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Notable people of San Francisco and other miscellaneous photographs

Description
Notable people of San Francisco and the Bay Area: William A. Leidesdorff (drawing); photocollage of 148 headshots of "distinguished citizens of San Francisco" who participated in the Centennial Anniversary, 1876; photocollage of 40 "Public Men of San Francisco"(1870s?); Alfred J. Share, Oakland reporter; Rev. Benjamin Akerly; Charles McPhail Hitchcock, Martha T. Hitchcock (copies); Lillie Hitchcock Coit in firefighter helmet; Isaac Green Messec, Joseph Pownell, Gen. I. H. Dewall; E. Calishen; E. Skidmore (early San Francisco printer); I. B. Pownall as a boy. Other portrait photographs in this folder: U.S. Army general Edward Canby by Carleton Watkins; Rev. John Sackville Sharp (1799-1895) and fifth generation grandchild Marjorie Clover; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Franklin Thorpe; Sarah M. Cool; Gen. Stonewall Jackson; Eva Mackay (Princess Colonna) as a child (1862?); Elizabeth Smith (mourning photograph).
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Production date
approximately 1860s-1902.
Call number
photPF 2760-2779
Provenance
Acquired from Grabhorn, 1945 and other sources.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
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