Visual Culture in 19th Century San Francisco
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Visual Culture in 19th Century San Francisco

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[unidentified man and baby girl].

1 photograph: daguerreotype; sixth plate, visible image 6.7 x 5.3 cm. Type: half case. Motif: geometric - gem with floral scroll. Material: paper over wood? Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.9 cm. BANC PIC 2000.054:002—CASE, Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Creator/Contributor: Unidentified photographer

Date: c. 1857-1860

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Consuming Identities: Visual Culture in 19th Century San Francisco traces the growth of the commodified image industry in San Francisco during the nineteenth century, incorporating mass-reproduced visual representations of people into a broader history and explaining the cultural roots of modern celebrity.

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