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Washington was from an old California family. He served as the SLO City Marshal in the 1870s and 1880s, owned the Castle Saloon in the 1880s and 1890s, and later in life served as the City Clerk. Cabinet cards are 6.5″ x 4.25″ and in very good antique condition as a whole.

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Washington was from an old California family. He served as the SLO City Marshal in the 1870s and 1880s, owned the Castle Saloon in the 1880s and 1890s, and later in life served as the City Clerk. Cabinet cards are 6.5″ x 4.25″ and in very good antique condition as a whole.

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2 OLD VINTAGE ALBUMEN PHOTOs BOOTHSIDE MOUNTED ON THE SAME CARDBOARD (NOT NEWTIME COPYS OR REPRINTs) MADE APPROX. 1880s PHOTOGRAPHER ISAIAH WEST TABER UPPER CORRIDOR, PALACE HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA + THE CLIFF HOUSE AND SEAL ROCKS SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA+ PHOTO SIZE (WITHOUT CARDBOARD) 202 x 123mm & 203 x 120mm CONDITION THE PHOTOS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION!! THE CARDBOARD HAS A SOFT WAVE PLEASE HAVE A INTENSIVE LOOK AT THE PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS!

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Washington was from an old California family. He served as the SLO City Marshal in the 1870s and 1880s, owned the Castle Saloon in the 1880s and 1890s, and later in life served as the City Clerk. Cabinet cards are 6.5″ x 4.25″ and in very good antique condition as a whole.

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For One As Seen. Be sure to take advantage of our. Normally, volume discounts apply to multiple items from. The same listings but mention my volume discount rates. When ordering a number of items from different listings. Such as 3 different items from 3 separate listings, and I. Will honor that volume discount in the form of a partial. You will get whic hever gives you the highest discount. The book cover does show wear and bends on the. The accordion interior is intact. Foxing or interior soiling on the photos. Text page inside of the back cover shows wrinkles. This is from the late 1880s and if. You were that old, you would have issues too! Or microscopic blemishes or flaws consistent with. Age and use which is to be expected in antique and. Rest assured that any major issues. Will always be both documented and photographed. To the best of my ability. Photos as they are an integral part of the description. And do a much better job of showing condition issues. Than what I can explain through the use of the. Use the magnification tool and feel. Free to ask questions. Pricing: I carefully research. A search tool that goes back. 10 years, with the goal of. Pricing my items fairly from. Artificially put higher prices. On their items so that they can. Give huge discounts to their. Buyers while still ending up at. I don’t do that. Don’t have the wiggle room to. Give huge discounts because. Cases I can work with you but. Your offers have to be. I don’t control. Be expected to come out of. 6 1/8 ” long, 5″ wide, 1/4 thick. That I turn over the. So the ends are easy to grab and pull off. Without damaging the bubble wrap. Bx 373 – weight: 4 oz. Photographs showing the item. Next to a ruler or tape measure are there to show. Scale only and usually will not show exact. Measurements due to the fact that there is usually a. Please always go by my stated. Measurements rather than guessing at the exact size. Based on the photos. Photographs are a vital part of the description: If. Anything shows up in the photographs, a scratch. Chip, blemish, stain, bump, open air bubble, crazing. Or other issues show up in the photos that are not. Mentioned in the written condition description. They are still a part of the description and cannot be. Used for a’not as described’ complaint. And so can miss tiny flaws that photos catch. Other times, I may have prioritized other issues in. Much word space in that section. You see something in the photos that you wonder. About, please ask questions before you commit. Note: Because of the way computers. And cell phones are set to interpret colors. That show on their monitors, and because. Of people’s perceptions of color descriptions. The colors you see on your screen may. Not be exactly the colors you will. Get but might appear a bit darker or lighter. Or a shade or two different in tinge. Always do my best to show colors as. Close to reality as I can get them but keep. That in mind when you make your orders. NOT accept a small difference in color. Shades as a reason for a’not as described. Claim when asking for a return. Of course, if I say that something is black. And it turns out to be red, then obviously. The fault is mine and the’not as. Described’ claim will be accepted. Lady who lives quite a way out in the country. I choose a longer, up to. Make the trip into town where. I run as many errands as I can including mailing your packages. It Is Important that. If you do need your item in a. Hurry for a birthday or special occasion, that you. I will be happy to do. My best for you.

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Rare original CDV of Reverend Otis Gibson (December 8, 1826 – January 25, 1889) by Shew, San Francisco with his blindstamp on the front bottom-right corner of the image. Addressed to Pok Wong Lee on the back. Gibson was a Methodist pastor, best known for his missionary work to the Chinese in Fuzhou, China and in San Francisco, California. 4″ x 2.5″. VG antique condition with some light wear.

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About 40 years old. Born Jadwiga Benda ; 12 October 1840 – 8 April 1909, known professionally as Helena Modjeska, was a Polish actress who specialized in Shakespearean. She was successful first on the Polish stage. After emigrating to the United States (and despite her poor command of English), she also succeeded on stage in America and London. She is regarded as the greatest actress in the history of theatre in Poland. She was also a member of the Pacific Coast Women’s Press Association. And was mother of a prominent Polish-American engineer Ralph Modjeski. Helena Modjeska was born in. On 12 October 1840. Her birth name was recorded as Jadwiga Benda, but she was later baptized Helena Opid, under her godfather’s surname. In July 1876, after spending more than a decade as the reigning diva of the Polish national theater, for reasons both personal and political, Modjeska and her husband chose to immigrate to the United States. On 20 August 1877, Modjeska debuted at the. In San Francisco in an English version of. She was seen by theatrical agent. Who signed her for a tour on the east coast where she made her New York debut. Modjeska died at Newport Beach, California on 8 April 1909, aged 68, from. Her remains were sent to Kraków to be buried in the family plot at the. Photographer: Falk, 947-949 Broadway, NY. More Info: Benjamin J. 14th Street, 947 Broadway, 13 W. Falk ascended to the first place in the world of performing arts photography. Born on October 14th, 1853, Benjamin J. Falk grew up in New York City. He graduated from the College of the City of New York with a B. In 1872, while concurrently serving as a technician under photographer George Rockwood. His first ambition was to be a graphic artist, so he attended classes at the NY Academy of Design while maintaining a studio with Jacob Schloss. Being naturally of an investigating turn of mind he interested himself in scientific studies. After making crayons for five years, he enlarged his studio into a photographic gallery. In 1881 he moved to Broadway, where the business grew rapidly, developing largely in the line of portraits of celebrities. Falk’s first studio, located on 14th street, became wholly devoted to photography in 1877. His distance from the theater district, however, prompted his 1881 relocation to 947-49 Broadway. The Broadway Studio served for 11 years until high-rises obscured the sunlight needed to maintain a day long shooting schedule, forcing him to relocate to 13-15 East 24th Street. In 1900, Falk relocated to the roof of the Waldorf Astoria. The solarium supplied superb natural light during the day, and his 25×30 operating room became the envy of the photographic fraternity. Card size: 4.25″ x 6″ (Trimmed). Was a style of photograph which was widely used for photographic portraiture after 1870. It consisted of a thin photograph mounted on a card typically measuring 108 by 165 mm (4+1? 4 by 6+1? 2 inches). The carte de visite was displaced by the larger cabinet card in the 1880s. In the early 1860s, both types of photographs were essentially the same in process and design. Both were most often albumen prints, the primary difference being the cabinet card was larger and usually included extensive logos and information on the reverse side of the card to advertise the photographer’s services. However, later into its popularity, other types of papers began to replace the albumen process. Despite the similarity, the cabinet card format was initially used for landscape views before it was adopted for portraiture. Some cabinet card images from the 1890s have the appearance of a black-and-white photograph in contrast to the distinctive sepia toning notable in the albumen print process. These photographs have a neutral image tone and were most likely produced on a matte collodion, gelatin or gelatin bromide paper. Sometimes images from this period can be identified by a greenish cast. Gelatin papers were introduced in the 1870s and started gaining acceptance in the 1880s and 1890s as the gelatin bromide papers became popular. Matte collodion was used in the same period. A true black-and-white image on a cabinet card is likely to have been produced in the 1890s or after 1900. The last cabinet cards were produced in the 1920s, even as late as 1924. Owing to the larger image size, the cabinet card steadily increased in popularity during the second half of the 1860s and into the 1870s, replacing the carte de visite as the most popular form of portraiture. The cabinet card was large enough to be easily viewed from across the room when typically displayed on a cabinet, which is probably why they became known as such in the vernacular. Whatever the name, the popular print format joined the photograph album as a fixture in the late 19th-century Victorian parlor. The Last Image is for Information Only. VG-VG/EX (Edge & corner wear, Top & bottom are trimmed). Please see scans for actual condition. This Cabinet Card would make a great addition to your collection or as a Gift (nice for Framing). Newest Collections with FREE S&H. To see all my Postcards. To see all my Movie Items. To see all my Disney Items. To see all my Baseball Items. To see all my Boy Scout Cards. To see all my Stereoview Cards. Add me to your Favorite Sellers and Sign up for my Newsletter. Ground Advantage (the old 1st class). Please look at my other Auctions for more Collectibles of the 1800’s-1900’s. Get Supersized Images & Free Image Hosting. Create your brand with Auctiva’s. Attention Sellers – Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva. Com. Track Page Views With.

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& Cathcart, Walter, & others. Album with Nineteen Early Original Albumen Photographs from the Collection of Samuel Parsons – a San Francisco Resident and Employee of a Local Wall Paper Dealer George W. Clark & Co, ” Including a Series of Parson’s Portraits, Views of His Residences and a Street of San Francisco, the Storefront of “George W. Clark & Co on Market Street with Staff Members, Most likely Including Parsons, Scenes from an Outing in the Redwood Forest, &c. With a Later Gelatin Silver Portrait of a Young Girl at the Rear. Oblong Folio album ca. 28,5×36 cm (11 ¼ x 14 ¼ in). 14 thick paper and card stock leaves. With nineteen mounted albumen photos, including six partly hand-coloured cabinet portrait photos ca. 12×19 cm (4 ¾ x 7 ½ in), first mounted on the original card ca. 13×21 cm (5 x 8 ¼ in); all card with printed photographer’s credentials on the lower margins. Seven photos from ca. 20×24 cm (7 ¾ x 9 ½ in) to ca. 12×17 cm (4 ¾ x 6 ¾ in) are mounted on the original card from ca. 25,5×30 cm (10 x 11 ¾ in) to ca. 13×19 cm (5 x 7 ½ in); two cards are with the photographers’ printed or embossed credentials on the lower margins. With six albumen photos ca. 18×23,5 cm (7 x 9 ¼ in). Period brown morocco album with gilt-lettered name “Samuel Parsons” on the front board and elaborate gilt-tooled decorative borders on both boards. Decorative endpapers; all edges gilt. Binding expertly repaired on hinges and extremities, but overall a very good album of strong interesting rare photos. Historically significant collection of rare early photos of San Francisco and its environs, originating from an affluent local family. As follows from the gilt-lettered name on the front board, the album was compiled by, for of in the memory of one Samuel Parsons. According to the U. Federal Censuses of 1870 and 1880, Samuel Parsons was born in ca. In 1880, Samuel Parsons, then twelve years old, lived with his family at 14 Hill Street. ” Parson’s residence is still indicated as “14 Hill Street Langley’s San Francisco Directory for the year commencing April 1886. The album opens with six partly hand-coloured cabinet portrait photos, evidently of Samuel Parsons, showing him from the baby age to his early twenties. Then follow two early photos of San Francisco private residences; the one on the right is Parson’s house at 14 Hill Street (see number “14” above the front door). The other residence with the number “405” above the front door was not identified. Another excellent early photo on the official card of “Tobey & McCullough” depicts a San Francisco street (possibly Hill Street looking from the crossing with Valencia Street). The photo features wooden pavements and a dirt central part, street lamps and a leaving passenger cart, as well as the crossing with a cobblestone street. The album also contains a large, well-preserved view of the storefront of Geo. ” featuring the company’s elaborate advertising posters (“Paper hangings and window shades”) and the house number – “645 (the shop was located at 645 Market Street). The shop’s staff is posing at the front, with Samuel Parsons most likely standing first from right. The photo is mounted on the official card with printed credentials of the photographers (“Baker & Cathcart”) and their address Room 21, St. Ann’s building, Cor. Powell & Eddy Sts. On the lower margin. Another early interesting photo depicts a scene of a public gathering in a rural locality (most likely in California), possibly during the foundation of a building. The other photos include portraits of the Parsons family and friends during leisure trips in the countryside. Five photos depict a party in a redwood forest and at a river, where they arrived by a small steam train. The other images portray Samuel, his father and two young women posing at a countryside cottage and a group hiking near a mountain stream. A large photo at the rear, with the credentials of the “Seely Studio” from Eureka, shows a young girl, possibly a relative. Overall, an interesting collection of rare early photos of San Francisco and its residents. Not much is known about the fate of Samuel Parsons. His father, Charles Allen Parsons, died under uncertain circumstances during a sea voyage to Tahiti in 1893. The newspaper articles dedicated to the incident mentioned as his remaining children only Samuel’s younger brother, James A. Parsons (1869 – after 1927) and half-sister Grace B. 12; See also: His Death at Sea. The Strange End of Charles Parsons. An Old Man’s Plunge from the Galilee// San Francisco Chronicle. Possibly, by the time of Charles Parsons’ death, his son Samuel had already passed away. Globus Books is an independent San Francisco-based bookshop and a member of the American Booksellers Association and the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and has been in business since 1971. Globus Rare Books and Archives is the department within Globus Books that specializes in rare travel and exploration related items from around the world with an emphasis on the Americas, the Pacific and Russian explorers and travellers. All items are guaranteed to be as described. We leave feedback for buyers once they have left feedback for us.

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It measures 9.5 x 7.5 inches and is in great condition. The mount has nicks out of corners at top and bottom right corners.

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3 1/2″ x 7″ (standard stereoview). Thomas Houseworth & Co. Building of the San Francisco Savings and Loan Society – Clay Street. Notes: Image is sharper than scan. Do you collect stereoviews? I have over 20,000 stereo images in stock. My items generally include a wide variety of topics and photographers. If you don’t see it, ask! You may view current offerings here. Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution.

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