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Portraits of Dr. David Burbank and his bride, Clara Kauffer [graphic].
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Portraits of Dr. David Burbank and his bride, Clara KaufferAbstract:
Daguerreotype of Burbank taken soon after his purported 1853 arrival in San Francisco. However, a note in the daguerreotype
case well in a mid-19th century hand states "Dr. David Burbank upon arrival in California 1850." He wears what appear to be
mining clothes and a straw hat, and his fingers are bandaged. Two ambrotypes, taken a few years later, are of Burbank and
his wife, Clara Kauffer, in their wedding clothes.
Date:
1850 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caBurbank, David -- 1821- -- Portraits
Pioneers -- California -- Photographs
Gold miners -- California -- Photographs
Note:
Photographer unknown.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Painted wedding portraits held by the Burbank Historical Society may be based on these ambrotypes.
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David Burbank (1821-1895) studied dentistry in Waterville, Maine, and came to California in 1853 during the gold rush (cf.
Dictation from David Burbank : Los Angeles, ca. 1887-1889 (BANC MSS C-D 810:55).) He married in California and moved from
Northern California to Los Angeles in 1866. He purchased La Providencia Rancho, and the town of Burbank was later named for
him.
Type:
graphicDaguerreotypes.
Ambrotypes.
Physical Description:
graphic
3 photographs: daguerreotype and ambrotype; sixth plate.
Language:
English
Origin:
California unknown place ca. 1850-ca. 1859Copyright Note:
RESTRICTED CASED ITEMS. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.