McMillan's Photo Gallery
Advertising Photograph for the Sale of a Photo Studio, Vallejo, CA, c. 1890
Albumen print
Overall 4 1/2 x 6 inches
Manuscript notations, including asking price, mount recto.
Manuscript notations, including asking price, mount recto.
Sold
This unusual image depicts photographer Charles McMillan outside his first Vallejo, CA studio. The object itself is a great example of “The Photograph as Sales-Tool”–listing the size of 12 x...
This unusual image depicts photographer Charles McMillan outside his first Vallejo, CA studio. The object itself is a great example of “The Photograph as Sales-Tool”–listing the size of 12 x 24 feet, a mere $40.00 price tag, and the annotation “No Dark Room.” The upper margin of the mount evidences a small pin hole, probably as a result of being posted at a local bulletin board in search of a hopeful buyer.