[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA]. VANCE, R.H., photographer. Quarter plate ambrotype of prominent gentleman likely from San Francisco, CA.

Seated portrait of a bearded gentleman, wearing what appears to be a fob attachment in the form of a gold nugget. (Some loss to emulsion throughout subject's black jacket, some yellowing discoloration around subject, other minor imperfections, spotting to mat; resealed.) Housed in a case with velvet pad marked for "R.H. Vance's Premium Daguerrean Galleries, San Francisco, Sacramento, Marysville" (non-functioning closure clasp). Mat stamped for Vance and with Cutting's patent dates. Created during the gold rush era.

Early Photography Collection of Jules Martino, Silverton, Oregon

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA]. VANCE, R.H., photographer. Quarter plate ambrotype of prominent gentleman likely from San Francisco, CA.

Early Photography Collection of Jules Martino, Silverton, Oregon

American Historical Ephemera & Photography

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA]. VANCE, R.H., photographer. Quarter plate ambrotype of prominent gentleman likely from San Francisco, CA.

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA]. VANCE, R.H., photographer. Quarter plate ambrotype of prominent gentleman likely from San Francisco, CA.