William B. Ingersoll (1834-1904), photographer. Dr. E.H. Pardee's Residence. Cor. of 11th + Castro St. Oakland. Cal. Albumen stereoview. Oakland, California: W.B. Ingersoll, circa 1870s. Period ink inscription supplies the title and photographer credit. 

A view of the elegant two-story home of Enoch Homer Pardee (1829-1896), a medical doctor and politician. He originally came to California from his native New York during the 1849 Gold Rush. After panning in the Sierra Nevada, he settled in the Bay Area, building his stately Oakland home between 1868 and 1869. In the 1870s, he entered politics, was elected to the California State Assembly in 1871, and served a single term as the Mayor of Oakland in 1876.

Notably, his son George Cooper Pardee (1857-1941), who also inhabited the house, was elected the 21st Governor of California in 1903, the first Governor born in California after statehood. He is widely praised for his leadership during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The house still stands and operates as a museum sharing the history of Oakland and the Pardee family.

Ingersoll (1834-1904), a native of Boston, emigrated to California in 1860 and arrived in San Francisco on 23 February 1861. He moved to Oakland by the autumn of 1865, opening a gallery on Broadway. A mainstay of the Oakland photographic trade, he specialized in views of the city, the vicinity, and its notable citizens. 

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