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[Portraits of Susie T. Hackett with her mother Francis A. Smith, and of an unidentified man].
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Title:

[Portraits of Susie T. Hackett with her mother Francis A. Smith, and of an unidentified man]

Abstract:

Cased ambrotype depicts a child of approximately 2 years held by her mother, presumably Susie T. Hackett and Francis A. Smith, respectively. Cased daguerreotype depicts unidentified young man, perhaps Susie's father Williams Smith; or F.M. Hackett, the father of Susie's husband Charles Crane Hackett; or another antecedent family member?

Date:

1855 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Hackett, Susan T -- Portraits
Smith, Francis Asbury -- 1837-1915 -- Portraits
Pioneers -- California -- Napa County -- Portraits

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Photographers unknown.
Annotated paper accompanying ambrotype: Susie T. Smith, born May 29, 62 [sic]; married Sept. 4, 1890 to Charles C. Hackett, Napa, Calif.
RESTRICTED CASED PHOTOGRAPHS: Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Portraits of Susie T. Hackett with her mother Francis A. Smith, and of an unidentified man, BANC PIC 2018.076, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Per ancestrylibrary.com, Susan "Susie" T. Smith Hackett was born May 29, 1864 in California to parents Williams Smith and Francis A. Smith, pioneers to the Napa area. In 1890 Susie married Charles Crane Hackett of Napa, whose parents were also early California pioneers. Susie died in Napa in 1956.

Type:

graphic
Daguerreotypes.
Ambrotypes.
Portraits-California.

Physical Description:

photoprint
2 photographs in 1 box : daguerreotype and ambrotype, both hand-colored ; daguerreotype visible oval image 9 x 7 cm (quarter plate format), ambrotype visible image 7 x 6 cm (sixth plate format)

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

RESTRICTED CASED PHOTOGRAPHS: Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.