[Unidentified woman from the Whipple family of Oakland.]

ca. 1854

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

BANC PIC 1905.16242:047--CASE

Image

1 photograph : stereo daguerreotype ; quarter plate, each visible image 5.4 x 3.9 cm.

The Bancroft Library

<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face, hands, and lace of color and sleeves slightly hand colored. Mat: double oval. Preserver: textured (removed and stored separately).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: stereoscopic case. Material: leather (pigskin) over wood. Dimensions: 12 x 9.3 cm. Notes: spine label - 585 (from prior owner). Mascher stereo lense plate insert in case cover.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Stamped on lens insert: Mascher's Improved Stereoscope / Philada. / Patent / March 8th 1853. Accompanying note (by Zelda Mackay, handwritten): Rare Mascher's stereoscope daguerreotype of daughter of prominent East Bay Whipple Family.</physfacet>;;;

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