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Burr-Allyne family papers and photographs
Collection
Identifier: MS 717
Abstract
Comprises correspondence, genealogies, personal papers, ephemera, business records, legal records, property records, photographs, motion picture films, and artifacts documenting the personal and professional activities of the Burr-Allyne family in San Francisco and California from 1839 to the early 2000s. Papers include significant holdings of correspondence by John Winslow Allyne, Mary Newell Burr Allyne, Lucy Helen Allyne, Edith Winslow Allyne, Ephraim Willard Burr, Edmund Coffin Burr,...
Dates:
1839-2012
Found in:
California Historical Society
Daguerreotype Collection
Collection
Identifier: PC-DAG
Content Description
Collection comprises daguerreotypes, primarily portraits, and also views of cities, towns, and mining areas in California taken between 1839 and 1870. Most daguerreotypes are portraits of early California families and pioneers, such as Maria Paula Rosalia Vallejo Leese and John Augustus Sutter. The collection also contains a seven part, framed panoramic view of San Francicso taken in 1851 and street views of California towns such as Diamond Springs (El Dorado County), Iowa Hill (Placer...
Dates:
1839-1870
Found in:
California Historical Society
Group of miners
Item — Box: 01
Identifier: DAG-9G
Content Description
One whole-plate daguerreotype measuring 15.5 x 20.5 cm. Plate has been enclosed in a contemporary mount. Group portrait of nine miners, all men. Four men stand at back, five men sit at front. Man at front right holds a book; two men sitting at front hold mining equipment, including a shovel. Portrait was probably taken between 1849 and 1860.
Dates:
circa 1850s
Found in:
California Historical Society
San Francisco Panorama
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: DAG 11C
Abstract
Seven-part panoramic view of the San Francisco Bay extending from Happy Valley to Rincon Point, taken in the spring of 1851 by an unknown photographer from 1st and Howard Streets.
Dates:
1851 spring
Found in:
California Historical Society
Maria Paula Rosalia Vallejo del Leese daguerreotype
Item — Box: 04
Identifier: DAG-8H
Content Description
Portrait of Maria Paula Rosalia Vallejo Leese seated, arm resting on book, holding an embroidered purse in her lap. Leese's cheeks, purse, jewelry, and the book are tinted. Daguerreotype is housed in a double-hinged, triptych-style case; brown embossed leather exterior with shield shaped closure; red embossed velvet interior. Quarter plate daguerreotype measuring 9 x 7 cm.
Dates:
1840-1860
Found in:
California Historical Society
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