Title:
[Smith and Porter's coffee house and hotel on the corner of Sansome and Sacramento Streets, San Francisco.]
Creator/Contributor:
Shaw and Johnson, photographer
Creator/Contributor:
Shaw, Seth Louis, 1816-1872, photographer
Creator/Contributor:
Johnson, G. H. (George Howard), b. 1823, photographer
Abstract:
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:
[ca.1852]
Subject:
Men
Pioneers -- California
Buildings
Cities and towns
Commercial buildings
San Francisco (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Note:
Date based on dates of photographers' brief partnership.
See bio. in Mautz. EHI gives George H., only Mautz provides "Howard".
Type:
Daguerreotypes
Architectural Photographs
Physical Description:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; whole plate, visible image 19 x 14 cm.
displayLabel="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.;;;displayLabel="Image
Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver:
decorative (removed and stored separately).;;;displayLabel="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.;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:099--CASE
Filename:
brk00040084_8a.tif
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[Smith and Porter's coffee house and hotel on the corner of Sansome and Sacramento Streets, San Francisco.]
