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Title
[James King of William (1822-1856).]
Creator
Vance, R. H. (Robert H.), d. 1876, photographer
Contributor
Vance, R. H. (Robert H.), d. 1876, photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1855]
Publication Information
The Bancroft Library;;, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, Phone: (510) 642-6481, Fax: (510) 642-7589, Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu;;, URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections
Rights Information
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Description
For two other copies see 1905.16242:096 and the collection of the Oakland Museum of California. Clearly the original was copied numerous times after his shooting in 1856.
San Francisco pioneer, banker, and editor of the Evening Bulletin newspaper. Murdered by James Casey in 1856.
Half length portrait, with a beard and mustache, wearing a standing collar, and double breasted jacket.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; half plate, visible image 11.5 x 9 cm.
Form/Genre
Portraits
Daguerreotypes
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf167n98sq
BANC PIC 19xx.490--CASE
brk00040472_8a.tif
Subject
Men
Pioneers--California

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