Peter Palmquist cased photographs collection. circa 1844-1899

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...

Coombs, Frederick C., 1803-1874

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Higgins, Thomas J.

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Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

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Kewen, Edward John Cage, 1825-1879.

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Haight, Henry H., 1825-1878

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Henry Huntley Haight, California governor, was born in New York and graduated from Yale University in 1844. Haight moved to San Francisco, CA, and practiced law there until he was elected governor of California in 1867. After losing his bid for reelection in 1871, Haight returned to private practice until his death. From the description of Papers of Henry H. Haight, 1846-1885. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122564566 ...

Pine & Bells (Troy, New York)

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Merrill, James O.

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Hamilton, George D. (George Douglas)

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Holladay, Ben, 1819-1887

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Ben Holladay (1819-1877?), traded in Salt Lake City after the Mexican War, bought the Central Overland Express Co., organized the pony express, and became a leader in the development of transportation in the West and Northwest. From the description of Letters: to Nat Stein /by Ben Holladay, 1862-1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702127654 Ben Holladay (1819-1887) was a flamboyant financier, railroad promoter, and real estate developer who was influential in O...

Ralston, Samuel W., 1832-1858

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Pratt, Carrie Campbell Crittenden

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Phillips, J. A.

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Outley, John J.

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Drummond, Jane, fl. 1851

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Spooner Brothers (Springfield, Massachusetts)

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Cook, William H., 1913-

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Long, Enoch.

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Selby, Thomas H., 1820-1875

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Selleck, Silas Wright, ca. 1828-1885

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Beardsley, B. C.

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Cammerer, Eugene

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Shew, William J., 1820-1903

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Charles James was appointed Collector of Customs for San Francisco in 1864. From the description of [Charles James [graphic] : Collector of Customs in San Francisco] / [photographed by William Shew]. [between 1864 and 1866] (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 255983450 California pioneer of 1849 and editor of the California Farmer, published by the Pacific Rural Press. From the description of [James Lloyd LaFayette Warren posed with Californ...

Culver & Fellows (Newport, New Hampshire)

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Winans, Joseph W., 1820-1887

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Plumbe, John, 1809-1857

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At the time this diary was written John Plumbe was a civil engineer in Sinipee, Wis. and Dubuque, Iowa waiting for a commission from the United States Congress to survey the route for a transcontinental railroad. In 1840 he took up photography as a career after seeing the work of a daguerreotypist in Washington, D.C. The following year he opened a gallery in Boston and eventually maintained galleries in thirteen cities. Plumbe opened the nation's first Washington, D.C. gallery in 1844. By 1848 P...

Lewis, Cordelia W.

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Shaw, Seth Louis.

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Hickling, J.

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Cole, Cornelius, 1822-1924

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U.S. senator and U.S. representative of California. From the description of Cornelius Cole letter and newspaper clipping, 1923-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453230 Cole was a U.S. Representative and later a U.S. Senator representing California from 1867 to 1873. From the description of The Cornelius Cole papers. 1866. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 70892969 Cole was a US senator from California. From the description of Let...

Hartwell, Albert

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William, Waldo, 1832-1911

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Ruth, J.

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Showalter, Daniel

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Hale, L.H., 1823-1885

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Fry, John D.

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Failing, F.M.

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Cullen, James, Jr.

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Atkinson, S. J.

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Lenox, Isaac Shaw.

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Daniels, Austin F.

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Carl, Edward

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Vallejo family

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Hathaway, William

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Wagener, Francis Otto

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Maxham, Benjamin D.

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Shaw & Johnson (San Francisco, California)

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Allen, Charles V., b. 1828

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Norcross, Oliver H. P., 1824-1871

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Perlata family.

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Livingston, Elizabeth Margaret

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Clayton, James A. (James Atkins), 1831-1896

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Shields, C. S., fl. 1859

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Harris, Theodore

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Brown, C. D., fl. 1857

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Hoffman, Ogden, 1822-1891

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Ogden Hoffman was born October 16, 1822 in New York, the son and grandson of accomplished lawyers in that state. He graduated from Columbia College in 1840 and commenced the study of law, after which he established practice in New York City for three years. Hoffman arrived in San Francisco on May 16, 1850 and opened a law office; in March of 1851 he was appointed United States District Judge for the Northern District of California by President Millard Fillmore. Many of his decisions in this capa...

Silver, O. B.

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Ford, James May, 1827-ca. 1877

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Fardon, G. R.

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Mills, Darius Ogden, 1825-1910.

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Wise, Joseph

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Wise, May

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Hawes, Charles E.

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Heron, Matilda, 1830-1877

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000278 ...

Shew, Myron, 1824-1891

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Amy, George, 1903-1986

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Fitzgibbon, John H., 1816?-1882

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Cary, Charles H.

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Beals, Albert J.

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Vance, Robert H., 1825-1876

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Palmquist, Peter E.

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Peter Eric Palmquist (1931-2003) of Arcata, California, was a historian of photography who collected historical and contemporary photographs and research materials about photographers. Women in Photography International is an educational nonprofit group founded in 1981 that serves women photographers, photographic educators, photography students, and gallery owners around the world. It promotes women photographers and their work through programs, exhibitions, juried comp...

Garrison, Cornelius K. (Cornelius Kingsland), 1809-1885

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Dana, William Goodwin, 1797-1858.

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Whitehurst, Jesse Harrison, 1819-1875

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Lyman, Moses

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Nancki, Fred

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Corning, Etta

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Alviso family

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Waldo, William, 1832-1911

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Spooner, John Pitcher, 1845-1917.

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John Pitcher Spooner was born in New Bedford, Mass. (1845) and went to sea at an early age. After several voyages he settled in San Francisco, Calif. (1864), where he took a job with Bradley-Rulofson Photographers. After fifteen years with this firm he married one of his models, Sarah Elizabeth Williams, and opened his own studio in Stockton, Calif. (1879). Spooner's glass plate photographs and stereo views of Stockton constitute a valuable record of the city's appearance during the last quarter...

Jackson, Orin F.

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Shew, Jacob, approximately 1826-1879

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Wightman, Gertrude

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Anderson, C. A., fl. 1859

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Hamilton, Charles F.

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Ramsdell, Joseph W.

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Johnson, George Howard, 1823-

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Rehn, Isaac

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Broadbent, S. (Samuel), 1810-1881

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Ware, William K.

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Sharon, William, 1821-1885

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McIntyre, Sterling C. (American daguerreotypist, active ca. 1844-1851)

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Smith, Ben, fl. 1852

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Ralston, William Chapman, 1826-1875

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William Chapman Ralston, San Francisco businessman and financier, was born in Plymouth, Ohio, in 1826. He arrived in San Francisco in 1854, and ten years later, when he organized the Bank of California, he became one of the most important and powerful men in California. He died in San Francisco in 1875. From the description of Letter of William Chapman Ralston, 1865, Sep. 9. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122383437 William ...

Lid, A. S.

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Pine, George W.

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Fetter, Harvey G.

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Uslar, Francis

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Merrill, Selah, 1837-1909

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Miller, Jack, fl. 1851

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Crocker, Charles, 1822-1888

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One of "Big Four" who built Central Pacific Railroad. Crocker actually supervised construction of tracks. Later invested in large landholdings and developed Del Monte Hotel (1880). From the description of Charles Crocker deed, 1868. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 34919034 Charles Crocker was a prominent store-owner in Sacramento when, in 1860, he joined Collis Huntington, Huntington's business partner Mark Hopkins, then-Governor Leland Stanford, and other s...

Merriam, Jennie

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