[Business street corner with C.P. Lawrence, drug store, and people "clowning" on sidewalk.]

ca. 1856

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

BANC PIC 1905.16242:067--CASE

Image

1 photograph : ambrotype ; quarter plate, visible image 9 x 7 cm.

The Bancroft Library

Photographer Francis Forshew is the only known photographer of the 1850s with this surname. He was active in Hudson, New York from 1851-1859 and perhaps later. It seems this image was mistakenly identified as San Francisco or any other California locale.
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: (removed).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">"Type: case. Motif: geometric (Berg no. 3-22). Material: brown thermoplastic. Dimensions: 12.5 x 10 cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed motif. Notes: "Forshew" on mat. Notes: spine label - 134 (from prior owner)."</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Blind stamped on mat (LR): Forshew. Accompanying note (handwritten, later): Ambrotype of San Francisco business corner of about 1855[6?] [in another hand:] very probably not S.F. [Forshew was not active in California.]</physfacet>;;;

Researchers may make free and open use of the UC Berkeley Library’s digitized public domain materials. However, some materials in our online collections may be protected by U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use (Title 17, U.S.C. § 107) requires permission from the copyright owners. The use or reproduction of some materials may also be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, privacy and publicity rights, or trademark law. Responsibility for determining rights status and permissibility of any use or reproduction rests exclusively with the researcher. To learn more or make inquiries, please see our permissions policies (https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/permissions-policies).