Shew Daguerreotype Panorama
date: label: date made
content: ca 1852
name: label: maker
content: Shew, William
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, San Francisco
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Photography
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.000159
label: accession number
content: 22955
label: catalog number
content: 159
objectType: label: Object Name
content: daguerreotype
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: each plate: 6 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 21.59 cm