Ambrotype in a case, of seven men, identified as prominent San Francisco businessmen

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Peter Palmquist Cased Photographs Collection (WA Photos 402) > Series I: Images by Identified Photographers > CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHERS > Vance, Robert H., 1825-1876 > Ambrotype in a case, of seven men, identified as prominent San Francisco businessmen

2056732

Description

Title: Ambrotype in a case, of seven men, identified as prominent San Francisco businessmen
Creator: From the Collection: Palmquist, Peter E.
Contributor: From the Collection: Allen, Charles V., 1828-
From the Collection: Atkinson, S. J.
From the Collection: Beals, Albert J.
From the Collection: Beardsley, B. C.
From the Collection: Broadbent, S. (Samuel), 1810-1881
From the Collection: Cary, Charles H.
From the Collection: Clayton, James A. (James Atkins), 1831-1896
From the Collection: Cook, William H.
From the Collection: Coombs, F. (Frederick)
From the Collection: Daniels, A. F. (Austin Fitzerland), 1832-
From the Collection: Fardon, G. R.
From the Collection: Fetter, Harvey G.
From the Collection: Fitzgibbon, John H., 1816?-1882
From the Collection: Ford, James May, 1827-approximately 1877
From the Collection: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917
From the Collection: Hale, L.H., 1823-1885
From the Collection: Hamilton, Charles F., approximately 1825-
From the Collection: Hamilton, George D.
From the Collection: Harris, Theodore, active approximately 1855-1860
From the Collection: Hathaway, William, active approximately 1857-1858
From the Collection: Hawes, Charles E.
From the Collection: Hickling, J.
From the Collection: Higgins, Thomas J.
From the Collection: Johnson, George Howard, 1823-
From the Collection: Lenox, Isaac Shaw
From the Collection: Long, Enoch
From the Collection: Maxham, B. D. (Benjamin Dexter), 1821-1899
From the Collection: McIntyre, Sterling C.
From the Collection: Merrill, James O.
From the Collection: Norcross, Oliver H. P., 1824-1871
From the Collection: Outley, John J.
From the Collection: Phillips, J. A.
From the Collection: Pine, George W.
From the Collection: Plumbe, John, 1809-1857
From the Collection: Rehn, Isaac
From the Collection: Ruth, J.
From the Collection: Selleck, Silas Wright, approximately 1828-1885
From the Collection: Shaw, Seth Louis
From the Collection: Shew, Jacob, approximately 1826-1879
From the Collection: Shew, Myron, 1824-1891
From the Collection: Shew, William J., 1820-1903
From the Collection: Silver, O. B.
From the Collection: Spooner, John Pitcher, 1845-1917
From the Collection: Vance, Robert H., 1825-1876
From the Collection: Whitehurst, Jesse Harrison, 1819-1875
From the Collection: Culver & Fellows (Newport, New Hampshire)
From the Collection: Pine & Bells (Troy, New York)
From the Collection: Shaw & Johnson (San Francisco, California)
From the Collection: Spooner Brothers (Springfield, Massachusetts)
Published / Created: circa 1855-56
Description: Whole-plate clear glass ambrotype with asphaltum backing (tissue adhered); mat missing; partial seal
Full brown leather case with geometric and scroll motif; imprint on velvet pad of case, "R.H. VANCE'S / PREMIUM DAGUERREAN GALLERIES / SAN FRANCISCO / SACRAMENTO / MARYSVILLE"
Possible identifications for individuals include, top row, from left to right, the first man, Cornelius Cole, John D. Fry, or Charles Bull Crocker; second man, William C. Ralston or Henry Huntley Haight; third man, Cornelius Kingsland Garrison or Thomas H. Selby; bottom row, left to right, first man, Ben Holladay or Joseph W. Winans; second man, William Walker or Ogden Hoffman; third man, William Tecomseh Sherman, Darius Ogden Mills, or William Sharon; fourth man, Henry Huntley Haight, Edward J. C. Kewen, or Sam Ralston
Provenance: Purchased from Peter E. Palmquist on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1999.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Item Location

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

WA Photos 402

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- Peter Palmquist Cased Photographs Collection
  - Series I: Images by Identified Photographers
    CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHERS
    Vance, Robert H., 1825-1876
    THIS ITEM Ambrotype in a case, of seven men, identified as prominent San Francisco businessmen

Container / Volume

Box 45, folder 68

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Citation: Peter Palmquist Cased Photographs Collection. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 7083035
Object ID (OID): 2056732