Silas Wright Selleck (1828-1885) was an American businessman and photographer. He was the proprietor of the Bay View Park Hotel in San Francisco (

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has a collection of his work in their archives. His work includes

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s. He assisted photographer Henry Sherman Beals in Sacramento. After a fire in Sacramento he partnered with

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in Sam 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

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. Clarence King and the Field Party of 1864 is an albumen silver print he took that is in the

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. His portraits include

carte de visite The ''carte de visite'' (, English: 'visiting card', abbr. 'CdV', pl. ''cartes de visite'') was a format of small photograph which was patented in Paris by photographer André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri in 1854, although first used by Louis Dodero ...

. Thomas Almond Ayers overpainted one of his photographs. He had a wife Sarah, a son, and two daughters. Frank Schulenburg Photographic Collection – Carte de Visite – Silas Selleck-6839.jpg, Unidentified woman Frank Schulenburg Photographic Collection – Carte de Visite – Silas Selleck-1810.jpg, Unidentified woman Photograph of a young boy and a dog.jpg, A boy and his dog Bishop Kip.jpg, Bishop William Ingraham Kip Frank Schulenburg Photographic Collection – Carte de Visite – Silas Selleck-1812.jpg, Unidentified man Frank Schulenburg Photographic Collection – Carte de Visite – Silas Selleck-5019.jpg, Josiah whitney.jpg,

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