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Title: Portrait of William Thorton Glassell, CSN
Creator: Steekel Photography Studio
Date Created and/or Issued: ca. 1855
Publication Information: Orange Public Library
Contributing Institution: Orange Public Library and History Center
Collection: Orange Public Library Local History Collection
Rights Information: For information on copyrights and permissions, please contact Orange Public Library, Orange, California.
Description: Half-length portrait of William T. Glassell (1831-1876.) This is the left half of a double portrait with his brother Andrew Glassell (1827-1901) taken around 1855 at the Steekel Photography Studio, Los Angeles, California. William, with beard and mustache, is dressed in the uniform of the United States Navy and is resting his left arm on a chair. Both men were instrumental in the formation of Orange, California. [See also G004 for double portrait]
Photographic print
B&w
10.75 x 15.25 cm.
Type: image
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt9s2016n1
G006
10511385
Language: English
Subject: Portrait photographs
Glassell, William Thorton

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