1 photograph : ambrotype ; quarter plate, visible image 8.8 x 6.5 cm.
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Note
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, backing glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with balsam-sealed backing glass (in the style of Cutting's patent) and black metal backing. Mat: decorative oval. Cover glass: added glass. Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric - celtic scroll. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 12 x 9.4 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif and photographer's name. Notes: spine label - 333 (from prior owner).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Embossed in case pad: R.H. Vance's / Premium / Daguerrean / Galleries / San Francisco / Sacramento / Marysville. On mat (L & R): Dean & Emerson Patent Applied for / [Worcester] Mass. No.[19]. Embossed velvet pad: R.H. Vance's / Premium / Daguerrean / Galleries / San Francisco / Sacramento / & / Marysville. Accompanying note (by collector Zelda Mackay): Pioneer S.F. couple, ambrotype by R.H. Vance, ancestors of Mrs. C.F. Greene of Santa Clara.</physfacet>;;;
Contents
Image 2: [Young man and woman, ancestors of Mrs. C.F. Greene of Santa Clara.] (Before treatment: housed in case, prior to removal and addition of cover glass. Scanned from a 35mm slide.)
Image 2: BANC PIC 1905.16242:051––NEG (trans.)
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