Union House Hotel, Bidwell's Bar, California

Book TitleThe Union House Hotel, Bidwell's Bar, California

Artist Unknown

Dateca. 1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (half): 4 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (10.8 × 13.97 cm)
Case (open): 9 5/8 × 6 × 1/2 inches (24.45 × 15.24 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 6 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 15.24 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.51.6

Signednone

InscribedOn plate verso, center, in pencil: "Oroville"; On plate verso, center, etched: "The Union Hotel in Oroville / [? - possibly "Loaned", crossed out] / Mrs. F. Rogers. / Bidwell Bar / 1922"

MarkingsInside case, behind plate, center, in pencil: "$12.50"; Plate has new seal, on verso, in pencil: "No Hallmark The second "Union / House" in Bidwell's Bar circa 1856 "caL" under tape / D11.15.1 / Retaped 1/27/12 + Re-cleaned / DAW Exeter NH"

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DescriptionImage of a building with a large rectangular sign on the façade which reads "Union House" and a smaller sign below which reads "Office of the Feather River & Ophir Water Company". Curtains blow through open windows on second floor while a group of men stand out front with hands on hips. A man wearing a hat appears in the foreground at the very left edge of the plate. This half plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a traditional American decorative paper covered case with brass mat but without brass preserver. The green pebbled leather case has raised stripes along the perimeter and a decorative clasp in the center.Provenance

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