Title:
[Newspaper offices on Montgomery and Sacramento Streets, San Francisco.]
Creator/Contributor:
Shew, William, 1820-1903, photographer
Abstract:
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].
Date:
[between 1850 and 1852]
Subject:
Men
Pioneers -- California
Buildings
Cities and towns
Commercial buildings
San Francisco (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Note:
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.
The Picayune was published from August 3, 1850 until April 17, 1852.
Type:
Daguerreotypes
Architectural Photographs
Physical Description:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; half plate, visible image 9.6 x 12.6 cm.
displayLabel="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.;;;displayLabel="Image Package
Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat: blue paper.;;;displayLabel="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.;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:091--CASE
Filename:
brk00040076_8a.tif
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Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
[Newspaper offices on Montgomery and Sacramento Streets, San Francisco.]
