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Day and Palmer family photographs [graphic]
BANC PIC 1968.029--ALBLOCAL
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Title:

Day and Palmer family photographs
Day-Palmer family papers

Creator/Contributor:

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

Abstract:

Includes a cartes de visite album of portraits, chiefly of women and children (ca. 1865-ca. 1890?); an album of snapshots and amateur photographs belonging to Roger Sherman Day and picturing sailing and other outdoor recreation (dating from ca. 1899-1902); and various portraits including Sherman Day and C.T.H Palmer and family members. Among the Day family portraits are four stereographs of Sherman Day and others at New Almaden, one of which is signed by C.E. Watkins.

Date:

ca. 1852-ca. 1902 (issued)

Subject:

Day, Sherman -- 1806-1884 -- Portraits
Palmer, Charles T. H. (Charles Theodore Hart) -- 1827-1897 -- Portraits
Day family -- Portraits
Palmer family -- Portraits

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Various photographers, mostly unidentified. Stereographs by Carleton E. Watkins.
Albums include: 19 cartes de visite, 3 tintypes and 175 other photographic prints.
Related cartes de visite, some of which duplicate views present in this collection, are tipped into the collection: Correspondence between Sherman Day and his father, Jeremiah Day.
UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.
Additional stereographs of New Almaden received from Caroline Day have been cataloged as: Views of New Almaden (BANC PIC 1905.14313-.14319--STER)
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Type:

graphic
Daguerreotypes.
Ambrotypes.
Tintypes.
Cartes de visite.
Card photograph albums.
Stereographs.

Physical Description:

graphic
photoprint
2 albums (197 photographic prints) and 16 photographic prints (including 4 stereographs, 3 daguerreotypes, and 2 ambrotypes) ; chiefly albumen or b&w ; various sizes.

Language:

English

Identifier:

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BANC PIC 1968.029--ALBLOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.

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