Studio portrait of a man resting against a column
n.d.
Carte de visite
Private collection of Andrea Cesari
LL/68803
1 of 30
Studio portrait of two girls
n.d.
Carte de visite
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
LL/99482
2 of 30
Two standing men
n.d.
Carte de visite
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
LL/95645
3 of 30
Untitled image showing the exterior of Shew's establishment, with a man and two ladies seen in a window, possibly, or perhaps, Shew with wife and daughter.
n.d.
Stereocard
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tue, Dec 12, 2006 & Thu, Dec 14, 2006, # 06-4, Lot 358)
LL/15893
4 of 30
Untitled image showing the exterior of Shew's establishment, with a man and two ladies seen in a window, possibly, or perhaps, Shew with wife and daughter.
n.d.
Stereocard, detail
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tue, Dec 12, 2006 & Thu, Dec 14, 2006, # 06-4, Lot 358)
LL/15894
5 of 30
Woman in Costume on Boneshaker
n.d.
Carte de visite
Private collection of Laddy Kite
LL/47468 [Further details available]
6 of 30
Post mortem portait of a woman
1841 (ca)
Daguerreotype
Private collection of Karen Hendrix
LL/80323 [Further details available]
7 of 30
[Mining scene in rocky diggings near Lincoln, California, with 39 miners.]
1849-1855 (ca)
Daguerreotype
Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley
BANC PIC 1905.16242:075--CASE
LL/101892 [Further details available]
8 of 30
[Mining scene in rocky diggings near Lincoln, California, with 39 miners.]
1849-1855 (ca)
Daguerreotype
Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley
BANC PIC 1905.16242:075--CASE
LL/101891 [Further details available]
9 of 30
Shew's Daguerreian Saloon, San Francisco
1851
Daguerreotype
Oakland Museum of California
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Willard M. Nott and Dr. Paul Schuster Taylor, A77.121
LL/53394
10 of 30
Shew's Daguerreian Saloon, San Francisco
1851
Daguerreotype
Oakland Museum of California
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Willard M. Nott and Dr. Paul Schuster Taylor, A77.121
LL/53395
11 of 30
Untitled (Shew's Daguerreian Saloon, San Francisco)
1851
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
4.313 x 5.5 ins.
Oakland Museum of California
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Willard M. Nott and Dr. Paul Schuster.
LL/38425 [Further details available]
12 of 30
Placer mining near Hangtown, California
1851 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
9.5 x 12.9 cm
George Eastman Museum
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977.0243.0013
LL/74415
13 of 30
Panorama of San Francisco, California
1852 (ca)
Daguerreotype, one plate from a five plate panorama
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins (16.51 x 21.59 cm)
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Kenneth E. Behring Center, Id number: PG*00159, Accession number: 22955, Catalog number: 159
LL/66017 [Further details available]
14 of 30
Panorama of San Francisco, California
1852 (ca)
Daguerreotype, one plate from a five plate panorama
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins (16.51 x 21.59 cm)
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Kenneth E. Behring Center, Id number: PG*00159, Accession number: 22955, Catalog number: 159
LL/66018 [Further details available]
15 of 30
Panorama of San Francisco, California
1852 (ca)
Daguerreotype, one plate from a five plate panorama
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins (16.51 x 21.59 cm)
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Kenneth E. Behring Center, Id number: PG*00159, Accession number: 22955, Catalog number: 159
LL/66016 [Further details available]
16 of 30
Panorama of San Francisco, California
1852 (ca)
Daguerreotype, one plate from a five plate panorama
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins (16.51 x 21.59 cm)
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Kenneth E. Behring Center, Id number: PG*00159, Accession number: 22955, Catalog number: 159
LL/66015 [Further details available]
17 of 30
Panorama of San Francisco, California
1852 (ca)
Daguerreotype, one plate from a five plate panorama
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins (16.51 x 21.59 cm)
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Kenneth E. Behring Center, Id number: PG*00159, Accession number: 22955, Catalog number: 159
LL/66014 [Further details available]
18 of 30
Panorama of San Francisco, California
1852 (ca)
Daguerreotype, five plate panorama
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins (16.51 x 21.59 cm) (each plate)
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Kenneth E. Behring Center, Id number: PG*00159, Accession number: 22955, Catalog number: 159
LL/66013 [Further details available]
19 of 30
Portrait of Lupe Yñigo
1852-1857
Ambrotype (?)
Santa Clara University, Archives & Special Collections
File Name: 1.13.tif
LL/112753 [Further details available]
20 of 30
Two brothers
1865, 30 November (tax revenue stamp on back)
Carte de visite
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
LL/73961 [Further details available]
21 of 30
Court House at San Leandro, Cal., Destroyed by the great Earthquake Oct 21st, 1868. The Clerk of the Court was buried under the walls
1868
Stereoview
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. August 29th & Thurs. August 31st, 2006, # 06-3, Lot 75)
LL/13799
22 of 30
Backmark for "W M. Shew, 423 Montgomery Street, San Francisco"
n.d.
Carte de visite, back
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
LL/99483
23 of 30
Backmark for "William Shew, 423 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CAL."
n.d.
Carte de visite, back
Private collection of Will Layfield
LL/78670 [Further details available]
24 of 30
Backmark for "Wm. Shew's Photographic Establishment, No. 523 Kearny Street, San Francisco"
n.d.
Carte de visite, back
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
LL/95646
25 of 30
Backmark for "Wm. Shew's Photographic Establishment, No. 523 Kearny Street, San Francisco"
n.d.
Cabinet card, back
Private collection of William Schultz
LL/107734
26 of 30
Label for "Wm. Shew, 423 Montgomery St, San Francisco"
n.d.
Carte de visite, back
Private collection of Andrea Cesari
LL/68804
27 of 30
Interior of a daguerreotype case "Wm. Shew, Miniature Case Maker, and Dealer in Daguerreotype Apparatus and Materials, Court Street, Opposite the Head of Hanover St. Boston."
1841 (ca)
Daguerreotype, case
Private collection of Karen Hendrix
LL/80324
28 of 30
Backmark for "W M. Shew, 423 Montgomery Street, San Francisco" with tax revenue stamp
1865, 30 November (tax revenue stamp)
Carte de visite, back
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
LL/73962
29 of 30
1. Wahla, chief of the Yuba tribe, - civilized and employed by Mr. S. Brannan, 2. A partly civilized Indian. 3. A wild Indian. - From daguerreotypes by Mr. W. Shew.
1855
Book illustration
Hathi Trust
LL/90844 [Further details available]
30 of 30
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