[Smith and Porter's coffee house and hotel on the corner of Sansome and Sacramento Streets, San Francisco.]

ca.1852

Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870

BANC PIC 1905.16242:099--CASE

Image

1 photograph : daguerreotype ; whole plate, visible image 19 x 14 cm.

The Bancroft Library

Date NoteDate based on dates of photographers' brief partnership.
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric - scroll Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 22.5 x 17.8 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: spine label - 683 (from prior owner). Same case as 1905.16242:102.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Plate mark (UL): [Circle in sixths], [Lamb bearing cross flanked by crescents]. Embossed on case pad: SHAW AND JOHNSON / ARTISTS / SAN FRANCISCO. Two accompanying news clippings (1949 and ca. late 1940s) and one note (transcribed from a 1850 news clipping), describe the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's Steamer Oregon and its voyage. Accompanying note (handwritten, modern, possibly by collector Zelda Mackay) identifies the scene.</physfacet>;;;

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