Portrait of an unidentified young woman taken in Petaluma, California in the 1870s - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

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Title

Portrait of an unidentified young woman taken in Petaluma, California in the 1870s

Creator (Person)

["Noble, Skelton Sanford, 1833-"]

Creation Date (Original)

1870s

Description

A bust view of a young woman is seen.

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_043094

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Portrait of an unidentified young woman taken in Petaluma, California in the 1870s

Creator (Person)

["Noble, Skelton Sanford, 1833-"]

Title Statement

S.S. Noble, photographer

Description

A bust view of a young woman is seen.

Biographical or Historical Note

The young woman 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

Skelton Sanford Noble was located on Main Street, Petaluma, California at the time of the photo. Noble was a photographer active throughout Central California between 1863 and 1886, beginning with a business license in the "Second Division" of an unidentified city in 1863. By 1865, he had opened a gallery in Grass Valley, followed by a series of moves and ownership of additional galleries in various locales, in cluding Gold Run, Placer County (1867), Nevada City (also 1867), Eureka (Nevada County, 1867-1870), Truckee (1868-1870), San Rafael (1871), and Moore's Flat (Nevada County, 1872). By 1874, Noble was involved in the firm of Noble and Fell on Main Street (now Petaluma Boulevard North), Petaluma, California, followed by ownership of the Sunbeam Gallery in 1875. His activities for the remainder of the 1870s are unknown, but in 1880, he owned a gallery in Cambria, where he lived until at least 1886. (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 420-421)

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

1498426

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_043094

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)

37565024874504 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 43094)

Item Call Number(s)

ARCHIVES PHOTO 43094

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_043094.jp2

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