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Britton & Rey Lithographic Printing Office, San Francisco, California
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Britton & Rey Lithographic Printing Office, San Francisco, California

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1853
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (whole): 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (16.51 × 21.59 cm)
Case (open): 14 × 9 × 3/8 inches (35.56 × 22.86 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 7 × 9 × 3/4 inches (17.78 × 22.86 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.283
Signednone
InscribedOn paper label adhered to the case spine, in center, in pencil: "From [illegible] 1875 ... [faded]"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a street corner with several business establishments. A group of men stand on the porch outside of the Lithographic Printing Office and a horse drawn cart is next to the curb, which is littered with trash. This whole plate daguerreotype is housed in a blue paper mat inside of an unadorned leather covered wooden case with an emerald green velvet liner.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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