Bond & Mollyneaux Groceries and Provisions, Jacksonville, California
Artist
Unknown
Date1852
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (whole): 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (21.59 × 16.51 cm)
Case (open): 9 1/4 × 14 1/4 × 3/4 inches (23.5 × 36.2 × 1.91 cm)
Case (closed): 9 1/4 × 7 3/8 × 7/8 inches (23.5 × 18.73 × 2.22 cm)
Case (open): 9 1/4 × 14 1/4 × 3/4 inches (23.5 × 36.2 × 1.91 cm)
Case (closed): 9 1/4 × 7 3/8 × 7/8 inches (23.5 × 18.73 × 2.22 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2008.6.3
Signednone
InscribedOn plate verso, center, etched: "California 1852/3 / H. E. Bond & Robert Mollyneaux / ch Chattie Bond."
Markingsnone
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DescriptionWhole-plate daguerreotype depicting Bond & Mollyneaux Groceries and Provissions [sic], with a broadside advertising Mexican Mustang Liniment [sic], signage for attorney George F. Putnam on the front of the building, and several men (probably Bond and Mollyneaux) posed in the doorway. This whole plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat with red velvet liner inside of a decorative case. The case is adorned with a floral motif embellished with gold tooling and mother-of-pearl.
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