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Robert H. Vance
Gold Rush Musicians
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate

Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (50 / 1)

LL/22275 [Further details available]

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Robert H. Vance
Vance's Premium Daguerrean Gallery
[California Views (publisher: E. & H.T. Anthony)]
n.d.
Stereocard, detail

The Jeffrey Kraus Collection

LL/59370 [Further details available]

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Robert H. Vance
Advertisement for R. H. Vance's Premium Daguerreotype Studio
1856
Advert, lithograph
9.5 in x 6 in (detail)

Archive Farms

LL/38864

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Robert H. Vance
Advertisement for R. H. Vance's Premium Daguerreotype Studio
1856
Advert, lithograph
9.5 in x 6 in

Archive Farms

LL/38863

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Robert H. Vance
Re-Opened! R.H. Vance, Corner of Montgomery and Sacramento Sts., San Francisco, has again re-opened his First Premium Gallery
1859 (ca)
Advert

Private collection of Robert H. Sayers

LL/90710 [Further details available]

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James M. Ford
Exterior view of Ford's Daguerrean Gallery, 202 and 203 Clay Street, San Francisco
1854-1857 (ca)

Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada

LL/9851 [Further details available]

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Lawrence & Houseworth
169. Exterior of Lawrence and Houseworth's Store - 317 and 319 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
[Gems of California Scenery]
1866 (published)
Stereocard, half

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Lawrence & Houseworth Collection, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-27424 (b&w film copy neg.), Call Number: LOT 3544-36, no. 169 [item] [P&P]

LL/76720

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Lawrence & Houseworth
Thomas Houseworth & Co. Opticians Bldg., near Yosemite Valley in California
1866 (published)
Stereocard, half

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Lawrence & Houseworth Collection, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-26895 (b&w film copy neg.), Call Number: LOT 3544-36, no. 101 [item] [P&P]

LL/76721 [Further details available]

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Lawrence & Houseworth
168. Fractured Plate-Glass Window, in Lawrence & Houseworth's Store, caused by Nitro-Glycerine Explosion, April 16th, 1866
[Gems of California Scenery]
1866, 16 April (or later)
Stereocard, half

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-27425 (b&w film copy neg.), Call Number: LOT 3544-36, no. 168 [item] [P&P]

LL/60558

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Thomas Houseworth & Co
101. The Photographic and Optical Instrument Establishment of the Publishers.
[San Francisco]
1866 (or later)
Stereocard

The Jeffrey Kraus Collection

LL/76718

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Thomas Houseworth & Co
101. The Photographic and Optical Instrument Establishment of the Publishers.
[San Francisco]
1866 (or later)
Stereocard, half, detail

The Jeffrey Kraus Collection

LL/76719

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Garden City Photo Co.
Garden City Foto Co., 606 E. Fifth Street, Los Angeles
1903 (ca)
Photograph
8 5/8 x 7 1.4 ins

California State Library
Record Number: 001384405

LL/84032 [Further details available]

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Garden City Photo Co.
Garden City Photo Co. building [Los Angeles, CA]
1896 (ca)
Photograph
4 x 5 1/2 ins

California State Library
California Hist. Room (CALIF), Record Nuumber: 001384504

LL/84031 [Further details available]

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1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893
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1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
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1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Photographers

PhV	James M. Ford
PhV	Lawrence & Houseworth
PhV	Thomas Houseworth & Co
PhV	Robert H. Vance

Online Exhibitions

PhV	19th Century Photographic Studios: Exteriors
PhV	Talk: Daguerreotype Rooms and Photographists

Contents - Themes & Fragments

PhV	Ambrotypes - Marketing: Cased photographs
PhV	California - Early photographers and studios of California
PhV	California - Introduction to photography in California
PhV	Cased photographs - Marketing: Cased photographs
PhV	Cases - Marketing: Cased photographs
PhV	Daguerreotypes - Marketing: Cased photographs
PhV	Exteriors of photographic studios - Illustrations of the exteriors of nineteenth century photographic shops and studios
PhV	Exteriors of photographic studios - Photographs of the exteriors of nineteenth century photographic shops and studios
PhV	Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Introduction to photography in California
PhV	Marketing - Illustrations of the exteriors of nineteenth century photographic shops and studios
PhV	Marketing - Introduction to marketing
PhV	Marketing - Marketing: Cased photographs
PhV	Marketing - Photographs of the exteriors of nineteenth century photographic shops and studios
PhV	Photographic studios - Features of photographic studios: Signage
PhV	Photographic studios - Illustrations of the exteriors of nineteenth century photographic shops and studios
PhV	Photographic studios - Photographs of the exteriors of nineteenth century photographic shops and studios
PhV	Studio lighting - Introduction to natural light and skylights