with no patent statement.

General Note

Two images taken on a single plate suggests the use of a stereo camera rather than two images, taken separately, and positioned as stereo.

Subjects

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified man with a beard.] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1981.027:007--DIG

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[Bearded young man.] [ca. 1850-1854] BANC PIC 1981.027:008--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Whitehurst, J. H., photographer

Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.6 x 5.4 cm.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Plate mark (LR): Doublé [with lamb] [star].

Blind stamped on mat (under preserver, LC): Whitehurst.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face hand colored. Mat: octagonal. Preserver: decorative with floral motif.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - goblet or urn with flowers. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed motif. Notes: blackened well (ambrotype case).

General Note

Photographer Jesse Harrison Whitehurst had numerous galleries in East Coast cities, including New York City, Washington D.C. and various towns in Virginia. The sitter may be a relative of Mary Carver Adams, who was a resident of Washington D.C.

Subjects

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified man with a beard.] January 2, 1860 BANC PIC 1981.027:009--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: collodion positive on leather; ninth plate, visible image 5 x 3.7 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a man with a beard, wearing a tie tack.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

On leather (verso): Taken Jan[uar]y. 2n[d] 1.860.

Blind stamped on mat: Dean & Emerson Patent Applied for / Worcester Mass No 17.

Inscribed in case well (written 6 times): 2oz.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: leather; jewelry slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral / geometric. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 7.2 x 6.1 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: blackened well (ambrotype case).

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

Portraits of African-Americans from the Elizabeth and James Abajian collection of Afro-Americana. BANC PIC 1982.035

Abstract

1 item selected from the collection of Portraits of African Americans.

The collection of Portraits of African Americans consists of approximately 235 photographic prints spanning the dates of ca. 1860-ca. 1980. These images were collected by historian James de T. Abajian, and include many African American celebrities, leaders, and historical figures. Many of the images are publicity stills or wire photographs.

UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.

Provenance

Provenance: Forms part of the Elizabeth and James Abajian collection of Afro-Americana.

[Unidentified black woman.] August 30, 1860 BANC PIC 1982.035:235--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 4.8 x 3.5 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a woman wearing striped dress with white lace collar and jewelry (brooch).

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

On mat: Holmes, Booth and Haydens Superfine / Waterbury, Conn. [?].

Inscribed in case well (in pencil): Aug. 30, 1860.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing (emulsion up) and blackened well. Jewelry slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 7.3 x 6 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

Bohnett, Evans, and Markham family photograph collection. ca. 1852-ca. 1950 BANC PIC 2000.027

Abstract

11 items selected from the Bohnett, Evans, and Markham family photograph collection.

The Bohnett, Evans, and Markham family photograph collection consists of approximately 2,000 photographs spanning the dates of ca. 1850-ca. 1950. It consists chiefly of studio portraits and snapshots of these families of early California settlers.

Processing Information

UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.

Provenance

Transferred from the John Evans Bohnett, Ruth Evans Bohnett, Joan Evans Bohnett, and Barbara L. Bohnett collection.

[Unidentified bearded man.] [ca. 1854] BANC PIC 2000.027:01--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.5 x 5.2 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a seated man with a beard and mustache, wearing a standing collar.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern, presumably by a family member): Could be Frances E. Markham['s] Uncle or even father.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face and jewelry slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: textured.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - mixed flowers. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 cm. Pad: blue velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified woman, presumably of the Evans or Markham family.] [ca. 1850?] BANC PIC 2000.027:02--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.8 x 5.6 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a woman, seated, wearing lace fingerless gloves and jewelry.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Plate mark (UL): Scovill MFG. Co. / Extra.

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern): Grandmother Frances Markham Evans A[unt? or &?] Lizzie?

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: jewelry slightly hand colored. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 cm. Notes: Only fragments of back of case present, stored separately from image.

Subjects

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified young mother and daughter.] [ca. 1855-1860?] BANC PIC 2000.027:04--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; quarter plate, visible image 8.9 x 6.5 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length portrait of a seated young woman and small girl, presumably her daughter. The woman is wearing a lace shawl and jewelry.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing, jewelry hand colored. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 12 x 9.5 cm.

Subjects

Young adults

Girls

Women

Mothers & children

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Stereo portrait of an unidentified seated man with a moustache, perhaps a Markam family member.] [ca. 1854-1856] BANC PIC 2000.027:03--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: stereo daguerreotype; quarter plate, visible image 5.2 x 4 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length portrait of a man, seated with his arm resting on a table. He has a large mustache, and is wearing a high collar with a large bow tie.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Stamped on lens insert: MASCHER'S IMPROVED STEREOCOP[ ] / PHILADA. / PATENT MARCH 8th 185[3].

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern): Could be Grandmother Frances E Markham's father or even uncle.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, fragment of preserver. Plate: both images on single plate. Mat: plain, stereoscopic (double) oval. Preserver: mostly lacking (fragments removed).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: leaf scroll. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.3 cm. Notes: Mascher stereo lense plate insert in case cover. Push-button closure.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

Detail of image side only

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[Unidentified girl in a hat and tartan-fringed cloak.] [ca. 1856-1860] BANC PIC 2000.027:05--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; quarter plate, visible image 8.8 x 6.5 cm.

Content/Description

Full length portrait of a girl standing next to table.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

On frame (verso): (top) [paten]ted ; (bottom) Aug 7, 1855.

Accompanying note [unsure if goes with this image]: Lizzie ?

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, cover glass(?) Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Cover glass: encapsulated in new glass.

Container or Case Note

Type: frame. Motif: leaf. Material: black thermoplastic with gold paint. Dimensions: octagonal 13.4 x 10.9 cm. Notes: significant loss to edges of frame. Image package removed for separate storage.

Subjects

Girls

Children

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified baby with a gold necklace.] [ca.1860] BANC PIC 2000.027:06--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.5 x 5.4 cm.

Content/Description

Full length portrait of a baby, seated, wearing jewelry (necklace), and barefoot.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

One of several unidentified portraits received in a large envelop with 2 notes stating "Dad - Geo. S. Evans, Jr." and "Wilson Evans?" Notes might apply to this image or to any of several others (this collection, items 6-11.)

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing and blackened melainotype backing plate, jewelry hand colored. Mat: oval. Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).

Container or Case Note

Type: frame. Motif: geometric (Berg no. 7-62). Material: black thermoplastic. Dimensions: oval 15 x 13 cm. Notes: Frame broken. Image package removed for separate storage.

Subjects

Children

Infants

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified baby touching a gold necklace.] [ca. 1860] BANC PIC 2000.027:07--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 7 x 5.6 cm.

Content/Description

Full length portrait of a barefoot baby seated next to a table.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

One of several unidentified portraits from a large envelop with 2 notes stating "Dad - Geo. S. Evans, Jr." and "Wilson Evans?" Notes might apply to this image or to any of several others (this collection, items 6-11.)

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing and blackened melainotype backing plate, jewelry hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: frame. Motif: geometric (Berg no. 7-62). Material: black thermoplastic. Dimensions: oval 15 x 13 cm. Notes: image package found out of frame, but near it. Similar baby portrait (item 6) was in matching frame. Presumably framed as a pair. (Framed removed and housed separately.)

Subjects

Children

Infants

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified man, woman and child.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 2000.027:08--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; quarter plate, visible image 9.1 x 6.7 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length portrait of a man, woman and small girl, seated next to each other. The mother is wearing a shawl. Parts of a studio brace[?] are visible supporting the child.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (modern): Could be Grandmother Frances E. Markham as a baby with father and mother. [Cataloger's note: does not match with age of F.E. Markham in identified adult portrait from family papers, although similar in features.]

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Mat: nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.2 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed scroll motif. Notes: case extremely deteriorated. Fragments stored separately from image package.

Subjects

Women

Men

Girls

Families

Children

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Frances E. Markham.] [ca. 1858] BANC PIC 2000.027:09--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.4 x 5.1 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait as a girl or young woman, seated, wearing jewelry (bracelets, ring and necklace), and a lace collar.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical), foil over paper. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: variant of Leaf Circle (Rinhart no. 197). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.2 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed scroll and floral motif.

General Note

An identified copy (albumen photographic print) of this portrait is present in the Bohnett, Evans, and Markham family photograph collection.

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Teenagers

Girls

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified woman.] [ca. 1858] BANC PIC 2000.027:10--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 5.1 x 4.3 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a woman wearing jewelry (earrings) and a belt.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern): "? Grandmother France E. Markham's aunt?"

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with partial asphaltum backing behind figure (en relievo), face slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: oval and leaf. Material: cloth and paper over wood. Dimensions: 7.5 x 6.2 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified man.] [ca. 1865] BANC PIC 2000.027:11--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; ninth plate, visible image 4.9 x 4.2 cm.

Content/Description

Tintype copy image of cased portrait - a half length view of a man with a beard around his jawline.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate. Cover glass: added glass.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 7.5 X 6.3 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: case almost certainly not original to image, which is a tintype copy.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

Photographs from the Bourn family papers. BANC PIC 1986.016

Abstract

3 items selected from the Photographs from the Bourn family papers.

The Photographs from the Bourn family papers consist of approximately 1,600 items spanning the dates of ca. 1860-ca. 1939. The collection includes many family portraits (William Bowers Bourn, Ida Bourn, Augustus O. Bourn, Frank Bourn, Sarah Bourn, Maud Bourn, Maye Bourn, and others.) Also included are photographs of the Bourn-owned Empire Mine (Calif.), the family residence at Grass Valley, family homes in various other locations (including the Filoli estate.) Views in Napa County, Calif., are present, including St. Helena and the Greystone Winery. Also included are some photographs of South Africa, such as ports, homes, and scenery.

Processing Information

PARTIALLY ARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.

Provenance

Transferred from the Bourn family papers (BANC MSS 86/94 c).

[Frank Bourn (1861-1872).] [ca. 1865] BANC PIC 1986.016:001--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Bradley & Rulofson, photographer

Physical Description: 1 photograph: opalotype; visible image 7.3 x 5.3 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait, wearing a tartan patterned top.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Label (printed, on verso of frame): From / Bradley & Rulofson's / Celebrated / First Premium Gallery / Corner of Montgomery and Sacramento Streets, / San Francisco. / This Magnificent establishment has more room, larger lights, greater facilities and produces FINER / Photographs than any other, and received the Three First Premiums at the / Mechanics Institute Fair of 1865. / Depot of genuine Patent enameled Card Pictures. / "Sun Pearls", Beautiful, Durable and inexpensive / None but the most accomplished Artists employed, and all work warranted. / H.W. Bradley W.H. Rulofson.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, cover glass. Plate: milk glass.

Container or Case Note

Type: frame. Material: cardboard. Dimensions: 22 x 16.5 cm.

Subjects

Children

Boys

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Full length portrait of Maye C. Bourn, standing, with arm at side.] [ca. 1860s] BANC PIC 1986.016:002--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; half plate?, visible image 12 x 9 cm.

Content/Description

One arm is resting on a wooden balustrade prop. She is wearing jewelry (earrings, necklace, bracelet, and ring).

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped on mat (top): Scovill MFG Co Superior; (bottom): Waterbury Conn No 852.

Label (handwritten): Miss May C / Bourn / TF.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat. Plate: face slightly hand colored. Mat: nonpareil.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container. Dimensions: 13 x 9.5 cm. (image package).

Subjects

Teenagers

Girls

Children

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Full length portrait of Maye C. Bourn, standing, with hand at cheek.] [ca. 1860s] BANC PIC 1986.016:003--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; half plate?, visible image 11.5 x 8.1 cm.

Content/Description

Her elbow and hand are resting on a wooden balustrade prop. She is wearing jewelry (earrings, necklace, bracelets, and ring).

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped on mat (sides): Holmes, Booth & Hayden's Superfine / Waterbury. Conn. No 39.

Label (handwritten in ballpoint pen): TF / Maye C. Bourn.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat. Plate: face slightly hand colored. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical).

Container or Case Note

Type: no container. Dimensions: 13.2 x 9.8 cm. (mat edge).

Subjects

Teenagers

Girls

Children

Genre/Format

Portraits

Portrait miscellany of Brumagim and Walsworth family members. BANC PIC 1970.002

Abstract

The Portrait miscellany of Brumagim and Walsworth family members consists of 4 images (in 3 cases) which were added by the library to a portrait miscellany of unrelated items from various sources. The Brumagim / Walsworth portraits date from ca. 1850-ca. 1858.

Biographical Note

The Brumagim and Walsworth families, related by marriage, were California pioneers of the town of Marysville. Frances Janet Pierson Brumagim and Sarah A. Pierson Walsworth are believed to have been sisters. Both families appear to have come from New York to California; the Walsworths in November, 1852. Jacob Henry Brumagim was reportedly the first banker of Marysville, and Edward B. Walsworth served there as minister for ten years. Walsworth was also a Presbyterian minister in Oakland, Calif.

Provenance

Gift of Clinton E. Brooks.

[Reverend Edward Brown Walsworth, founder of the Oakland College School, with wife Sarah.] Nov. 13, 1852 BANC PIC 1970.002:002--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 5.6 x 6.8 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length portrait, seated. The woman (Sara A. Pierson Walsworth) is holding a book.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (handwritten, early): This picture was taken in N. York at the Home Miss[ion] Society Rooms just before we sailed for Cal. November 13, 1852.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: textured rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: textured.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral. Dimensions: 8.2 x 9.4 cm. Pad: red silk. Notes: case may not be original to image. Image package loose in case well.

Biographical Note

Walsworth was a minister in Marysville, Calif. and later at the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, Calif.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Couples

Young adults

Women

Men

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Edward Brown Walsworth with his wife Sarah A. Pierson Walsworth, small daugther Cornelia, and niece Elizabeth J. Brumagim.] [ca. 1850-1852] BANC PIC 1970.002:003--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Raymond (fl. 1850's), photographer

Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; half plate, visible image 8.9 x 12 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait with Walsworth and daughter seated between two women, his wife and niece.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

In case well: Raymond / Artist [?] / [Sept. 1852?]. [Possibly J.W. Raymond of Lima, New York?]

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: jewelry slightly handcolored gold. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15 x 12 cm. Pad: red silk.

Biographical Note

Rev. Walsworth and wife left New York for California in November, 1852.

Subjects

Children

Girls

Young adults

Women

Men

Families

Couples

Children

Pioneers -- California

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Henry Brumagim.] [ca. 1855-1858] BANC PIC 1970.002:004--CASE

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Physical Description: 2 photographs: ambrotype; sixth plate.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Printed in case well: A.P. Critchlow & Co., / Manufactures of / Daguerreotype Cases. / A.P.C. & Co. / are the Original Inventors of the / Composition for the Union Case, / (so called,) including all the various shades / of color and fineness of texture pecu- / liar to their manufacture and of the / Embracing Riveted hinges, thus / securing them from breaking out / as do others that are inserted / with or without a / metal brace. / - / Patent applied for. /

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: The Farmer's Dream / The Apple Picker (Krainik no. 138 / Rinhart no. 22). Material: brown thermoplastic. Dimensions: 9.7 x 8.9 cm. Notes: A.P. Critchlow & Co. Notes: double case with 2 images.

Subjects

Couples

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Left image: Jacob Henry Brumagim, banker, of Marysville, Calif.] [ca. 1855 - 1858] BANC PIC 1970.002:004a--CASE

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Physical Description: Ambrotype; visible image 6.9 x 5.6 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait, with a beard.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing, face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Right image: Mrs. J.H. Brumagim (Frances Janet Pierson Brumagim).] [ca. 1855-1858] BANC PIC 1970.002:004b--CASE

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Physical Description: Ambrotype; visible image 6.9 x 5.6 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a seated woman, wearing a headpiece, white collar and jewelry (chain, brooch and belt buckle).

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing, face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

Pictorial material from the Bunnell-Mapes family papers. BANC PIC 1983.122

Abstract

4 items selected from the Pictorial material from the Bunnell-Mapes family papers.

The Pictorial material from the Bunnell-Mapes family papers consists of approximately 345 items (including 2 daguerreotypes and 2 ambrotypes) spanning the dates of ca. 1850-1932. The collection consists largely of photographs of and relating to Bunnell family members and their homes in the San Francisco Bay Area and Connecticut. Also includes photos of the Waterman, Hart, Mapes, and Sterling families, as well as a small landscape study in oil painted by William Keith.

Processing Information

PARTIALLY ARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library

Provenance

Transferred from the Bunnell-Mapes family papers (BANC MSS 83/107 c).

[Catherine Mapes Bunnell as a girl.] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1983.122:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype, hand colored; sixth plate, visible image 6.8 x 5.5 cm.

Content/Description

In red dress, reclining on a chair in an artistic pose, with one hand at side of head.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Plate mark (UC): Doublé [in square over lamb bearing cross, between two crescents, with initials J and P at lower corners] 40 [in square at right].

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: dress and skin hand colored. Mat: nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8 cm.

Subjects

Girls

Children

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified young man.] [ca. 1850-1852] BANC PIC 1983.122:002--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; ninth plate, visible image 5.4 x 4.1 cm., image package 6.4 x 5.1 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a young man with a star (jewelry?) on his lapel.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Plate mark (LL): J.F.S. [initials inside of an elongated octagon] (in Rinhart, Hallmark 26-variant).

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: star on lapel and shirt slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container.

General Note

Formerly identified as James Sterling Bunnell (b. 1843), but estimated date of portrait does not support identification. Item 1983.122:002--CASE is also identified as James Sterling Bunnell, and this idenfification was confirmed by comparison to other family photographs.

Subjects

Teenagers

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[James Sterling Bunnell as a boy.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1983.122:003--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 5.5 x 4 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading, half length portrait of a boy wearing a wide, tartan patterned bow tie.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Note (handwritten): James S. Bunnell As a boy at Bridgeport, Conn. [Note found with 1983.122:002, but presumably switched. Identity of this subject confirmed by comparison to other family photographs.]

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, backing glass, mat, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum on backing glass (in the style of Cutting's Patent). Mat: plain oval. Cover glass: added cover glass. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 7.3 cm x 6.2 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Biographical Note

Father of Louise Mapes (Bunnell) Keeler, wife of Charles Augustus Keeler.

General Note

A cabinet card copy of this portrait is also present in the Pictorial material from the Bunnell-Mapes family papers.

Subjects

Children

Boys

Genre/Format

Portraits

[James Sterling Bunnell?] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1983.122:004--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 5.1 x 3.9 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a boy.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing and fabric backing, face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: frame. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 7.2 x 6 cm.

General Note

Same subject as 1983.122:003--CASE.

Subjects

Children

Teenagers

Boys

Genre/Format

Portraits

Portraits of Charles Butters from the Charles Butters papers. BANC PIC 1956.003

Abstract

1 item selected from the Portraits of Charles Butters from the Charles Butters papers.

The Portraits of Charles Butters from the Charles Butters papers consist of 13 items spanning the dates of ca. 1857-ca. 1933. This collection consists of portraits of Butters, and one of Jessie H. Butters. Additional photographs relating to his career have been accessioned as BANC PIC 1989.056.

Biographical Note

Charles Butters (1854-1833) was an international mining engineer and metallurgist.

Provenance

Transferred from the Charles Butters papers (BANC MSS C-B 748).

[Charles Butters as a young boy.] [ca. 1857] BANC PIC 1956.003:011--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 4.8 x 3.6 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading, half length portrait of a boy wearing a matching top [coat?] and hat. Both garments have tartan detailing.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped on mat: Dean & Emerson Patent Applied for Worcester, Mass. No [?].

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: clear glass with metal plate backing (removed and housed separately), face slightly hand colored. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: geometric. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 7.4 x 6 cm.

Subjects

Children

Boys

Genre/Format

Portraits

Cased photograph miscellany. BANC PIC 19xx.177

Abstract

The Cased photograph miscellany consists of 5 items dating from ca. 1856-ca. 1860. They are unidentified portraits from unknown sources.

[Unidentified seated woman and two girls.] [ca. 1858] BANC PIC 19xx.177:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.7 x 5.5 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length portrait of a woman and girls wear long ribbons or bows at their necks. Image appears to be of English or European origin. Woman may also be pictured in 19xx.177:005.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing, with blackened photographic paper added. Faces and bows hand colored. Mat: decorative with leaf scroll motif. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: plain, with rectabular double rule. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed grape motif.

Subjects

Mothers & children

Girls

Children

Women

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Unidentified baby.] [ca. 1858] BANC PIC 19xx.177:002--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 4.7 x 3.5 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length portrait of a baby sitting next to a partially visible woman.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing [emulsion up]; face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 6.2 x 7.5 cm. Pad: green velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Children

Infants

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Bearded man.] [ca. 1858] BANC PIC 19xx.177:003--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 6.4 x 5 cm.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped on plate (LC): Melainotype for Neff.

Blind stamped on mat: Dean & Emerson's Patent Applied for / Worcester Mass. No. 10.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: melainotype with face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: patriotic - Flag in Gold with variant border (Rinhart no. 66). Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified seated woman holding a book.] [ca. 1858-1860] BANC PIC 19xx.177:004--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 5.4 x 4.2 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length portrait of a woman seated in a leather chair, holding a book and wearing a thin dark ribbon around her neck secured with a brooch, and a ring on her finger.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing [emulsion up]; face, lips, cuffs and jewelry slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 6.3 x 7.5 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified young man and woman.] [ca. 1856] BANC PIC 19xx.177:005--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.4 x 5.2 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length portrait of a man and a woman. The woman is seated, with man standing at her side, hand on shoulder. Woman appears to be the same as that pictured in 19xx.177:001. Style of brass mat indicates likely European origin.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing, with face and gold jewelry hand colored. Mat: dome topped (elliptical) decorative with cross-in-diamond motif. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - oval and scroll. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.7 x 8.3 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed leaf scroll motif.

Subjects

Couples

Young adults

Women

Men

Genre/Format

Group portraits

Portraits of Andrew Child. BANC PIC 1978.097

Abstract

The Portraits of Andrew Child consist of 2 photographs (1 daguerreotype and 1 ambrotype), dating from ca. 1845-ca. 1855.

Biographical Note

Andrew Child (1825-1884) traveled overland to California from Wisconsin in 1850-1851. He remained in California for two years. He was the author of the guidebook The Overland Route to California; Description of the Route, via Council Bluffs, Iowa, published by his brother, Cyrus Child.

Provenance

Transferred from the Andrew Child letters (BANC MSS 78/99)

[Andrew Child (1825-1884).] [ca. 1845] BANC PIC 1978.097:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.6 x 5.4 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait, seated with his elbow resting on the back of the chair, and his hand resting on his chin.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Plate mark (LR): 40.

On case cover (center): Meade Brothers / Exchange / Albany, N.Y.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, cover glass. Mat: nonpareil (added).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - vines. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8 cm. Pad: red silk.

General Note

Original mat lacking. Period-appropriate brass mat added January 2000.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Andrew Child (1825-1884) with full sideburns.] [ca. 1855?] BANC PIC 1978.097:002--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 7 x 5.7 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative with string of beads motif.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

Photographs from the Henry D. Cogswell papers. BANC PIC 1984.025

Abstract

2 items selected from the Photographs from the Henry D. Cogswell papers.

The Photographs from the Henry D. Cogswell papers consist of 23 items (including 2 daguerreotypes), spanning the dates of ca. 1850-ca. 1900. Collection contains portraits of H.D. Cogswell and family, photographs of statues and busts of H.D. Cogswell, a photo of Cogswell Polytechnic College in San Francisco, and a view of Second Street in San Francisco.

Biographical Note

Cogswell (1820-1900) was a dentist, businessman, temperance advocate, and philanthropist; born in Tollandville, Connecticut; arrived in San Francisco in 1849, founded Cogswell Polytechnical College in San Francisco in 1877; presented numerous drinking fountains and monuments to various cities and towns in the U.S., including San Francisco and Boston.

Provenance

Transferred from the Henry D. Cogswell papers (BANC MSS 84/61 c).

[Man and a woman: Henry D. Cogswell and wife?] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1984.025:002--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; quarter plate, visible image 6 x 9 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Note (handwritten): 2 Photos on Copper (?) / CE[L] ? / & Brother ? / In folding box.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate (only).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Material: leather (pigskin) over wood. Dimensions: 12 x 9.5 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: image plate stored separately from case.

Subjects

Women

Men

Families

Couples

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Henry D. Cogswell (1820-1900)] [ca. 1850-1852] BANC PIC 1984.025:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.6 x 5.4 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait as a young man with a beard.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (handwritten, early 20th century?): Old style photograph of HDC as a young man. Small box with clasps. (LBT. Far West).

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face slightly hand colored. Mat: textured octagonal. Preserver: textured.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.1 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: insect damage to verso of case reveals wooden case construction.

Subjects

Young adults

Pioneers -- California

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

Photographs from the Darbee papers BANC PIC 2000.054

Abstract

9 items selected from the Darbee family pictorial collection.

The Darbee family pictorial collection consists of approximately 3,000 photographs spanning the dates of ca. 1852-ca. 1930. It includes many portraits of this San Francisco family and related Gooch and Thomas family members.

Processing Information

UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.

Provenance

Transferred from the Darbee family papers (BANC MSS 2000/98 c).

[Unidentified man.] [ca. 1852-1855] BANC PIC 2000.054:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 7.1 x 5.3 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of older man.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Plate mark (UR): [Star in center flanked by two smaller stars].

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: textured.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - gem with leaf scroll surround. Material: paper or cloth over wood. Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.9 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Aged persons

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified man and baby girl.] [ca. 1857-1860] BANC PIC 2000.054:002--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.7 x 5.3 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of man holding a little girl. Probably Gooch family members.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Stamped on second mat (now sleeved separately): Holmes, Booth & Haydens Patent Applied For.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: decorative oval (with similar additional mat also in case well). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: geometric - gem with floral scroll. Material: paper over wood? Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.9 cm.

Subjects

Men

Girls

Fathers & children

Children

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Unidentified young woman.] [ca. 1852-1854] BANC PIC 2000.054:003--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; ninth plate, visible image 5.1 x 4 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of young woman wearing a lace collar. Possibly a Gooch family member.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face slightly hand colored. Mat: plain nonpareil. Preserver: textured.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - bouquet with scroll surround. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 7.5 x 6.2 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Child in a plaid dress.] [ca. 1855-1860] BANC PIC 2000.054:004--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 7 x 5.1 cm.

Content/Description

Full length portrait of young child in off-the-shoulder plaid dress, standing. Hair parted on the side indicates that the child is probably a boy. Possibly a Gooch family member.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing and ferrotype backing plate; face and dress slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: floral - bouquet surrounded by leaf scroll. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.2 x 8.1 cm.

Subjects

Children

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Young man with a beard; a member of the Gooch family.] [ca. 1855-1860?] BANC PIC 2000.054:005--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.5 x 5.5 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of bearded man wearing gold pinky ring.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

On plate (scratched in emulsion, at edge): [A Jones?] Gooch [or possibly A. James Gooch, or S. James Gooch, or A. Ferris Gooch or other variation].

Stamped on mat: Cooke & Emerson's Patent Applied For / Providence R.I.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass in black image well, face and jewelry slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: frame. Material: paper over wood? Dimensions: 9.7 x 8.4 cm.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Young woman wearing a necklace.] [ca. 1860] BANC PIC 2000.054:006--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.4 x 5.1 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length seated portrait of an unidentified young woman wearing floral patterned, off-the-shoulder dress and gold necklace and ring. Woman wears dark bands on wrists.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Stamped on mat: Dean & Emerson's Patent Applied For / Worcester, Mass No. 10.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass. Necklace and ring hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - bouquet with floral scroll. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: case in very poor condition, with parts lacking.

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified couple seated at a table.] [ca. 1855-1860] BANC PIC 2000.054:007--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 7.4 x 6.3 cm.

Content/Description

Full length portrait of man and woman seated with cloth covered table between them. Woman wears dark bands on wrists.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, backing plate. Plate: clear glass with black metal backing plate.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case: cover only. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 9.2 x 8.2 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Women

Men

Couples

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Unidentified bearded man.] [ca. 1860] BANC PIC 2000.054:008--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 4.8 x 3.6 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of man with goatee beard. Possibly a Gooch family member.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Stamped on mat: Holmes, Booth & Hayden's [..?] / Waterbury, Conn. No. 49.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: geometric - arabesque gem. Material: leather over wood? Dimensions: 7.3 x 6.1 cm.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified girl.] [ca. 1858-1960] BANC PIC 2000.054:009--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 5.2 x 3.8 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of girl in her teens wearing striped dress and necklace with heart shaped pendant.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with black velvet backing; face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case (detached). Motif: geometric - quatre-foil with floral scroll surround. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 7.3 x 6.2 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Teenagers

Girls

Genre/Format

Portraits

Day and Palmer family photographs. BANC PIC 1968.029

Abstract

5 items selected from the Day and Palmer family photographs.

The Day and Palmer family photographs consist of 213 photographs spanning the dates of ca. 1852-ca. 1902. The collection includes a cartes de visite album of portraits, chiefly of women and children (ca. 1865-ca. 1890?); an album of snapshots and amateur photographs belonging to Roger Sherman Day and picturing sailing and other outdoor recreation (dating from ca. 1899-1902); and various portraits including Sherman Day and C.T.H Palmer and family members. Among the Day family portraits are four stereographs of Sherman Day and others at New Almaden, one of which is signed by C.E. Watkins.

Processing Information

UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.

Biographical Note

Sherman Day was Surveyor General of California, a state senator, and superintendent of the New Almaden Quicksilver Mines. C.T.H. Palmer was San Francisco pioneer, lawyer, and an early resident of Berkeley, California. Palmer was married to Day's daughter, Harriet.

Provenance

Bulk transferred from the Day-Palmer family papers (BANC MSS 68/83), with additional portraits from a 1933 gift of Caroline Day.

[Charles T.H. Palmer (1827-1897) and wife.] [ca. 1856] BANC PIC 1968.029:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; quarter plate, visible image 8.6 x 6.5 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length portrait of the couple, standing. C.T.H. Palmer (1827-1897) has a mustache and his hand is in his vest. The woman (Harriet Day Palmer?) is wearing a shawl and jewelry (brooch, chain and bracelet).

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

On mat: Holmes, Booth & Hayden's patented Oct. 1855.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: floral / geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 12 x 9.6 cm.

General Note

Identification based upon provenance and comparison to portraits of Palmer in the Bancroft Portrait File. Identification of woman as his wife has not been confirmed.

Subjects

Young adults

Pioneers -- California

Couples

Women

Men

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Unidentified youth.] [ca. 1854] BANC PIC 1968.029:002--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.7 x 5.4 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a young man, seated. Subject may be the same as 1968.029:03, or his brother.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, backing glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum on backing glass (in the style of Cutting's patent). Mat: plain oval. Cover glass: no cover glass. Preserver: textured.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - leaf scroll. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.2 cm. Pad: green velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Boys

Teenagers

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified young man.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1968.029:003--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 7 x 5.6 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a man, seated, wearing a gold ring. Subject may be the same as 1968.029:02, or his brother.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Embossed on mat (verso, center): Holmes, Booth and Hayden's Patented Oct. 1855.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face and ring hand colored. Mat: decorative oval, with diamond pattern. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - scroll leaf. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.1 cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Profile of Sherman Day (1806-1884) in a rocking chair and reading a newspaper.] [ca. 1859] BANC PIC 1968.029:004--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; quarter plate, visible image 8.7 x 6.4 cm.

Content/Description

Half length, profile view portrait; wearing glasses and reading a newspaper.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, backing glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum on backing glass (in the style of Cuttings Patent). Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: paper over wood? Dimensions: 12 x 9.4 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: blackened well (ambrotype case).

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Profile of Sherman Day (1806-1884)...] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1968.029:004--DIG

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[Sherman Day (1806-1884).] 1852 BANC PIC 1968.029:005--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.9 x 5.7 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of Day with a beard.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Note (handwritten, early, adhered to front of case): S. Day. / San Francisco / 1852; [later library markings added]: Port 13809, (on verso): port 13809.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.3 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

Andrew Drips family portraits BANC PIC 1962.018

Abstract

1 item selected from the Andrew Drips family portraits.

The Andrew Drips family portraits consist of 14 items dating from the 19th century. The collection consists of portraits, many of which are later copy photographs, of the family of Andrew Drips.

Biographical Note

Drips was a fur trader and U.S. Indian Agent for the Upper Missouri, 1842-1846. He later traded for P. Chouteau, Jr., & Co. at their Scotts Bluff post, Fort John. His second wife (and mother of his sons Andrew and Thomas), Louise Geroux Drips, was a Native American of the Sioux tribe.

Provenance

Provenance: Received in conjunction with the Andrew Drips papers (BANC MSS P-W 37).

[Andrew Jackson Drips and his two sons, Andrew and Thomas.] [ca. 1857] BANC PIC 1962.018:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 2 photographs: ambrotype; sixth plate.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Printed in case well: A.P. Critchlow & Co., / Manufactures of / Daguerreotype Cases. / A.P.C. & Co. / are the Original Inventors of the / Composition for the Union Case, / (so called,) including all the various shades / of color and fineness of texture pecu- / liar to their manufacture and of the / Embracing Riveted hinges, thus / securing them from breaking out / as do others that are inserted / with or without a / metal brace. / - / Hinge Patented / Oct. 14, 1856, & April 21, 1857.

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern): Drips, Andrew 1789-1860 / -2 / Drips, Andrew Jackson Jr. / 1850-1911 / at left / and / Drips, Thomas Nelson 1852 - )? / sons of Andrew / gift of Mrs. Richard B. / Hershey and / Miss Catleivie / Brauch. Sept 1961 / ca 1854 / picture drawer [ 6321].

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric (Krainik no. 288). Material: black thermoplastic. Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.4 cm. Notes: A.P. Critchlow & Co. Notes: double case with 2 images.

Subjects

Fathers & children

[Left image: Andrew Jackson Drips, former Indian agent and fur trader.] [ca. 1857] BANC PIC 1962.018:001a--CASE

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Physical Description: Ambrotype; visible image 6.9 x 5.6 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait, seated.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with dark velvet backing, face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Subjects

Aged persons

Pioneers

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Right image: Andrew Jackson Drips, Jr. (b. 1850) and his brother Thomas Nelson Drips (b. 1852).] [ca. 1857] BANC PIC 1962.018:001b--CASE

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Physical Description: Ambrotype; visible image 6.9 x 5.6 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of two boys seated in wooden chairs. The older boy has his arm resting on the back on the others boy's chair. They are the sons of Drips and his second wife, Louise Geroux Drips.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with dark velvet backing, faces slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Subjects

Indians of North America

Racially mixed children

Boys

Children

Genre/Format

Group portraits

Duchow family portraits. BANC PIC 1955.022

Abstract

The Duchow family portraits consist of 2 daguerreotypes dating from ca.1850. John Charles Duchow, Jr., was a pioneer newspaper publisher of Tuolumne County, California, and these images were taken by photographer William Snell of Salem, Massachusetts, prior to Duchow's 1852 departure for California.

Provenance

Transferred from the Duchow family papers (BANC MSS C-B 568)

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Seven members of the Duchow family of Salem, Mass., including Johann Carl Duchow and son John Charles Duchow.] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1955.022:001--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Snell, William, photographer

Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; half plate, visible image 9.1 x 12.2 cm.

Content/Description

Group portrait of man (Captain Johann Carl Duchow, 1793-1857) and woman and five children, two of whom are babies. The eldest son (John Charles Duchow, 1830-1901) is standing in center.

Date Note

Taken prior to younger J.C. Duchow's 1852 departure for Calif.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Embossed on case pad: Wm. Snell / Artist / Salem.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: faces slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - variant of Urn with flowers (Rinhart no. 64 / Berg no. 4-5). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 12.1 x 15.1 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif and photographer's name. Notes: similar case, mat, preserver and pad to 1955.022:002.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Women

Teenagers

Mothers & children

Men

Infants

Fathers & children

Families

Couples

Children

Boys

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Two Duchow sisters and a baby boy.] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1955.022:002--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Snell, William, photographer

Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype, hand colored; half plate, visible image 12.2 x 9.1 cm.

Content/Description

Fine portrait of a young woman in plaid dress wearing a decorative floral bonnet holding a baby, seated next to a girl in calico dress with lace sleeves.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Plate mark (UL): [not clear].

Embossed on case pad: Wm. Snell / Artist / Salem.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: faces slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - variant of Urn with flowers (Rinhart no. 64 / Berg no. 4-5). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.1 x 12.1 cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed motif and photographer's name. Notes: similar case, mat, preserver and pad to 1955.022:001.

Subjects

Boys

Infants

Children

Young adults

Women

Girls

Families

Genre/Format

Group portraits

Photographs from the Milton S. Eisner papers. ca. 1855-ca. 1950 BANC PIC 1962.025

Abstract

3 items selected from the Photographs from the Milton S. Eisner papers

The Photographs from the Milton S. Eisner papers consist of approximately 125 items (including 2 daguerreotypes and 1 ambrotype) spanning the dates of ca. 1850-ca. 1950. The collection consists of pictures relating to California, mainly San Francisco Bay Area history, include: views of 1906 earthquake, the interior of the I.W. Taber photographic studio, Woodward's Gardens, portraits, and various scenes. Also included are two tintype portraits and one photograph of Black Bart.

Provenance

Provenance: Transferred from the Milton S. Eisner papers (BANC MSS C-R 155)

[Young man, perhaps associated with an express company.] [ca. 1850?] BANC PIC 1962.025:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 7.7 x 6.6 cm.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Note (in pencil on graph paper to which collector had adhered plate): Expresses--Western. [Apparently indexing or filing terms.]

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate. Cover glass: added glass.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container.

Provenance

From the collection of Milton Eisner, collector of Western pioneer banking and philatelic materials.

Subjects

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified man.] [ca. 1852] BANC PIC 1962.025:002--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Long, E., photographer

Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; half plate, visible image 12 x 8.8 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a man wearing a high, standing collar, and double breasted coat with large lapels.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Stamped on mat (bottom center): E. LONG

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: octagonal. Preserver: decorative. Seal: original.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - variant of A Spray of Roses (front), geometric (back) (Rinhart no. 131). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15 x 11.7 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: front has different motif from back.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Portraits of William Garrison English and his wife Elizabeth Custis Anderson English.] BANC PIC 1965.044

Abstract

The Portraits of William Garrison English and his wife Elizabeth Custis Anderson English consist of 3 daguerreotypes dating from ca. 1848-1850.

Biographical Note

William G. English, of West Point, New York, came to California in 1849, returned East, and came again to settle in Sacramento by 1855. His business interests were largely destroyed by the flood of 1861. He was shot and killed in Sacramento in 1878, a year after divorce from his wife, Elizabeth Anderson English (cf. San Francisco Alta, August 18, 1878).

Provenance

Gift of Drummond D. English, Sr.

[William Garrison English.] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1965.044:01--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.7 x 5.4 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait, with a beard on the lower half of his chin, and wearing a high, starched collar.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Inscribed in case well: Wm G English / Grandfather of / Drummond D English SR.

On plate (handwritten, by library staff, verso): Wm Garrison English Portrait Drawer 5200(7) Gift of Drummond D English [6779]

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: decorative. Preserver: textured.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.2 cm.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[William Garrison English.] [ca. 1848-1850] BANC PIC 1965.044:02--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; two thirds plate, visible image 9.5 x 7.6 cm.

Content/Description

Half length, three-quarter profile, with beard.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Inscribed on case (in black ink, bottom edge): Wm G English.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat: plain paper oval with white rule.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: Basket of Flowers (front), variant of The Delicate Roses (back) (Rinhart no. 148 & no. 125). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 11.8 x 10.7 cm. Pad: blue or purple silk. Notes: Case and plate size indicate likely European origin.

Subjects

Young adults

Pioneers -- California

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Elizabeth Custis Anderson English.] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1965.044:03--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; quarter plate, visible image 9.1 x 6.9 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length portrait, seated. Her elbow rests on a small table, and the hand is placed at her jaw. She is wearing jewelry (earrings, rings, belt buckle).

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Inscribed in case well (in blue ink): Elizabeth Custis / (Anderson) English / Grandmother of / Drummond D English.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face and jewelry slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: textured.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: floral - variant of Mixed Flowers (Rinhart no. 136). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 12 x 9.4 cm.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

Ambrotypes of Forest City, Calif. BANC PIC 1986.017

Abstract

The collection of Ambrotypes of Forest City, Calif. consists of 4 ambrotypes dating from ca. 1855-1860. Three are outdoor views, and one is a portrait; all, presumably, by the same unidentified photographer.

Provenance

Library purchase.

[View of main street of Forest (Forest City, Calif.), with inhabitants and a daguerreian room visible.] [ca. 1855-1860] BANC PIC 1986.017:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; half plate, visible image 13.2 x 10.1 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading bird's-eye view of the town, with numerous townspeople in the street and a dog jumping on a man. Large building at left houses a haberdashery with pants and boots hung outside, and also bears sign "Daguerrean [sic] Room", where several men examine a board, presumably displaying samples, near front door. Gold mines in background. Snow on distant hillside and bare trees suggest springtime.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - arabesque? Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.4 x 12.4 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: unusual case design. Same case found on BANC PIC 19xx.072.

Subjects

Photographic studios

Mining districts

Men

Dwellings

Commercial buildings

Cities and towns

Buildings

Genre/Format

Landscapes

[View of main street of Forest (Forest City, Calif.), ...] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1986.017:001--DIG

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[Citizens of Forest City, Calif. in front of a building.] [ca. 1855-1860] BANC PIC 1986.017:002--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; half plate, visible image 8.8 x 12.1 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading view of a [residence] next to a daguerreian studio. Four men, wearing different kinds of hats, stand inside of the fence in front. One man is smoking a cigar.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: floral - grapes. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.4 x 12.2 cm. Notes: blackened well (ambrotype case).

Subjects

Teenagers

Mining districts

Men

Dwellings

Buildings

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Mines at Forest City, in gully below main street, with miners pausing near trestles, and ore carts.] [ca. 1855-1860] BANC PIC 1986.017:003--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; half plate, visible image 8.3 x 11.5 cm.

Content/Description

Wrong-reading view looking from gully uphill towards buildings above. Miners and men of town stand on wooden trestles near ore carts.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped on mat: Dean & Emerson, Patent Applied for / Worcester Mass No. 37.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: ornately decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - arabesque scroll. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 11.9 x 15.1 cm. Pad: blue velvet with embossed motif.

General Note

Presever and mat possibly not original to image.

Subjects

Gold mines and mining

Mining districts

Miners

Cities and towns

Genre/Format

Landscapes

[Mines at Forest City, ...] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1986.017:003--DIG

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[Dr. S. Corbin and family of Forest City, Calif.] [ca. 1855-1860] BANC PIC 1986.017:004--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; half plate, visible image 9 x 12 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a woman holding a child, seated next to a man holding a child. The woman is wearing jewelry (earrings and brooch), and black lace gloves. The man is wearing a patterned, wide bow tie.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing, faces and jewelry slightly hand colored. Mat: nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.5 x 12.3 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Women

Mothers & children

Fathers & children

Families

Couples

Children

Boys

Genre/Format

Group portraits

Family portraits from the John Francis Freeman papers. BANC PIC 1964.045

Abstract

7 items selected from the Family portraits from the John Francis Freeman papers.

The Family portraits from the John Francis Freeman papers consist of 4 albums and approximately 37 items spanning the dates of ca. 1850-1910. Collection primarily consists of portraits of the Freeman family and friends. Among those identified are E.J. Bennett, W.C. Bennett, Susan and Fred Colley, John Francis Freeman, Julius W. Tilson, Sarah Freeman, and many children. Gravestone of J.F. Freeman's mother is pictured as well as the house of James Colley in Nevada, California (1867). Ephemera include a few clippings and a piece of fabric identified as "part of Eliz's wedding dress."

Albums and selected portraits also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 2082.

Processing Information

RESTRICTED CARTE DE VISITE ALBUMS, USE MICROFILM ONLY: Shelved as BANC FILM 2082 (BNEG box 2188). Inquiries concerning use of originals should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.

Biographical Note

John Francis Freeman (1831-1892) was an 1852 pioneer who settled first in Marysville and later in Gilroy, California.

Provenance

Transferred from the John Francis Freeman papers (BANC MSS C-B 884).

[Susan Colley and her sisters(?)] [ca. 1860] BANC PIC 1964.045:003--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 6.7 x 5.5 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of three woman, possibly sister. Two are seated, and one identified as Susan Colley is standing behind. All three are wearing jewelry (brooch).

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped (top center): melaino[ ] plate for Neff's Patent.

Label (handwritten, modern): Aunt Susan Colley standing / Fred Colley - about 1876 [sic] (Tintype).

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: melainotype; faces and jewelry [brooches] slightly hand colored. Mat: nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.1 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: blackened well (ambrotype case).

Subjects

Teenagers

Young adults

Women

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[John Francis Freeman (1831-1892) as a young man.] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1964.045:010--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.8 x 5.3 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait as a young man.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Plate mark (UL): rosetta star symbol.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.8 cm.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Teenagers

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[John Francis Freeman (1831-1892).] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1964.045:011--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 7.1 x 5.6 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait as a young man, seated with his arm resting on a table.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern): taken 1860 [sic] John Francis Freeman.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - flowers in urn with leaf scroll. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.9 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[John Francis Freeman (1831-1892) with a beard.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1964.045:012--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.7 x 5.4 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait as a young man, with beard.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern): John Francis Freeman as a young man.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: ruby glass with lips and shirt buttons slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral. Material: paper over wood? Dimensions: 9.1 x 8.3 cm. Pad: gold or faded red velvet with embossed leaf motif.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[John Francis Freeman (1831-1892) in a wagon.] March 185[9] BANC PIC 1964.045:013--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; half plate, visible image 8.7 x 11.5 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading view of Freeman standing in a two-wheeled cart pulled by a horse. Three boys are clowning off to the side. In the background is a house with a picket fence.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Inscribed on mat (handwritten in 3 corners): March 185[9?] / J.F. Freeman / Marysville

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing behind image only (image in relievo). Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: grapes and leaf scroll. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 12 x 15 cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed motif.

General Note

Moses Hanscom could be the photographer. (Noted by Peter Palmquist).

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Men

Dwellings

Children

Buildings

Boys

Genre/Format

Landscapes

[John Francis Freeman...] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1964.045:013--DIG

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[Sarah Freeman as an elderly woman.] [ca. 1855-1860] BANC PIC 1964.045:015--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.9 x 5.7 cm.

Content/Description

Right-reading half length portrait of elderly woman wearing white bonnet and patterned shawl.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Inscribed in case well: l. 50-l.

Accompanying note (handwritten, early): Taken 1860 / Great-Grand-Mother Freeman.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with ruby glass backing plate, face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative with floral rose motif.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - variant of The Curved Octagon (Rinhart no. 217). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.2 cm. Pad: blue velvet with embossed motif. Notes: push button closure.

Subjects

Women

Aged persons

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Julius W. Tilson.] [1860] BANC PIC 1964.045:018--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Sparhawk, Luther T. (active 1860s-1900) , American, photographer (attributed to)

Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 5 x 3.2 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading, bust length portrait of a man with muttonchops side-burns and a slight mustache.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Note (handwritten): Taken about 1860 / Boston / Julius Tilson.

Note (handwritten, found in case well): Julius W. Tilson / Feb 16, 1860 / Luther Sparhawk, Artist- / West-Randolph / VT.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: clear glass with metal plate backing (removed and housed separately). Face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral / geometric. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 7.5 x 6.3 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: blackened well (ambrotype case).

Subjects

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

Grabhorn collection of nineteenth century photographic portraits and calling cards BANC PIC 1970.037

Abstract

9 items selected from the Grabhorn collection of nineteenth century photographic portraits and calling cards.

The Grabhorn collection of nineteenth century photographic portraits and calling cards consists of approximately 1,000 photographic prints and printed calling cards spanning the dates of ca. 1860-ca. 1890. Individuals are mostly unidentified, although many Dixon family members are present. The images were apparently collected from various sources as examples of 19th century photographs. The portraits are mainly taken in California, but include a number of other states as well. Many mounts bear names of California photographers in small towns, including the Motherlode region. A few foreign celebrity portraits are included, as are a few scenic view (non-portrait) cartes de visite. Some printed Civil War army portraits on cartes de visite mounts and some calling cards of fraternal orders (I.O.O.F., etc.), veterans' organizations, and members of Women's Relief Corps are also included.

Processing Information

PARTIALLY ARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.

Provenance

Gift of Mrs. Edwin Grabhorn.

[Unidentified man.] [ca. 1854] BANC PIC 1970.037:01--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896.) , American, photographer

Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; quarter plate, visible image 9 x 6.7 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a man wearing a standing collar.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

On mat (LL): CUTTING'S PATENT / BRADY / JULY 4 & 11, 1854.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, 2 mats, 2 preservers Plate: clear glass with backing glass (Cuttings Patent process). Mat: plain oval. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case rails only. Material: leather over wood? Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.7 cm. Notes: Internal framing rails of a double hinged case are all that remain. Front and back case covers missing.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified bearded man.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1970.037:02--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.9 x 5.1 cm.

Content/Description

Half length.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing, face slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval with textured border. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - vase of flowers. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.9 cm. Pad: blue velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Seated unidentified woman.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1970.037:03--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.5 x 5.3 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading, half length portrait of a seated woman, wearing jewelry (brooch and belt buckle).

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, backing glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum on backing glass (in the style of Cutting's patent), face and jewelry slightly hand colored. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container.

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Seated unidentified woman with arm on table.] [ca. 1860] BANC PIC 1970.037:04--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 6.4 x 5.1 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of young woman seated in ornate wooden chair with left arm resting near large book.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face and hands slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative with eagles, crowned lions, a shield and crossed flags.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - The Delicate Rose (Rinhart no. 123). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.1 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed floral motif (same as on cover).

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified woman.] [ca. 1856-1857] BANC PIC 1970.037:05--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 4.8 x 3.7 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a woman wearing jewelry (earrings, brooch).

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped on mat: Cook & Emerson's Patent Applied for / Providence R.I. No 121.

Printed in case well: Holmes Booth & Haydens' / Daguerreotype, / Photographic / and / ambrotype goods, / of every description.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: ruby glass with face slightly hand colored. Mat: nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: scroll (Krainik no. 473). Material: thermoplastic. Dimensions: 7.5 x 6.5 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: Holmes, Booth & Haydens.

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified young woman.] [ca. 1860] BANC PIC 1970.037:06--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 8 x 6 cm.

Content/Description

Full length, seated portrait of a woman. Her arm is resting on a table. Her hair is in long ringlets.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate. Plate: slightly hand colored.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container.

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Teenagers

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified older man in a plaid bow tie.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1970.037:07--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 0 x 0 cm.

Content/Description

Right-reading half length portrait of a man.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate. Plate: asphaltum backing, face slightly hand colored. Cover glass: added glass.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container.

Subjects

Men

Aged persons

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified bearded man.] [ca. 1858] BANC PIC 1970.037:08--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype on ruby glass; ninth plate, visible image 5.1 x 3.9 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a man with a beard.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: ruby glass, face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container. Dimensions: 6.4 x 5.1 cm. (image package).

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified seated woman wearing lace collar and brooch.] [ca. 1856?] BANC PIC 1970.037:09--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: collodion positive on leather; sixth plate, visible image 6.6 x 5.4 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length portrait of woman wearing dark dress with lace collar and sleeves.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

No marks present, but very similar to a portrait on leather in the California Historical Society collection which bears mark of photographer George Robinson Fardon.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate. Plate: leather. Cover glass: added glass.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container.

Subjects

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

Griffin family portraits. BANC PIC 1981.113

Abstract

The Griffin family portraits consist of 2 tintypes dating from ca. 1860-1862.

Provenance

Source unknown.

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Girl, possibly Almira Moore Lane[r?].] [ca. 1860] BANC PIC 1981.113:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 6.4 x 5.1 cm.

Content/Description

Full length portrait of a young girl, standing on a stool, with her hand on small books on a table.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (written in several hands on card stock, ca. 1900?): Taken when I was 17 in Maumee[?] Ohio. In later hand, in blue: c.1860's, Griffin family, Oakland, Calif. On verso in another hand: Almira Moore Lane[r?], Aunt of Gertrude Cronise[?] Griffin - (Grandmother Cronise's sister). [As this is clearly not a seventeen-year-old, but a much younger girl, this note may not go with this image.]

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: leaf scroll. Material: leather over wood? Dimensions: 9.4 x 8 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Girls

Children

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified woman.] [ca. 1860-1862] BANC PIC 1981.113:002--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; ninth plate, visible image 4.8 x 3.7 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a young woman wearing a gold necklace, a snood with tassels, and a lace fichu over a patterned dress with a horizontal neckline.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

On Mat: Cooke and Emerson's Patent Applied for / Providence, RI No. 12[?].

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, partial preserver. Plate: necklace hand colored. Mat: decorative, nonpareil. Preserver: textured.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: geometric - Leaf Circle (Rinhart no. 197). Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 6 x 7.3 cm. Notes: dated ca. 1859 by Rinhart.

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

Photographs relating to William Hammond Hall's life and work. BANC PIC 1986.009

Abstract

1 item selected from the collection entitled Photographs relating to William Hammond Hall's life and work.

The collection entitled Photographs relating to William Hammond Hall's life and work consists of approximately 4,600 photographic prints and negatives spanning the dates of ca. 1850-ca. 1920. The collection includes many portraits of Hammond family and Hall family members, as well as others. Many photographs relate to Hall's work in Europe, Africa, and Asia (especially Uzbekistan). California photos show views of San Francisco and Palo Alto after the 1906 earthquake and fire, views of the Panama Pacific International Exposition, Golden Gate Park, the construction of various dams and other engineering projects, California scenery, and family views (including homes), etc.

Processing Information

PARTIALLY PROCESSED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.

Biographical Note

Hall was the first State Engineer of California, and the creator of the first plan for Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

Provenance

Transferred from the William Hammond Hall papers (BANC MSS 86/152).

[Child, possibly William Hammond Hall, b.1846] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1986.009:00?--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; ninth plate, visible image 5.2 x 4 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a boy wearing a diagonally striped top.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: geometric - The Linked Scroll (Rinhart no. 270). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 7.3 x 6 cm.

Subjects

Children

Boys

Genre/Format

Portraits

Miscellaneous portraits from the Haskell family papers. BANC PIC 1948.006

Abstract

1 item selected from the Miscellaneous portraits from the Haskell family papers.

The Miscellaneous portraits from the Haskell family Papers consist of approximately 60 photographs spanning the dates of ca. 1845-ca. 1890. The collection consists of unidentified single and group portraits of members of the Edward W. Haskell family (including his sons, Benjamin, Edward, and Burnette Haskell), many of whom were involved in California socialist movements, including the Kaweah colony. Identified Haskell portraits have been distributed alphabetically in the Portrait File of The Bancroft Library under the names Haskell, Briggs, and Annie Fader Field.

Provenance

Transferred from the Haskell family papers (BANC MSS C-B 364).

[Maria Antoinette Briggs Haskell.] [ca. 1845-1848] BANC PIC 1948.006:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 7 x 5.6 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait as a girl, perhaps in her teens. She wears a dress with a round, open neck which appears to be striped silk. A closed book is on the table at her side.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Plate mark[UC]: Scovill's No 2.

Inscribed on case pad (handwritten in ink): Maria / Antoinette / Briggs / 1860? [Date incorrect.]

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Plate: book spine slightly hand colored in gold. Mat: textured dome topped (elliptical).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - Curved Octagon with Scroll Center (Rinhart no. 219). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.9 cm. Pad: red silk.

Provenance

Gift of Jean Haskell, grandaughter of sitter.

Subjects

Teenagers

Pioneers -- California

Young adults

Women

Genre/Format

Group portraits

Portraits from the Hitchcock family papers of Coit family members and others. BANC PIC 1929.002

Abstract

6 items selected from the Portraits from the Hitchcock family papers of Coit family members and others.

The collection, Portraits from the Hitchcock family papers of Coit family members and others, consists of 12 items (daguerreotypes, drawings, paintings, photographic prints, cartes de visite, etc.) Although chiefly undated, they are nineteenth century images, with some drawings perhaps from the late eighteenth century. Portraits are of unidentified members of the Coit family, John A. Sutter, James Hunter, and others.

Provenance

Gift of Lillie Hitchcock Coit to the University. Transferred from the Lowie Museum.

[Unidentified man.] [ca. 1855?] BANC PIC 1929.002:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.6 x 5.1 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a clean shaven, middle-aged man.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Material: leather (pigskin) over wood. Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.2 cm. Pad: purple velvet. Notes: Eickmeyer style.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Profile drawing of a woman.] [ca. 1810-1830?] BANC PIC 1929.002:002--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 drawing: watercolor on paper; visible image 8.3 x 5.9 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a woman dressed in the style of the early 1800s.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

On mat (handwritten): 7-844. [Accession number from U.C. Berkeley's Hearst Museum of Anthropology, formerly the Lowie Museum].

Embossed on pad: R.L. WOOD / ARTIST / MACON, GEO.[GEORGIA]. [Unrelated to drawing -- case originally intended for a photograph from Wood's studio.]

Image Package Note

Original component parts: drawing, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 11.9 x 9.3 cm. Pad: reddish purple velvet with embossed motif. Notes: Photographic case not intended for drawing, which was likely housed in it at some later date.

General Note

Profile cut out and affixed to dark oil cloth.

Subjects

Women

[Painting of "La Martinique"] [ca. 1800?] BANC PIC 1929.002:003--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 painting: oil on ceramic?; visible image diam. 5.7 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a woman wearing a turban and a white top.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

On frame (handwritten in ink, in French, verso): La Martinique / Portrait de la Nigriss / [4 more lines, referring to association with Napoleon Bonapart.]

Image Package Note

Original component parts: painting, cover glass. Cover glass: replaced glass.

Container or Case Note

Type: frame. Dimensions: 10.2 x 9.7 cm. Notes: wall hanging.

Subjects

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Drawing of a man.] [17--?] BANC PIC 1929.002:004--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 drawing: ink(?) on paper; visible image 7.1 x 5.8 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a man wearing a wig in the style of the 18th century.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

On cardboard backing (handwritten): 7-840. [Accession number from U.C. Berkeley's Hearst Museum of Anthropology, formerly the Lowie Museum].

Image Package Note

Original component parts: drawing, cover glass. Plate: varnished paper.

Container or Case Note

Type: frame. Motif: floral. Material: black thermoplastic. Dimensions: 11.7 x 10.5 cm. Notes: Frame probably dates from the 1850s or 1860s.

Subjects

Men

[Drawing of a woman.] [17--?] BANC PIC 1929.002:005--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 drawing: ink(?) on paper; visible image 6.5 x 5.5 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait, dressed in the style of the 18th century.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

On cardboard backing (handwritten): 7-841. [Accession number from U.C. Berkeley's Hearst Museum of Anthropology, formerly the Lowie Museum].

Image Package Note

Original component parts: drawing, cover glass. Plate: varnished paper.

Container or Case Note

Type: frame. Motif: floral. Material: black thermoplastic. Dimensions: 11.9 x 10.9 cm. Notes: Frame probably dates from the 1850s or 1860s.

Subjects

Women

[James Hunter in naval uniform.] [ca. 1850-1854] BANC PIC 1929.002:006--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 7 x 5.6 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a middle aged or elderly man, a captain or naval officer. Portrait has a somewhat painterly appearance and may not have been photographed from life.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: some details hand colored in gold. Mat: textured rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: variants of Feathery Gold (front), sailboat "Susan" (back) (Rinhart no. 264 & no. 33). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.2 cm. Pad: brown velvet with embossed floral motif. Notes: feathered gold motif applied sideways compared to Rinhart example. "Susan" legible on sailboat banner.

Subjects

Men

Aged persons

Genre/Format

Portraits

Photographs from the Hollister collection. BANC PIC 1972.011

Abstract

5 items selected from the Photographs from the Hollister collection.

The Photographs from the Hollister collection consists of approximately 250 photographs spanning the dates of ca. 1858-ca. 1959. A related Hollister family collection has been accessioned and BANC PIC 1969.042, and consists of 190 additional items. The collection includes many family portraits, and photographs that relate to their activities. Views include various Hollister residences, general views of Santa Barbara by photographer N.H. Reed including the mission, the Montecito School for Girls, and other area buildings. Many views show Glen Annie, the residence of Col. W.W. Hollister in Santa Barbara. Also present is one ambrotype view, ca. 1855-1860, of an early residence of W.W. Hollister. Historic sites include the home of De Le Guerra, Fremont's headquarters, Buleto, the Santa Anita Rancho, etc. Views of Hollister ranch depict 20th century cattle ranching: branding, cowboys, and cattle. Damage resulting from earthquakes of 1913 and 1925 is also pictured at unidentified locations.

General Administrative Note

Partial finding aid available in Library. Electronic version available on the Internet.

Provenance

Transferred from the Hollister family papers (BANC MSS 69/57 c) and additions to the Hollister family papers (BANC MSS 72/54 c).

[Unidentified man and woman.] [ca. 1858] BANC PIC 1972.011:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 2 photographs: ambrotype; ninth plate.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 7.3 x 6.2 cm. Notes: Double case with 2 images.

Subjects

Women

Men

Couples

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Left image: Unidentified man.] BANC PIC 1972.011:001a--CASE

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Physical Description: Ambrotype; visible image 5.2 x 3.9 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a man with a beard.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: violet glass with face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Right image: Unidentified woman.] BANC PIC 1972.011:001b--CASE

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Physical Description: Ambrotype; visible image 5.2 x 3.9 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a woman.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: violet glass with face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified elderly woman in a bonnet.] [ca. 1858] BANC PIC 1972.011:002--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 5 x 3.7 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a woman wearing a white bonnet.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: ruby glass. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 7.5 x 6.3 cm. Notes: blackened well (ambrotype case).

Subjects

Women

Aged persons

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified girl.] [ca. 1860] BANC PIC 1972.011:003--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 5 x 3.8 cm.

Content/Description

Full length portrait of a girl wearing a white dress with a horizontal, off-the-shoulder neckline. Her arm rests on a table.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: ruby glass with slightly hand colored face. Mat: decorative oval. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container.

Subjects

Girls

Children

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified baby.] [ca. 1858] BANC PIC 1972.011:004--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 4.8 x 3.6 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length portrait of a baby dressed in white.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: ruby glass with face slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 7.3 x 6.2 cm. Notes: blackened well (ambrotype case).

Subjects

Children

Infants

[Half-length portrait of an unidentified man.] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1972.011:005--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 7 x 5.6 cm.

Content/Description

The sitter bears a resemblance to California pioneer William Wells Hollister (1818-1886), but his apparent age would place him in the previous generation; perhaps W.W. Hollister's father.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Plate mark (UR): H.B. [winged creature].

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: textured nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - The Romanesque Urn (Rinhart no. 141). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.1 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: case dated ca. 1857 by Rinhart.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

Photographs from the Johnson family papers. BANC PIC 1975.073

Abstract

13 items selected from the Photographs from the Johnson family papers.

The Photographs from the Johnson family papers consists of approximately 400 items spanning the dates of ca. 1856-ca. 1965. It is a collection of photoprints; cased photographs (ambrotypes and tintypes); cartes de visite; card photograph albums; and negatives relating to the Johnson, Benedict and Dobie families. Primarily portraits and family photographs, including several views of youth camps in Iowa (1920s) and portraits of David Benedict as a soldier during the Civil War era. Many family snapshots present, many of which are unidentified.

Processing Information

UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.

Provenance

Transferred from the Johnson family papers (BANC MSS 73/206 c).

[Margaret J. Dobie and unidentified man formerly engaged to her.] [ca. 1856-1857] BANC PIC 1975.073:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 2 photographs (in 1 case): ambrotype and tintype, ninth plate.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Label (printed, on verso of plate): FROM / CLARK'S / PHOTOGRAPHIC ROOMS, / BELVIDERE, / ILL.

Printed in case well: Littlefield, Parsons & Co. / Manufacturers of / Daguerreotype Cases. / L., P. & Co., are the sole / Proprietors and only legal Manu- / facturers of Union Cases, with the / Embracing Riveted Hinge. / Patented October 14, 1856 / And April 21, 1857.

Blind stamped on mat: Dean & Emerson, Patent Applied for / Worcester Mass. No 36.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral / geometric - Scroll (Krainik no. 476). Material: black thermoplastic. Dimensions: 7.6 x 6.5 cm. Notes: Littlefield, Parsons & Co.

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Left image: Unidentified man formerly engaged to Margaret J. Dobie.] BANC PIC 1975.073:001a--CASE

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Physical Description: Ambrotype; visible image 5 x 3.8 cm.

Content/Description

Half length, seated portrait with one arm resting on a table. He has a beard and slight mustache.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Right image: Margaret J. Dobie.] BANC PIC 1975.073:001b--CASE

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Physical Description: Tintype; visible image 4.6 x 3.5 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait, wearing jewelry (brooch) on her white collar.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Verso of plate: From / Clark's / Photographic Rooms, / Belvidere, / Ill.

Printed in case well: Littlefield, Parsons & Co., / Manufactures of / Daguerreotype Cases. / L., P. & Co., are the sole / Proprietors and only legal Manu- / factures of Union Cases, with the / Embracing Riveted Hinge. / Patented, Oct. 14, 1856, & April 21, 1857.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Margaret Johnston [sic] Dobie while taking training as nurse?] [ca. 1865] BANC PIC 1975.073:003--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 6.4 x 5 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped on mat: Dean & Emerson Patent Applied for / Worcester Mass. No. 38.

Accompanying label (handwritten, apparently by a descendant) tentatively identifies the sitter.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: face and jewelry slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: The Bird and the Grape Vine (Rinhart no. 89). Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.1 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed floral motif.

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Margaret Johnson Dobie while taking training as a nurse.] [ca. 1865] BANC PIC 1975.073:004--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 6.4 x 5.1 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait wearing brooch.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat. Mat: decorative oval. Cover glass: added glass.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container.

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Margaret J. Dobie and a woman friend before her marriage to George M. Benedict.] [ca. 1860-1865] BANC PIC 1975.073:005--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 6.6 x 5.3 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length seated portrait of two women holding hands; friend at left is turned in partial profile; Margaret J. Dobie wears brooch.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped on mat: Scovill MFG Superior.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat. Mat: decorative with star or floral motif. Cover glass: added glass.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container.

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Margaret J. Dobie, registered nurse of Denver, Colorado, before marriage to George M. Benedict.] [ca. 1865-1870] BANC PIC 1975.073:006--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 8.3 x 5.7 cm.

Content/Description

Half length seated portrait of young woman wearing pin-striped dress with a cameo brooch at the collar.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Label (typewritten, on verso of plate): Margaret J. Dobie. A Registered Nurse in Denver, Colorado. Before her marriage to George M. Benedict.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate. Plate: face slightly hand colored.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container.

Subjects

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Margaret J. Dobie, registered nurse of Denver, Colorado, before her marriage to George M. Benedict.] [ca. 1865-1870] BANC PIC 1975.073:007--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 7.9 x 5.3 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait, wearing black lace cravat with a cameo brooch.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Label (typewritten, adhered to verso of plate): Margaret J. Dobie A Registered Nurse in Denver, Colorado. Before her marriage to George M. Benedict.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container.

Subjects

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[George M. Benedict as youth, about time of enlistment in U.S. Army.] [ca. 1856-1857] BANC PIC 1975.073:008--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 4.7 x 3.6 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait a young man wearing a checked, light colored bowtie. His hand holds his jacket lapel.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped on mat: Cook & Emerson Patent Applied for / Providence R.I. No 121.

Modern label (handwritten): George M. Benedict about time of Enlistment in U.S.Army.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: ruby glass with face slightly hand colored. Mat: nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - scroll. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 7.3 x 6.2 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Young adults

Teenagers

Men

Boys

Genre/Format

Portraits

[David Benedict as youth in uniform jacket.] [ca. 1860] BANC PIC 1975.073:009--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 6.3 x 5.1 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of David Benedict wearing open uniform jacket.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

On plate (?): Homes Booth & Haydens / 's Superfine / Waterbury Conn No. 32.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: decorative with floral motif. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - flower and scroll. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 9.1 x 8 cm. Pad: blue velvet with embossed scroll motif.

Subjects

Soldiers

Teenagers

Boys

Young adults

Genre/Format

Portraits

[David Benedict in civilian attire.] [ca. 1858-1860] BANC PIC 1975.073:010--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; ninth plate, visible image 5 x 3.9 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a young man.

Date Note

d. 1863

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped on mat: Cook & Emerson's Patent Applied for / Providence R.I. No 9.

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern): David Benedict.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: melainotype, face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral / geometric. Material: leather over wood? Dimensions: 7.2 x 6.2 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: blackened well (ambrotype case).

Subjects

Young adults

Teenagers

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[David Benedict in blue cloak or coat of a Union Army uniform.] [ca. 1860-1863] BANC PIC 1975.073:011--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 6.7 x 5.1 cm.

Content/Description

Civil War soldier, killed in battle February 22, 1863.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Plate mark (LL): Melaino[ ].

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: melainotype; face and cloak hand colored. Mat: decorative nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: patriotic - Eagle carrying the [American] Flag (Berg no. 4-19G). Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Soldiers

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[David L. Benedict in uniform, killed in battle at Young's Point, La., February 22, 1863.] [ca. 1860-1863] BANC PIC 1975.073:012--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 6.4 x 5 cm.

Content/Description

Bust portrait in Civil War uniform, with number 13 (reversed) at collar.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped on plate (bottom edge): Melaino.

Blind stamped on mat (edges): [ ] Emerson's Patent Applied for / Worcester Mass. No. 10.

Label (typed and adhered to verso [by a family member?] identifies sitter).

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: melainotype, buttons hand colored in gold. Mat: decorative oval. Cover glass: replaced glass. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container.

Subjects

Soldiers

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[David L. Benedict, killed in battle at Young's Point, La., near Vicksburg, February 22, 1863.] [ca. 1860-1863] BANC PIC 1975.073:013--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 4.9 x 3.7 cm.

Content/Description

Bust portrait in Union Civil War uniform, with number 13 (reversed) at collar.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped on plate (UC): Melaino[type].

Blind stamped on mat: Waterbury Conn. No. [ ] Patent Applied for Holmes, Booth, [ ].

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: melainotype, face and buttons slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval; elaborate patriotic Union motif of eagle, flags, cannon and "E Pluribus Unum". Cover glass: added glass cover and backing. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container. Dimensions: 8.5 x 7 cm. (image package).

Subjects

Soldiers

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Sally White, first wife of Hiram Benedict.] [ca. 1856-1857] BANC PIC 1975.073:014--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 4.9 x 3.7 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a woman wearing a jewelry (gold brooch).

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped on mat: Holme's Booth & Hayden's Superfine / Waterbury Conn. No 9.

Label (handwritten, modern): Sally White First wife of Hiram Benedict mother's grandmother.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: ruby glass with face and jewelry slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - scroll. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 7.5 x 6.5 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

Photographs from the LeConte family papers. [ca. 1850-1900] BANC PIC 1966.051

Abstract

3 items selected from the Photographs from the LeConte family papers.

The Photographs from the LeConte family papers consist of 20 photographs (chiefly albumen prints) spanning the dates of ca. 1850-ca. 1900. It consists of studio portraits of LeConte family members, John LeConte's friend and colleague Benjamin Peirce, and three Chinese servants of the LeConte family.

Additional LeConte family portraits filed in the Portrait File of The Bancroft Library.

General Administrative Note

Finding aid available in Library. Electronic version available on the Internet.

Biographical Note

John LeConte and Joseph LeConte, brothers, were both early faculty members at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1869. The LeConte family was from Georgia and South Carolina.

Provenance

Various sources: 11 items transferred from additions to the LeConte family papers (BANC MSS C-B 1014), 5 items given by Dr. L.J. LeConte, others from unknown sources.

[Harvard mathematician Benjamin Osgood Peirce, a friend of John LeConte.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1966.051:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixteenth plate, visible image 3.1 x 2.5 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a man, Benjamin Osgood Peirce, with shoulder length hair.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

On pad (handwritten): Benjamin / Pierce. / Harvard / University.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - variant of Book Style (Berg no. 6-15a). Material: blue velvet. Dimensions: 5.3 x 5 cm. Pad: white silk.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Josephine LeConte (Mrs. John LeConte).] [1850] BANC PIC 1966.051:013--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Cary, Preston M. (fl. 1847-), photographer

Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; quarter plate, visible image 9.2 x 6.9 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait, wearing jewelry (pearls in hair and earrings).

Date Note

Photographer active at given location only in 1850.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Embossed on case pad: Cary: Corner Bryan Street and Market Square, Savannah.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: neck ribbon slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - mixed flowers. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 11.9 x 9.5 cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Young man of the LeConte family.] [ca. 1854-1855] BANC PIC 1966.051:014--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.6 x 5.3 cm.

Content/Description

Bust portrait. Identified on verso in later hand as "Louis LeConte(?)", however, if this refers to the brother of John and Joseph LeConte named Louis (1821-1851), he had passed away prior to the earliest possible date for this portrait.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum on backing glass, in a variation on Cutting's patent. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - leaf and oval. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.5 x 8.4 cm. Pad: green velvet with embossed rose motif. Notes: push-button closure.

Provenance

Source unknown. Presumably received with one of the many LeConte papers gifts.

Subjects

Young adults

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

Charles Vincent Litton photograph collection. BANC PIC 1975.058

Abstract

8 items selected from the Charles Vincent Litton photograph collection.

The Charles Vincent Litton photograph collection consists of approximately 100 items (photographic prints, cartes de visite, and cased photographs) spanning the dates of ca. 1855-ca. 1910. It consists primarily of family photographs from England and the United States (including Smith and Vincent family members.) Included are ambrotypes, tintypes, albumen prints, and an album of cartes-de-visite portraits. Some albumen prints of unidentified English scenes are present.

Processing Information

UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.

Biographical Note

Charles Vincent Litton (1904-1973) was an electrical engineer and founder of Litton Engineering Laboratories, in Redwood City, California.

Provenance

Transferred from the Charles Vincent Litton papers (BANC MSS 75/7 c).

[Alice Jane Litton.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1975.058:001--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; ninth plate, visible image 5 x 3.7 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a young woman wearing eyeglasses.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying handwritten note (modern): Alice Jane Litton.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: textured. Material: leather (pigskin) over wood. Dimensions: 7.3 x 6.1 cm. Pad: red velvet.

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Allen Smith, Jr.?] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1975.058:002--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.5 x 5.2 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length portrait of seated middle-aged man, with elbow on table.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: ruby glass. Mat: rectangular. Cover glass: replaced glass. Preserver: decorative with string of beads motif.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - variant of Ornamental Circle Theme (Rinhart no. 196). Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.1 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[James Vincent, father of Alice Jane Vincent (Mrs Charles Asby Litton.).] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1975.058:003--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 5 x 3.8 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a man with a beard and mustache.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (modern): James Vincent Father of Alice Jane Vincent Mrs. Charles Asby Litton.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical); unusual design. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral. Material: leather (pigskin) over wood. Dimensions: 7.4 x 6.2 cm. Pad: green velvet with embossed motif. Notes: Eickemeyer?

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified young woman.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1975.058:004--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; half plate, visible image 11.3 x 8.3 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a woman seated in a chair. Her hair is in long ringlet curls, and she is wearing jewelry (brooch) and a tartan pattern dress.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing, face slightly hand colored. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: grapes & vine in urn. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.2 x 12.2 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Teenagers

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified man, possibly James Vincent.] [ca. 1865] BANC PIC 1975.058:005--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; gem, visible image 2.2 x 2.2 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a man with a mustache and beard.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face slighty hand colored. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: black thermoplastic. Dimensions: circular 3.5 cm. Notes: screw-top case.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified boy, probably a brother of Alice C. Smith and Charles Smith.] [ca. 1865] BANC PIC 1975.058:006--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 6.5 x 5.3 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a boy wearing a jacket with a chain across the top buttons.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Stamped on plate (L Center): [ ] Patented Oct 26 [ ].

On mat (edge): Holmes, Booth and Hayden's Superfine / Waterbury Conn. No 12.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: melainotype?, face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - leaf scroll. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: case and preserver match item 7 of this collection.

General Note

Identification based on comparison to a carte de visite in the Litton family photographs. Preserver same as 1975.058:007.

Subjects

Boys

Children

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified youth, perhaps Charles Smith, brother of Alice C. Smith.] [ca. 1865] BANC PIC 1975.058:007--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 6.5 x 5.2 cm.

Content/Description

Bust length portrait of a young man.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Plate mark (blind stamped): [-WOO]DS--PATENTED. [Appears on verso of plate, so image was made on the wrong side].

On edge of mat: Holmes, Booth and Hayden's Superfine / Waterbury Conn. No 12.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - leaf scroll. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8 cm. Pad: reddish purple velvet with embossed motif. Notes: case and preserver match item 6 of this collection.

General Note

Plate mark appears on verso, so image was made on wrong side. Case motif and preserver same as 1975:058:006.

Subjects

Teenagers

Boys

Children

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified woman.] [ca. 1858-1860] BANC PIC 1975.058:008--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; ninth plate, visible image 5 x 3.9 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading, bust length portrait of a young woman wearing jewelry (brooch).

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with ferrotype backing. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral / geometric - medallion. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 7.4 x 6.1 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif.

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

[MacDonald Family portraits.] BANC PIC 1975.059

Abstract

6 items selected from the MacDonald family photograph collection.

The MacDonald family photograph collection consists of approximately 170 photographs spanning the dates of ca. 1850-ca. 1875. The collection consists chiefly of portraits, (including an album of cartes de visite) of the MacDonald and Branks families and others, chiefly in San Francisco, Calif. and Victoria, B.C.

Processing Information

UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE: Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.

Biographical Note

Alexander Davidson MacDonald came from Scotland to San Francisco in the early 1850's, married Agnes Branks, and went to Victoria, British Columbia around 1860, where he was a banker and had mining interests.

Provenance

Transferred from the MacDonald family papers (BANC MSS 75/132 cp).

[Alexander Davidson MacDonald.] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1975.059:083--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; quarter plate, visible image 8.8 x 6.4 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait, with a beard and mustache.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: watch chain hand colored, shirt stud accented with stylus. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: floral - variant of Mixed Flowers (Rinhart no. 136). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 12.9 x 9.4 cm. Notes: blackened well (ambrotype case).

General Note

Case and ornate mat appear to be later than image. An oval mark is visible on plate from earlier mat, and the blackened case well indicates an ambrotype case, dating from 1854 or later.

Identification based upon comparison to carte de visite in MacDonald family album.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified man.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1975.059:084--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 7.3 x 6 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait of a man with long sideburns, seated, with arm resting on table. Apparently same subject as 1975.059:085.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing, face slightly hand colored.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container. Dimensions: 8.4 x 7.2 cm. (image package).

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified man.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1975.059:085--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.8 x 5.5 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait, seated. One arm rests on a table. Apparently same subject as 1975.059:084.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing, face and hands slightly hand colored. Mat: decorative oval with bird and vine design. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Motif: floral - Thistle Motif (Rinhart no. 119). Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 8 cm.

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified man and his daughter.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1975.059:086--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; quarter plate, visible image 8.8 x 6.4 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading, three-quarter length portrait of a father, seated, and daughter, standing beside him. The daughter is wearing a hat with flowers and ribbons hanging from brim. Presumably members of the Branks or MacDonald families of San Francisco.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum on backing glass (sealed with balsam in the style of Cutting's Patent). Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).

Container or Case Note

Type: no container.

Subjects

Men

Girls

Fathers & children

Children

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Mr. W.H. Richards.] [ca. 1859-1861] BANC PIC 1975.059:087--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Lovering, Reuben F. , American, photographer

Hamilton, Charles F., photographer

Hamilton & Lovering (fl. 1859-1861) , American, photographer

Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; quarter plate, visible image 8.3 x 6.7 cm.

Content/Description

Half length portrait, with a mustache and goatee.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Stamped on mat (LL): HAMILTON & LOVERING / S.F.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with black paint(?) backing, face slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: no container.

General Note

Identification based upon comparison to carte de visite in MacDonald family album.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Men

Genre/Format

Portraits

[Unidentified seated woman who may be Elisa Shaw (Mrs. William Hood)] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1975.059:088--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Selleck, Silas, photographer

Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; quarter plate, visible image 8.9 x 6.5 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter length portrait of a woman seated at a table. Her elbow rests on the table, and her hand rests at her check.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Stamped on mat (LL): Silas Selleck San [Francisco]. [Partially obscured by preserver].

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: ruby glass with face slightly hand colored. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: frame. Motif: geometric (Berg no. 7-19). Material: black thermoplastic. Dimensions: 16.5 x 14 cm.

General Note

Identification based upon comparison to carte de visite in MacDonald family album.

Subjects

Young adults

Women

Genre/Format

Portraits

Zelda Mackay pictorial collection. ca. 1845-ca. 1885. BANC PIC 1905.16242

Abstract

106 items from the Zelda Mackay pictorial collection.

The Zelda Mackay pictorial collection consists of 191 photographs, of which 106 are cased photographic objects (some of which contain multiple plates.) The remainder are albumen photographic prints of a later date. The collection consists of portraits of early California pioneer families and California views. It includes numerous important views from the gold rush era, including some of the earliest views of the city of San Francisco and numerous views of mining towns and riverbed gold mining scenes.

General Note

Documentation:

The Mackay collection was received with a typescript listing of most of the items, with comments by Mackay. This list is arranged in numerical order according to her spine labels affixed to each case, and is kept in the collection file. Additionally, most items are accompanied by handwritten or typed notes by Mackay, and occasional newsclippings.

Arrangement and numbering:

The Bancroft Library item numbes (1-106) assigned to this collection appear to have been assigned as items were checked in to the library. They reflect no intellectual arrangement, although higher item numbers tend to be large format views. In the present finding aid, related objects have been grouped together regardless of this item number. Groupings were defined by related family names or, in the case of views, by subjects. As a result, the item numbers will not appear as a continuous sequence.

Mackay is known to have switched images and their cases and mats for aesthetic reasons. Occassionally there is evidence of such swapping. Assumptions about images based upon associated cases and mats should be treated with caution.

Zelda Mackay brought together an extremely important collection of early photography. Much of her collection is now owned by The Bancroft Library, which received her cased photographs relating to California and California pioneers. The Bancroft also holds a collection of stereographs from the Mackay collection, and several smaller collections of albumen prints of California views and Californians. The George Eastman House Museum in Rochester, NY acquired most or all of her extensive collection of cased photographs that do not relate to California.

Provenance

Collected by Zelda Mackay from various sources. Many were purchased, and some acquired from family members or descendants of the subjects.

San Francisco Views. BANC PIC 1905.16242 [Series]

[Isaiah W. Lees in landau with friends at racetrack.] [ca. 1855-1858] BANC PIC 1905.16242:014--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 5.6 x 7 cm.

Content/Description

Men sit drinking in open carriage, as one (Isaiah Lees) pours from a bottle into a glass. Man in top hat stands at carriage door. Lees was a detective and later Chief of Police in San Francisco and, according to collector Zelda Mackay, made a hobby of photography.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (modern) and newspaper clippings laid in case.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with new blackened photographic paper added. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical) with cross in diamond motif. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - Oriental (Rinhart no. 226). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.4 x 8 cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed leaf motif. Notes: spine label - 356 (from prior owner). Mis-matched case cover and back, with hinge repair. Back has mixed flowers motif.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Carriages & coaches

Men

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Isaiah W. Lees in landau with friends at racetrack.] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:014--DIG

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[School house, San Francisco.] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1905.16242:024--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 7.2 x 6.1 cm.

Content/Description

Corner view (front and side) of a two-story school building in San Francisco.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

On plate (UR): LBB & Co. 40.

Accompanying note (handwritten by collector): Unidentified early San Francisco school building.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: textured oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: spine lable - 404 (from prior owner). Case is probably not original to image.

Subjects

Buildings

Genre/Format

Architectural Photog

[School house, San Francisco.] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:024--DIG

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[Ocean Beach Pavilion: five people in a buggy] [not before 1884] BANC PIC 1905.16242:034--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; sixth plate, visible image 5.5 x 6.8 cm.

Content/Description

Wrong-reading (reversed) image of a buggy drawn by two horses in front of resort, with building name visible in background.

Date Note

Ocean Beach Pavilion opened in June of 1884.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: simple variant of nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - variant of The Delicate Roses (Rinhart no. 124). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.9 cm. Pad: red silk. Notes: spine label - 360 (from prior owner). Case is from much earlier date (1840's) than image.

Subjects

Carriages & coaches

Women

Men

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Party of six in Golden Gate Park(?)] [ca. 1870-1880] BANC PIC 1905.16242:069--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: tintype; third plate, visible image 6.7 x 8.8 cm.

Content/Description

Group portrait of four women and two men on a lawn in a park. Said to be taken in Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.)

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (modern): Happy group in Golden Gate Park about 1870. An early ferrotype.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat: textured rectangle. Cover glass: beveled.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: textured, plain. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 12.8 x 10.6 cm. Pad: purple silk. Notes: spine label - 514 (from prior owner). Silk well.

General Note

European image probably not belonging to the case. Plate size indicates likely European origin. Source of identification as Golden Gate Park is unknown, however, it was received from collector Zelda Mackay as such.

Subjects

Women

Men

Genre/Format

Group portraits

Detail of image side only

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[Smith and Porter's coffee house and hotel on the corner of Sansome and Sacramento Streets, San Francisco.] [ca.1852] BANC PIC 1905.16242:099--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Shaw and Johnson, photographer

Shaw, Seth Louis (1816-1872) , American, photographer

Johnson, G. H. (George Howard) (b. 1823) , American, photographer

Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; whole plate, visible image 19 x 14 cm.

Content/Description

Three-quarter view of a two story building, with men standing on the street level porch and the second story porch. A horse is off to the side, and in front, an empty cart is tipped up. Posters on corner advertise the sailing of Pacific Mail Steamship Oregon (for Panama), and others [the California and the Unicorn?].

Date Note

Date based on dates of photographers' brief partnership.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Plate mark (UL): [Circle in sixths], [Lamb bearing cross flanked by crescents].

Embossed on case pad: SHAW AND JOHNSON / ARTISTS / SAN FRANCISCO.

Two accompanying news clippings (1949 and ca. late 1940s) and one note (transcribed from a 1850 news clipping), describe the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's Steamer Oregon and its voyage. Accompanying note (handwritten, modern, possibly by collector Zelda Mackay) identifies the scene.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric - scroll Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 22.5 x 17.8 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: spine label - 683 (from prior owner). Same case as 1905.16242:102.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Men

Commercial buildings

Cities and towns

Buildings

Genre/Format

Architectural Photog

Detail of image side only

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[Sacramento Street; view toward bay down the south side of street, San Francisco.] [ca. 1852-1853] BANC PIC 1905.16242:104--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Shew, William (1820-1903), photographer (attributed to)

Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; whole plate, visible image 20.3 x 15.5 cm.

Content/Description

A wrong-reading image from a roof top that includes men, carts, wagons, horses, and bales of goods are 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.

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.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, cover glass, preserver. Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).

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).

General Note

Tarnish lines from a former rectangular mat are visible. A brass preserver was present, but has been removed and retained separately.

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.

Although attributed by prior owner to Shew, image was possibly taken from roof of 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.]

Subjects

Streets

Men

Cities and towns

Carriages & coaches

Buildings

Genre/Format

Landscapes

Detail of image side only

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[San Francisco Fire Brigade on Meiggs Wharf.] [ca. 1855-1858] BANC PIC 1905.16242:105--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; whole plate, visible image 13.2 x 18.2 cm.

Content/Description

Full length portrait of 8 men standing with a fire hose. All are wearing uniforms and the number 2 is on their helmets. One man holds a brass horn or megaphone.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Printed on case exterior: F.R. Smith & Hartmann N.Y.

Accompanying note (modern, possibly by collector Zelda Mackay) identifies view and gives brief history of Manhattan Engine Co. No 2.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: violet glass with shirts and hats hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: The Landing of Columbus (Rinhart no. 1). Material: black thermoplastic. Dimensions: 18.8 x 23.2 cm. Pad: reddish purple velvet with embossed motif. Notes: F.R. Smith & Hartman, N.Y. Notes: spine label - 369 (from prior owner).

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Young adults

Teenagers

Men

Genre/Format

Group portraits

Detail of image side only

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[San Francisco, east from Kearny and Clay Streets, with masts of sailing ships in the harbor.] [ca. 1851] BANC PIC 1905.16242:106--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; whole plate, visible image 15 x 20 cm.

Content/Description

Bird's-eye view with the harbor and docked ships in the background, sometimes referred to as the "Sea of masts" view, and once thought to be the earliest surviving photograph of the city of San Francisco. It has been noted that the store ship Niantic is visible toward the right, which would indicate a date prior to the fire of May, 1851. This plate is the right half of a two-plate panorama, the other half of which is lost and not thought to have survived the earthquake and fire of 1906. The full view does exist in copy photographs.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Blind stamped on plate: [LL] flower symbol; [UL] 40.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat: octagonal.

Container or Case Note

Type: half case. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 27 x 21.8 cm. Notes: label -157 (from prior owner).

Subjects

Dwellings

Commercial buildings

Cities and towns

Buildings

Genre/Format

Landscapes

[Newspaper offices on Montgomery and Sacramento Streets, San Francisco.] [between 1850 and 1852] BANC PIC 1905.16242:091--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Shew, William (1820-1903), photographer (attributed to)

Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; half plate, visible image 9.6 x 12.6 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading, three-quarter view of a street corner. Several men in top hats stand in front of newspaper buildings, which house the Evening Picayune and the San Francisco Herald. Samuel Brannan stands at right in his office doorway, and Andrew J. Moulder is at right in the doorway of the Herald office. In addition to newspaper signs, other signs read: Schloss Brothers, A.I. Tobias & Co., Neustadt & Barnett, S. Brannan, Cafe Zur[...], and Groc[eries].

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (photocopy, handwritten by collector Zelda Mackay) describes the history of the newspapers and attirbutes image to photographer William Shew.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat: blue paper.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral (front), geometric (back). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.2 x 12 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: spine label - 540 (from prior owner). Front has a different motif than the back.

General Note

The Picayune was published from August 3, 1850 until April 17, 1852.

Blue paper mat occurs on known William Shew images, but it is not certain if this one is original or was added by a collector at a later time.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Men

Commercial buildings

Cities and towns

Buildings

Genre/Format

Architectural Photog

[Newspaper offices on Montgomery...] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:091--DIG

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Mining Towns and Mining Scenes. BANC PIC 1905.16242 [Series]

[Riverbed mining, Grizzly Flats, El Dorado Co., showing mining apparatus.] [ca. 1851-1852.] BANC PIC 1905.16242:049--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Johnson, G. H. (George Howard) (b. 1823) , American, photographer (attributed to)

Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; quarter plate, visible image 6.8 x 9.2 cm.

Content/Description

Two men are visible next to large water wheels in a man made channel diverting the river. Possibly the mining operation of Jacob Phillips. (See notes for other Grizzly Flats views.)

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern, by Zelda Mackay): Another view of mining operations near Grizzly Flat taken 1849. Same location and diggings as shown in daguerreotypes 660, 734, + 735. [These items now numbered 1905.16242:85, :82, and :77.] Daguerreotype made by early photographer Geo. H. Johnson 83 J Street. Sacramento, 1849. [Cataloger's note: 83 J Street would indicate at date of 1851-1852.] [It is possible that the preceding note was meant to accompany 1905.16242:081 rather than this image.]

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - variant of The Rose Cameo (Rinhart no. 129). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 11.9 x 9 4 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed urn motif. Notes: spine label - 736 (from prior owner).

Subjects

Water-wheels

Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)

Miners

Men

Gold mines and mining

Genre/Format

Landscapes

[Riverbed mining, Grizzly Flats, ...] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:049--DIG

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[Riverbed mining in Grizzly Flats, El Dorado Co.] [ca. 1851-1852] BANC PIC 1905.16242:077--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Johnson, G. H. (George Howard) (b. 1823) , American, photographer

Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; half plate, visible image 8.8 x 12 cm.

Content/Description

View of gravel pile, buildings and hillside with trees.

Date Note

Date based upon Johnson's address.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Embossed on case pad: GEO. H. JOHNSON / 83 J ST. / SACRAMENTO / CAL.

Accompanying note (modern, possibly by collector Zelda Mackay) identifies photo.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: Washington Monument (front) (Berg no. 4-1), geometric (back). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15 x 12 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: spine label - 735 (from prior owner). Front has different motif from back, similar to 1905.16242:82 and 1905.16242:85.

Subjects

Water-wheels

Mining districts

Gold mines and mining

Dwellings

Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)

Buildings

Genre/Format

Landscapes

[Riverbed mining in Grizzly Flats, El Dorado Co..] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:077--DIG

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[Riverbed mining in Grizzly Flats.] [ca. 1851-1852] BANC PIC 1905.16242:081--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Johnson, G. H. (George Howard) (b. 1823) , American, photographer (attributed to)

Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; half plate, visible image 8.1 x 12 cm.

Content/Description

View of mining diversion flumes in riverbed showing water wheels and hoists. Miners stand to left, one holding a pan with gold colored in.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern, possibly by collector Zelda Mackay): California mining scene of 1850, showing the elaborate diggings and equipment of Jacob Phillips and other gold miners, at Grizzly Flat Eldorado Co., 33 miles south of Placerville (Hangtown.) Jacob Phillips came to Calif. from Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1849, and later returned there to build a fine home.

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern, possibly by collector Zelda Mackay): Jacob Phillips went to Calif. from Elizabeth, N.J. in 1849, staked out a claim in the fifties which had been a rich strike. When the mine became exhausted, he sold it in 1865 to his 'in-laws Henry, Merwin and F.A. Massot who later sold it out of the family, and all returned East. With his new found wealth, Jacob Phillips built a fine home in Elizabeth, N.J. I have old deed to gold mine shown in this daguerreotype [which is Mackay's] #703 and #660 [now numbered 1905.16242:085]. [The mine deed is now in the Bancroft collection as BANC MSS C-I 16 Pt. I:44].

Accompanying newspaper clipping (1947) about the Placerville Indian "war".

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat: plain rectangular (double elliptical).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - vase with grapevines. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 12 x 15 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: spine label - 703 (from prior owner).

Subjects

Water-wheels

Miners

Gold mines and mining

Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)

Genre/Format

Landscapes

[Riverbed mining in Grizzly Flats.] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:081--DIG

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[Settlement and mining operation in Grizzly Flats, El Dorado County, Calif.] [ca. 1851-1852] BANC PIC 1905.16242:082--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Johnson, G. H. (George Howard) (b. 1823) , American, photographer

Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; half plate, visible image 8.8 x 12.1 cm.

Content/Description

View of mining settlement showing buildings in distance and mining equipment and waterwheels along the river's edge. Note small tent to right at base of tree, also visible in 1905.16242:085.

Date Note

Date based upon Johnson's address.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Embossed on case pad: Geo. H. Johnson / 83 J. St. / Sacramento / Cal.

Accompanying note (handwritten by Zelda Mackay): California Gold Rush Daguerreotype, showing mining settlement and Diggings of Grizzly Flat El Dorado County, about 1850. Daguerreotype taken by Geo. H. Johnson of Sacramento, one of first photographers.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: Washington Monument (Berg no. 4-1). Verso is geometric pattern. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 14.9 x 11.9 cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed motif and photographer's name. Notes: spine label - 734 (from prior owner).

General Note

See also BANC PIC 1905.16242:085, a view taken from a few yards to the right of this vantage point.

Subjects

Water-wheels

Gold mines and mining

Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)

Mining districts

Cities and towns

Buildings

Genre/Format

Landscapes

[Settlement and mining operation in Grizzly Flats...] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:082--DIG

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[Diggings at Grizzly Flat, El Dorado Co.] [ca. 1851-1852] BANC PIC 1905.16242:085--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Johnson, G. H. (George Howard) (b. 1823) , American, photographer (attributed to)

Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; half plate, visible image 8.7 x 11.9 cm.

Content/Description

View of a river mining operations with a small town in the background. Two men and a tent are in the foreground, and men stand near several of the water wheels. Sign on building at far left reads "Maxfield... ", and other illegible signs are visible at center. Men pictured may be Jacob Philips and associates. See notes for another Grizzly Flat view (1905.16242:081--CASE).

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: Washington Monument (front), geometric (back) (Rinhart no. 6). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15 x 11.7 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed urn motif. Notes: spine label - 660 (from prior owner). Front has different motif from back.

General Note

Atttributed to G.H. Johnson based upon the similar view numbered as BANC PIC 1905.16242:082, which is a view taken from a few yards to the left of this vantage point. The details are so similar they are presumed to have been taken by the same photographer on the same day.

Subjects

Water-wheels

Tents

Mining districts

Miners

Men

Gold mines and mining

Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)

Cities and towns

Buildings

Genre/Format

Landscapes

[Diggings at Grizzly Flat, El Dorado Co.] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:085--DIG

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[Freeman's Crossing, Middle Fork, Yuba River.] 1856 BANC PIC 1905.16242:076--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; half plate, visible image 10 x 13.1 cm.

Content/Description

View of small mining town showing several buildings at right with townspeople, horses and dogs standing nearby. Small bridge (Freeman's Crossing) over river at left with worked out mining area along river bank. Freeman's Crossing was located about a half mile below where Oregon Creek flows into the Yuba and about a mile and a half northwest of North San Juan (Calif.). The first bridge was built by Thomas Hess in 1851, rebuilt in 1852, and sold to Thomas Freeman in 1854.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Note in early hand (formerly attached to cover glass): Freeman's Crossing, Middle Yuba 1856.

Accompanying typed note from [California] State Librarian giving location and brief history of Freeman's Crossing.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat: plain rectangular (double elliptical).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.4 x 12.2 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed floral motif. Notes: spine label - 729 (from prior owner).

Subjects

Mining districts

Gold mines and mining

Cities and towns

Buildings

Genre/Format

Landscapes

Detail of image side only[Freeman's Crossing, Middle Fork, Yuba River.] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:076--DIG

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[Placerville, California (Hangtown) residences.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1905.16242:033--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 5.7 x 7 cm.

Content/Description

Two wood frame houses with split rail fence in foreground. A woman stands on exterior steps. Landscape (horizontal) orientation.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Plate mark (UL): SCOVILL MFG Co. / Extra.

Accompanying note (handwritten by collector Zelda Mackay): Settlers in early mining-town of Hangtown or Placerville, about 1855. [A typed listing of the collection from Mackay gives date of 1852].

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: nonpareil. Cover glass: convex. Preserver: decorative with leaf motif.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral / geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.4 x 8 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed flowers-in-urn motif. Notes: spine label - 762 (from prior owner). Case bottom and top do not match.

Subjects

Buildings

Cities and towns

Mining districts

Dwellings

Genre/Format

Architectural Photo

[Placerville, California (Hangtown) residences.] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:033--DIG

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[Family of miner inside and outside of house near New Almaden quicksilver mines.] [ca. 1855-1860] BANC PIC 1905.16242:078--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; half plate, visible image 8.1 x 11.2 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading, view of house and partial view of smaller building in back. The father and child are standing outside with the dog, the mother is inside, posed at the window.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (modern): New Almaden quicksilver miner's little home in the 1850's San Jose, Cal.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - grapes. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15 x 12 cm. Pad: blue velvet with embossed motif. Notes: spine label - 603 (from prior owner).

Subjects

Women

Miners

Men

Infants

Fathers & children

Families

Dwellings

Children

Buildings

Genre/Format

Architectural Photog

[Family of miner inside and outside of ...] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:078--DIG

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[Five riverbed miners in a rocky gulch in the Motherlode.] [ca. 1850-1853] BANC PIC 1905.16242:079--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; half plate, visible image 8.7 x 12 cm.

Content/Description

Mining scene showing 5 men working with shovels and a pulley system to lift large boulders. Two of the workmen's shirts have decorative buttons[?] on the front.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (modern, possibly by collector Zelda Mackay): Five Gold Rush Miners in the Mother Lode. California, 1849. [In different ink:] "Hard Rock" miners.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral / geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.2 x 12.2 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: spine label - 503 (from prior owner).

General Note

Identified as "Hard Rock Miners" by collector, this misleading title may have been used in publications or exhibitions in the past. It is clearly a riverbed or placer mining scene, and not "hard-rock" mining, which implies underground tunnelling. Also, the noted date of 1849 almost certainly refers to the gold rush of '49 in a general sense rather than an exact image date.

Subjects

Tools

Mining districts

Miners

Men

Gold mines and mining

Genre/Format

Landscapes

[Five riverbed miners...] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:079--DIG

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[Riverbed gold mining, Mother Lode.] [ca. 1854] BANC PIC 1905.16242:050--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; quarter plate, visible image 7.4 x 9.8 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading image of a gold mining site with wooden river diversion structure in background. Numerous men work in the riverbed, with wheelbarrows along a plank structure at left.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern): Gold Rush Ambrotype Scene. 18 miners at work in the Mother Lode, digging for gold. Notice interesting equipment. About 1854.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical, roughly cut down). Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative (removed and housed separately).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.3 x 11.8 cm. Pad: purple velvet. Notes: spine label - 659 (from prior owner). Top and bottom are different motifs. Case, mat, and preserver may not be contemporary with image.

Subjects

Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)

Miners

Men

Gold mines and mining

Genre/Format

Landscapes

[Riverbed gold mining, Mother Lode.] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:050--DIG

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[Six miners with rocker, wheel barrows, picks, shovels and gold pans.] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1905.16242:061--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; quarter plate, visible image 6.5 x 9 cm.

Content/Description

Men stopping work to pose at mining site. Two display gold pans, one carries buckets balanced from a bar across his shoulders. Several rockers or "cradles" are also displayed.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (handwritten by collector Zelda Mackay): #627 Miners at Diggings, California, 1850. Notice real gold nugget in gold pan.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Plate: gold nugget hand colored. Mat: textured octagonal.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Material: leather (pigskin) over wood. Dimensions: 12 x 9.5 cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed motif. Notes: Eickmeyer style case, but with no patent statement.

Subjects

Gold mines and mining

Tools

Miners

Men

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Six miners with rocker, wheel barrows, ...] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:061--DIG

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[Mining claim along the American River: J.Y. Hutchins & Co. June 5, 1852] June 5, 1852 BANC PIC 1905.16242:083--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; half plate, visible image 8.6 x 11.9 cm.

Content/Description

View of mining encampment showing eight miners at work with equipment including sluice boxes, shovels, a gold pan, and cradles. Four large tents are visible in the middle distance.

Date Note

Inscribed on plate.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Inscribed on plate: J.Y. Hutchins & Co. June 5, 1852.

Platemark: [40][double, under eagle].

Accompanying note (modern): Group of Gold Rush miners under leadership of J.Y. Hutchins & Co., working at diggings along the American River, June 5, 1852. Notice Sluice-box, screen, gold pan, shovels, tents, etc.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat: plain rectangular (double elliptical).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric / floral with figs Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15 x 11.7 cm. Pad: reddish purple velvet with embossed urn and flower motif.

Subjects

Mining districts

Tools

Miners

Gold mines and mining

Genre/Format

Landscapes

[Mining claim along the American River...] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:083--DIG

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[Riverbed mining scene with fifteen miners, including Elmer Bliss.] [ca. 1852-1858] BANC PIC 1905.16242:084--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; half plate, visible image 8.8 x 12.1 cm.

Content/Description

View showing fifteen miners, some holding tools, working along a rocky river bank. Mining machinery and diversion flume structure visible behind miners.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Plate mark (UR): Scovill.

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern): California Gold Mine. Elmer Bliss in rear dark shirt - hand on hip. Elmer Bliss came to Calif. from Havehill, N.H. in 1849.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat: plain rectangular (double elliptical).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric / floral - variant of The Spear and Rod (Rinhart no. 166). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 12.6 x 15.3 cm. Pad: red silk. Notes: spine label: 709 (from prior owner). Case and image package are not consistent, the case appearing to be from an earlier date.

Subjects

Pioneers -- California

Miners

Men

Gold mines and mining

Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Riverbed mining scene with fifteen miners...] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:084--DIG

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[Mining scene in rocky diggings near Lincoln, California, with 39 miners.] [ca. 1849-1855] BANC PIC 1905.16242:075--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Shew, William (1820-1903), photographer (attributed to)

Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; half plate, visible image 10.2 x 13.5 cm.

Content/Description

View of thirty-nine miners working in rocky riverbed. Some mining equipment visible (cradles, shovels, and a structure at left). Figure in white suspenders has been identified as William Pickett.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (handwritten, by collector Zelda Mackay): Rare daguerreotype of 1849 showing California Placer gold mine near "Hangtown," now known as Placerville. The tall man on the right with the white suspenders is Wm. Pickett, kin of Gen. George E. Pickett, famous Confederate General of Civil War. Wm. Pickett came to Calif. In '49 and settled near Lincoln. By Wm. Shew.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, cover glass, preserver. Preserver: decorative.

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - variant of The Delicate Roses (Rinhart no. 125). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 11.9 x 15 cm. Pad: pink silk. Notes: spine label: 495 (from prior owner). Case appears to be earlier and may not be original to image.

General Note

Attributed to William Shew by collector Zelda Mackay. No evidence is present, and her assigned date of 1849 (itself suspect) is prior to Shew's 1851 arrival in California.

Subjects

Miners

Men

Gold mines and mining

Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)

Genre/Format

Landscapes

[Mining scene in rocky diggings...] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:075--DIG

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[Riverbed mining operation.] [ca. 1858] BANC PIC 1905.16242:095--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: daguerreotype; half plate, visible image 10 x 13.5 cm.

Content/Description

View of mining site with men working alongside large water wheels and elaborate pumping equipment. Several figures push wheelbarrows, and others pose standing on wooden structures above excavation.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern, by collector Zelda Mackay): Elaborate operations of a "Gold Rush Company", California about 1852.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, cover glass, preserver. Cover glass: replaced glass? Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: geometric -- leaf scroll. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.3 x 12 cm. Pad: green velvet with embossed motif. Notes: spine label - 706 (from prior owner).

Subjects

Water-wheels

Tools

Miners

Men

Gold mines and mining

Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)

Genre/Format

Landscapes

[Riverbed mining operation.] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:095--DIG

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[Store fronts in Washington, Nevada Co., California.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1905.16242:089--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Silver, O. B., photographer (attributed to)

Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; half plate, visible image 10 x 13 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading view of three stores including a haberdashery and a liquor store. A few men pose out front.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, backing plate, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Die maker's mark on case (UL, recto and verso): Pretlove.

On bottom of case (in ink): 89

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - variant of The Delicate Roses (Rinhart no. 125). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.3 x 12.1 cm. Pad: red velvet. Notes: Pretlove (die engraver) Notes: spine label - 665 (from prior owner).

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Two accompanying news clippings [ca. 1950s] about the town of Washington.

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern, possibly by collector Zelda Mackay) telling about the McDonnel family of Washington, Nevada County. [Presumably this image came from this family.]

General Note

Tentative attribution to O.B. Silver by Peter Palmquist, based upon the locale, format (half plate ambrotype) and presentation (preserver only, lacking mat).

Backed with another ambrotype plate, probably culled by photographer. It is a portrait of four men, in poor condition and of poor quality, and it has been encapsulated separately.

Subjects

Streets

Mining districts

Men

Commercial buildings

Cities and towns

Buildings

Genre/Format

Architectural Photog

[Portrait of four men.] (Detail of backing plate found behind view of store fronts in Washington, Nevada Co.) [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1905.16242:089--NEG

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Physical Description: Ambrotype; 13 x 9.8 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading portrait of four men. The end two are wearing hats.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate (used as backing for another image).

Subjects

Men

Genre/Format

Group portraits

[Store fronts in Washington, Nevada Co., California.] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:089--DIG

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[Street with large crowd of miners, women, children and animals in Sierraville, California.] [Possibly photographed by O.B. Silver.] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1905.16242:087--CASE

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Creator/Collector: Silver, O. B., photographer (attributed to)

Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; half plate, visible image 9.7 x 13 cm.

Content/Description

Right reading, group portrait of townspeople(men, women, and children) taken in the street. Building and storefronts are to one side, mining works are on the other, a few trees are in the back. A group of men is sitting at a table playing cards, some are standing and drinking. One man holds a gun. One man is smoking a cigar. There is a dog, a horse and a colt[?] Some people are dressed in their best clothes, others are wearing work clothes.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern, possibly by collector Zelda Mackay) giving a description of the image. Note also states: One of miners is named Tipton Rader, from Ottumwa, Iowa.

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum-coated backing paper. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).

Container or Case Note

Type: case. Motif: floral - grapes. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15 x 12 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed urn and scroll motif. Notes: spine label - 701 (from prior owner).

General Note

Tentative attribution to O.B. Silver by Peter Palmquist, based upon the locale, format (half plate ambrotype) and presentation (preserver only, lacking mat).

Subjects

Streets

Women

Mining districts

Miners

Men

Infants

Girls

Fathers & children

Commercial buildings

Cities and towns

Children

Buildings

Boys

Genre/Format

Landscapes

[Street with large crowd of miners, ...] (Detail.) BANC PIC 1905.16242:087--DIG

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Miscellaneous Outdoor Views. BANC PIC 1905.16242 [Series]

[Two men with children in a park.] [ca. 1865?] BANC PIC 1905.16242:038--CASE

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Physical Description: 1 photograph: ambrotype; sixth plate, visible image 7.3 x 6.2 cm.

Content/Description

Right-reading outdoor view of two men seated with two small children on a park bench. Park setting with a fountain in the background. Earlier thought to be Golden Gate Park, but now possibly somewhere in Europe, due to European style of wall frame.

Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material

Accompanying note (handwritten, modern): Group of men & children in Golden Gate Park about 1870 - a ferrotype. [Apparently incorrect: confirmed as ambrotype, and location in doubt.]

Image Package Note

Original component parts: plate, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing, backed with paper. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative with shell motif.

Container or Case Note

Type: frame, ring at top. Motif: geometric - triangle motif in gold along frame. Material: paper over wood. Dimensions: 9.8 x 8.5 cm. Notes: label on back - 590 (from prior owner). Black well edged with red velvet.

Subjects

Fathers & children

Children

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