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Unidentified photographer 
Portrait of a young man 
1850 (ca) 
  
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate 
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada 
 
LL/11409 
  
Indecorously seated young man with plaid pants reading what is most probably a newspaper. After gold was discovered in California, there was an avalanche of interest in news from the West. For me, this epitomizes the theme "News from California". Noto Bene: This is only my interpetation of the image. (Matt Isenburg) 
 
 
  
 
  
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