Content/DescriptionMen sit drinking in open carriage, as one (Isaiah Lees) pours from a bottle into a glass. Man in top hat stands at carriage door. Lees was a detective and later Chief of Police in San Francisco and, according to collector Zelda Mackay, made a hobby of photography.
Title
[Isaiah W. Lees in landau with friends at racetrack.]
Published
ca. 1855-1858
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1905.16242:014--CASE
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : ambrotype ; sixth plate, visible image 5.6 x 7 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with new blackened photographic paper added. Mat: decorative rectangular (double elliptical) with cross in diamond motif. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric - Oriental (Rinhart no. 226). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.4 x 8 cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed leaf motif. Notes: spine label - 356 (from prior owner). Mis-matched case cover and back, with hinge repair. Back has mixed flowers motif.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Accompanying note (modern) and newspaper clippings laid in case.</physfacet>;;;
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