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Title

Portrait of an unidentified young man taken in Oakland, California in the 1870s

Creator (Person)

["Kipps, Alfred Kemble, 1833-1902"]

Creation Date (Original)

1870s

Description

A full length view of an unidentified young man is seen in which he stands in a soiled apron and holds a large knife down on a table, looking very much like a butcher.

Item Format or Genre

["sepia (color)","black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Portraits"]

Subject (Family)

["Brians family"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_043098

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Portrait of an unidentified young man taken in Oakland, California in the 1870s

Creator (Person)

["Kipps, Alfred Kemble, 1833-1902"]

Title Statement

A. K. Kipps, Palace Gallery

Description

A full length view of an unidentified young man is seen in which he stands in a soiled apron and holds a large knife down on a table, looking very much like a butcher.

Biographical or Historical Note

The young man was probably known by William and Virilla Brians.

Creation Date (Original)

1870s

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["sepia (color)","black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

1 photographic print

Other Physical Details

Sepia (color)

Item Physical Dimensions

25 x 20 cm

Local History and Culture Theme

["Portraits"]

Subject (Family)

["Brians family"]

Subject (Time Period)

1871-1880

Country

["United States"]

Geocoding Status

["No geocoding"]

Creator Note

A. K. Kipps' Palace Gallery was located in the Wilcox Building at Broadway and Ninth Streets, Oakland, California. The proprietor, Alfred Kemble Kipps, born about 1833 in England, was a photographer, photographic retoucher, portrait and landscape painter. He was active in Calaveras County around 1861, then in San Francisco from 1863-1869, in Oakland from 1869-1872, and again in San Francisco from 1880-1900. His full-page ad in Stilwell's 1869 directory "called attention to his expertise in copying and retouching 'small faded cards or defaced ambrotypes,; but he also assured customers, 'The proprietor being thoroughly conversant with every branch of the art, al work will be executed under his direct superintendence in the gallery.'" Kipps married Elizabeth E. from Ireland around 1870 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen on March 14, 1882. (Source: Palmquist, Peter E., and Thomas R. Kailbourn. Pioneer photographers of the Far West : a biographical dictionary, 1840-1865. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2000; page 352)

Source of Title and Description Note

Title assigned by cataloger.

Reproduction Details (Physical Items)

Reproduced from original print by The Lab (400 Tesconi Circle, Santa Rosa, California), October 2014.

Source note

The photograph was taken from an album which originally belonged to Virilla Adams Brians of Guerneville (1818-1886). The album is in the process of being cataloged.

Original Collection Name

["Brians and Long collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

1498430

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_043098

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Digital Collections Topical Subgroup(s)

["Mystery Photographs"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565024874439 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 43098)

Item Call Number(s)

ARCHIVES PHOTO 43098

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

Temporarily (4/13/17) Closed Stacks, Santa Rosa Central Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404

Copyright Statement

The Sonoma County Library makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized images and can claim only physical ownership of the image(s) described in this records. However, these images are intended for Personal or Research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Library. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at http://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo

Project Affiliation

Sonoma County Tourism Grant (2014-2015)

Contributing Organizations

Grant provided to the Sonoma County Library through the Sonoma County Advertising Program.

Fiscal Sponsor

Sonoma County Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (http://www.sonomalibrary. org); Sonoma County Fair & Exposition, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA 95402 (http://www.sonomacountyfair. com/) 1350 Bennett Valley Road,

Date Digitized

2014

Digitizing Agency

Luna Imaging, Inc. (2702 Media Center Drive Los Angeles, CA 90065-1733 http://www.lunaimaging.com)

Archival File Data Quality

["High resolution master file image (600 ppi)"]

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

2015

Provenance

Originally owned by Virilla Adams Brians and passed to daughter Martha Brians Long. Received by Martha's daughter Justena Long Kelly, passed to her daughter Thelma Kelly Moulthrop and received by Thelma's daughter Kathy Moulthrop Minges

Filename

cstr_pho_043098.jp2

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