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[Palace Hotel advertising card, with a portrait of Taliesin Evans mounted on verso].
BANC PIC 1954.021--PICLOCAL
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Title:
[Palace Hotel advertising card, with a portrait of Taliesin Evans mounted on verso]Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Cal
Creator/Contributor:
Morse, G. D. (George Daniels), active approximately 1860-approximately 1900Creator/Contributor:
Thomas Houseworth & CoAbstract:
Palace Hotel card contains a mounted photoprint of a drawing of the hotel exterior, with letterpress advertising text. The
diminutive scale of pedestrians and steet traffic emphasizes the building's size. The carte de visite portrait on verso is
of Taliesin Evans, author of a guide to California in Welsh, among other works.
Date:
approximately 1874 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caAuthors, Welsh -- 19th century -- Portraits
Écrivains gallois -- 19e siècle -- Portraits
Authors, Welsh
Palace Hotel (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Palace Hotel (San Francisco, Calif.)
Evans, Taliesin -- Portraits
Note:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographed by Houseworth & Co.(Palace Hotel) and by G.D. Morse (portrait).
Advertising card mount somewhat cropped.
Printed on mount: Covers the entire block bounded by New Montgomery ... -- 94,000 square feet. Will be completed and opened
for business 4th of July, 1875. John P. Gaynor, Architect.
From the T.W. Norris collection.
Type:
graphicPictorial works.
Portraits.
Cartes de visite.
Advertisements-Hotels, taverns, etc.
Physical Description:
photoprint
2 photographic prints on card mounts : albumen ; 11 x 16 cm and 11 x 7 cm
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1954.021--PICLOCAL