Finding Aid to the Daguerreotype Collection PC DAG
Jaime Henderson
California Historical Society
August 2019
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
reference@calhist.org
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
Title: Daguerreotype Collection
Identifier/Call Number: PC DAG
Physical Description:
4.23 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1839-1870
Language of Material: Collection material is in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Contact reference librarian for information.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item, date]; Daguerreotype Collection, PC DAG; [box number; daguerreotype number]; California Historical
Society.
Scope and Content
Collection comprises daguerreotypes, primarily portraits, and also views of cities, towns, and mining areas in California
taken between 1839 and 1870. Most daguerreotypes are portraits of early California families and pioneers, such as Maria Paula
Rosalia Vallejo Leese and John Augustus Sutter. The collection also contains a seven part, framed panoramic view of San Francicso
taken in 1851 and street views of California towns such as Diamond Springs (El Dorado County), Iowa Hill (Placer County),
and the Oak Valley House (Yuba County). Images documenting California's Gold Rush are also featured in this collection, including
a view of the Madomak Fluming and Mining Company (Yuba County), and a group portrait of Gold Rush era miners. The collection
also features unique examples of the format including a stereoscopic view daguerreotype patented by John F. Mascher, and rare
encasements such as union cases and ornately designed cases with mother of pearl inlays. The collection holds examples of
work from daguerreotypists practicing across the United States, including the following daguerreotypists who had studios in
San Francisco: Robert H. Vance, William J. Shew, John Macdonough Ford and Charles F. Hamilton.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection, which were created between 1839 and 1870, are in the public domain in the United States. Permission
to publish or reproduce is not required.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cities and towns -- California -- Pictorial works
Cityscape photographs -- California -- San Francisco
Gold miners -- California -- Pictorial works
Gold mines and mining -- California -- Pictorial works
Pioneers -- California -- Pictorial works
Daguerreotypes
Panoramic photographs
Portraits
Union cases
Box 01
Joseph Ackerman and wife DAG 1A
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 3.25 x 4.25 in.
General
Has been removed from wooden frame. Frame located in TBP Box 315 Jessie Vault, 17-6-F.
General
Negative no. 25739
Box 01
Charles Wilson Adams DAG 1B
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: ninth plate, visible image 1.75 x 2.25 in.
General
Brass case and preserver with floral motif.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and brass preserver with floral motif.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver with floral motif.
General
Negative no. 25745
Box 01
Theodosia Cook Arner DAG 1E
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: ninth plate, visible image 1.25 x 2.25 in.
General
Leather case with geometric motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.
General
Negative no. 25746
Box 01
Joseph F. Atwill, Jr. DAG 1F
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 3 in.
General
Framed case; brass mat and preserver.
General
Note attached to back of frame: Jos.F. Atwill Jr. born 1848 died 1858.
General
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.
General
Brass mat and preserver, brass mat embossed with photograher's name: E. Long.
General
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.
General
Leather case with geometric and floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.
General
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.
General
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.
General
Framed daguerreotype; brass mat embossed: Cooley.
General
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.
General
Daguerreotype possibly created by Otis H. Cooley who was active in Brattleboro, Vermont in 1848 and Springfield, Massachusettes
from 1849 to 1851.
General
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.
General
Framed daguerreotype; brass mat with floral motif.
General
Note at back of framed image: #43344 Barnes, Wm. H.L.
General
Negative no. 25750
Box 01
Richard Bennett DAG 2B
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 3 in.
General
Leather backing with floral motif at back frame of daguerreotype; brass mat and preserver.
General
Inscribed on back of case: 1034R.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif holds two daguerreotypes, Mr. H. Benson on left and Mrs. H. Benson at right; brass mat and
preservers.
General
Each daguerreotype has been given an identification number; Mr. H. Benson (left) is DAG 2C-1; Mrs. H. Benson (right) is DAG
2C-2.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat.
General
Note states: Madame Anna Biship, opera singer. First concert Feb. 7, 1854, San Francisco Music Hall.
General
Negative no. 25760
Box 01
William Blackburn (Judge) DAG 2E
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.5 in.
General
Brass mat and preservers with floral motif.
General
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)
General
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.
General
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.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preservers. Partial remains of label adhered at back of case.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preservers. Brass mat is imprinted: Eastman.
General
Leather case labeled with the numbers 50969.
General
Negative no. 25771
Box 01
Charles J. Brenham DAG 3A
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.25 x 4.5 in.
General
Leather case; brass mat, preservers with floral motif.
General
Negative no. 25756
Box 02
Caroline Humes Wolcott Breson DAG 3B
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.5 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preservers. Image barely visible.
General
Negative no. 25755
Box 02
Carson DAG 3C
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.27 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif, left side of case is missing; brass mat and preserver with floral motif.
General
Note indicates portrait sitter is of the Carson family of Eureka, California.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preservers.
General
Note indicates the portrait sitters are of the Carson family of Eureka, California.
General
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.
General
Varnished case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver with floral motif. Brass mat imprinted: Wm. Shew, San Francisco.
General
Labeled on left case well: 51810.
General
Negative no. 25826
Box 02
George Chapman DAG 3F
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.5 x 4.5 in.
General
Leather case with geometric motif, unhinged; brass mat with floral motif preserver.
General
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.
General
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.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preservers.
General
Includes note that reads: Aged 17 years, Chas. H.S. when he left Paterson to go to California, Jan. 1849.
General
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.
General
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.
General
Back of case has half torn label reading: Clark, William Squire.
General
Negative no. 25838
Box 02
Dwight Cook DAG 4B
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif, masking tape adhered to all corners of case; brass mat and preserver, mat is imprinted: Whitney.
General
Negative no. 25843
Box 02
Crampton DAG 4C
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.5 in.
General
Leather case with image of lyre, case is embossed: M.B. Brady, Case maker, N.Y.; brass mat.
General
Note indicates there is an inscription behind the images which states: Aunt Crampton, Rochester, N.Y., 1846.
General
Negative no. 25767
Box 02
Crampton DAG 4D
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.75 in.
General
Case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver.
General
Note indicates back of image is inscribed: Uncle Crampton, 1850.
General
Negative no. 25766
Box 02
Alice Carla Curtis DAG 4E
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.5 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif, partially unhinged; brass mat and preservers.
General
Negative no. 25769
Box 02
Diamond Spring, El Dorado County., California
1854 August DAG 4F
Diamond Spring, El Dorado County, California
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 5.25 x 4.25 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif, missing half of case; brass mat and preserver.
General
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.
General
Negative numbers 2403b and 25770; Digital Object ID: DAG_4F.
General
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.
General
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.
General
Label on back of frame: Dugliss, Hosea, 1794-1867/Daguerreotype, ca. 1850, Boston/Miss Augusta Atwill Bloomer (great-granddaughter).
General
Negative no. 25841
Box 02
Herman J. Ernst DAG 4H
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.5 x 3.5 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver.
General
Number 52048 inked onto velvet pad and on leather at back of case.
General
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.
General
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.
General
Negative no. 25774
Box 03
James Galway DAG 5B
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.
General
Leather case showing vase holding flowers and floral motif border; brass mat and preserver.
General
Small piece of cloth tape on front of case labeled: 38001.
General
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.
General
Full name is probably James Galway Sullivan. Probably brother of John Michael Sullivan Galway (DAG 11G).
General
Negative no. 25775
Box 03
Andrew J. Gove DAG 5C
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif, geometric motif at back; brass mat and preserver. Top of case labled with ink: 52710.
General
Note with daguerreotype reads: Andrew J. Gove/Arrived in California in 1850/Member of the Vigilante/52710
General
Negative no. 25776
Box 03
John W. Griffith DAG 5D
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.75 in.
General
Missing case, sealed with cardboard and tape; brass mat and preserver.
General
Inked on cardboard at back: 42453.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver.
General
Note indicates back of image inscribed: Mrs. Ann L. Hale, Guildford, Conn., 1853.
General
Negative no. 25778
Box 03
Eliza Gordon Harvey DAG 5F
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: ninth plate, visible image 1.5 x 2 in.
General
Brass mat and preserver.
General
Note found with daguerreotype: Great-grandmother Harvey/Wife of John Harvey.
General
Negative no. 25782
Box 03
Jackson Harvey DAG 5G
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver. Labeled on back of case: Jackson Harvey.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver. Label at back of case: John Harvey and Eliza Gordon Harvey.
General
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.
General
Thermoplastic union case with patriotic motif labeled: The Union and Constitution. Case holds ambrotype at left and daguerreotype
at right. Brass mat and preserver.
General
Poem and handwritten note found with case. Handwritten note: I have loved thee on earth/May I meet thee in heaven/Nancy to
John.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat with floral motif. Case is labled at top in ink: 39361.
General
Note located with object: Henry P. Haun, taken about 1854.
General
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.
General
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
General
Velvet pad labeled in ink: 39357.
General
Note located with object: Taken at Marysville in 1855.
General
Negative no. 25785
Box 03
C.J. Hawley DAG 6C
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.75 in.
General
Leather case with floral and geometric motif; brass mat and preserver with floral motif.
General
Note included with daguerreotype indicates C.J. Hawley is brother of Jacob C. Hawley.
General
Negative no. 25786
Box 03
Jacob C. Hawley DAG 6D
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.
General
Leather case with floral and geometric motif; brass mat and preserver with floral motif.
General
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.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver.
Biographical / Historical
Jacob C. Hawley, lumber merchant, San Francisco; married to Laura Harrington Hawley.
General
Negative no. 25789
Box 03
Laura Harrington Hawley DAG 6F
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.
General
Leather case with geometric and floral motif; brass mat and preserver with floral motif.
General
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
General
Negative no. 25788
Box 03
Captain John Henderson DAG 6G
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.5 x 4.75 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.
General
Captain John Henderson is standing at right.
General
FN-25790
Box 03
Charles E. Hinckley DAG 6H
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: ninth plate, visible image 1.5 x 2 in.
General
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.
General
Fabric tape at back of case labeled in ink: 50046 or 50042.
General
Negative no. 25794
Box 04
Emily Morse Hinckley DAG 7A
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 3.75 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif, right side of case is missing; brass mat and preservers.
General
Emily Morse Hinckley was married to Charles E. Hinckley.
General
Negative no. 25795
Box 04
Emily Morse Hinckley DAG 7B
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.75 in.
General
Framed daguerreotype with leather backing with floral motif; fabric tape on backing labeled in ink: 50042.
General
Emily Morse Hinckley was married to Charles E. Hinckley.
General
Negative no. 25796
Box 04
Emily Morse Hinckley DAG 7C
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: ninth plate, visible image 1.5 x 2 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver with floral motif.
General
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.
General
Leather case with cornucopia and floral motif; brass mat and preserver.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif; case is missing left side; brass mat and preserver.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral and star motif; one side of case is missing; brass mat.
General
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.
General
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.
General
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.
General
FN-25839
Box 04
Thomas Denton Johns DAG 7G
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.5 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver.
General
Negative no. 25312
Box 04
Eliza Johnston DAG 7H
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.5 in.
General
Brass frame, mat, and backing; brass mat has floral motif. Frame and backing are labeled: 40994.
General
Label affixed to top of cover glass: Eliza Johnston, burned to death by/camphine at St. Louis, Mo. Aug. 23rd/1856 aged 26
years.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral and geometric motif, unhinged; brass mat.
General
Portrait of Edward Cleveland Kemble (right) and Edward Gilbert (left).
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral and geometric motif; brass mat imprinted: Whitehurst; velvet pad imprinted: J.H. Whitehurst's Skylight
Gallery [Richmond, Virginia]
General
Portrait of Edward Cleveland Kemble (right) and Edward Gilbert (left).
General
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.
General
Framed daguerreotype with leather backing depicting two birds on a tree branch; brass mat. Fabric tape labeled in ink: 37049
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat with geometric motif, brass preserver with floral motif. Case is labeld in ink:
45964.
General
Negative no. 25803
Box 04
Dick Lay DAG 8E
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.5 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat.
General
Dick Lay wears the vestments of the Masonic order.
General
Negative no. 25894
Box 04
William Lay DAG 8F
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat.
General
Inscription behind image: Taken in Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1852.
General
Stamped on plate: Bousse and Co., New York.
General
Negative no. 25805
Box 04
Marie Paula Rosalia Vallejo Leese DAG 8H
Marie Paula Rosalia Vallejo Leese
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.75 in.
General
Leather, triptych-style case with shield shaped closure; brass mat and preserver.
General
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.
General
Leather case, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.
General
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.
General
Cased image with brass mat and preserver; back of case is labeled in ink: 7296.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif showing bird and cluster of grapes, labeled in ink: 7296; brass mat and preserver.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif and image of lyre, case is labeled in ink: 7296; brass mat and preserver.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.
General
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.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver.
General
Note found with daguerreotype: Uncle Prescott Martin, ca. 1860. Bro. of Dr. Noble Martin.
General
Negative no. 25811
Box 05
Marvin? DAG 9E
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.
General
Negative no. 25812
Box 05
Samuel Merritt DAG 9F
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: half plate, visible image 3.5 x 4.75 in.
General
No case or preserver; brass mat.
Box 01
Group of miners DAG 9G
Group of miners
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: whole plate.
General
No case, no mat.
General
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.
General
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.
General
Leather case with image of building; brass mat. Pad is embossed: Shaw & Johnson/Artists/San Francisco.
General
Image shows four figures working on a hillside mining site.
General
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.
General
Leather case at back of daguerreotype; case with floral motif. Brass mat and preserver.
General
Negative no. 25816
Box 05
James B. Moulin DAG 10B
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.25 in.
General
Leather case with floral and geometric motif; no brass mat or preserver.
General
Note with daguerreotype: James B. Moulin, N.O. [New Orleans?] 1846.
General
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.
General
Case with floral motif, case is labeled in ink: 38858; brass mat and preserver.
General
Two men pictured in the image; no indication which is Michael Norton.
General
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.
General
Case has floral motif with image of bird, missing half of case; brass mat and preserver.
General
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.
General
Negative numbers 23267 and 25819.
Box 05
Oakes DAG 10E
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.
General
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.
General
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.
General
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.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat.
General
Inscribed behind image: F.H. Patten and Gertrude Eliza Patten.
General
Negative no. 25821
Box 05
D. Poland
1857-1862 DAG 10H
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.5 x 3 in.
General
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.
General
Plate is stamped: Scovill Mfg. Co.
General
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.
General
Negative no. 25822
Box 06
Potatoes DAG 11A
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.5 in.
General
No original case; brass mat with preserver.
General
Inscribed on back of plate: 7 1/2 lbs.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver. Brass mat is stamped: G.M. Howe, Portland ME.
General
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.
frame 1, Box 1
San Francisco panorama
1851 DAG 11C a-g
San Francisco Panorama
Physical Description: 7 daguerreotypes: each daguerreotype is a whole plate; plates 1 through 6 are framed together; seventh plate not included
in frame.
General
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.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.
General
View of Sansome Street, San Francisco. Shows businesses: Franklin House, Druggists and Medicines, Court, Lithographer.
General
Negative no. 25823
Box 06
Robert Smith DAG 11E
Physical Description: 1 daguerretype: sixteenth plate, visible image 1 x 1.25 in.
General
Case with no cover, case labeled in ink: 45155; brass mat and preservers.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver, mat is stamped: Lovell, Brattleboro.
General
It is not known which name corresponds to the figures in the image.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif, case is labeled in ink 38004; brass mat and preserver with floral motif.
General
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.
General
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.
General
Case without cover, inked on back of cover 51934; bras mat.
General
Label found with daguerreotype: Captain John A. Sutter/by/an unknown daguerreotypist/1850.
General
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.
General
Case holds two images; leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.
General
Daguerreotype 12B-1 shows an unidentified, male member of the Thierback family.
General
Note with daguerreotype: Members of the Thierback family, Thierback Coffee Co., San Francisco. Became Alta Coffee Company.
General
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.
General
Case holds two images; leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.
General
DAG12B-2 shows two unidentified children standing next to each other.
General
Note with daguerreotype: Members of the Thierback family, Thierback Coffee Co., San Francisco. Became Alta Coffee Company.
General
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.
General
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]
General
Image shows from left to right: Caroline, Harry, and Sarah Thornton.
General
Note indicates Caroline Thornton married George F. Rodden and Sarah Thornton married F.W. Lux.
General
Negative no. 25773
Box 06
Sally Innes Thornton DAG 12D
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 1.5 x 2 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat.
General
Painted portrait of Sally Innes Thornton.
General
Negative no. 25832
Box 06
James Walker DAG 12E
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate; visible image 2.25 x 3 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.
General
Negative no. 25840
Box 06
Franklin E.R. Whitney DAG 12F
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75.
General
Leather case with floral motif and image containing crosses, labeled in ink: 38890; brass mat.
General
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.
General
Negative no. 25844
Box 06
William Wilder DAG 12G
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.75 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif; ornate brass mat and preserver.
General
Negative no. 25845
Box 06
Samuel Hopkins Willey DAG 12H
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.75 x 3.75 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif, missing half of case; brass mat and preserver.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif, case is labeled in ink: 52418; brass mat and preserver.
General
Negative no. 25847
Box 06
John Willson DAG 13B
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixteenth plate, visible image 1 x 1.2 in.
General
Leather case; brass mat and preserver.
General
Note found with daguerreotype: My fater, John Willson 18 yrs.
General
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.
General
No case; brass mat and preserver.
General
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.
General
No case; ornate brass mat and preserver, mat is stamped: Hamilton, San Francisco.
General
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.
General
Leather case with floral motif; missing brass mat and preserver.
General
Printed adverstisement behind image: Wm. Shew, Daguerreotype Materials, 123 Washington Street, Boston.
General
Image shows five children.
General
Negative no. 25827
Box 07
Unidentified woman DAG 13F
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: quarter plate, visible image 2.5 x 3.75 in.
General
Case has mother of pearl inlay in a floral motif; brass mat and preserver.
General
Negative no. 25882
Box 07
Unidentified male child DAG 13G
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 3 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif, unhinged; visible image 2.25 x 3.75 in.
General
Note indicates that unidentified boy shown in image is the donor's father.
General
Negative no. 25877
Box 07
Unidentified woman DAG 13H
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image
General
Leather case with floral and geometric motif, unhinged; brass mat and preserver.
General
Negative no. 25876
Box 07
Unidentified woman DAG 14A
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixteenth plate, visible image 1 x 1.25 in.
General
Case is designed to look like a book, cover has mother of pearl inlay; ornate brass mat and preserver.
General
Negative no. 25850
Box 07
Unidentified man DAG 14B
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.
General
Leather case with floral motif; brass mat and preserver.
General
Negative no. 25878
Box 07
Unidentified man DAG 14C
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2.25 x 2.75 in.
General
No case; brass mat and preserver.
General
Negative no. 25879
Box 07
Robert Field Stockton DAG 14F
Physical Description: 1 daguerreotype: sixth plate, visible image 2 x 2.75 in.
General
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.
General
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.
General
Leather case stamped: Williamson Bros/Broooklyn/N.Y., unhinged; brass mat and preserver, mat is stamped: Williamson/Brooklyn,
N.Y.
General
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.
General
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.
General
Velvet case, unhinged; ornate brass mat and preserver.
Biographical / Historical
James W. Towne and Jacob Bacon were early San Francisco printers.
