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Vignette of a Civil War officer, original CDV by Vance successors Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco Dimensions are 4″ x 2.5″. Light foxing; upper-right corner is lightly dinged. Custer gettysburg general famous grant sherman lee confederate union military uniform rare army officer general.

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1/6 daguerreotype of a little boy by Vance of San Francisco. Very good antique condition in full case, with separated covers. Original seals appear intact. The underside of the glass could use a cleaning but I do not see any damage.

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One of the outstanding San Francisco. One Weidner card is of James Rolph laying corner stone for City Hall. Rolph had been the 30th. Mayor of San Francisco. From January 8, 1912, until his. Rolph remains the longest-serving mayor in San Francisco history. Another card is of. President Taft breaking ground at. For the Panama Pacific. The cards are old and may have minor.

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Vignette of a Civil War officer, original CDV by Vance successors Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco Dimensions are 4″ x 2.5″. Light foxing; upper-right corner is lightly dinged. Custer gettysburg general famous grant sherman lee confederate union military uniform rare army officer general.

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1/6 daguerreotype of a little boy by Vance of San Francisco. Very good antique condition in full case, with separated covers. Original seals appear intact. The underside of the glass could use a cleaning but I do not see any damage.

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1/6 daguerreotype of a little boy by Vance of San Francisco. Very good antique condition in full case, with separated covers. Original seals appear intact. The underside of the glass could use a cleaning but I do not see any damage.

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Original 1870s cabinet card showing what look like two blacksmiths. 6 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ with blank back. Very good antique condition. There is no photographer info, but this was out of an album with many Red Bluff and San Francisco studios… This was very likely taken around that area. Boxed Priority also available at checkout.

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Vignette of a Civil War officer, original CDV by Vance successors Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco Dimensions are 4″ x 2.5″. Light foxing; upper-right corner is lightly dinged. Custer gettysburg general famous grant sherman lee confederate union military uniform rare army officer general.

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Original CDV of a Civil War soldier with his kepi and a book or diary on a prop railing besides him. Unfortunately the back is blank and I cannot identify the photographer, however, this CDV came out of a larger lot of 1860s CDVs which were mostly taken San Francisco and Northern California studios. 4″ x 2.5″. Very good antique condition overall. Light crinkle in the upper-left corner of the image but this does not go through to the back and has either been glued back down at some point or has been there since day 1.

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DETAILS: Original hand signed gelatin silver photograph by noted African American photographer Emmanuel Francis E. Bottom right corner of photograph is signed “Joseph Photo” in ink by the gifted photographer. Verso is triple stamped and includes his home studio stamp. Measures 8″ x 10″ inches. BIOGRAPHY: Emmanuel Francis E. Born on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Joseph later moved to the United States and attended the American School of Photography in Chicago. After graduation in 1924, Joseph moved to Oakland, California, where he operated a photography studio from home and began documenting life in the vibrant African American community in that existed in Central California. Starting in the early 1930s, he also working as a photojournalist for numerous Bay Area newspapers, including the California Voice, The Oakland Post, San Francisco Examiner. Joseph and his wife, Alyce, who assisted him, were especially active in the East Bay’s African American community. Original works by the photographer are especially hard to find. Oxxbridge Galleries was founded in 1987 and specializes in vintage paper items with a large selection of historical and 19th Century tintypes, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cabinet cards, carte des visites and other types of early photography.

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