McCleave, Robert 2004-315-03-p2-p2

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William Summerhays, Portrait Photograph of Robert McCleave, July 1864

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: William Summerhays

Studio Location: Nantucket, Massachusetts

THE SITTER(s):

Name(s): Robert McCleave

Description: CDV of man sitting. He has a large beard and is wearing a suit with a chain hanging from a patterned vest. The back dates the photo to July 1864.

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size:  carte de visite, size N/A

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, Obverse: (identify group or individual, gender(s); identify pose, furniture & props; describe composition, background, added color…)

Description, Reverse: “July 1864”; William Summerhays’ stamp

Date: July 1864

Condition: (note tears, foxing, fading)

Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2004-315-03-p2-p2

Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced.  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 Association. 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. 

McCleave, Robert 2004-315-1-p12-p11

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Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Robert McCleave, Date N/A

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer:  Unidentified

THE SITTER(s):

Name(s): Robert McCleave

Description: Reproduction of a cabinet card of man sitting.   He has a large beard and is wearing a suit with a patterned vest and a chain hanging from his vest.

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, size N/A

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, Obverse: (identify group or individual, gender(s); identify pose, furniture & props; describe composition, background, added color…)

Description, Reverse: (describe imprint, type text of any

handwritten script)

Date: N/A

Condition: (note tears, foxing, fading)

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2004-315-1-p12-p11

Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced.  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 Association. 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. 

McCleave, Robert 2004-315-1-p13-p12

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Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Robert McCleave, 1868

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: Unidentified

THE SITTER(s):

Name(s): Robert McCleave

Description: CDV of of man sitting. He has a large beard and is wearing a suit with a patterned vest and a chain hanging from his vest. The back dates the photo to 1868

Biographical Note: add, augment

Family Affiliation:

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, size N/A

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, Obverse: (identify group or individual, gender(s); identify pose, furniture & props; describe composition, background, added color…)

Description, Reverse: (describe imprint, type text of any handwritten script)

Date: 1868

Condition: (note tears, foxing, fading)

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2004-315-1-p13-p12

Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced.  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 Association. 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.

McCleave, Robert 2004-315-04

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Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Robert & Henry McCleave

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: unidentified

THE SITTERS:

Names: Robert & Henry McCleave

Description: Carte de visite of Robert and Henry McCleave. The older of the boys is standing, while the younger is sitting in a fringe studio chair. The older boy is wearing an unbuttoned jacket with a bow tie. The younger boy has on an infant's gown. The red tax stamp on the back of the image dates this card between 1865-1866. Of the three McCleave children (Carrie, Robert, and Henry) only one boy lived past their teenage years.

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size:  carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front:

Description, back: On the back of this carte de visite is a 1-cent United States Internal Revenue stamp. On top of the stamp handwritten in black ink appears the letter “J” which is most probably the initial of the photographer. The 1-cent stamp documents that the purchaser paid less than ten cents for the portrait. Below the stamp handwritten in pencil is “Robert & Henry McCleave”.

Date: The United States Internal Revenue tax stamp on the back of this carte de visite documents that it was created between March 1865 and August 1866.

Condition:

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2004-315-04

Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced.  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 Association. 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.