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Wells Fargo & Co. Express Stop and Post Office, Vacaville, California
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Wells Fargo & Co. Express Stop and Post Office, Vacaville, California

Book TitleWells Fargo & Co. Express Stop and Post Office, Vacaville, California
Exhibition TitleWells Fargo & Co. Express Stop and Post Office, Vacaville, California
Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1855
MediumAmbrotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 4 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (11.43 × 13.97 cm)
Case (open): 9 1/2 × 6 × 1/2 inches (24.13 × 15.24 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 6 × 3/4 inches (11.75 × 15.24 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.25.11
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a two-story building, E.F. Gillespie Store, with sign below reading "Office of W.F. & Co.'s Express & Post Office" and a group of men wearing hats gathered on porch beside dirt road and picket fence. This half plate ambrotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a traditional decorative paper-covered wooden case with metal clasps and an emerald green velvet liner.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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