1 photograph : ambrotype ; quarter plate, visible image 6.8 x 8.8 cm.
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The Bancroft Library
Note
Date formerly estimated as approximately 1855. A researcher has found a newspaper death notice for Eloise Channing Cook from 1863. <physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing, face slightly hand colored. Mat: oval. Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 12 x 9.4 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed floral motif. Notes: spine label - 345 (from prior owner).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Label (typewritten): Corpse of Eloise Channing Cook / daughter of Elisha and Willie / Cook of San Francisco. Age 3. / An ambrotype. / (handwritten): famous gold rush lawyer [referring to Elisha].</physfacet>;;;
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