Content/DescriptionRight reading view of house and partial view of smaller building in back. The father and child are standing outside with the dog, the mother is inside, posed at the window.
Title
[Family of miner inside and outside of house near New Almaden quicksilver mines.]
Published
ca. 1855-1860
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1905.16242:078--CASE
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : ambrotype ; half plate, visible image 8.1 x 11.2 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: floral - grapes. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15 x 12 cm. Pad: blue velvet with embossed motif. Notes: spine label - 603 (from prior owner).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Accompanying note (modern, by collector Zelda Mackay): New Almaden quicksilver miner's little home in the 1850's San Jose, Cal.</physfacet>;;;
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