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Title: Portrait of William Henry Eddy
Creator: Unknown
Contributor: Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998 (collector)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1850
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circa 1855
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Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Historic Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description: William Henry Eddy (1817-1859) came to California in 1846 with the Donner Party. His wife and three children (the last one born in California) died in the Sierras. He settled in San Jose. He died in Petaluma in 1859 of "paralytic rheumatism." He died in Petaluma in 1859 and was buried in San Jose, at Oak Hill Cemetary.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg2000
Scanned with Epson Perfection V350 Photo Scanner as a 800 dpi TIFF image in 16-bit Grayscale. Compressed into JPEG format and Auto Level image adjustment applied using Photoshop CS2.
Extent: 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/arbuckle/id/374
Language: English
Subject: Men
Portraits
Donner Party
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Eddy, William Henry, 1817-1859
Place: San Jose
California
Source: Clyde Arbuckle Photograph Collection

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