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Thomas P. Johnson Daguerreotype San Francisco

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Thomas P. Johnson Daguerreotype San Francisco
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. One of three of the first San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs hired in the Department's history, under John "Jack" Coffee Hays. Land investor and business partner of Hays', Johnson served the shortest term as Sheriff in the history of the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department. Hays resigned in 1853 to accept position as Surveyor General of California, and Johnson was appointed to replace him. Circa 1852 Daguerreotype 1/6 plate. 2.75" x 3.25"