[Store fronts in Washington, Nevada Co., California.]

ca. 1855

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

BANC PIC 1905.16242:089--CASE

Image

1 photograph : ambrotype ; half plate, visible image 10 x 13 cm.

The Bancroft Library

Tentative attribution to O.B. Silver by Peter Palmquist, based upon the locale, format (half plate ambrotype) and presentation (preserver only, lacking mat).
Backed with another ambrotype plate, probably culled by photographer. It is a portrait of four men, in poor condition and of poor quality, and it has been encapsulated separately.
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, backing plate, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: floral - variant of The Delicate Roses (Rinhart no. 125). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.3 x 12.1 cm. Pad: red velvet. Notes: Pretlove (die engraver) Notes: spine label - 665 (from prior owner).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Die maker's mark on case (UL, recto and verso): Pretlove. On bottom of case (in ink): 89</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Two accompanying news clippings [ca. 1950s] about the town of Washington. Accompanying note (handwritten, modern, possibly by collector Zelda Mackay) telling about the McDonnel family of Washington, Nevada County. [Presumably this image came from this family.]</physfacet>;;;

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