[Unidentified man and woman. Members of Hoff, Cook or Bunce families of San Francisco?]

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Title [Unidentified man and woman. Members of Hoff, Cook or Bunce families of San Francisco?]

Published ca. 1854

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

Other Identifiers BANC PIC 1905.16242:029--CASE

Type Image

Format Portraits
Daguerreotypes

Extent 2 photographs : daguerreotype ; sixth plate.

Archive The Bancroft Library

Note <physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: The Farmer's Dream / The Apple Picker (Krainik no. 138 / Rinhart no. 22). Material: thermoplastic. Dimensions: 9.7 x 8.9 cm. Notes: A.P. Critchlow & Co., Oct. 14, 1856. Notes: spine label - 348 (from prior owner). Double case with 2 images.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Printed in case well: A.P. Critchlow & Co., / Manufactures of / Daguerreotype Cases. / A. P. C. & Co. / are the Original Inventors of the / Composition for the Union Case, / (so called,) including all the various shades / of color and fineness of texture pecu- / liar to their manufacture and of the / Embracing Riveted hinges, thus / securing them from breaking out / as do others that are inserted / with or without a / metal brace. / - / Hinge Patented Oct. 14, 1856. Accompanying note (handwritten by collector Zelda Mackay): Members of the Bunce family of N.Y. and the Hoff and Elisha Cook families of S.F., after whom Hoff Street near S.F. Armory was named. Elisha Cook was famous S.F. Gold Rush lawyer.</physfacet>;;;

Contents

Image 2: Portraits

Image 2: Daguerreotypes

Image 2: [Left image: Unidentified man. Member of Hoff, Cook, or Bunce families of San Francisco.]

Image 2: Content/DescriptionHalf length portrait of a young man.

Image 2: Men

Image 2: Young adults

Image 2: Pioneers –– California

Image 2: Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.;;;

Image 2: [ca. 1854]

Image 2: daguerreotype ; visible image 7 x 5.7 cm.

Image 2: BANC PIC 1905.16242:029a––CASE

Image 3: Portraits

Image 3: Daguerreotypes

Image 3: [Right image: Unidentified woman. Member of Hoff, Cook or Bunce families of San Francisco.]

Image 3: Content/DescriptionHalf length portrait of a seated woman whose hair is in long ringlets on both sides of her head. She is wearing jewelry (bracelet) on one hand, and a lace glove on the other.

Image 3: Women

Image 3: Young adults

Image 3: Pioneers –– California

Image 3: Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face slightly hand colored. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver: decorative.;;;Printed in case well: A.P. Critchlow & Co., / Manufactures of / Daguerreotype Cases. / A.P.C. & Co. / are the Original Inventors of the / Composition for the Union Case, / (so called,) including all the various shades / of color and fineness of texture pecu- / liar to their manufacture and of the / Embracing Riveted hinges, thus / securing them from breaking out / as do others that are inserted / with or without a / metal brace. / - / Hinge Patented Oct. 14, 1856.;;;

Image 3: [ca. 1854]

Image 3: daguerreotype ; visible image 6.7 x 5.7 cm.

Image 3: BANC PIC 1905.16242:029b––CASE

Image 4: During treatment: printed text in image well of case. (Scanned from a 35mm slide.)

Image 4: BANC PIC 1905.16242:029––NEG

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