From the Collection: Palmquist, Peter E. (1936-2003)
Published / Created:
circa 1860
Call Number:
WA Photos 402
Container / Volume:
Box 17, folder 168
Image Count:
1
Description:
Oakland, California, Ninth-plate clear-glass ambrotype with asphaltum backing; no seal, and Identified as probably the woman posed second from right in Item 163
From the Collection: Palmquist, Peter E. (1936-2003)
Published / Created:
circa 1860
Call Number:
WA Photos 402
Container / Volume:
Box 19, folder 183
Image Count:
4
Description:
Unidentified location, California, Quarter-plate clear-glass ambrotype; no seal, Full leather case with jewel medallion motif, and Daniel Showalter was a member of California state assembly, representing the 6th District, Mariposa County, 1857-58, 1861-62, and a pro-Confederate secessionist during the Civil War. The unidentified Native American or Chicano man is also depicted in Items 198 and 199
From the Collection: Palmquist, Peter E. (1936-2003)
Published / Created:
circa 1855
Call Number:
WA Photos 402
Container / Volume:
Box 17, folder 162
Image Count:
4
Description:
Oakland, California, Attributed to William Shew, Half-plate clear-glass hand-tinted ambrotype with brown velvet backing; original seal, and Full brown leather case with jeweled medallion with heart-shaped scrolls
From the Collection: Palmquist, Peter E. (1936-2003)
Published / Created:
circa 1856-58
Call Number:
WA Photos 402
Container / Volume:
Box 18, folder 175
Image Count:
2
Description:
Unidentified location, California, Sixth-plate tintype, Printed calling card accompanies the tintype, "Miss Adelina Dana"; probably the card of Adelina (Ellen) Dana (1873-1893), the granddaughter of William Goodwin Dana, and William Goodwin Dana was a merchant ship captain and settled in Santa Barbara, California, in 1825. In 1828, he married Maria Josefa Carrillo, the eldest daughter of Don Carlos Antonio Carrillo, who was later provisional governor of California. In 1835, Dana became a citizen of Mexico and Captain of the Port at Santa Barbara. In 1836 he was Alcade of Santa Barbara. In 1839, Dana moved to a Mexican land grant in Nipomo, California, and built the Dana Adobe