Silas Selleck
Silas Wright Selleck (November 26, 1827 – June 17, 1885) was an American businessman and photographer. He was the proprietor of the Bay View Park Hotel in San Francisco (Bayview Park, San Francisco). Yale University has a collection of his work in their archives.
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Silas Selleck
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- Birth Name
- Silas Wright Selleck
- Born
- 26 November 1827
- Birthplace
- Putnam County, New York, U.S.
- Died
- 17 June 1885
- Place of death
- Sacramento, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- * Businessman
- Spouse
- Sarah Elizabeth Selleck
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Silas Wright Selleck (November 26, 1827 – June 17, 1885) was an American businessman and photographer. He was the proprietor of the Bay View Park Hotel in San Francisco (Bayview Park, San Francisco). Yale University has a collection of his work in their archives.
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Biography
His work includes daguerreotypes and ambrotypes.
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Key facts
• Birth Name — Silas Wright Selleck • Born — 26 November 1827 • Birthplace — Putnam County, New York, U.S. • Died — 17 June 1885 • Place of death — Sacramento, California, U.S. • Resting Place — San Francisco Columbarium • Occupation — * Businessman • photographer • Spouse — Sarah Elizabeth Selleck • Children — 3
Early life
Early life
Selleck was born on November 26, 1827, in Putnam County, New York.
Career
Career
He assisted photographer Henry Sherman Beals in Sacramento. After a fire in Sacramento he partnered with George Howard Johnson in San Francsico. He had a photographic gallery at 415 Montgomery Street in San Francisco called the Cosmopolitan Gallery. In 1863, he photographed the chief of the California Geological Survey, Josiah Whitney. Clarence King and the Field Party of 1864 is an albumen silver print he took that is in the National Portrait Gallery. His portraits include carte de visite. Thomas Almond Ayers overpainted one of his photographs.
Personal life and death
Personal life and death
He had a wife Sarah Elizabeth Selleck, a son, and two daughters. He died on June 17, 1885, in Sacramento, California and is buried in the San Francisco Columbarium.
Work
Work
• Illustration — Unidentified woman • Illustration — Unidentified woman • Illustration — A boy and his dog • Illustration — Bishop William Ingraham Kip • Illustration — Unidentified man • Illustration — Josiah Whitney
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1828
Silas Selleck born at Cold Spring.
1885
Silas Selleck died at San Francisco.
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