[View of Petaluma, California, looking east down Washington Street.]

Image

Description

Content/DescriptionRight-reading landscape view looking over town with hills in distance. White clapboard house in foreground. In middleground, right of center, buildings bear signs reading "Foundry" and "American Hotel". Sign left of center reads "Washington / Stable / P.E. Weeks." Other signs along Washington St. at left, read "Jacob..."; "[E.? ] Rowlson & Co. Blacksmith & Plow Shop / Wagons Made and Repaired"; "... Mexicana"; "... Store", etc.

Details

Title

[View of Petaluma, California, looking east down Washington Street.]

Published

ca. 1855-1865?

Full Collection Name

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

Other Identifiers

BANC PIC 2000.053--ffALB VAULT

Subject (Topic)

Buildings
Cities and towns
Commercial buildings
Streets
Dwellings

Type

Image

Format

Ambrotypes
Landscapes

Extent

1 photograph : collodion positive on glass (ambrotype?); oversize plate, visible image 22.8 x 33.4 cm.

Archive

The Bancroft Library

Note

View from almost identical vantage point as Kuchel & Dresel's 1857 lithograph of Petaluma, a copy of which is present in the Robert B. Honeyman collection of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1963.002:0819--B)
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: frame. Material: wood. Dimensions: 40.3 x 50.7 cm. Notes: silk cord attached to back of frame.</physfacet>;;;

Contents

Image 2: [View of Petaluma, California, looking east...] (Before treatment.)

Image 2: Content/DescriptionBefore treatment: image before removal from frame. (Scanned from a 35mm slide.)

Image 2: BANC PIC 2000.053––NEG (trans.)

Image 3: [View of Petaluma, California, looking east...] (Before treatment.)

Image 3: Content/DescriptionBefore treatment: back of frame, showing gap between wooden backing board and frame, and cord for hanging. (Scanned from a 35mm slide.)

Image 3: BANC PIC 2000.053––NEG (trans.)

Image 4: [View of Petaluma, California, looking east...] (Detail.)

Image 4: BANC PIC 2000.053––DIG

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Collection

Cased Photos