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Title
[Henry Robinson's store in a California mining town.]
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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All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html
Description
Although identified by accompanying note as Henry Robinson's store in Marysville, the geography is that of a town in the Sierra foothills. Topography is similar to Mormon Bar.
Right-reading view of a small town at the foot of a large hill, under a cloudy sky. Numerous business signs visible. Prominent at center is Robinson & Co. Other signs read: R. Barnes & Co. Cottage House Boarding and Lodging, Exchange Hotel, Sierra Hotel, Bakery, [?] Hotel, Polka, Vins & Liqueurs, [?] Bakery.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; half plate, visible image 10.1 x 13.2 cm.
Form/Genre
Daguerreotypes
Landscapes
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/28722/bk0000z0j89
BANC PIC 19xx.072--CASE
brk00040253_8a.tif
Subject
Buildings
Cities and towns
Commercial buildings
Mining districts

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