Title:
[Isaiah W. Lees in landau with friends at racetrack.]
Abstract:
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.
Date:
[ca. 1855-1858]
Subject:
Men
Pioneers -- California
Carriages & coaches
Type:
Ambrotypes
Group portraits
Physical Description:
1 photograph : ambrotype ; sixth plate, visible image 5.6 x 7 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Accompanying note (modern) and newspaper clippings laid in case.;;;displayLabel="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).;;;displayLabel="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.;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:014--CASE
Filename:
brk00039999_8a.tif
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