Object Details
- Shew, William
- Description
- This individual scene from a daguerreotype panorama consisting of five whole-plate sections by photographer William Shew shows ships in the San Francisco, California harbor from Rincon Point, circa 1852. These ships were abandoned by sailors for the gold rush, and are in various stages of decay.
- ca 1852
- ID Number
- PG.000159
- accession number
- 22955
- catalog number
- 159
- Object Name
- daguerreotype
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- each plate: 6 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 21.59 cm
- place made
- United States: California, San Francisco
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- American Enterprise
- Photography
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1000880
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7137-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
