Name/Title
Samuel C Weeks in CaliforniaEntry/Object ID
100368Tags
Samuel WeeksScope and Content
(AI) Cased 19th-century photographic portrait (Daguerreotype or Ambrotype).
Subject & Attire:
Features a seated man wearing period frontier clothing, including a wide-brimmed slouch hat, a dark vest over a light shirt, a neck tie, and a watch chain attached to his vest.
Shows typical early photography hand-tinting accents on the cheeks.
Inclosure & Framing: Mounted inside an oval brass preserver mat within a leatherette/embossed decorative folding miniature case.
Handwritten Label: A paper strip affixed at the bottom reads: "Samuel C. Weeks in California".
Era & Significance: Circa 1850s–1860s Gold Rush era portrait, providing a documented historical link to early California settlement or prospecting.
