Title:
[Business street corner with C.P. Lawrence, drug store, and people "clowning" on sidewalk.]
Creator/Contributor:
Forshew, Francis, photographer
Abstract:
Image of a two story building with men in front. One man wears skirt hoops over trousers, another holds a liquor bottle. Sign
reads "C.P. Lawrence" over entrance, and building next door advertises "Prescription / Drug Store / Liquors & Groceries /
Paints, Oils, & Dye Stuffs."
Date:
[ca. 1856]
Subject:
Men
Commercial buildings
Note:
Photographer Francis Forshew is the only known photographer of the 1850s with this surname. He was active in Hudson, New York
from 1851-1859 and perhaps later. It seems this image was mistakenly identified as San Francisco or any other California locale.
Listed in Hudson, New York, 1851-1859.
Type:
Ambrotypes
Architectural Photographs
Physical Description:
1 photograph : ambrotype ; quarter plate, visible image 9 x 7 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Blind stamped on mat (LR): Forshew. Accompanying note (handwritten,
later): Ambrotype of San Francisco business corner of about 1855[6?] [in another hand:] very probably not S.F. [Forshew was
not active in California.];;;displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver.
Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: (removed).;;;displayLabel="Container or Case Note">"Type:
case. Motif: geometric (Berg no. 3-22). Material: brown thermoplastic. Dimensions: 12.5 x 10 cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed
motif. Notes: "Forshew" on mat. Notes: spine label - 134 (from prior owner).";;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:067--CASE
Filename:
brk00040052_8a.tif
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[Business street corner with C.P. Lawrence, drug store, and people "clowning" on sidewalk.]
