Shew Daguerreotype Panorama
Shew Daguerreotype Panorama
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- Description
- This individual scene from a daguerreotype panorama consisting of five whole-plate sections by photographer William Shew shows ships in the San Francisco, California harbor from Rincon Point, circa 1852. These ships were abandoned by sailors for the gold rush, and are in various stages of decay.
- Object Name
- daguerreotype
- date made
- ca 1852
- maker
- Shew, William
- place made
- United States: California, San Francisco
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- each plate: 6 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 21.59 cm
- ID Number
- PG.000159
- accession number
- 22955
- catalog number
- 159
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- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- American Enterprise
- Photography
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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