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Title: 1846 Portrait of Eleanor Priscilla Eddy
Contributor: Arbuckle, Clyde, 1903-1998 (collector)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1841
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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: Portrait of Eleanor Priscilla Eddy (d. 1847-07-02), wife of William Henry Eddy. The Eddys and their three children (the last one born in California) came west with the Donner Party. Mrs. Eddy and all three children died in the Sierras. Mr. Eddy settled in San Jose. 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: 5 x 7 in.
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/arbuckle/id/375
Language: English
Subject: Portraits
Women
Donner Party
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Eddy, Eleanor Priscilla, d. 1847
Place: San Jose
California
Source: Clyde Arbuckle Photograph Collection

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