Name/Title
Photo portrait of Mr. Jones, c. 1860Entry/Object ID
1998.260.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.260.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1860
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION:
BLACK-AND-WHITE AMBROTYPE PHOTOGRAPH CONSISTING OF TWO PANELS OF GLASS TAPED TOGETHER. ONE PANEL HAS THE IMAGE OF THE SECOND PANEL. UNFRAMED JAPANNING. THE IMAGE IS MOST LIKELY IN A FRAME OR DAGUERREOTYPE CASE ORIGINALLY.
SIZE: L 8-1/2" X W 6-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PORTRAIT OF A MR JONES, ORIGINALLY FROM WALES. HE WAS THE FATHER OF DOROTHY, WIFE OF ALBERT MANSFIELD. HE WAS BORN AT 2020 CLINTON AVENUE, ALAMEDA. MR. JONES MAY HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN AN EARLY RESIDENT OF THE CITY.
DONOR:
SHERRY YEATES
DATE: AUGUST 1, 1998
NOTE: NO PHOTOGRAPHER'S ID ON THE PHOTO.
