Daguerreotype Collection

Box 01

Joseph Ackerman and wife DAG 1A

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 3.25 x 4.25 in.

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Has been removed from wooden frame. Frame located in TBP Box 315 Jessie Vault, 17-6-F.

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Negative no. 25739

Box 01

Charles Wilson Adams DAG 1B

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: ninth plate, visible image 1.75 x 2.25 in.

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Brass case and preserver with floral motif.

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Negative no. 25740

Box 01

Charles Wilson Adams and wife Maria Abigail Henry Adams DAG 1C

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.75 x 2.25 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and brass preserver with floral motif.

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Negative no. 25741

Separated Materials

Originally part of MS 14 (Maria Abigail Henry Adams diary)

Box 01

Theodosia Cook Arner DAG 1D

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.5 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver with floral motif.

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Negative no. 25745

Box 01

Theodosia Cook Arner DAG 1E

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: ninth plate, visible image 1.25 x 2.25 in.

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Leather case with geometric motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25746

Box 01

Joseph F. Atwill, Jr. DAG 1F

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 3 in.

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Framed case; brass mat and preserver.

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Note attached to back of frame: Jos.F. Atwill Jr. born 1848 died 1858.

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Negative no. 25747

Box 01

Henry Douglas Bacon DAG 1G

Creator: Long, Enoch, 1823-1898

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype; quarter plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.75 in.

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Brass mat and preserver, brass mat embossed with photograher's name: E. Long.

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Negative no. 25808

Box 01

Peter J. Barber DAG 1H

Creator: Ford, John Macdonough

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.75 in.

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Leather case with geometric and floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.

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Inscription inserted behind daguerreotype image: P.J. Barber, San Francisco, 1852. Notes included in envelope with daguerreotype describe Peter J. Barber as being born in 1830 in Missouri, coming to California in 1852. Another note states Barber was an architect in San Francisco and Santa Barbara, later becoming mayor of Santa Barbara. Notes indicate he appears in a daguerreotype group portrait taken in 1859 and also appears in an 1872 photograph published in Noticias. Another note indicates daguerreotype may have been taken by John Macdonough Ford, active in San Francisco from 1852 to 1866, with a studio located at Clay and Kearny streets in 1856.

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Negative no. 25748

Box 01

John L. Bardwell DAG 1I

Creator: Cooley, Otis H. , 1820-1860

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.5 x 5 in.

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Framed daguerreotype; brass mat embossed: Cooley.

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Note on back of image: San Francisco, January 1st, 1898; John L. Bardwell fifty (50) years ago at the age of eighteen (18) years. Labeled with number: 6914.

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Daguerreotype possibly created by Otis H. Cooley who was active in Brattleboro, Vermont in 1848 and Springfield, Massachusettes from 1849 to 1851.

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Negative no. 25765

Box 01

William Henry Linnow Barnes DAG 2A

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.5 x 4.75 in.

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Framed daguerreotype; brass mat with floral motif.

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Note at back of framed image: #43344 Barnes, Wm. H.L.

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Negative no. 25750

Box 01

Richard Bennett DAG 2B

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 3 in.

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Leather backing with floral motif at back frame of daguerreotype; brass mat and preserver.

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Inscribed on back of case: 1034R.

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Negative no. 25751

Box 01

Mr. and Mrs. H. Benson DAG 2C

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif holds two daguerreotypes, Mr. H. Benson on left and Mrs. H. Benson at right; brass mat and preservers.

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Each daguerreotype has been given an identification number; Mr. H. Benson (left) is DAG 2C-1; Mrs. H. Benson (right) is DAG 2C-2.

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Negative no. 25752 (Mrs. H. Benson); negative no. 25762 (of both Mr. and Mrs. Benson)

Box 01

Anna Revere Bishop DAG 2D

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: whole plate, visible image 5.25 x 7.5 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat.

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Note states: Madame Anna Biship, opera singer. First concert Feb. 7, 1854, San Francisco Music Hall.

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Negative no. 25760

Box 01

William Blackburn (Judge) DAG 2E

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.5 in.

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Brass mat and preservers with floral motif.

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Negative no. 25758

Box 01

Charles Thompson Blake DAG 2F

Creator: Vance, Robert H. , 1825-1876

Physical Description: 1 stereoview daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 1.75 x 2.5 (reproduced twice)

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Stereoview daguerreotype; leather case, unhinged; brass mat and preserver holds two duplicate images of Charles Blake. Case well at left contains pull out stereoscope with which to view the stereoview daguerreotype.

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Stereoscope pull out is inscribed: Mascher's Improved Stereoscope, Phila. Patent March 8th 1852. Beneath stereoscope pull out case well is inscribed: From R.H. Vance's Daguerrean Rooms, Corner of Montgomery and Sacramento St. San Francisco.

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Negative numbers 23300 and 25144

Box 01

Emeline Augusta Atwill Bloomer DAG 2G

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.5 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preservers. Partial remains of label adhered at back of case.

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Negative no. 25757

Box 01

George Blum DAG 2H

Creator: Eastman, Walter B.

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 3.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preservers. Brass mat is imprinted: Eastman.

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Leather case labeled with the numbers 50969.

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Negative no. 25771

Box 01

Charles J. Brenham DAG 3A

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.25 x 4.5 in.

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Leather case; brass mat, preservers with floral motif.

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Negative no. 25756

Box 02

Caroline Humes Wolcott Breson DAG 3B

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.5 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preservers. Image barely visible.

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Negative no. 25755

Box 02

Carson DAG 3C

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.27 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, left side of case is missing; brass mat and preserver with floral motif.

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Note indicates portrait sitter is of the Carson family of Eureka, California.

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Negative no. 25754

Box 02

Carson (woman and male child) DAG 3D

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preservers.

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Note indicates the portrait sitters are of the Carson family of Eureka, California.

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Negative no. 25753

Box 02

Francisco de las Casas DAG 3E

Creator: Shew, William, J. , 1820-1903

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Varnished case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver with floral motif. Brass mat imprinted: Wm. Shew, San Francisco.

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Labeled on left case well: 51810.

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Negative no. 25826

Box 02

George Chapman DAG 3F

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.5 x 4.5 in.

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Leather case with geometric motif, unhinged; brass mat with floral motif preserver.

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Negative no. 25763

Box 02

George Chapman (?) and family DAG 3G

Creator: Vance, Robert H. , 1825-1876

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype; half plate, visible image 4.75 x 3.75 in.

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Leather case with geometric motif; brass mat and preserver with floral motif. Velvet pad embossed: R.H. Vance's Premium Daguerrean Galleries, San Francisco, Sacramento, Marysville.

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Negative number 24145; FN-25145; FN-23301; FN-25836.

Box 02

H.S. Charles DAG 3H

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preservers.

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Includes note that reads: Aged 17 years, Chas. H.S. when he left Paterson to go to California, Jan. 1849.

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Negative no. 25764

Box 02

William Squire Clark DAG 4A

Creator: Vance, Robert H. , 1825-1876

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.75 in.

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Leather case with geometric motif, unhinged; brass mat with floral motif. Velvet pad is embossed: R.H. Vance's Premium Daguerrean Galleries, San Francisco, Sacramento, Marysville.

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Back of case has half torn label reading: Clark, William Squire.

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Negative no. 25838

Box 02

Dwight Cook DAG 4B

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, masking tape adhered to all corners of case; brass mat and preserver, mat is imprinted: Whitney.

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Negative no. 25843

Box 02

Crampton DAG 4C

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.5 in.

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Leather case with image of lyre, case is embossed: M.B. Brady, Case maker, N.Y.; brass mat.

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Note indicates there is an inscription behind the images which states: Aunt Crampton, Rochester, N.Y., 1846.

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Negative no. 25767

Box 02

Crampton DAG 4D

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.75 in.

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Case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver.

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Note indicates back of image is inscribed: Uncle Crampton, 1850.

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Negative no. 25766

Box 02

Alice Carla Curtis DAG 4E

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.5 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, partially unhinged; brass mat and preservers.

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Negative no. 25769

Box 02

Diamond Spring, El Dorado County., California 1854 August DAG 4F

Diamond Spring, El Dorado County, California

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Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 5.25 x 4.25 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, missing half of case; brass mat and preserver.

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Image shows 11 persons standing before storefronts in Diamond Spring, El Dorado County, California. Storefonts include the Advocate Office; Wells, Fargo and Co.; Post Office; Scott and Church; Express Stages; Golden Exchange (Hotel); notice of performance by Bateman children.

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Negative numbers 2403b and 25770; Digital Object ID: DAG_4F.

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Note included with daguerreotype: Daguerreotype 3-80d-26/Diamond Spring, El Dorado Co., California/1854, August 5-12/Bateman children had left Sacramento for Placerville. Alta California 1854, August 13.

Box 02

Hosea Dugliss 1850-1857 DAG 4G

Creator: Weston, James P.

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Gilded wood frame; brass mat and preserver, brass mat is imprinted: Weston, 132 Chatham.

Biographical / Historical

Daguerreotypist James P. Weston had a studio at 132 Chatham Street, New York, from 1850 to 1857.

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Label on back of frame: Dugliss, Hosea, 1794-1867/Daguerreotype, ca. 1850, Boston/Miss Augusta Atwill Bloomer (great-granddaughter).

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Negative no. 25841

Box 02

Herman J. Ernst DAG 4H

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.5 x 3.5 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver.

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Number 52048 inked onto velvet pad and on leather at back of case.

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Negative no. 25772

Box 03

Susan Anne Wilson Ford DAG 5A

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 1.75 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case showing bird and grapes with floral motif, shell motif on back of case; brass mat and preserver; velvet pad is imprinted with urn.

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Negative no. 25774

Box 03

James Galway DAG 5B

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case showing vase holding flowers and floral motif border; brass mat and preserver.

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Small piece of cloth tape on front of case labeled: 38001.

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Handwritten note with daguerreotype: Baby Pioneer of Stevenson Regiment/Lieut. James Galway/Born in New York City/Died at Santa Clara/Aug 22nd 1870/Page of the first Constitutional Convention of California at Monterey.

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Full name is probably James Galway Sullivan. Probably brother of John Michael Sullivan Galway (DAG 11G).

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Negative no. 25775

Box 03

Andrew J. Gove DAG 5C

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, geometric motif at back; brass mat and preserver. Top of case labled with ink: 52710.

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Note with daguerreotype reads: Andrew J. Gove/Arrived in California in 1850/Member of the Vigilante/52710

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Negative no. 25776

Box 03

John W. Griffith DAG 5D

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.75 in.

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Missing case, sealed with cardboard and tape; brass mat and preserver.

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Inked on cardboard at back: 42453.

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Negative no. 25777

Box 03

Ann Lay Hale 1853 DAG 5E

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver.

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Note indicates back of image inscribed: Mrs. Ann L. Hale, Guildford, Conn., 1853.

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Negative no. 25778

Box 03

Eliza Gordon Harvey DAG 5F

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: ninth plate, visible image 1.5 x 2 in.

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Brass mat and preserver.

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Note found with daguerreotype: Great-grandmother Harvey/Wife of John Harvey.

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Negative no. 25782

Box 03

Jackson Harvey DAG 5G

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver. Labeled on back of case: Jackson Harvey.

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Negative no. 25780

Box 03

John and Eliza Gordon Harvey DAG 5H

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.75 x 2.25 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver. Label at back of case: John Harvey and Eliza Gordon Harvey.

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Negative no. 25781

Box 03

Nancy Jane Harvey DAG 5I

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: ninth plate, visible image 1.75 x 2 in.

Physical Description: 1 ambrotype: ninth plate, visible image 1.5 x 2 in.

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Thermoplastic union case with patriotic motif labeled: The Union and Constitution. Case holds ambrotype at left and daguerreotype at right. Brass mat and preserver.

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Poem and handwritten note found with case. Handwritten note: I have loved thee on earth/May I meet thee in heaven/Nancy to John.

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Negative no. 25783

Box 03

Henry P. Haun 1849-1859 DAG 6A

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat with floral motif. Case is labled at top in ink: 39361.

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Note located with object: Henry P. Haun, taken about 1854.

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Negative no. 25784

Biographical / Historical

Henry P. Haun was a California judge, farmer, and U.S. Senator from California.

Box 03

Henry P. Haun, with wife Catherine Haun, and children Kate and David Rose Haun. DAG 6B

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 4.75 x 3.5 in.

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Leather case with floral and geometric motif; brass mat with preserver with floral motif.

Biographical / Historical

Henry P. Haun was a California Judge, farmer, and U.S. Senator from California

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Velvet pad labeled in ink: 39357.

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Note located with object: Taken at Marysville in 1855.

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Negative no. 25785

Box 03

C.J. Hawley DAG 6C

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral and geometric motif; brass mat and preserver with floral motif.

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Note included with daguerreotype indicates C.J. Hawley is brother of Jacob C. Hawley.

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Negative no. 25786

Box 03

Jacob C. Hawley DAG 6D

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral and geometric motif; brass mat and preserver with floral motif.

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Note with daguerreotype reads: Jacob C. Hawley, lumber merchant, San Francisco/Listed in 1868 Langley San Francisco directory p. 269/SW Corner of Turk and Laguna Sts.

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Negative no. 25787

Box 03

Jacob C. and Laura Harrington Hawley DAG 6E

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver.

Biographical / Historical

Jacob C. Hawley, lumber merchant, San Francisco; married to Laura Harrington Hawley.

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Negative no. 25789

Box 03

Laura Harrington Hawley DAG 6F

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with geometric and floral motif; brass mat and preserver with floral motif.

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Note with daguerreotype reads: Laura Harrington Hawley/Jacob and Laura Hawley/SW corner of Turk and Laguna/Lumber dealer/p. 269 1868 Langley SF Directory

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Negative no. 25788

Box 03

Captain John Henderson DAG 6G

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.5 x 4.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.

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Captain John Henderson is standing at right.

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FN-25790

Box 03

Charles E. Hinckley DAG 6H

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: ninth plate, visible image 1.5 x 2 in.

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Framed daguerreotype with thermoplastic casing at back; brass mat with patriotic motif of flags, drum, and cannon; at bottom of mat reads: THE UNION NOW AND FOREVER. Brass preserver with floral motif.

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Fabric tape at back of case labeled in ink: 50046 or 50042.

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Negative no. 25794

Box 04

Emily Morse Hinckley DAG 7A

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 3.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, right side of case is missing; brass mat and preservers.

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Emily Morse Hinckley was married to Charles E. Hinckley.

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Negative no. 25795

Box 04

Emily Morse Hinckley DAG 7B

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.75 in.

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Framed daguerreotype with leather backing with floral motif; fabric tape on backing labeled in ink: 50042.

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Emily Morse Hinckley was married to Charles E. Hinckley.

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Negative no. 25796

Box 04

Emily Morse Hinckley DAG 7C

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: ninth plate, visible image 1.5 x 2 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver with floral motif.

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Negative no. 25797

Box 04

Eliza Charlotte Howard Hubbell and friend DAG 7D

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with cornucopia and floral motif; brass mat and preserver.

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Unknown as to which woman is Eliza Charlotte Howard Hubbell.

Box 04

Emma Thornton Hunt DAG 7E

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; case is missing left side; brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25798

Box 04

Iowa Hill, Placer County, California 1850-1860 DAG 7F

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 5.25 x 4 in.

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Leather case with floral and star motif; one side of case is missing; brass mat.

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Image shows seven men and boys standing in front of a Wells, Fargo and Co. office in Iowa Hill, Placer County. Possibly Charles T. Blake standing in the center doorway. Signs visible from left to right: playbill for concert; shaving, haircutting, shampooing saloon; Wells, Fargo and Co.; drug store; auction.

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FN-24037; FN-25979; FS-1489

Box 04

Henry J. Isaacs DAG 7F-1

Creator: Vance, Robert H. , 1825-1876

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.25 x 4.5 in.

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Leather case with floral and star motif, case unhinged; brass mat with preserver. Imprinted on velvet pad: R.H. Vance's Premium Daguerrean Galleries, San Francisco, Sacramento, Marysville.

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FN-25839

Box 04

Thomas Denton Johns DAG 7G

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.5 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25312

Box 04

Eliza Johnston DAG 7H

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.5 in.

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Brass frame, mat, and backing; brass mat has floral motif. Frame and backing are labeled: 40994.

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Label affixed to top of cover glass: Eliza Johnston, burned to death by/camphine at St. Louis, Mo. Aug. 23rd/1856 aged 26 years.

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FN-25800

Box 04

Edward Cleveland Kemble and Edward Gilbert DAG 8A

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.5 x 4.75 in.

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Leather case with floral and geometric motif, unhinged; brass mat.

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Portrait of Edward Cleveland Kemble (right) and Edward Gilbert (left).

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FN-1273A and FN-25801

Biographical / Historical

Edward Cleveland Kemble arrived in California from New York in 1846 with Samuel Brannan. Kemble edited and printed San Francisco's first newspaper, the California Star.

Biographical / Historical

Edward Gilbert served in the US Army during the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. After being discharged from service he remained in California. In 1849 he partnered with Edward Kemble and founded the Alta California.

Box 04

Edward Cleveland Kemble and Edward Gilbert 1840-1849 DAG 8B

Creator: Whitehurst, Jesse Harrison, 1820-1875

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.5 x 4.75 in.

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Leather case with floral and geometric motif; brass mat imprinted: Whitehurst; velvet pad imprinted: J.H. Whitehurst's Skylight Gallery [Richmond, Virginia]

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Portrait of Edward Cleveland Kemble (right) and Edward Gilbert (left).

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Negative no. 10535

Biographical / Historical

Edward Cleveland Kemble arrived in California from New York in 1846 with Samuel Brannan. Kemble edited and printed San Francisco's first newspaper, the California Star.

Biographical / Historical

Edward Gilbert served in the US Army during the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. After being discharged from service he remained in California. In 1849 he partnered with Edward Kemble and founded the Alta California.

Box 04

Charles Procter Kimball DAG 8C

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Framed daguerreotype with leather backing depicting two birds on a tree branch; brass mat. Fabric tape labeled in ink: 37049

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Negative no. 25312 and 25802

Biographical / Historical

Charles Procter Kimball of San Francisco was a public crier for the Daily Journal of Commerce and was known as "the noisy carrier." A note located with the materials identifies Kimball as a San Francisco bookseller, circa 1850.

Box 04

Isabel Rogers and Griffith J. Kinsey DAG 8D

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat with geometric motif, brass preserver with floral motif. Case is labeld in ink: 45964.

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Negative no. 25803

Box 04

Dick Lay DAG 8E

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.5 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat.

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Dick Lay wears the vestments of the Masonic order.

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Negative no. 25894

Box 04

William Lay DAG 8F

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat.

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Inscription behind image: Taken in Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1852.

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Stamped on plate: Bousse and Co., New York.

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Negative no. 25805

Box 04

Marie Paula Rosalia Vallejo Leese DAG 8H

Marie Paula Rosalia Vallejo Leese

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Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.75 in.

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Leather, triptych-style case with shield shaped closure; brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25807

Biographical / Historical

Maria Paula Rosalia Vallejo del Leese was born into the Vallejo family, a wealthy, land owning Northern California family, in 1811. Daughter of Sergeant Ignacio Ferrer Vallejo and Maria Antonia Isabela Lugo and sister to military officers Mariano Guadalupe and Salvador Vallejo. Maria Paula Rosalia Vallejo married American merchant Jacob Leese in 1837. She died in 1889.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Vallejo del Leese, Maria Paula Rosalia

Box 04

Lummis DAG 9A

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25810

Box 05

Henrietta McCoy? Harriet Serda? Bertha Wolf? DAG 9B-1

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Cased image with brass mat and preserver; back of case is labeled in ink: 7296.

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One daguerreotype of lot of three. Note located with daguerreotype identifies portrait sitters as Henrietta McCoy, taken in Covington, Kentucky in 1847; Harriet Serda, taken in New Orleans in 1847; Bertha Wolf, taken in New Orleans in 1847. Note does not indicate what image corresponds to which of these three women. This image shows a dark haired woman wearing a dark dress, resting her hand on a book.

Box 05

Henrietta McCoy? Harriet Serda? Bertha Wolf? DAG 9B-2

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif showing bird and cluster of grapes, labeled in ink: 7296; brass mat and preserver.

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One daguerreotype of lot of three. Note located with daguerreotype identifies portrait sitters as Henrietta McCoy, taken in Covington, Kentucky in 1847; Harriet Serda, taken in New Orleans in 1847; Bertha Wolf, taken in New Orleans in 1847. Note does not indicate what image corresponds to which of these three women. This image shows a young woman wearing a tinted blue dress, rings, bracelets, a brooch, a necklace, and earrings.

Box 05

Henrietta McCoy? Harriet Serda? Bertha Wolf? DAG 9B-3

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif and image of lyre, case is labeled in ink: 7296; brass mat and preserver.

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One daguerreotype of lot of three. Note located with daguerreotype identifies portrait sitters as Henrietta McCoy, taken in Covington, Kentucky in 1847; Harriet Serda, taken in New Orleans in 1847; Bertha Wolf, taken in New Orleans in 1847. Note does not indicate what image corresponds to which of these three women. This image shows a dark haired woman wearing rings, earrings, and a necklace. She holds a cased image in her hand.

Box 05

Madomak Fluming and Mining Company, Yuba County DAG 9C

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 4.5 x 3.5 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.

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Etched at bottom of plate: Madomak Fluming and Mining Co., Industry Bar, Main Yuba. Image shows a hydraulic mining site in Yuba County. Seven men visible in image.

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Negative numbers 25143, 25815, 21500.

Box 05

Prescott Martin 1855-1865 DAG 9D

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver.

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Note found with daguerreotype: Uncle Prescott Martin, ca. 1860. Bro. of Dr. Noble Martin.

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Negative no. 25811

Box 05

Marvin? DAG 9E

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25812

Box 05

Samuel Merritt DAG 9F

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.5 x 4.75 in.

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No case or preserver; brass mat.

Box 01

Group of miners DAG 9G

Group of miners

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Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: whole plate.

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No case, no mat.

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Group portrait of nine miners, all men. Four men stand at back, five men sit at front. Man at front right holds a book; two men sitting at front hold mining equipment, including a shovel. Portrait was probably taken between 1849 and 1860.

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Negative numbers 25814 and 23581.

Box 05

View of mining on hillside 1851-1852 DAG 9H

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 4.75 x 3.5 in.

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Leather case with image of building; brass mat. Pad is embossed: Shaw & Johnson/Artists/San Francisco.

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Image shows four figures working on a hillside mining site.

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Negative no. 25824

Biographical / Historical

Seth Louis Shaw partnered with George Howard Johnson in Shaw and Johnson, Eureka Daguerrean Rooms located 297 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.

Box 05

William Moore DAG 10A

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: ninth plate, visible image 1.75 x 2.25 in.

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Leather case at back of daguerreotype; case with floral motif. Brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25816

Box 05

James B. Moulin DAG 10B

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.25 in.

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Leather case with floral and geometric motif; no brass mat or preserver.

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Note with daguerreotype: James B. Moulin, N.O. [New Orleans?] 1846.

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Negative no. 25817

Box 05

Micheal Norton and unidentified man DAG 10C

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.75 x 2.25 in.

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Case with floral motif, case is labeled in ink: 38858; brass mat and preserver.

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Two men pictured in the image; no indication which is Michael Norton.

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Negative no. 25818

Box 05

Oak Valley House, Yuba County DAG 10D

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 5.25 x 4 in.

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Case has floral motif with image of bird, missing half of case; brass mat and preserver.

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Image shows the Oak Valley House and the surrounding property in Yuba County. Men standing at left foreground in shooting position; figures standing at fence, on porch, and balconey of house.

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Negative numbers 23267 and 25819.

Box 05

Oakes DAG 10E

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.

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Note located with object reads: Grandpa Oakes, father of Abigail Seabury Oakes, wife of Thomas Rudick Prince, father of Joseph Bucknam Prince. Inscribed behind image: Healdsburg, 3.69 Mrs. Prince.

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Negative no. 25820

Box 05

Cyrus Patten 1851-1867 DAG 10F

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver, mat is inscribed: Anson 589 Broadway. Pad is stamped: Anson 589 Broadway.

Biographical / Historical

Anson is probably Rufus Anson, a daguerreotypist working in New York City between 1851 and 1867.

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Negative no. 25743

Box 05

F.H. and Gertrude Eliza Patten DAG 10G

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat.

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Inscribed behind image: F.H. Patten and Gertrude Eliza Patten.

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Negative no. 25821

Box 05

D. Poland 1857-1862 DAG 10H

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.5 x 3 in.

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Thermalplastic case with floral motif at front with hole cut out at center to reveal image; back of case had patriotic motif showing stars; a ship; a book with a cover reading: LAW; a fort; and an eagle with the American flag. Brass mat with floral preserver. Pad is missing.

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Plate is stamped: Scovill Mfg. Co.

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Advertisement located with daguerreotype: Littlefield, Parsons & Co., Manufacturers of Daguerreotype Cases. L., P. & Co., are the sole Proprietors and only legal Manufacturers of Union Cases, with the Embracing Riveted Hinge. Patented, Oct. 14, 1856 & April 21, 1857.

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Negative no. 25822

Box 06

Potatoes DAG 11A

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.5 in.

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No original case; brass mat with preserver.

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Inscribed on back of plate: 7 1/2 lbs.

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Negative numbers 24319 and 25742

Box 06

Thomas R. Prince DAG 11B

Creator: Howe, George M.

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver. Brass mat is stamped: G.M. Howe, Portland ME.

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Note located with daguerreotype: Thomas R. Prince husband of Abby S. Prince. Parents of Eloise's father, Aunt Matilda and Uncle Sam. Two more children Geo. and Eugene died in Maine, Alice and Ladybird died in California.

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San Francisco panorama 1851 DAG 11C a-g

San Francisco Panorama

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Physical Description: 7 daguerreotypes: each daguerreotype is a whole plate; plates 1 through 6 are framed together; seventh plate not included in frame.

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Seven-part panoramic view of the San Francisco Bay extending from Happy Valley to Rincon Point, taken in the spring of 1851 by an unknown photographer from 1st and Howard Streets. Businesses and other features captured include: Portsmouth Plaze, Oriental Hotel, Happy Valley Market, Happy Valley Bakery, Ocean House, Cottage Content, People's Market, Vulcan Foundry, Pacific Iron Works, Sutter House, the steamer C.M. Weber, abandoned ships, a laundry woman, and a shipbuilding works.

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Negative numbers 8426-8432

Box 06

Sansome Street, San Francisco circa 1851 DAG 11D

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotpe: quarter plate, visible image 3.5 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.

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View of Sansome Street, San Francisco. Shows businesses: Franklin House, Druggists and Medicines, Court, Lithographer.

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Negative no. 25823

Box 06

Robert Smith DAG 11E

Physical Description: 1 daguerretype: sixteenth plate, visible image 1 x 1.25 in.

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Case with no cover, case labeled in ink: 45155; brass mat and preservers.

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Negative no. 25828

Box 06

Elizabeth, Frances, and Helen Stone 1852-1856 DAG 11F

Creator: Lovell, J.L. (John Lyman), 1825-1903

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver, mat is stamped: Lovell, Brattleboro.

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It is not known which name corresponds to the figures in the image.

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Negative no. 25809

Biographical / Historical

J.L. (John Lyman) Lovell was a daguerreotypist who practiced in Battleboro, Vermont from 1852 to 1856.

Box 06

John Michael Sullivan Galway DAG 11G

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, case is labeled in ink 38004; brass mat and preserver with floral motif.

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Note found with item: Baby Pioneer of Stevenson's Regiment/John Michael Sullivan Galway/Died at San Francisco/Aug 27th 1885/aged 40 years and 18 days/Formerly Editor and proprietor "Santa Clara News"/Santa Clara, Cal.

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Probably brother of James Galway (DAG 5B).

Box 06

John Augustus Sutter (Capt.) 1850 DAG 12A

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.5 x 3.5 in.

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Case without cover, inked on back of cover 51934; bras mat.

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Label found with daguerreotype: Captain John A. Sutter/by/an unknown daguerreotypist/1850.

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Negative numbers 4780A and 25829

Biographical / Historical

John Augustus Sutter was an early pioneer of California, with Mexican and American citizenship. He established Sutter's Fort in the area that would become Sacramento. Sutter's employee, John W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Fort in 1848, prompting the California Gold Rush.

Box 06

Thierback DAG 12B-1

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: case holds two images. DAG 12B-1 is a sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Case holds two images; leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.

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Daguerreotype 12B-1 shows an unidentified, male member of the Thierback family.

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Note with daguerreotype: Members of the Thierback family, Thierback Coffee Co., San Francisco. Became Alta Coffee Company.

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Negative no. 25830

Box 06

Thierback children DAG 12B-2

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: case holds two images. DAG 12B-2 is a sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Case holds two images; leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.

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DAG12B-2 shows two unidentified children standing next to each other.

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Note with daguerreotype: Members of the Thierback family, Thierback Coffee Co., San Francisco. Became Alta Coffee Company.

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Negative no. 25831

Box 06

Harry, Caroline, and Sarah Thornton DAG 12C

Creator: Fontayne, Charles H. , 1814-1901

Creator: Porter, William Southgate, 1822-1889

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat with floral motif. Pad is made of velvet and embossed: Fontayne & Porter/No. 30 4th St./Cincinnati [Ohio]

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Image shows from left to right: Caroline, Harry, and Sarah Thornton.

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Note indicates Caroline Thornton married George F. Rodden and Sarah Thornton married F.W. Lux.

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Negative no. 25773

Box 06

Sally Innes Thornton DAG 12D

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 1.5 x 2 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat.

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Painted portrait of Sally Innes Thornton.

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Negative no. 25832

Box 06

James Walker DAG 12E

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate; visible image 2.25 x 3 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25840

Box 06

Franklin E.R. Whitney DAG 12F

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75.

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Leather case with floral motif and image containing crosses, labeled in ink: 38890; brass mat.

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Image shows man wearing firefighter's uniform. Note: Franklin E.R. Whitney/2nd chief of Fire Dept. 1851/S.F./in uniform of volunteer Fireman/Howard Co. No. 3.

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Negative no. 25844

Box 06

William Wilder DAG 12G

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; ornate brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25845

Box 06

Samuel Hopkins Willey DAG 12H

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, missing half of case; brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25846

Box 06

Stephen G. William and unidentified woman, probably wife DAG 13A

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.25 x 4.5 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, case is labeled in ink: 52418; brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25847

Box 06

John Willson DAG 13B

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixteenth plate, visible image 1 x 1.2 in.

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Leather case; brass mat and preserver.

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Note found with daguerreotype: My fater, John Willson 18 yrs.

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Negative no. 25848

Box 07

James E. Wolfe and Rev. Mr. Chapin (?) DAG 13C

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.5 x 4.75 in.

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No case; brass mat and preserver.

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Note: Wolfe (?) in 1857 (?), 41 years of age. Note also lists one of the portrait sitters as Rev. Mr. Chapin (?), but does not indicate which man is Wolfe or Chapin.

Box 07

Unidentified man DAG 13D

Creator: Hamilton, Charles F.

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.25 x 4.5 in.

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No case; ornate brass mat and preserver, mat is stamped: Hamilton, San Francisco.

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Negative no. 25779

Box 07

Unidentified children DAG 13E

Creator: Shew, William, J. , 1820-1903

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 4.25 x 3.25 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; missing brass mat and preserver.

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Printed adverstisement behind image: Wm. Shew, Daguerreotype Materials, 123 Washington Street, Boston.

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Image shows five children.

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Negative no. 25827

Box 07

Unidentified woman DAG 13F

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.5 x 3.75 in.

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Case has mother of pearl inlay in a floral motif; brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25882

Box 07

Unidentified male child DAG 13G

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 3 in.

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Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; visible image 2.25 x 3.75 in.

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Note indicates that unidentified boy shown in image is the donor's father.

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Negative no. 25877

Box 07

Unidentified woman DAG 13H

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image

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Leather case with floral and geometric motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25876

Box 07

Unidentified woman DAG 14A

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixteenth plate, visible image 1 x 1.25 in.

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Case is designed to look like a book, cover has mother of pearl inlay; ornate brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25850

Box 07

Unidentified man DAG 14B

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25878

Box 07

Unidentified man DAG 14C

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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No case; brass mat and preserver.

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Negative no. 25879

Box 07

Robert Field Stockton DAG 14F

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case; brass mat and preserver.

Biographical / Historical

Robert Field Stockton was a naval officer and military governor of California, 1846-1848.

Box 07

Unidentified man, possibly Bayer or Bauer DAG 14G

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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No case; brass mat and preserver.

Box 07

Ada Hotchkiss and daughter Lily Hotchkiss 1859 DAG 14H

Creator: Williamson, Charles H. , 1826-1874

Creator: Williamson, Edward M.

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.

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Leather case stamped: Williamson Bros/Broooklyn/N.Y., unhinged; brass mat and preserver, mat is stamped: Williamson/Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Note included with daguerreotype: Beautiful Mother/and Aunty Lily/Born 1857

Box 07

Unidentified mother and child DAG 14I

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.5 in.

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Plastic case in shape of octagon shows winged figure riding atop cart pulled by butterflies; ornate brass mat and preserver.

Box 07

James W. Towne and Jacob Bacon DAG 14J

Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.5 x 3.75 in.

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Velvet case, unhinged; ornate brass mat and preserver.

Biographical / Historical

James W. Towne and Jacob Bacon were early San Francisco printers.