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  • Contributing Institution: California Historical Society
    Title: San Francisco Artists' Union subscription list
    Creator: San Francisco Artists' Union
    Creator: Brookes, Samuel Marsden, 1816-1892
    Identifier/Call Number: MS 1870A
    Physical Description: 2 folders
    Date: 1868 December 5
    Language of Material: Collection materials are in English.

    Conditions Governing Access

    CHS is not taking appointments for research at this time. Please check the Library's website updates: https://californiahistoricalsociety.org/collections/north-baker-research-library/ 

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of L. A. Marshall, 1957.

    Biographical / Historical

    The San Francisco Artists' Union was established in 1868 to purchase and distribute works of art to subscribers. The Union was founded by eighteen California artists, including Samuel Marsden Brookes (manager), Charles Nahl, and William Keith.

    Content Description

    Bound subscription list for the San Francisco Artists' Union, dated 1868 December 5.

    Conditions Governing Use

    Materials in this collection, which were created in 1868, are in the public domain in the United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Artists -- California -- San Francisco