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Title
[Mr. & Mrs. J[ohn] T. Griffitts]
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1855]
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
Restricted original. Use viewing prints only, shelved in the Portrait File.
Use of original by permission of the Manager of the California History Room.
Description
DAG-0205
DAGUERREOTYPE-V: GRIFFITTS, (MR. AND MRS.) J[ohn] T.
Image package: Plate, mat, preserver. Mat: decorative brass. Preserver: decorative.
Case: leather; 3 3/4 x 3/ 14 in. Motif: floral. Pad: embossed light-brown velvet.
Portrait of a man (left) and a woman (right) seated. Man has a mustache and chin beard, one arm across his lap, the other on the arm of the chair. The woman has both hands in her lap holding a small case.
Restricted original. Use viewing prints only, shelved in the Portrait File.
Copy prints available for viewing filed in the Portrait File under "Griffitts, (Mr. and Mrs. ) J[ohn] T."; accession numbers 2000-0250 and 2000-0251.
Negatives, No. 24,105a-c (4x5 in.) B/W, color, and color transparencies.
Type
image
Format
Portraits.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photograph : ambrotype, sixth plate ; visible image 2 1/2 x 2 in.
Identifier
(C)001379407CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-2660
Subject
Griffitts, J. T.--Portraits
Pioneers--California
Ambrotypes
Portraits
Photographic prints
Place
California

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