View of Sacramento Street, San Francisco, California
Book TitleView of Sacramento Street, San Francisco, California
Artist
Robert H. Vance
(American, 1825 - 1876)
Dateca. 1854-1856
MediumStereo daguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 4 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (11.43 × 13.97 cm)
Image (each): 2 3/4 x 2 3/16 inches (6.99 x 5.56 cm)
Case (open): 9 5/8 × 6 1/8 × 3/8 inches (24.45 × 15.56 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 6 1/8 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 inches (15.56 × 12.07 × 1.59 cm)
Image (each): 2 3/4 x 2 3/16 inches (6.99 x 5.56 cm)
Case (open): 9 5/8 × 6 1/8 × 3/8 inches (24.45 × 15.56 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 6 1/8 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 inches (15.56 × 12.07 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.39
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionTwo images of a street densely lined with shops leading up towards a hill. Near the left edge of the street is a horse-drawn cart and wooden barrels. This stereo daguerreotype from a single half plate is housed in a brass mat with rounded corners inside of a decorative paper covered wooden case. Included inside the case is a folding wooden stereo viewer.
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Vance Studio
ca. 1860
2020.7.97
