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Album of studio portraits from Sacramento and San Francisco

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Description: A commercial album with 21 studio portraits of unidentified men, women, and children by photographers in Sacramento and San Francisco, California, consisting of 19 cartes-de-visite and 2 tintypes. There is one group portrait with two adults and a child. One sitter is identified on the verso as "Mr. Silver Tegarian."
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Production date: approximately 1875-approximately 1895
Call number: photCL 168
Provenance: Purchased from Jack R. Brown, December 1969.
Dimensions: images 4 x 3 cm-10 x 6 cm, sheets 16 x 13 cm, volume 17 x 15 cm
Associated people: Coffin, Isaac T.

Carte-de-visite album

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A small album of 32 cartes-de visite, primarily souvenir images of Algiers, dated 1884 in handwriting on the backs of several images. Some photographs of Grace and Dora Dalziel, unidentified people, and tintypes of three men, who appear to be Dalziels.

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Albums of studio portraits from Livingston, Montana, and Placerville, California

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A collection of 7 albums chiefly containing late 19th and early 20th century studio portraits of individuals of various ages, with several group portraits, costumed scenes, and dogs and other animals, as well as some snapshots of people and animals in residential areas. A number of photographs have the imprint of photographer Geo. W. Potter (Livingston, Montana, and Placerville, California). In addition to Potter, over 70 different photography studios are represented in the albums, primarily from Northern California and Livingston, including Geo. H. Gilbert (Placerville, Calif.), G.D. Morse (San Francisco, Calif.), Bradley & Rulofson (San Francisco, Calif.), Finn (Livingston, Mont.), Al. Smith (Sacrament, Calif.), Charles Lainer (San Francisco, Calif.), J.A. Todd (Sacramento, Calif.), Saunders (Ukiah, Calif.), and Simas (Placerville, Calif.).

photCL 63

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Photograph album

Manuscripts

The front cover is unattached and the back cover is missing. The majority of the photographs are cartes de visite. The subjects are identified in an index, several photographs are missing and there is one loose.

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A leather album with brass hinges containing cartes-de-visite photographs of Abraham Lincoln and events related to his life and death. There are images of Mary, Robert, and Thomas Lincoln. There are images of the political men of the time including Stephen Douglas, Frank P. Blair, and Thomas Eckert. There are also images of the assassin John Wilkes Booth.

photCL 40

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Cabinet card album

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Two photograph albums of Pilliner family and other portraits, chiefly taken by William H. Pilliner, an early photographer in the American West. Subjects include Pilliner, his wife Eliza Jane (McGuire) Pilliner, members of the Pilliner and McGuire families, and associates. One album contains cartes-de-visite and tintypes, the other is larger, containing mostly cabinet card photographs. The images date from approximately 1870s to 1902, and some are inscribed. The collection also includes a typescript by Cornelia Elizabeth McGuire (Eliza Jane's sister) of the McGuire family genealogy from 1700 to the mid-1900s, and a typescript of W. H. Pilliner's biography. One photograph depicts G. W. Jenkins and I. N. McGuire, the proprietors of the Santa Maria Times, superimposed over a photograph of the newspaper. Some imprints on the images say "W. H. Pilliner, Pioneer Artist" and studio locations include Reno and Idaho Falls. There are also a few photographs by Piggott & Shaw of Santa Rosa, California.

photCL 202

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Portraits. Arranged by photographer; most sitters unidentified

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Chiefly cartes-de-visite and a few small card photographs. Mostly unidentified people, with a few exceptions, named below.

photCL 555

Album of studio portraits from Sacramento and San Francisco

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