[Old college building in Texas]

[Old college building in Texas]

Photograph

[Old college building in Texas]

ca. 1850
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image: 2 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (6.4 × 8.9 cm) (1/4 plate)
Case: 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 3/4 in. (12.1 × 9.5 × 1.9 cm)
Purchase
1969.0200.0010
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 423
Entry 423 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Beautiful 4”x5” clear daguerreotype with label inclosed [sic] in case, “Old College building in Texas, Picture taken by W. Cowles.” Fine clear outdoor scene, trees & buildings. Scenes very rare. Found in antique in Santa Barbara and gift of Mrs. Theodore Labhard of Geary St. nr. Divisadero. (2250 Geary St.) Gift Oct. 18, 1941.
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