Title:
[Store fronts in Washington, Nevada Co., California.]
Creator/Contributor:
Silver, O. B., photographer
Abstract:
Right reading view of three stores including a haberdashery and a liquor store. A few men pose out front.
Date:
[ca. 1855]
Subject:
Men
Buildings
Cities and towns
Commercial buildings
Streets
Mining districts
Authors
Mining districts--California--Nevada County--Washington--Photographs
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.
Type:
Ambrotypes
Architectural Photographs
Physical Description:
1 photograph : ambrotype ; half plate, visible image 10 x 13 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Die maker's mark on case (UL, recto and verso): Pretlove. On
bottom of case (in ink): 89;;;displayLabel="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.];;;displayLabel="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).;;;displayLabel="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).;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:089--CASE
Filename:
brk00040074_8a.tif
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