Haskell, William Barnabus (1842-1914) (4 of 4)
/Unidentified photographer’s portrait photograph of William Barnabus Haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unidentified
THE SITTERS:
Names: William Barnabus Haskell
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-19
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Haskell, William Barnabus (1842-1914) (3 of 4)
/Unidentified photographer’s portrait photograph of William Barnabus Haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unidentified
THE SITTERS:
Names: William Barnabus Haskell
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-17
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Haskell, William Barnabus (1842-1914) (2 of 4)
/Unidentified photographer’s portrait photograph of William Barnabus Haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unidentified
THE SITTERS:
Names: William Barnabus Haskell
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-18
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Haskell, Unidentified Boy
/Bryan R. Johnson’s Portrait Photograph of unidentified haskell Boy
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
BRYAN R. JOHNSON was born c. 1834 in New York State, and his death date is unidentified. After working as a photographer in several California cities, Johnson moved to Petaluma and beginning in December of 1862 co-partnered with Edward P. Butler at the Ambrotype and Photographic Gallery on Petaluma’s Phoenix Block. In April of 1863 Johnson took sole possession of the gallery and renamed it “Johnson’s Premier Pioneer Photographic Gallery”. In 1864 he moved his studio twice within the community and continued working in Petaluma at least until 1867. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: Unidentified Haskell Boy
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Format / Size: carte de visite, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-16
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Haskell, Emma Webber
/S. P Burnham’s portrait Photograph of emma webber haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: S.P. Burnham
Studio Location: Norwich, VT
THE SITTER:
Name: Emma Webber Haskell
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Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-15
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Haskell, Betsy
/Ross & Ormsby’s Portrait Photograph of Betsy Haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
ROSS & ORMSBY was a Petaluma photography studio operated by George Colvaine Ross (born February 12, 1832, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1893, Petaluma, California) and Elon D. Ormsby (died March 6, 1895, Oakland, California). The Ross & Ormsby studio was located, “At Ross’ old gallery, Main Street, two doors above the Wickersham + Co’s bank”. Ross, already an established portrait photographer in Petaluma, renamed his studio, placing his new partner’s name after his own. The Ross & Ormsby studio was first advertised in the Petaluma Weekly Argus on May 20, 1869, and the final advertisement for the studio appeared on June 11, 1870. (For additional information on this photography studio and to view all portraits in this archive with its imprint, click on its name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Betsy Haskell
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Format / Size: Carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10. 5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-14
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Haskell, Barnabus (1817-1887) (4 of 4)
/unidentified photographer’s Portrait Photograph of barnabus haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Barnabus Haskell
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Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-13
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Haskell, Barnabus (1817-1887) (3 of 4)
/unidentified photographer’s Portrait Photograph of barnabus haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Barnabus Haskell
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: 1862
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-11
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Haskell, Barnabus (1817-1887) (2 of 4)
/Cha’s K. bill’s Portrait Photograph of barnabus haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Charles K. Bill Photographic Establishment
Studio Location: 603 Broadway, New York, NY
THE SITTER:
Name: Barnabus Haskell
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Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-10
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Haskell, Abigail Ainsley Goodwin (1819-1884) (8 of 8)
/unidentified photographer’s daguerREOtype of abigail ainsley goodwin haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unidentified
THE SITTERS:
Names: Abigail Ainsley Goodwin Haskell
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-05
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Haskell, Abigail Ainsley Goodwin (1819-1884) (7 of 8)
/unidentified photographer’s daguerREOtype of abigail ainsley goodwin haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unidentified
THE SITTERS:
Names: Abigail Ainsley Goodwin Haskell
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Digital Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-06
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Haskell, Barnabus (1817-1887) (1 of 4)
/Hamilton’s daguerREOtype of abigail ainsley goodwin haskell, William Barnabus Haskell and Barnabus Haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Hamilton
THE SITTERS:
Names: Abigail Ainsley Goodwin Haskell, William Barnabus Haskell and Barnabus Haskell
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-01
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Haskell, Abigail Ainsley Goodwin (1819-1884) (6 of 8)
/Hamilton’s daguerREOtype of abigail ainsley goodwin haskell, William Barnabus Haskell and Barnabus Haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Hamilton
THE SITTERS:
Names: Abigail Ainsley Goodwin Haskell, William Barnabus Haskell and Barnabus Haskell
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-01
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Haskell, William Barnabus (1842-1914) (1 of 4)
/Hamilton’s daguerREOtype of abigail ainsley goodwin haskell, William Barnabus Haskell and Barnabus Haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Hamilton
THE SITTERS:
Names: Abigail Ainsley Goodwin Haskell, William Barnabus Haskell and Barnabus Haskell
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-01
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Haskell, Abigail Ainsley Goodwin (1819-1884) (3 of 8)
/Crayon drawing based on Whipple Studios Portrait Photograph of abigail Ainsley goodwin haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Whipple
Studio Location: 297 Washington Street,
Boston
THE SITTER:
Name: Abigail Ainsley Goodwin Haskell
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-08
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Haskell, Abigail Ainsley Goodwin (1819-1884) (5 of 8)
/Unidentified Photographer, oil portrait of abigail ainsley goodwin haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Abigail Ainsley Goodwin Haskell
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-07
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Haskell, Abigail Ainsley Goodwin (1819-1884) (4 of 8)
/Bryan R. Johnson’s Portrait Photograph of abigail ainsley goodwin haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
BRYAN R. JOHNSON was born c. 1834 in New York State, and his death date is unidentified. After working as a photographer in several California cities, Johnson moved to Petaluma and beginning in December of 1862 co-partnered with Edward P. Butler at the Ambrotype and Photographic Gallery on Petaluma’s Phoenix Block. In April of 1863 Johnson took sole possession of the gallery and renamed it “Johnson’s Premier Pioneer Photographic Gallery”. In 1864 he moved his studio twice within the community and continued working in Petaluma at least until 1867. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: Abigail Ainsley Goodwin Haskell
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-02
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Haskell, Abigail Ainsley Goodwin (1819-1884) (1 of 8)
/Whipple Studios Portrait Photograph of abigail Ainsley goodwin haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Whipple
Studio Location: 297 Washington Street,
Boston
THE SITTER:
Name: Abigail Ainsley Goodwin Haskell
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Format / Size: cabinet card, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-03
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Haskell, Abigail Ainsley Goodwin (1819-1884) (2 of 8)
/Whipple Studios Portrait Photograph of abigail Ainsley goodwin haskell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Whipple
Studio Location: 297 Washington Street,
Boston
THE SITTER:
Name: Abigail Ainsley Goodwin Haskell
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Ann Nisson Collection, digital copy by permission. 2019-887-09
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Moriarty, Julia (1852-1934) (see Casey)→
/Unidentified Photographer and Unidentified Retoucher’s crayon portrait of Julia Moriarty Casey
Reed, Jack
/A.O. Carpenter’s Portrait Photograph of Jack Reed
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: A.O. Carpenter
Studio Location: Ukiah, California
THE SITTER:
Name: Jack Reed
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Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: Private collection, digital copy by permission.
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Casey, Julia Moriarty (1852-1934)
/Unidentified Photographer and Unidentified Retoucher’s crayon portrait of Julia Moriarty Casey
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
Retoucher: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Julia Moriarty Casey
Description: In this head-and-shoulders portrait, Julia Moriarty Casey appears as a sturdy, self-possessed matron. Her demeanor is orderly and stoic. Her dark, center-parted hair has been carefully combed back into a bun pinned on the top of her head. She wears a starched “Gibson Girl” blouse, and her sole ornament is a brooch fastened to the center of her collar.
Biographical Note: Born in County Kerry, Ireland, Julia was only 14 when she boarded a ship in 1866 bound for New York City accompanied by her Aunt Mary Moriarty, who had taken her in after she lost her mother at age 10. Also, along on the journey were Mary’s three daughters, all under 18.
The women comprised part of the second wave of Irish emigration, the first wave having peaked during the 1850s in the wake of the Great Famine that devasted Ireland following the potato crop failure in 1845. Unlike the first wave, the second wave was predominately made up of single females, the majority of them under the age of 25.
From New York City, the Moriarty women sailed via the Isthmus of Panama for San Francisco, where Julia was briefly reunited with her father, who had left Ireland for America soon after his wife’s death.
Like more than three quarters of Irish female immigrants, Julia found ready employment for five years as a domestic for a liquor merchant and his family in San Francisco. It was grueling employment that most working-class American girls avoided, as domestic service bore a social stigma, preferring jobs as shop girls, mill hands, and seamstresses.
While attending a St. Patrick’s Day dance, 19-year-old Julia met a 30-year-old Irish bachelor from Petaluma’s Lakeville area named John Casey. Casey had emigrated to America from County Kerry in 1863 with an older brother, Jeremiah, and two sisters, Mary and Catherine. Jeremiah and John established a 120-acre wheat farm on the northern end of Tolay Lake. Mary married a neighboring farmer named George Eades, and Catherine another neighboring farmer named John Gregory.
After their marriage, John and Julia leased a 160-acre ranch in Lakeville from J.B. Lewis for raising dairy cows. Julia gave birth to six children, who all attended St. Vincent’s Academy on Howard Street. Soon after the birth of her sixth child in 1887, John Casey died unexpectedly from a bad case of the measles.
With the help of her sons, Julia operated the dairy ranch until 1898, when she moved into Petaluma, purchasing a house at 322 Bassett Street and the adjacent empty lot. On the lot she built a two-story house at 326 Bassett Street, renting it out to boarders for income before eventually selling it to fellow Irish immigrants Charles and Hannah Sheehy. Sheehy established a painting business on Main Street in 1973. Julia’s youngest daughter Mary married the Sheehy’s oldest son Charles, Jr.
Julia was very involved with her parish at St. Vincent’s Catholic Church, and a founding member and longtime officer of Catholic Ladies Aid Society, established in 1891. In 1922, she replaced her house at 322 Bassett Street with a new modern home built by local contractor Stewart Scott. By that time, three other houses she had purchased on the block were occupied by members of her extended family.
Julia died at her home surrounded by family members in 1934 at the age of 82. Through hard work, persistence, community engagement, and family devotion, she overcame poverty and adversity to reign as the matriarch of a thriving Irish clan in Petaluma.*
Family Affiliation: Of Julia’s six children, none of her four sons married, only her two daughters. Catherine (1874-1925) married John Bennett, a prominent Molino nurseryman during Sebastopol’s apple boom; Jeremiah Casey (1875-1893) died at 19 from lung disease; John (Jack) Casey (1877-1951) was a teamster for the Golden Eagle Mill; William (1878-1968) was general manager of A. Kahn Grocery and grain distribution; James (1886-1928) operated meat markets, including King’s Corner Grocery on Bodega Avenue; George (1881-1972) was ranch manager for Joe Redding in Rancho Nicasio and Shellville; Mary (1887-1969) married Charles Sheehy, Jr., who operated Sheehy Brothers Painting at 128 Kentucky Street until his unexpected death in 1929. Mary supported her two children working for Newburg department store, Tomasini’s Hardware, and for ten years in the office of the Petaluma Creamery.*
*This biographical note and family affiliation information was written by Julia Moriarty Casey’s descendant, John Patrick Sheehy.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: Crayon enlargement also known as a crayon portrait, 16 X 20
Medium: Photographic print mounted on paperboard and enhanced with charcoal
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Description, back: The back of this portrait is blank
Date: c. 1900
Condition: The original of this portrait is torn. The version presented here has been digitally restored.
Owner: John Patrick Sheehy, digital copy by permission.
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Brown, Thomas H.(b. 1855)
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of Thomas H. Brown
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Thomas H. Brown
Description: This portrait was taken of Thomas H. Brown when he was between 17 and 18 years old. He is attired in a sack coat with large lapels and contrasting collar, a high-collared white shirt, and a chevron- shaped necktie that was ineptly colorized. Color has also been added to his cheeks producing, along with his tender gaze, the appearance of an innocent young man.
Biographical Note: Thomas H. Brown was born in New York and traveled with his parents to California. The family arrived in Petaluma around 1865. When his family moved to Alameda, Thomas remained in Petaluma working for the Western Union Telegraph Company until 1889 when he left for San Francisco. He eventually moved with his wife to Reno, Nevada where he served as the manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company for many years.
Family Affiliation: Thomas H. Brown was the eldest son of Petaluma pioneers John K. Brown (1820-1902) a riverboat captain, and Helen W. Walter Brown (1837-1892). He had one sister, Ida Brown Coffin (b. 1858 or 59). He had three brothers: William W. Brown (d. 1905), George W. Brown (b. 1868), and George H. Brown (1869-1922)
Bibliography: Nevada State Journal, May 1, 1891, p. 3; July 14, 1905, p. 5; Oct. 1, 1915, p. 8; August 27, 1930, p. 8. Petaluma Argus-Courier, July 14, 1905, p. 5; Jan. 10, 1933, p.5. Petaluma Courier, Dec. 7, 1887, p. 3; April 3, 1889, p. 3. Petaluma Journal and Argus, Dec. 28, 1865, p. 2. Petaluma Weekly Argus, Dec. 28, 1865, p. 2. Reno Gazette-Journal, April 1, 1901, p.5; Dec. 21, 1901, p. 7.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This head-and-shoulders portrait has been set within a vertical oval.
Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint appears in the center in red ink.
Date: January 1872 - December 1873
Condition: All four corners of this carte de visite have been clipped. Both sides are slightly soiled.
Owner: Private collection, 2024-760-02, digital copy by permission.
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Brown, Helen W. (1833-1892)
/G & J Hall’s Portrait Photograph of Helen W. Brown
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographic Studio: G & J Hall, Wakefield
THE SITTER:
Name: Helen W. Brown
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Condition: This cabinet card is in excellent condition.
Owner: Private collection, digital copy by permission.
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Brown, John K. (1820-1902)
/G & J Hall’s Portrait Photograph of John K. Brown
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographic Studio: G & J Hall, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Photographers: George and John Hall
THE SITTER:
Name: Captain John K. Brown
Description: In a full-frontal seated poise, Captain Brown exudes an air of comfort and assuredness. He rests his left elbow on the arm of a chair and his right on a side table. He peers off into the distance with an aloof gaze. He is dressed in businessman’s attire: a three piece suit with a white shirt, four-in-hand necktie, pocket hankerchief and a chained pocket watch.
Biographical Note: John K. Brown was born in New York
Family Affiliation: John K. Brown was married to Helen W. Walter Brown (1837-1892). They had at least five children: Thomas H. Brown (born 1855), Ida Brown Coffin (b. 1858 or 59), William W. Brown (d. 1905), George W. Brown (b. 1868), and George H. Brown (1869-1922).
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The portrait includes two pieces of furniture, a side table and a dark wooden chair. There is a curtain in the background on the left and an elaborate painted column on the right.
Description, back: The G & J Hall studio’s elaborate imprint fills the entire backside of this cabinet card. A scalloped label has been placed on the card covering the center bottom edge. Upon it has been typewritten, “CAPTAIN J. K. BROWN, Lloyd’s Grandfather on his Father’s side”.
Date: late 1880s - early 1890s
Condition: This cabinet card is in good condition with the exception of a strip of tape remnant along the top edge of the back side.
Owner: Private collection, 2024-760-01, digital copy by permission.
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Brown, Tom (2024-760-01)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Tom Brown
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified.
THE SITTER:
Name: Tom Brown
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
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Owner: Private collector, digital copy by permission.
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“Unidentified Infant Dressed in a White Gown With Large Puff Sleeves”
/Joslin & Company’s Portrait Photograph of an unidentified infant
PHOTOGRAPHER / PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOSLIN & COMPANY was established by the photographer Amon James Tuft Joslin. He was born in 1839 in Rockwood, New York, and died in 1913 in San Benito County, California. He established the Petaluma Photo Parlor under the name of Joslin & Company in November 1893, and left the studio, departing for Chico, California in April 1897. (For additional information on Joslin and Company and to view all portraits produced by the studio in the collection, click on its name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: This smiling, round-faced baby sits calmly with both arms resting on either side of its body. It wears a white gown with large puffs sleeves, and a white lace bib. It appears the baby’s blanket, which is decorated with an animal print, has been draped over the arm of the chair.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This portrait has been mounted on a cream-colored card which has scalloped edges. The Joslin & Company imprint appears on the bottom edge in blue ink.
Description, back: The back of this card is either empty or contains only an accession number.
Date: November 1893 - April 1897
Condition: This cabinet card is slightly soiled throughout, and a stain appears on the baby’s right cheek.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2024-946-01
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“A Gentleman in a Right Facing Profile With a Distinctive Hair Style”
/Ross & Ormsby’s Portrait Photograph of
“A Gentleman in a right facing profile with a distinctive hair style”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
ROSS & ORMSBY was a Petaluma photography studio operated by George Colvaine Ross (born February 12, 1832, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1893, Petaluma, California) and Elon D. Ormsby (died March 6, 1895, Oakland, California). The Ross & Ormsby studio was located, “At Ross’ old gallery, Main Street, two doors above the Wickersham + Co’s bank”. Ross, already an established portrait photographer in Petaluma, renamed his studio, placing his new partner’s name after his own. The Ross & Ormsby studio was first advertised in the Petaluma Weekly Argus on May 20, 1869, and the final advertisement for the studio appeared on June 11, 1870. (For additional information on this photography studio and to view all portraits in this archive with its imprint, click on its name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unknown
Description: In this portrait, the sitter’s shoulders are almost full frontal while he turns his head to display an almost full right profile. He is attired in a jacket with large lapels, a matching vest, a white shirt and a large dark bowtie. Curiously the second button of his vest is not buttoned. His demeanor is serious and stern. His hair has been combed in a distinctive manner most probably meant to conceal a bald patch.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: Carte de visite, approximately 6.1 x 9.8 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This right facing profile portrait is set within a vertical oval.
Description, back: The back of this carte de visite is either blank or contains only an accession number.
Date: May 20, 1869 to June 11, 1870
Condition: This carte de visite is slightly soiled.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2023-946-02
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“Young Girl in a Billowy White Dress”
/Joslin & Company’s Portrait Photograph of a “Young Girl in a Billowy white Dress”
PHOTOGRAPHER / PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOSLIN & COMPANY was established by the photographer Amon James Tuft Joslin. He was born in 1839 in Rockwood, New York, and died in 1913 in San Benito County, California. He established the Petaluma Photo Parlor under the name of Joslin & Company in November 1893, and left the studio, departing for Chico, California in April 1897. (For additional information on Joslin and Company and to view all portraits produced by the studio in the collection, click on its name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: This carte de visite portrays a young girl attired in a billowy white dress with elaborate lace short sleeves. In a graceful gesture, she holds both hands in her lap with her fingertips touching. Her dark, shoulder-length hair is center parted. She looks up and to her right with an angelic smile.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This portrait has been mounted on a cream colored card which has scalloped edges. The Joslin & Company imprint appears on the bottom edge in gold colored ink.
Description, back: The back of this card is either empty or contains only an accession number.
Date: November 1893 - April 1897
Condition: This cabinet card is slightly soiled and has distinct foxing spots on the bottom left.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2023-946-01
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Bello, Maria Delphina Ageuda
/Joslin & Company’s Portrait Photograph of Jose Nunes Bello & Maria Delphina Agueda Bello
PHOTOGRAPHER / PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOSLIN & COMPANY was established by the photographer Amon James Tuft Joslin. He was born in 1839 in Rockwood, New York, and died in 1913 in San Benito County, California. He established the Petaluma Photo Parlor under the name of Joslin & Company in November 1893, and left the studio, departing for Chico, California in April 1897. (For additional information on Joslin and Company and to view all portraits produced by the studio in the collection, click on its name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Names: Jose Nunes Bello & Maria Delphina Agueda Bello
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: 1889
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2013-743-04
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Unidentified Boy (2017-92-28)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of an Unidentified Boy
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unknown
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Lee Torliatt Family Album, 2017-92-28, digital copy by permission.
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Unidentified Child (2017-92-26)
/Richard Reece Percival’s Portrait Photograph of an unidentified child
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
RICHARD REECE PERCIVAL was born in England in 1835 and died in Rhode Island in 1917. He operated the R. Percival Gallery in Petaluma between October 1867 and September 1870 and again between March 1871 until at least May 1871. After departing Petaluma, he continued working as a photographer in San Jose, California. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: Carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Lee Torliatt Family Album, 2017-92-26, digital copy by permission.
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Unidentified Child (2017-92-14)
/Richard Reece Percival’s Portrait Photograph of an unidentified child
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
RICHARD REECE PERCIVAL was born in England in 1835 and died in Rhode Island in 1917. He operated the R. Percival Gallery in Petaluma between October 1867 and September 1870 and again between March 1871 until at least May 1871. After departing Petaluma, he continued working as a photographer in San Jose, California. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: Carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Lee Torliatt Family Album, 2017-92-14, digital copy by permission.
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Unidentified Man
/Bryan R. Johnson’s Portrait Photograph of an Unidentified man
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
BRYAN R. JOHNSON was born c. 1834 in New York State, and his death date is unidentified. After working as a photographer in several California cities, Johnson moved to Petaluma and beginning in December of 1862 co-partnered with Edward P. Butler at the Ambrotype and Photographic Gallery on Petaluma’s Phoenix Block. In April of 1863 Johnson took sole possession of the gallery and renamed it “Johnson’s Premier Pioneer Photographic Gallery”. In 1864 he moved his studio twice within the community and continued working in Petaluma at least until 1867. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Lee Torliatt Family Album, 2017-92-10, digital copy by permission.
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Ward, Mrs. Zipporia
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait photograph of Mrs. zipporia WArd
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Zipporia Ward
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Format / Size: carte de visite
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Owner: The Lee Torliatt Family Album, 2017-92-08, digital copy by permission.
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Ward, Naomi Porter (1818-1883) (presumably)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait photograph of Naomi Porter Ward
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Naomi Porter Ward
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Format / Size: tin type
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Owner: The Lee Torliatt Family Album, 2017-92-07, digital copy by permission.
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Ward, John William
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait photograph of John William Ward
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: John William Ward
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Format / Size: carte de visite
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Owner: The Lee Torliatt Family Album, 2017-92-06, digital copy by permission.
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Ward, Thomas (1804-1893)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait photograph of Thomas Ward
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Thomas Ward
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Format / Size: carte de visite
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Owner: The Lee Torliatt Family Album, 2017-92-05, digital copy by permission.
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Ward, Naomi Porter (1818-1883)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait photograph of Naomi Porter Ward
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Naomi Porter Ward
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Format / Size: carte de visite
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Owner: The Lee Torliatt Family Album, 2017-92-04, digital copy by permission.
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Hickey, Mary Ann (1852-1919)
/Richard Reece Percival’s Portrait Photograph of Mary ann Hickey
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
RICHARD REECE PERCIVAL was born in England in 1835 and died in Rhode Island in 1917. He operated the R. Percival Gallery in Petaluma between October 1867 and September 1870 and again between March 1871 until at least May 1871. After departing Petaluma, he continued working as a photographer in San Jose, California. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Mary Ann Hickey
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Format / Size: Carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Lee Torliatt Family Album, 2017-92-02, digital copy by permission.
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Smith, Hannah Ward Stewart
/Bryan R. Johnson’s Portrait Photograph of Hannah M. Ward Steward Smith
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
BRYAN R. JOHNSON was born c. 1834 in New York State, and his death date is unidentified. After working as a photographer in several California cities, Johnson moved to Petaluma and beginning in December of 1862 co-partnered with Edward P. Butler at the Ambrotype and Photographic Gallery on Petaluma’s Phoenix Block. In April of 1863 Johnson took sole possession of the gallery and renamed it “Johnson’s Premier Pioneer Photographic Gallery”. In 1864 he moved his studio twice within the community and continued working in Petaluma at least until 1867. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Hannah M. Ward Steward Smith
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Format / Size: carte de visite, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Lee Torliatte Family Album, 2017-92-01, digital copy by permission.
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“A Young Boy and Child Seated Together”
/Bryan R. Johnson’s Portrait photograph, “a young Boy and Child seated together”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
BRYAN R. JOHNSON was born c. 1834 in New York State, and his death date is unidentified. After working as a photographer in several California cities, Johnson moved to Petaluma and beginning in December of 1862 co-partnered with Edward P. Butler at the Ambrotype and Photographic Gallery on Petaluma’s Phoenix Block. In April of 1863 Johnson took sole possession of the gallery and renamed it “Johnson’s Premier Pioneer Photographic Gallery”. In 1864 he moved his studio twice within the community and continued working in Petaluma at least until 1867. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Names: unidentified
Description: This is a rare and important, although enigmatic, double portrait. The boy on the left may be a Native American of the Coast Miwok Tribe. He wears a long, light-colored work shirt and dark pants. Curiously, it appears there is a concealed, circular object resting on his left thigh between the fabric of his shirt and his pants. He rests his right hand in the center of the object. The child next to him has blond hair and light skin. The child is attired in a plaid dress with a white collar and black bow tie. Encircling the crown of the child’s head is an intriguing hat. It consists of a wide, plaid band with embellishments applied to the section of the band over the child’s forehead.
The boy leans towards the child with protective and comforting gestures. While titing his head toward the child, the boy’s left arm embraces the child, drawing their upper bodies together. The fingers of his left hand can be seen to the right of the child’s face, drawing the child’s head to rest on his shoulder. The boy also raises his left leg off the floor in a position obviously meant to support and contain the child’s lower body. The boy’s posture and face exude a calm dignity. The child appears anxious and apprehensive. The child holds its grasping right hand in the air and clutches its ankle with its left hand.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The boy and child depicted in this double portrait sit together on a stool or chair. The background is bare except for an unidentified vertical object on the extreme left. The floor has a mosaic tile design, and an unidentified object lies on the floor to the right.
Description, back: An orange, two-cent United States Internal Revenue tax stamp has been applied to the top left corner. It has been positioned on its side and canceled with a black line through its center. This stamp documents that the price of this portrait was less than 25 cents. Bryan Johnson’s scallop-border imprint appears in the center of the card. On the bottom edge is written: “Negatives preserved from which extra copies may be had at less than regular prices.”
Date: Based on this carte de visite’s revenue stamp, this portrait can be dated between August 1864 and August 1866.
Condition: The front of this carte de visite is soiled on its top and bottom edges, and the back is slightly soiled throughout.
Owner: The Dan Brown Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Huffman, Ruth Philena Hubbell(1862-1949) (1 of 6)
/Z. P. McMillen’s Portrait Photograph of Ruth Philena Hubbell Huffman
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Z.P. McMillen, East Main St., Galesburg, Illinois
THE SITTER:
Name: Ruth Philena Hubbell Huffman
Description: Carte de visite of Ruth Philena Hubbell Huffman's bust, age 17. Her hair appears to be short or pulled back. She is wearing a light dress with a high white collar and a dark bow.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: “1876 Z.P. McMillen. Photographic Artist, 12 & 14 East Main Street, Galesburg, Illinois. Duplicates supplied at any time. Ruth Philena Hubbell Huffman, age 17 yrs”
Date: 1876
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1983-32-06
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Bartlett, Lydia (see Stickney)→
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Lydia Bartlett STickney
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Lydia Bartlett Stickney
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Wilson, Thomas J. (1872-1934) (2 of 3)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of thomas j. wilson
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Thomas J. Wilson
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Ayers, Rosalie (1865-1938) (2 of 2)
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of rosalie ayers
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Rosalie Ayers
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Peoples, Ova M (2 of 2)
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Ova M Peoples
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LEWIS DOWE was born in 1838 in Hanover, New Hampshire and died in 1919 in Portland, Oregon. He arrived in Petaluma in September of 1875 and set up his photography studio in the rooms formerly occupied by photographer Hugh Anderson. Dowe worked in Petaluma as both a “view” and portrait photographer until he departed the town in March of 1882. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Ova M. Peoples
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Cromwell, Franklin Arlington
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of franklin arlington cromwell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LEWIS DOWE was born in 1838 in Hanover, New Hampshire and died in 1919 in Portland, Oregon. He arrived in Petaluma in September of 1875 and set up his photography studio in the rooms formerly occupied by photographer Hugh Anderson. Dowe worked in Petaluma as both a “view” and portrait photographer until he departed the town in March of 1882. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Franklin Arlington Cromwell
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Peoples, Stuart Zeno (1878-1943)
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Stuart zeno peoples
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LEWIS DOWE was born in 1838 in Hanover, New Hampshire and died in 1919 in Portland, Oregon. He arrived in Petaluma in September of 1875 and set up his photography studio in the rooms formerly occupied by photographer Hugh Anderson. Dowe worked in Petaluma as both a “view” and portrait photographer until he departed the town in March of 1882. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Stuart Zeno Peoples
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Wilson, George (1869-1870)
/Ross & Ormsby’s Portrait Photograph of GEORGE WILSON
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
ROSS & ORMSBY was a Petaluma photography studio operated by George Colvaine Ross (born February 12, 1832, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1893, Petaluma, California) and Elon D. Ormsby (died March 6, 1895, Oakland, California). The Ross & Ormsby studio was located, “At Ross’ old gallery, Main Street, two doors above the Wickersham + Co’s bank”. Ross, already an established portrait photographer in Petaluma, renamed his studio, placing his new partner’s name after his own. The Ross & Ormsby studio was first advertised in the Petaluma Weekly Argus on May 20, 1869, and the final advertisement for the studio appeared on June 11, 1870. (For additional information on this photography studio and to view all portraits in this archive with its imprint, click on its name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: William David Ayers
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6 x 10 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Ayers, William David (1869-1929) (1 of 2)
/Ross & Ormsby’s Portrait Photograph of William david ayers
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
ROSS & ORMSBY was a Petaluma photography studio operated by George Colvaine Ross (born February 12, 1832, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1893, Petaluma, California) and Elon D. Ormsby (died March 6, 1895, Oakland, California). The Ross & Ormsby studio was located, “At Ross’ old gallery, Main Street, two doors above the Wickersham + Co’s bank”. Ross, already an established portrait photographer in Petaluma, renamed his studio, placing his new partner’s name after his own. The Ross & Ormsby studio was first advertised in the Petaluma Weekly Argus on May 20, 1869, and the final advertisement for the studio appeared on June 11, 1870. (For additional information on this photography studio and to view all portraits in this archive with its imprint, click on its name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: William David Ayers
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6 x 10 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Wilson, Thomas J. (1872-1934) (1 of 3)
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Thomas J. wilson
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Thomas J. Wilson
Description:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Stickney, Lydia Bartlett
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Lydia Bartlett STickney
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Lydia Bartlett Stickney
Description:
Biographical Note:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date:
Condition:
Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Wilson, Warren
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Warren wilson
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Warren Wilson
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Wilson, Leon A.
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Leon A. wilson
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Leon A. Wilson
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date:
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Bartlett, Alice
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of alice bartlett
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Alice Bartlett
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: George Ross’ stamp
Date:
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Peoples, Ova M. (1 of 2)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Ova m. peoples
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Ova M. Peoples
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: George Ross’ stamp
Date:
Condition:
Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Ayers, Augusta (1868-1913)
/Richard Reece Percival’s Portrait Photograph of Augusta Ayers
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
RICHARD REECE PERCIVAL was born in England in 1835 and died in Rhode Island in 1917. He operated the R. Percival Gallery in Petaluma between October 1867 and September 1870 and again between March 1871 until at least May 1871. After departing Petaluma, he continued working as a photographer in San Jose, California. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: August Ayers
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: Carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Ayers, Rosalie (1865-1938)(1 of 2)
/Bryan R. Johnson’s Portrait Photograph of rosalie ayers
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
BRYAN R. JOHNSON was born c. 1834 in New York State, and his death date is unidentified. After working as a photographer in several California cities, Johnson moved to Petaluma and beginning in December of 1862 co-partnered with Edward P. Butler at the Ambrotype and Photographic Gallery on Petaluma’s Phoenix Block. In April of 1863 Johnson took sole possession of the gallery and renamed it “Johnson’s Premier Pioneer Photographic Gallery”. In 1864 he moved his studio twice within the community and continued working in Petaluma at least until 1867. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: Rosalie Ayers
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Woodworth, Delia
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of delia woodworth
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Delia Woodworth
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Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
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Woodworth, Darius
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of darius woodworth
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Darius Woodworth
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Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
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Ayers, William (1823-1896)
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of William Ayers
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: William Ayers
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
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Bock, Josie (1 of 2)
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of Josie bock
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Josie Bock
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
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Ayers, Martha (1 of 2)
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of martha Ayers
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Martha Ayers
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
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Carter, Emma
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of Emma Carter
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Emma Carter
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
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Vestal, Amelia Nancy Ayers (1854-1930) (1 of 2)
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of Amelia Nancy Vestal Ayers
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Amelia Nancy Vestal Ayers
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
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Vestal, Lena E. (1878-1968) (1 of 2)
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Lena E. Vestal
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: Lena E. Vestal
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: 1885
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Ayers, Martha (2 of 2)
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of martha ayers
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: Martha Ayers
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
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Ayers, William David (1869-1929)(2 of 2)
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of william david ayers
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: William David Ayers
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
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Vestal, Warren Eugene (1883-1973)
/LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF William Thomas Vestal and Warren Eugene Vestal
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD was born in 1852 in Ohio and died in 1940 in Inglewood, California. He established his photographic gallery in Petaluma in February of 1886, “in the rooms formerly occupied by Lewis Dowe”. It was located at 59 1/2 Main Street next door to the First National Bank Building. Sheppard continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma at least through June of 1891. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: William Thomas Vestal and Warren Eugene Vestal
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, 10.8 x 16.4
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Vestal, William Thomas (1885-1947)
/LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF William Thomas Vestal and Warren Eugene Vestal
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD was born in 1852 in Ohio and died in 1940 in Inglewood, California. He established his photographic gallery in Petaluma in February of 1886, “in the rooms formerly occupied by Lewis Dowe”. It was located at 59 1/2 Main Street next door to the First National Bank Building. Sheppard continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma at least through June of 1891. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: William Thomas Vestal and Warren Eugene Vestal
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, 10.8 x 16.4
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Wilson, Thomas J. (1872-1934) (3 of 3)
/LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF Thomas J. Wilson
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD was born in 1852 in Ohio and died in 1940 in Inglewood, California. He established his photographic gallery in Petaluma in February of 1886, “in the rooms formerly occupied by Lewis Dowe”. It was located at 59 1/2 Main Street next door to the First National Bank Building. Sheppard continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma at least through June of 1891. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: Thomas J. Wilson
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Format / Size: cabinet card, 10.8 x 16.4
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Wilson, Mattie
/LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF Mattie Wilson
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD was born in 1852 in Ohio and died in 1940 in Inglewood, California. He established his photographic gallery in Petaluma in February of 1886, “in the rooms formerly occupied by Lewis Dowe”. It was located at 59 1/2 Main Street next door to the First National Bank Building. Sheppard continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma at least through June of 1891. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: Mattie Wilson
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Format / Size: cabinet card, 10.8 x 16.4
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Vestal, Lena (1878-1968) (2 of 2)
/Petaluma Photo Parlors’ Portrait Photograph of Lena Vestal
PHOTOGRAPHER / PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOSLIN & COMPANY was established by the photographer Amon James Tuft Joslin. He was born in 1839 in Rockwood, New York, and died in 1913 in San Benito County, California. He established the Petaluma Photo Parlor under the name of Joslin & Company in November 1893, and left the studio, departing for Chico, California in April 1897. (For additional information on Joslin and Company and to view all portraits produced by the studio in the collection, click on its name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Lena Vestal
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Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
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Vestal, Amelia Nancy Ayers (1854-1930) (2 of 2)
/Petaluma Photo Parlors’ Portrait Photograph of Amelia Nancy Ayers Vestal
PHOTOGRAPHER / PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOSLIN & COMPANY was established by the photographer Amon James Tuft Joslin. He was born in 1839 in Rockwood, New York, and died in 1913 in San Benito County, California. He established the Petaluma Photo Parlor under the name of Joslin & Company in November 1893, and left the studio, departing for Chico, California in April 1897. (For additional information on Joslin and Company and to view all portraits produced by the studio in the collection, click on its name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Amelia Nancy Ayers Vestal
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Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
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Hall, Mary Louise Brown (1860-1932) (3 of 3)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Gilbert Pine Hall, Kathleen Marie Hall & Mary Louise Brown Hall
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
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Names: Mary Louise Brown Hall, Gilbert Pine Hall and Kathleen Marie Hall
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Hall, Kathleen Marie (1890-1980)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Gilbert Pine Hall, Kathleen Marie Hall & Mary Louise Brown Hall
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
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Names: Mary Louise Brown Hall, Gilbert Pine Hall and Kathleen Marie Hall
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Hall, Gilbert Pine (1859-1932) (6 of 6)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Gilbert Pine Hall, Kathleen Marie Hall & Mary Louise Brown Hall
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTERS:
Names: Mary Louise Brown Hall, Gilbert Pine Hall and Kathleen Marie Hall
Description:
Biographical Note: Gilbert Pine Hall was born on April 20, 1859, in Manchester, Missouri, the thirteenth and youngest child of Sarah Gibbons Thomas and Dr. James Henry Hall. When he was about 11, his family moved to Petaluma, California. Gil continued his education and graduated in 1878 from Petaluma High School in a class of six students, including Mary Louise Brown, aka Lulu Brown. Over the next few years, Gil worked in a variety of positions. In April 1880, he was teaching school in the San Antonio district, and two years later, he and former classmate Lulu were married by the Marin County Justice of the Peace. The Brown parents soon arranged for Father Cleary of St. Vincent’s parish to repeat the ceremony for the couple, and the Petaluma Courier announced that “Cupid’s darts are flying fast.”
Gil Hall joined the National Guard in 1882, was appointed Postmaster of Petaluma in 1886, and in 1890 was voted in as County Auditor and Recorder. In 1894, he was admitted to the California Bar and began practicing law in Sonoma County. Gil’s name appeared frequently in Petaluma newspapers throughout his life and many times years after his death. He was described as eloquent, controversial, golden-tongued, unpredictable, fiery, and many more colorful terms. Bill Soberanes, a Petaluma Argus-Courier columnist for many years, wrote frequently about Gil Hall’s courtroom tactics. One story tells about Gil’s defense of a client charged with selling illegal whiskey during prohibition. The evidence was in a bottle displayed in the courtroom. Gil picked up the bottle and drank the contents. “That’s not whiskey!” he exclaimed and won the case. The evidence was gone.
Gil and Mary Louise were the parents of five daughters: Aletha, Evelyn, Kathleen, Geraldine, and Dorothy. An unnamed son died at birth in 1888. The family lived in Petaluma for all but a few years while Gil was county recorder in Santa Rosa. Their marriage lasted just short of 50 years. Gil and Mary Louise both died in 1932. Gil died on January 24 and Mary Louise seven months later on August 25. Their graves are side-by-side in Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Petaluma.
*This biographical note was written by Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42046069/gilbert-pine-hall.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier: August 25, 1932, p. 3 (obit); August 27, 1932, p. 3; Sept 29, 1899, p. 1; November 2, 1927, p. 8; November 8, 1927, p. 7; January 25, 1932, p. 3; March 10, 1932, p. 5. Petaluma Courier: May 29, 1878, p. 3; August 13, 1890, p.4. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: August 28, 1911, p. 5; December 9, 1896, p. 2; March 8, 1897, p. 2; July 31, 1897, p. 1; November 2, 1897, p.1; July 12, 1911, p.2. Petaluma Weekly Argus: May 31, 1878, p. 3; April 2, 1880, p. 3; July 23, 1889, p. 3; June 2, 1882, p. 3; October 13, 1882, p. 3. Gilbert Pine Hall was referenced numerous times after his death in articles written by Bill Soberanes. The most extensive references include: Petaluma Argus-Courier: May 13, 1966, p.9; April 26, 1967, p. 11; September 14, 1979, p.11.
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Hall, Gilbert Pine (1859-1932) (5 of 6)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Gilbert Pine Hall
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Gilbert Pine Hall
Description:
Biographical Note: Gilbert Pine Hall was born on April 20, 1859, in Manchester, Missouri, the thirteenth and youngest child of Sarah Gibbons Thomas and Dr. James Henry Hall. When he was about 11, his family moved to Petaluma, California. Gil continued his education and graduated in 1878 from Petaluma High School in a class of six students, including Mary Louise Brown, aka Lulu Brown. Over the next few years, Gil worked in a variety of positions. In April 1880, he was teaching school in the San Antonio district, and two years later, he and former classmate Lulu were married by the Marin County Justice of the Peace. The Brown parents soon arranged for Father Cleary of St. Vincent’s parish to repeat the ceremony for the couple, and the Petaluma Courier announced that “Cupid’s darts are flying fast.”
Gil Hall joined the National Guard in 1882, was appointed Postmaster of Petaluma in 1886, and in 1890 was voted in as County Auditor and Recorder. In 1894, he was admitted to the California Bar and began practicing law in Sonoma County. Gil’s name appeared frequently in Petaluma newspapers throughout his life and many times years after his death. He was described as eloquent, controversial, golden-tongued, unpredictable, fiery, and many more colorful terms. Bill Soberanes, a Petaluma Argus-Courier columnist for many years, wrote frequently about Gil Hall’s courtroom tactics. One story tells about Gil’s defense of a client charged with selling illegal whiskey during prohibition. The evidence was in a bottle displayed in the courtroom. Gil picked up the bottle and drank the contents. “That’s not whiskey!” he exclaimed and won the case. The evidence was gone.
Gil and Mary Louise were the parents of five daughters: Aletha, Evelyn, Kathleen, Geraldine, and Dorothy. An unnamed son died at birth in 1888. The family lived in Petaluma for all but a few years while Gil was county recorder in Santa Rosa. Their marriage lasted just short of 50 years. Gil and Mary Louise both died in 1932. Gil died on January 24 and Mary Louise seven months later on August 25. Their graves are side-by-side in Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Petaluma.
*This biographical note was written by Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42046069/gilbert-pine-hall.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier: August 25, 1932, p. 3 (obit); August 27, 1932, p. 3; Sept 29, 1899, p. 1; November 2, 1927, p. 8; November 8, 1927, p. 7; January 25, 1932, p. 3; March 10, 1932, p. 5. Petaluma Courier: May 29, 1878, p. 3; August 13, 1890, p.4. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: August 28, 1911, p. 5; December 9, 1896, p. 2; March 8, 1897, p. 2; July 31, 1897, p. 1; November 2, 1897, p.1; July 12, 1911, p.2. Petaluma Weekly Argus: May 31, 1878, p. 3; April 2, 1880, p. 3; July 23, 1889, p. 3; June 2, 1882, p. 3; October 13, 1882, p. 3. Gilbert Pine Hall was referenced numerous times after his death in articles written by Bill Soberanes. The most extensive references include: Petaluma Argus-Courier: May 13, 1966, p.9; April 26, 1967, p. 11; September 14, 1979, p.11.
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Hall, Gilbert Pine (1859-1932) (4 of 6)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Gilbert Pine Hall
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Gilbert Pine Hall
Description:
Biographical Note: Gilbert Pine Hall was born on April 20, 1859, in Manchester, Missouri, the thirteenth and youngest child of Sarah Gibbons Thomas and Dr. James Henry Hall. When he was about 11, his family moved to Petaluma, California. Gil continued his education and graduated in 1878 from Petaluma High School in a class of six students, including Mary Louise Brown, aka Lulu Brown. Over the next few years, Gil worked in a variety of positions. In April 1880, he was teaching school in the San Antonio district, and two years later, he and former classmate Lulu were married by the Marin County Justice of the Peace. The Brown parents soon arranged for Father Cleary of St. Vincent’s parish to repeat the ceremony for the couple, and the Petaluma Courier announced that “Cupid’s darts are flying fast.”
Gil Hall joined the National Guard in 1882, was appointed Postmaster of Petaluma in 1886, and in 1890 was voted in as County Auditor and Recorder. In 1894, he was admitted to the California Bar and began practicing law in Sonoma County. Gil’s name appeared frequently in Petaluma newspapers throughout his life and many times years after his death. He was described as eloquent, controversial, golden-tongued, unpredictable, fiery, and many more colorful terms. Bill Soberanes, a Petaluma Argus-Courier columnist for many years, wrote frequently about Gil Hall’s courtroom tactics. One story tells about Gil’s defense of a client charged with selling illegal whiskey during prohibition. The evidence was in a bottle displayed in the courtroom. Gil picked up the bottle and drank the contents. “That’s not whiskey!” he exclaimed and won the case. The evidence was gone.
Gil and Mary Louise were the parents of five daughters: Aletha, Evelyn, Kathleen, Geraldine, and Dorothy. An unnamed son died at birth in 1888. The family lived in Petaluma for all but a few years while Gil was county recorder in Santa Rosa. Their marriage lasted just short of 50 years. Gil and Mary Louise both died in 1932. Gil died on January 24 and Mary Louise seven months later on August 25. Their graves are side-by-side in Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Petaluma.
*This biographical note was written by Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42046069/gilbert-pine-hall.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier: August 25, 1932, p. 3 (obit); August 27, 1932, p. 3; Sept 29, 1899, p. 1; November 2, 1927, p. 8; November 8, 1927, p. 7; January 25, 1932, p. 3; March 10, 1932, p. 5. Petaluma Courier: May 29, 1878, p. 3; August 13, 1890, p.4. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: August 28, 1911, p. 5; December 9, 1896, p. 2; March 8, 1897, p. 2; July 31, 1897, p. 1; November 2, 1897, p.1; July 12, 1911, p.2. Petaluma Weekly Argus: May 31, 1878, p. 3; April 2, 1880, p. 3; July 23, 1889, p. 3; June 2, 1882, p. 3; October 13, 1882, p. 3. Gilbert Pine Hall was referenced numerous times after his death in articles written by Bill Soberanes. The most extensive references include: Petaluma Argus-Courier: May 13, 1966, p.9; April 26, 1967, p. 11; September 14, 1979, p.11.
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Hall, Gilbert Pine (1859-1932) (3 of 6)
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Gilbert Pine Hall
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Gilbert Pine Hall
Description:
Biographical Note: Gilbert Pine Hall was born on April 20, 1859, in Manchester, Missouri, the thirteenth and youngest child of Sarah Gibbons Thomas and Dr. James Henry Hall. When he was about 11, his family moved to Petaluma, California. Gil continued his education and graduated in 1878 from Petaluma High School in a class of six students, including Mary Louise Brown, aka Lulu Brown. Over the next few years, Gil worked in a variety of positions. In April 1880, he was teaching school in the San Antonio district, and two years later, he and former classmate Lulu were married by the Marin County Justice of the Peace. The Brown parents soon arranged for Father Cleary of St. Vincent’s parish to repeat the ceremony for the couple, and the Petaluma Courier announced that “Cupid’s darts are flying fast.”
Gil Hall joined the National Guard in 1882, was appointed Postmaster of Petaluma in 1886, and in 1890 was voted in as County Auditor and Recorder. In 1894, he was admitted to the California Bar and began practicing law in Sonoma County. Gil’s name appeared frequently in Petaluma newspapers throughout his life and many times years after his death. He was described as eloquent, controversial, golden-tongued, unpredictable, fiery, and many more colorful terms. Bill Soberanes, a Petaluma Argus-Courier columnist for many years, wrote frequently about Gil Hall’s courtroom tactics. One story tells about Gil’s defense of a client charged with selling illegal whiskey during prohibition. The evidence was in a bottle displayed in the courtroom. Gil picked up the bottle and drank the contents. “That’s not whiskey!” he exclaimed and won the case. The evidence was gone.
Gil and Mary Louise were the parents of five daughters: Aletha, Evelyn, Kathleen, Geraldine, and Dorothy. An unnamed son died at birth in 1888. The family lived in Petaluma for all but a few years while Gil was county recorder in Santa Rosa. Their marriage lasted just short of 50 years. Gil and Mary Louise both died in 1932. Gil died on January 24 and Mary Louise seven months later on August 25. Their graves are side-by-side in Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Petaluma.
*This biographical note was written by Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42046069/gilbert-pine-hall.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier: August 25, 1932, p. 3 (obit); August 27, 1932, p. 3; Sept 29, 1899, p. 1; November 2, 1927, p. 8; November 8, 1927, p. 7; January 25, 1932, p. 3; March 10, 1932, p. 5. Petaluma Courier: May 29, 1878, p. 3; August 13, 1890, p.4. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: August 28, 1911, p. 5; December 9, 1896, p. 2; March 8, 1897, p. 2; July 31, 1897, p. 1; November 2, 1897, p.1; July 12, 1911, p.2. Petaluma Weekly Argus: May 31, 1878, p. 3; April 2, 1880, p. 3; July 23, 1889, p. 3; June 2, 1882, p. 3; October 13, 1882, p. 3. Gilbert Pine Hall was referenced numerous times after his death in articles written by Bill Soberanes. The most extensive references include: Petaluma Argus-Courier: May 13, 1966, p.9; April 26, 1967, p. 11; September 14, 1979, p.11.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
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Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission.
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Brown, Emma Rochford (1872-1956)(1 of 2)
/Unidentified Photographer’s Portrait Photograph of EMMA ROCHFORD BROWN
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Emma Rochford Brown
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Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41913114/emma-rochford-brown Search this archive and the Sonoma County Library photograph archive for additional portraits of the Brown family.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier: March 19, 1921, p.7; November 23, 1922, p. 7; September 25, 1956, p. 2 (obit); September 27, 1956, p. 8. Petaluma Courier, August 29, 1888, p. 2; June 24, 1891, p. 2. Petaluma Weekly Argus: August 25, 1888, p. 1. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: October 8, 1904, p. 1; November 13, 1905, p. 1; July 16, 1912, p.4; November 21, 1912, p.1; July 07, 1915, p. 2; November 25, 1922, p. 5.
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Brown, Kathleen Elise (1877-1970)(1 of 2)
/Unidentified Photographer’s Portrait Photograph of Kathleen Elise Brown
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Kathleen Elise Brown
Description:
Biographical Note: Kathleen Elise Brown was born in Petaluma on September 21, 1877, the eleventh child of Petaluma pioneers, Daniel Brown and Anna Ferguson Brown. She preferred her middle name so was always called Elise. Elise attended Brick Petaluma School and in 1895 at the age of 18 entered the College of Notre Dame in San Francisco as a boarder. In 1900 she and many family members took part in a two-week family and friends camping trip that she called “To the Geysers or Bust.” Her brother-in-law, Gil Hall, a local Petaluma attorney, organized the trip.
After the death of her father in 1902, Elise moved to San Francisco with her mother and other unmarried sisters and brother. Daniel Brown’s estate supported them comfortably for the rest of their lives. They were able to take extended trips around the United States and Europe and Asia. Elise lived the longest of her siblings and managed the estate until she died on October 9, 1970, at the age of 93. She was buried in Petaluma’s Calvary Cemetery in the Brown Family Plot with her parents and most of her siblings.
*This biographical note was written by Kathleen Elise Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41913557/kathleen-elise-brown Search this archive and the Sonoma County Library photograph archive for additional portraits of the Brown family.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier: March 19, 1921, p.7; October 12, 1970, p. 12 (obituary). Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: August 17, 1895, p. 1; January 8, 1909, p. 1; July 16, 1912, p. 4; November 21, 1912, p. 1.
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Wong, Kee
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Wong Kee
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Photographer: unidentified
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Name: Wong Kee
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Wong, Fat
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Wong Fat
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Wong Fat
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Ng, Goy
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Ng Goy
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Ng Goy
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Hall, Gilbert Pine (1859-1932) (2 of 6)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Gilbert Pine Hall
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Gilbert Pine Hall
Description:
Biographical Note: Gilbert Pine Hall was born on April 20, 1859, in Manchester, Missouri, the thirteenth and youngest child of Sarah Gibbons Thomas and Dr. James Henry Hall. When he was about 11, his family moved to Petaluma, California. Gil continued his education and graduated in 1878 from Petaluma High School in a class of six students, including Mary Louise Brown, aka Lulu Brown. Over the next few years, Gil worked in a variety of positions. In April 1880, he was teaching school in the San Antonio district, and two years later, he and former classmate Lulu were married by the Marin County Justice of the Peace. The Brown parents soon arranged for Father Cleary of St. Vincent’s parish to repeat the ceremony for the couple, and the Petaluma Courier announced that “Cupid’s darts are flying fast.”
Gil Hall joined the National Guard in 1882, was appointed Postmaster of Petaluma in 1886, and in 1890 was voted in as County Auditor and Recorder. In 1894, he was admitted to the California Bar and began practicing law in Sonoma County. Gil’s name appeared frequently in Petaluma newspapers throughout his life and many times years after his death. He was described as eloquent, controversial, golden-tongued, unpredictable, fiery, and many more colorful terms. Bill Soberanes, a Petaluma Argus-Courier columnist for many years, wrote frequently about Gil Hall’s courtroom tactics. One story tells about Gil’s defense of a client charged with selling illegal whiskey during prohibition. The evidence was in a bottle displayed in the courtroom. Gil picked up the bottle and drank the contents. “That’s not whiskey!” he exclaimed and won the case. The evidence was gone.
Gil and Mary Louise were the parents of five daughters: Aletha, Evelyn, Kathleen, Geraldine, and Dorothy. An unnamed son died at birth in 1888. The family lived in Petaluma for all but a few years while Gil was county recorder in Santa Rosa. Their marriage lasted just short of 50 years. Gil and Mary Louise both died in 1932. Gil died on January 24 and Mary Louise seven months later on August 25. Their graves are side-by-side in Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Petaluma.
*This biographical note was written by Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42046069/gilbert-pine-hall.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier: August 25, 1932, p. 3 (obit); August 27, 1932, p. 3; Sept 29, 1899, p. 1; November 2, 1927, p. 8; November 8, 1927, p. 7; January 25, 1932, p. 3; March 10, 1932, p. 5. Petaluma Courier: May 29, 1878, p. 3; August 13, 1890, p.4. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: August 28, 1911, p. 5; December 9, 1896, p. 2; March 8, 1897, p. 2; July 31, 1897, p. 1; November 2, 1897, p.1; July 12, 1911, p.2. Petaluma Weekly Argus: May 31, 1878, p. 3; April 2, 1880, p. 3; July 23, 1889, p. 3; June 2, 1882, p. 3; October 13, 1882, p. 3. Gilbert Pine Hall was referenced numerous times after his death in articles written by Bill Soberanes. The most extensive references include: Petaluma Argus-Courier: May 13, 1966, p.9; April 26, 1967, p. 11; September 14, 1979, p.11.
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Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Hall, Gilbert Pine (1859-1932) (1 of 6)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Gilbert Pine Hall
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Gilbert Pine Hall
Description:
Biographical Note: Gilbert Pine Hall was born on April 20, 1859, in Manchester, Missouri, the thirteenth and youngest child of Sarah Gibbons Thomas and Dr. James Henry Hall. When he was about 11, his family moved to Petaluma, California. Gil continued his education and graduated in 1878 from Petaluma High School in a class of six students, including Mary Louise Brown, aka Lulu Brown. Over the next few years, Gil worked in a variety of positions. In April 1880, he was teaching school in the San Antonio district, and two years later, he and former classmate Lulu were married by the Marin County Justice of the Peace. The Brown parents soon arranged for Father Cleary of St. Vincent’s parish to repeat the ceremony for the couple, and the Petaluma Courier announced that “Cupid’s darts are flying fast.”
Gil Hall joined the National Guard in 1882, was appointed Postmaster of Petaluma in 1886, and in 1890 was voted in as County Auditor and Recorder. In 1894, he was admitted to the California Bar and began practicing law in Sonoma County. Gil’s name appeared frequently in Petaluma newspapers throughout his life and many times years after his death. He was described as eloquent, controversial, golden-tongued, unpredictable, fiery, and many more colorful terms. Bill Soberanes, a Petaluma Argus-Courier columnist for many years, wrote frequently about Gil Hall’s courtroom tactics. One story tells about Gil’s defense of a client charged with selling illegal whiskey during prohibition. The evidence was in a bottle displayed in the courtroom. Gil picked up the bottle and drank the contents. “That’s not whiskey!” he exclaimed and won the case. The evidence was gone.
Gil and Mary Louise were the parents of five daughters: Aletha, Evelyn, Kathleen, Geraldine, and Dorothy. An unnamed son died at birth in 1888. The family lived in Petaluma for all but a few years while Gil was county recorder in Santa Rosa. Their marriage lasted just short of 50 years. Gil and Mary Louise both died in 1932. Gil died on January 24 and Mary Louise seven months later on August 25. Their graves are side-by-side in Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Petaluma.
*This biographical note was written by Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42046069/gilbert-pine-hall.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier: August 25, 1932, p. 3 (obit); August 27, 1932, p. 3; Sept 29, 1899, p. 1; November 2, 1927, p. 8; November 8, 1927, p. 7; January 25, 1932, p. 3; March 10, 1932, p. 5. Petaluma Courier: May 29, 1878, p. 3; August 13, 1890, p.4. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: August 28, 1911, p. 5; December 9, 1896, p. 2; March 8, 1897, p. 2; July 31, 1897, p. 1; November 2, 1897, p.1; July 12, 1911, p.2. Petaluma Weekly Argus: May 31, 1878, p. 3; April 2, 1880, p. 3; July 23, 1889, p. 3; June 2, 1882, p. 3; October 13, 1882, p. 3. Gilbert Pine Hall was referenced numerous times after his death in articles written by Bill Soberanes. The most extensive references include: Petaluma Argus-Courier: May 13, 1966, p.9; April 26, 1967, p. 11; September 14, 1979, p.11.
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Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission.
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Hall, Mary Louise Brown (1860-1932)(1 of 3)
/Unidentified Photographer, Two ambrotype Portraits of Daniel Brown and his daughter Mary Louise or Annie Alexis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified. It is possible one of two Petaluma photographers created these ambrotypes: Giles Pease Kellogg or Edward Payson Butler. Kellogg, the first photographer to work in Petaluma, began offering ambrotypes by May 1856, and Butler, who took over Kellogg’s studio on January 10, 1862, continued to create ambrotypes in Petaluma until April 1863. These dates coincide with the years in which Daniel and Annie Brown were raising their young daughters in Petaluma. Daniel Brown married Annie Alexis Ferguson on May 18, 1858, and their first two children, both girls, were born in Petaluma, Mary Louise on March 5, 1860 and Annie Alexis on August 21, 1861.
THE SITTERS:
Name: Daniel Brown and his daughter Mary Louise Brown (Mary Louise Brown Hall) and/or Annie Alexis Brown
Description: In both ambrotypes, Daniel Brown is portrayed with one of his two toddler daughters. The young father is dressed in his business suit replete with matching vest, pocket watch, neck tie, and straight, high-collared white shirt. He sports a full goatee or chin beard, but no mustache. In the portrait on the left, his daughter has been positioned on a restraining device, the end of which can be seen to the right of her face, and tilted towards her father so that their heads touch. Although this is an endearing pose, she wears a petulant scowl. In the portrait on the right, his daughter sits happily on his lap, his hand supporting her at the waist. In both portraits, the toddler wears white socks, black shoes, and a waisted, drop-shouldered dress which is adorned with wide strips of ribbon at the top of the sleeves.
The two portraits may not have been taken at the same time: there are distinct differences in the details of Daniel’s beard and hair; it appears his bow ties are not the same; and he may not be wearing a vest in the right portrait. If the portraits were taken at different sittings, it is possible that Mary Louise is portrayed in one and Annie Alexis in the other.
Biographical Note: Mary Louise, or Lulu as she was called, was the first of twelve children born to the early Petaluma pioneers, Daniel and Annie Brown. She was born in Petaluma on March 5, 1860, and attended the Brick School and Petaluma High School. Lulu graduated from high school in 1878 along with five other students including her future husband, Gilbert Hall. Two years later on May 29, 1882, Lulu and Gil eloped to Marin County and were married there by a Justice of the Peace. The next day the Brown parents arranged for them to be married in a Catholic ceremony in their home. The Hall couple settled in Petaluma and for a few years resided in Santa Rosa while Gil was acting as Sonoma County Auditor and Recorder. From girlhood and throughout her adult years, Mary Louise was active in St. Vincent Church events. At one time she was photographed driving a horse and buggy down Main Street with a friend while collecting donations for a Catholic fair. The tintype still exists.
The marriage of the Hall couple lasted almost fifty years. Gil died on January 24, 1932, and Mary Louise followed on August 25th of the same year. Five daughters survived the Hall couple, Aletha, Evelyn, Kathleen, Geraldine, and Dorothy; one son died at birth. Gilbert and Mary Louise lived at 325 Post Street in Petaluma and were buried together in Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
*This biographical note was written by Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42046382/mary-louise-hall Search this archive and the Sonoma County Library photograph archive for additional portraits of the Brown family.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier: August 25, 1932, p. 3 (obituary); August 27, 1932, p. 3. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: July 29, 1911, p.1; August 28, 1911, p. 5.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: According to the owner of the original, both images, as measured outside of their frames, are approximately, 2 3/4” by by 2 1/2”.
Medium: Ambrotype
Description, front: The two ambrotypes are contained in a single brown floral design Union case with brass hinges.
Description, back:
Date: between 1861 and 1863
Condition: Both ambrotypes are in good condition. The Union case has a broken/missing piece from the lower left corner of the front half.
Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission.
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Hall, Mary Louise Brown (1860-1932)(2 of 3)
/Harry Fowler ROBERTS’ Portrait Photograph of mary louise brown hall
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HARRY FOWLER ROBERTS was born in 1869 in Mankato, Minnesota, and died in February 1907 in Colfax, California, at age 38. As early as 1892 he opened a photographic studio on Petaluma’s Main Street across from the American Hotel. The exact date Roberts closed his studio in Petaluma has not been determined; however, it may have been as late as 1895. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Mary Louise Brown Hall
Description: In this portrait, Mary Louise Brown Hall strikes an elegant standing pose dressed in her Sunday best. Fashionably corseted, she wears a white Basque waistline dress printed with widely spaced sprigs of flowers, and her hem, cuffs, and neckline are embellished with a wide ruffle. She wears a Victorian picture hat with chin strap, a short brim, and a crown containing both dark and light embellishments. She holds the end of a parasol trimmed in dark lace in her right hand.
Biographical Note: Mary Louise, or Lulu as she was called, was the first of twelve children born to the early Petaluma Pioneers, Daniel and Annie Brown. She was born in Petaluma on March 5, 1860, and attended the Brick School and Petaluma High School. Lulu graduated from high school in 1878 along with five other students including her future husband, Gilbert Hall. Two years later on May 29, 1882, Lulu and Gil eloped to Marin County and were married there by a Justice of the Peace. The next day the Brown parents arranged for them to be married in a Catholic ceremony in their home. The Hall couple settled in Petaluma and for a few years resided in Santa Rosa while Gil was acting as Sonoma County Auditor and Recorder. From girlhood and throughout her adult years, Mary Louise was active in St. Vincent Church events. At one time she was photographed driving a horse and buggy down Main Street with a friend while collecting donations for a Catholic fair. The tintype still exists.
The marriage of the Hall couple lasted almost fifty years. Gil died on January 24, 1932, and Mary Louise followed on August 25th of the same year. Five daughters survived the Hall couple, Aletha, Evelyn, Kathleen, Geraldine, and Dorothy; one son died at birth. Gilbert and Mary Louise lived at 325 Post Street in Petaluma and were buried together in Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
*This biographical note was written by Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42046382/mary-louise-hall. Search this archive and the Sonoma County Library photograph archive for additional portraits of the Brown family.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier: August 25, 1932, p. 3 (obit); August 27, 1932, p. 3. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: July 29, 1911, p.1; August 28, 1911, p. 5.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The background of this standing portrait is elaborate. On the left is a roughly stuccoed, light-colored wall, and on the right is a backdrop depicting a deep-perspective, grand, architectural interior. On the floor is an oriental carpet and a fur rug.
Description, back: The back side of this cabinet card is blank or contains only an accession number.
Date: 1892-1895
Condition: This cabinet card is in good condition.
Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission.
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Brown, Annie Alexis (1861-1865)
/Unidentified Photographer, Two ambrotype Portraits of Daniel Brown and his daughter Mary Louise or Annie Alexis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified. It is possible one of two Petaluma photographers created these ambrotypes: Giles Pease Kellogg or Edward Payson Butler. Kellogg, the first photographer to work in Petaluma, began offering ambrotypes by May 1856, and Butler, who took over Kellogg’s studio on January 10, 1862, continued to create ambrotypes in Petaluma until April 1863. These dates coincide with the years in which Daniel and Annie Brown were raising their young daughters in Petaluma. Daniel Brown married Annie Alexis Ferguson on May 18, 1858, and their first two children, both girls, were born in Petaluma, Mary Louise on March 5, 1860 and Annie Alexis on August 21, 1861.
THE SITTERS:
Name: Daniel Brown and his daughter Mary Louise Brown (Mary Louise Brown Hall) an/or Annie Alexis Brown
Description: In both ambrotypes, Daniel Brown is portrayed with one of his two toddler daughters. The young father is dressed in his business suit replete with matching vest, pocket watch, neck tie, and straight, high-collared white shirt. He sports a full goatee or chin beard, but no mustache. In the portrait on the left, his daughter has been positioned on a restraining device, the end of which can be seen to the right of her face, and tilted towards her father so that their heads touch. Although this is an endearing pose, she wears a petulant scowl. In the portrait on the right, his daughter sits happily on his lap, his hand supporting her at the waist. In both portraits, the toddler wears white socks, black shoes, and a waisted, drop-shouldered dress which is adorned with wide strips of ribbon at the top of the sleeves.
The two portraits may not have been taken at the same time: there are distinct differences in the details of Daniel’s beard and hair; it appears his bow ties are not the same; and he may not be wearing a vest in the right portrait. If the portraits were taken at different sittings, it is possible that Mary Louise is portrayed in one and Annie Alexis in the other.
Biographical Note: Annie Alexis Brown was the second child born to the early Petaluma pioneers, Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown and Daniel Brown. Named after her mother, the child died at age 3 years 7 months and was buried in the Brown family plot at Petaluma’s Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41885249/annie-alexis-brown Search this archive and the Sonoma County Library photograph archive for additional portraits of the Brown family.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: According to the owner of the original, both images, as measured outside of their frames, are approximately, 2 3/4” by by 2 1/2”.
Medium: Ambrotype
Description, front: The two ambrotypes are contained in a single brown floral design Union case with brass hinges.
Description, back:
Date: between 1861 and 1863
Condition: Both ambrotypes are in good condition. The Union case has a broken/missing piece from the lower left corner of the front half.
Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Vestal, Lemuel Hadley (1841-1932)
/Petaluma Photo Parlors’ Portrait Photograph of Lemuel Hadley Vestal
PHOTOGRAPHER / PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOSLIN & COMPANY was established by the photographer Amon James Tuft Joslin. He was born in 1839 in Rockwood, New York, and died in 1913 in San Benito County, California. He established the Petaluma Photo Parlor under the name of Joslin & Company in November 1893, and left the studio, departing for Chico, California in April 1897. (For additional information on Joslin and Company and to view all portraits produced by the studio in the collection, click on its name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Lemuel Hadley Vestal
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Bock, Josie (2 of 2)
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Josie Bock
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LEWIS DOWE was born in 1838 in Hanover, New Hampshire and died in 1919 in Portland, Oregon. He arrived in Petaluma in September of 1875 and set up his photography studio in the rooms formerly occupied by photographer Hugh Anderson. Dowe worked in Petaluma as both a “view” and portrait photographer until he departed the town in March of 1882. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Josie Bock
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Blakely, Theron (1862-1923)
/Elon D. Ormsby’s Portrait Photograph of Theron Blakely
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Elon D. Ormsby
Studio Location: 1055 Broadway, Oakland, Cal.
THE SITTER:
Name: Theron Blakely
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Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Hon, Chung
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of hon chung
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Hon Chung
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Williams, Mehitable (Mehetabel) Lilly (1807-1899) (1 of 3)
/BRADLEY & RULOFSON’s STUDIO portrait of MEHITABLE LILLY WILLIAMS
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Bradley & Rulofson, 429 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California. Henry William Bradley (1813-1891) opened a photographic studio in San Francisco in 1850 and in 1860 took on his partner William Rulofson (1826-1876). Their studio was considered by many to be the best in California. Bradley retired in 1878.
THE SITTER:
Name: Mehitable Lilly Williams
Description:
Biographical Note: George and Mehetabel Williams were stellar examples of the pioneer spirit of hard work and determination. After testing his luck searching for gold, George sailed up the Petaluma River in 1851 in search for a location to build a family home, and in 1855 he convinced his wife and children to join him. In a strange twist of fate, Mehetabel and the children journeyed west while George was journeying east to fetch them. They eventually rendezvoused in Petaluma in August of 1855.
George was an enterprising developer and community builder. He constructed two of Petaluma’s earliest hotels, the American Hotel in 1852 and the Washington Hotel in 1856, and he was instrumental in constructing one of Petaluma’s first public schools and many of its private homes.
The full story of the adventures of George and Mehetabel is long and intriguing. Portions of their story are recounted in the memoirs of their son, George Roscoe Williams, and a thorough discussion is provided in Adair Lara’s definitive History of Petaluma, A California River Town. Adair Lara succinctly summed up George Williams’ legacy when she wrote, “It is ironic that Williams is remembered most in Petaluma history not for his ambitious hotel schemes, his land dealings, or his civic contributions, but for that idle moment early in 1856 when, out of longing to see his daughter again, or perhaps simply on impulse, he drew a rough sketch of Petaluma Creek and sent it off to John A. McNear, a young cousin who had married his daughter, Clara… In that moment, he changed Petaluma forever.”
George and Mehitable celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary in November of 1898. They both died in 1899 and were buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park.
Family Affiliation: George Bailey Williams’ mother was Elizabeth “Betsy” Bailey Williams (1792-1882). His wife was Mehitable (Mehetabel)Lilly Williams (1807-1899), and his children were: Clarinda Damsen Williams McNear (1837-1866), George Roscoe Williams (1839-1934), Rosetta Lilly Williams Weeks (1842-1899), and Laura J. Williams Barstow (1842-1904).
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. An expanded, possibly later, version appears here. It is printed in red ink and includes four lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish.
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Ludwig, Mary (1848-1898) (see Williams)→
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Mary Ludwig Williams
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Mary Ludwig Williams
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Williams, Mary Ludwig (1848-1898)(3 of 3)
/BRADLEY & RULOFSON STUDIO Portrait Photograph of Mary Ludwig Williams
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Bradley & Rulofson, 429 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California. Henry William Bradley (1813-1891) opened a photographic studio in San Francisco in 1850 and in 1860 took on his partner William Rulofson (1826-1876). Their studio was considered by many to be the best in California. Bradley retired in 1878.
THE SITTER:
Name: Mary Ludwig Williams
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Williams, Mary Ludwig (1848-1898) (2 of 3)
/B.F. Howland & Co.’s Portrait Photograph of Mary Ludwig Williams
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: B.F. Howland & Co.
Photographic Studio: 25 & 27 Third Street East Side, San Francisco, Ca
THE SITTER:
Name: Mary Ludwig Williams
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Williams, Mary Ludwig (1848-1898)(1 of 3)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Mary Ludwig Williams
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Mary Ludwig Williams
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Williams, George Roscoe (1839-1934)
/Billings & Hough’s Portrait Photograph of George Roscoe Williams
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Billings & Hough
Photographic Studio: Lebanon, N.H.
THE SITTER:
Name: George Roscoe Williams
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Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Williams, Mehitable (Mehetabel) Lilly (1807-1899)(3 of 3)
/E. R. HEALY GROUND FLOOR GALLERY’S Photograph of MEHITABLE LILLY WILLIAMS
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
EDWIN RUTHVEN HEALY (1856-1923) and ADA “ADDIE” GOSSAGE HEALY (1860-1923) Edwin and Ada Healy were a married couple, and both were listed in California directories as a photographer. It has been assumed they worked together; however, ascertaining their division of labor is problematic. The “E. R. Healy Gound Floor Gallery” was opened in 1896 at 816 Main Street, Petaluma, California. It was later relocated to 818 Main Street and sold in June, 1905. In 1906 the Healys moved to Berkeley, California. (To view all portraits in this collection taken at the E. R. Healy Ground Floor Gallery and for additional information on Edwin and Ada Healy, click on their names in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Mehitable Lilly Williams
Description:
Biographical Note: George and Mehetabel Williams were stellar examples of the pioneer spirit of hard work and determination. After testing his luck searching for gold, George sailed up the Petaluma River in 1851 in search for a location to build a family home, and in 1855 he convinced his wife and children to join him. In a strange twist of fate, Mehetabel and the children journeyed west while George was journeying east to fetch them. They eventually rendezvoused in Petaluma in August of 1855.
George was an enterprising developer and community builder. He constructed two of Petaluma’s earliest hotels, the American Hotel in 1852 and the Washington Hotel in 1856, and he was instrumental in constructing one of Petaluma’s first public schools and many of its private homes.
The full story of the adventures of George and Mehetabel is long and intriguing. Portions of their story are recounted in the memoirs of their son, George Roscoe Williams, and a thorough discussion is provided in Adair Lara’s definitive History of Petaluma, A California River Town. Adair Lara succinctly summed up George Williams’ legacy when she wrote, “It is ironic that Williams is remembered most in Petaluma history not for his ambitious hotel schemes, his land dealings, or his civic contributions, but for that idle moment early in 1856 when, out of longing to see his daughter again, or perhaps simply on impulse, he drew a rough sketch of Petaluma Creek and sent it off to John A. McNear, a young cousin who had married his daughter, Clara… In that moment, he changed Petaluma forever.”
George and Mehitable celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary in November of 1898. They both died in 1899 and were buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park.
Family Affiliation: George Bailey Williams’ mother was Elizabeth “Betsy” Bailey Williams (1792-1882). His wife was Mehitable (Mehetabel)Lilly Williams (1807-1899), and his children were: Clarinda Damsen Williams McNear (1837-1866), George Roscoe Williams (1839-1934), Rosetta Lilly Williams Weeks (1842-1899), and Laura J. Williams Barstow (1842-1904).
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size:
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. An expanded, possibly later, version appears here. It is printed in red ink and includes four lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish.
Date:
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Williams, George Bailey (1809-1899)
/E. R. HEALY GROUND FLOOR GALLERY’S Photograph of George Bailey Williams
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
EDWIN RUTHVEN HEALY (1856-1923) and ADA “ADDIE” GOSSAGE HEALY (1860-1923) Edwin and Ada Healy were a married couple, and both were listed in California directories as a photographer. It has been assumed they worked together; however, ascertaining their division of labor is problematic. The “E. R. Healy Gound Floor Gallery” was opened in 1896 at 816 Main Street, Petaluma, California. It was later relocated to 818 Main Street and sold in June, 1905. In 1906 the Healys moved to Berkeley, California. (To view all portraits in this collection taken at the E. R. Healy Ground Floor Gallery and for additional information on Edwin and Ada Healy, click on their names in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: George Bailey Williams
Description:
Biographical Note: George and Mehetabel Williams were stellar examples of the pioneer spirit of hard work and determination. After testing his luck searching for gold, George sailed up the Petaluma River in 1851 in search for a location to build a family home, and in 1855 he convinced his wife and children to join him. In a strange twist of fate, Mehetabel and the children journeyed west while George was journeying east to fetch them. They eventually rendezvoused in Petaluma in August of 1855.
George was an enterprising developer and community builder. He constructed two of Petaluma’s earliest hotels, the American Hotel in 1852 and the Washington Hotel in 1856, and he was instrumental in constructing one of Petaluma’s first public schools and many of its private homes.
The full story of the adventures of George and Mehetabel is long and intriguing. Portions of their story are recounted in the memoirs of their son, George Roscoe Williams, and a thorough discussion is provided in Adair Lara’s definitive History of Petaluma, A California River Town. Adair Lara succinctly summed up George Williams’ legacy when she wrote, “It is ironic that Williams is remembered most in Petaluma history not for his ambitious hotel schemes, his land dealings, or his civic contributions, but for that idle moment early in 1856 when, out of longing to see his daughter again, or perhaps simply on impulse, he drew a rough sketch of Petaluma Creek and sent it off to John A. McNear, a young cousin who had married his daughter, Clara… In that moment, he changed Petaluma forever.”
George and Mehitable celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary in November of 1898. They both died in 1899 and were buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park.
Family Affiliation: George Bailey Williams’ mother was Elizabeth “Betsy” Bailey Williams (1792-1882). His wife was Mehitable (Mehetabel)Lilly Williams (1807-1899), and his children were: Clarinda Damsen Williams McNear (1837-1866), George Roscoe Williams (1839-1934), Rosetta Lilly Williams Weeks (1842-1899), and Laura J. Williams Barstow (1842-1904).
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
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Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. An expanded, possibly later, version appears here. It is printed in red ink and includes four lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish.
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Williams, Eliza Jane (1813-1884) (see Garrett)→
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Eliza Jane williams garrett
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Eliza Jane Williams Garrett
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Garrett, Eliza Jane Williams (1813-1884) (2 of 2)
/W.C. Tuttle’s Portrait Photograph of Eliza jane williams garrett
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: W.C. Tuttle
Photographic Studio: High Street, Belfast, ME
THE SITTER:
Name: Eliza Jane Williams Garrett
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Garrett, Eliza Jane Williams (1813-1884) (1 of 2)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Eliza Jane williams garrett
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Eliza Jane Williams Garrett
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Blackburn, Lillian M. (1865-1949) (see Parsons)
/Dewey Studio’s portrait photograph of LIllian M. blackburn parsons
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Dewey Studios
Studio Location: 41 South Main Street, Los Angeles, California
THE SITTER:
Name: Lillian M. Blackburn Parsons
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Parsons, Lillian M. Blackburn (1865-1949)
/Dewey Studio’s portrait photograph of LIllian M. blackburn parsons
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Dewey Studios
Studio Location: 41 South Main Street, Los Angeles, California
THE SITTER:
Name: Lillian M. Blackburn Parsons
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Blackburn, Charles Sr. (1821-1897) (1 of 2)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Charles Blackburn, Sr.
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Name: Charles Blackburn, Sr.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Rodd, Mary Jane Blackburn (1858-1940) (8 of 8)
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Mary Jane blackburn rodd
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Mary Jane Blackburn Rodd
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.25 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Rodd, Mary Jane Blackburn (1858-1940) (7 of 8)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Mary Jane Blackburn Rodd
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: Mary Jane Blackburn Rodd
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Rodd, Dorothy Clark (1884-1963) (see Barber)→
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Dorothy Clark Rodd Barber
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Dorothy Clark Rodd Barber
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.25 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on
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Date:
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Barber, Dorothy Clark Rodd (1884-1963)
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Dorothy Clark Rodd Barber
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Dorothy Clark Rodd Barber
Description:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.25 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on
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Date:
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Rodd, Mary Jane Blackburn (1858-1940) (1 of 8)
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Mary Jane blackburn rodd
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Mary Jane Blackburn Rodd
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.25 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on
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Date:
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Faith, George Blackburn (1880-1924) (2 of 2)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of George Blackburn Faith
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: George Blackburn Faith
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Faith, George Blackburn (1880-1924)(1 of 2)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Charles Blackburn, Sr. and George Blackburn Faith
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Name: Charles Blackburn, Sr. and George Blackburn Faith
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Blackburn, Charles Sr. (1821-1897)(2 of 2)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Charles Blackburn, Sr. and George Blackburn Faith
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Name: Charles Blackburn, Sr. and George Blackburn Faith
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
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Date:
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Blackburn, Unidentified Son
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of an unidentified Blackburn Son
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified Blackburn son
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
“An Elegant Gentleman Wearing Edwardian Business Attire”
/William Blodgett Cook’s Portrait Photograph of “An elegant gentleman wearing edwardian business attire”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: WILLIAM BLODGETT COOK was born in Ohio and worked as a photographer in many California cities. He worked in Petaluma during two brief periods at the beginning of the twentieth century. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
Photographic Studio: Healy Studio
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: This head-and-shoulders portrait depicts an elegant young gentleman formally attired in a dark suit with high thin lapels and a matching vest. His white shirt has an exceptionally tall collar which lends a stiff and professional air to his visage. Typical of the Edwardian era, his necktie is not covered by his collar and gathers at his neck in a large knot. He is clean shaven and meticulously groomed.
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Format / Size:
Medium: matte collodion photographic print with oval mount
Description, front: The color of this portrait’s card stock is a medium gray, and the portrait is set within a vertical oval which has a cream colored border and an embossed line which includes flourishes at the top and bottom. On a diagonal, in the bottom right corner of the card, is printed in cream colored ink, “Cook Artist”, “Healy Studio”, and “Petaluma”.
Description, back: The back of this cabinet card is either blank or contains only an accession number.
Date: August 1903 to February 1904 (Cook worked at the Healy Studio between these dates.)
Condition: This cabinet card is slightly soiled and has several, small, dark spots throughout.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2023-023
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“An Elegant Gentleman Wearing Edwardian Business Attire”
/William Blodgett Cook’s Portrait Photograph of “An elegant gentleman wearing edwardian business attire”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: WILLIAM BLODGETT COOK was born in Ohio and worked as a photographer in many California cities. He worked in Petaluma during two brief periods at the beginning of the twentieth century. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
Photographic Studio: Healy Studio
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: This head-and-shoulders portrait depicts an elegant young gentleman formally attired in a dark suit with high thin lapels and a matching vest. His white shirt has an exceptionally tall collar which lends a stiff and professional air to his visage. Typical of the Edwardian era, his necktie is not covered by his collar and gathers at his neck in a large knot. He is clean shaven and meticulously groomed.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size:
Medium: matte collodion photographic print with oval mount
Description, front: The color of this portrait’s card stock is a medium gray, and the portrait is set within a vertical oval which has a cream colored border and an embossed line which includes flourishes at the top and bottom. On a diagonal, in the bottom right corner of the card, is printed in cream colored ink, “Cook Artist”, “Healy Studio”, and “Petaluma”.
Description, back: The back of this cabinet card is either blank or contains only an accession number.
Date: August 1903 to February 1904 (Cook worked at the Healy Studio between these dates.)
Condition: This cabinet card is slightly soiled and has several, small, dark spots throughout.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2023-023
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Rodd, Mary Jane Blackburn (1858-1940) (5 of 8)
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Mary Jane blackburn rodd
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Mary Jane Blackburn Rodd
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Blackburn, Jemima Jane Richardson
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Jemima Jane Richardson Blackburn
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: Jemima Jane Richardson Blackburn (presumably)
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Rodd, Mary Jane Blackburn (1858-1940)(4 of 8)
/Noble & Fell’s Portrait Photograph of Mary Jane BlackBurn Rodd
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographers: Skelton Sanford Noble and A. W. Fell
Active in Petaluma: 1874 as Noble & Fells, sometime thereafter until 1876 simply as S. S. Noble
Biographical Note: Noble traveled throughout California staying in numerous communities for various amounts of time. It appears that he worked with A. W. Fell in the Noble & Fell partnership in 1874 and sometime after operated the studio by himself as the imprint of his cartes de visit replace “Noble & Fell’s” with simply “S. S. Noble, Sunbeam Gallery, Main Street, Petaluma, Cal. Next door to Wickersham’s & Co’s Bank.”
Bibliography: Palmquist, pgs. 420-421; Mautz, pg.99 and 128.
THE SITTER:
Name: Mary Jane Blackburn Rodd
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Rodd, Mary Jane Blackburn (1858-1940)(3 of _)
/Noble & Fell’s Portrait Photograph of Mary Jane BlackBurn Rodd
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographers: Skelton Sanford Noble and A. W. Fell
Active in Petaluma: 1874 as Noble & Fells, sometime thereafter until 1876 simply as S. S. Noble
Biographical Note: Noble traveled throughout California staying in numerous communities for various amounts of time. It appears that he worked with A. W. Fell in the Noble & Fell partnership in 1874 and sometime after operated the studio by himself as the imprint of his cartes de visit replace “Noble & Fell’s” with simply “S. S. Noble, Sunbeam Gallery, Main Street, Petaluma, Cal. Next door to Wickersham’s & Co’s Bank.”
Bibliography: Palmquist, pgs. 420-421; Mautz, pg.99 and 128.
THE SITTER:
Name: Mary Jane Blackburn Rodd
Description:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Rodd, Mary Jane Blackburn (1858-1940) (2 of 8)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Mary Jane Blackburn Rodd
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Names: Mary Jane Blackburn Rodd
Description:
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Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Unidentified Man (2023-883-H)
/Bryan R. Johnson’s Portrait Photograph of an Unidentified Man
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
BRYAN R. JOHNSON was born c. 1834 in New York State, and his death date is unidentified. After working as a photographer in several California cities, Johnson moved to Petaluma and beginning in December of 1862 co-partnered with Edward P. Butler at the Ambrotype and Photographic Gallery on Petaluma’s Phoenix Block. In April of 1863 Johnson took sole possession of the gallery and renamed it “Johnson’s Premier Pioneer Photographic Gallery”. In 1864 he moved his studio twice within the community and continued working in Petaluma at least until 1867. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: Unidentified
Description:
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Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: December 1862 to 1867
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Blackburn, Unidentified Children
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of two unidentified Blackburn children
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Names: Unidentified
Description:
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Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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“Teenage Girl in a White Dress With Her Hand on a Book”
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of “A Teenage Girl in a White Dress With her Hand on a Book”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Names: Unidentified
Description: This teenage girl stands beside a Victorian side table with her right hand resting on a book, her index finder extended as if to draw attention to it. Beside the book is a neoclassical style vase with an oval cameo on its lower section. The girl looks out at the viewer with a quiet, self-possessed gaze. Her long, dark, straight hair is center-parted and combed to fall behind her back. A thin, white, handband secures it in place. She wears a white, multi-layered, calf-length, dress and low-heeled, lace-up Victorian boots.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This is a full-length, standing portrait with a solid gray background and Victorian side table.
Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. An expanded, possibly later, version appears here. It is printed in red ink and includes four lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish.
Date: January 1872 - December 1873
Condition: This carte de visite is soiled and a bit out of focus. It is not possible to read the texture of the girl’s dress.
Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Blackburn, John Silvey (1851-1903)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of John Silvey Blackburn
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: John Silvey Blackburn
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Blackburn, Unidentified Boy
/Grand Art Gallery’s portrait photograph of a Blackburn Boy
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Grand Art Gallery
Studio Location: Corner of Third and Jessie Streets, San Francisco
THE SITTER:
Name: Maria Nancy Angell Allen
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Rodd, Mary Jane Blackburn (1858-1940)(2 of 8)
/Bryan R. Johnson’s Portrait Photograph of Mary Jane Blackburn Rodd
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
BRYAN R. JOHNSON was born c. 1834 in New York State, and his death date is unidentified. After working as a photographer in several California cities, Johnson moved to Petaluma and beginning in December of 1862 co-partnered with Edward P. Butler at the Ambrotype and Photographic Gallery on Petaluma’s Phoenix Block. In April of 1863 Johnson took sole possession of the gallery and renamed it “Johnson’s Premier Pioneer Photographic Gallery”. In 1864 he moved his studio twice within the community and continued working in Petaluma at least until 1867. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: Mary Jane Blackburn Rodd
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: December 1862 to 1867
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Rodd, Samuel (1848-1929)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Samuel Rodd
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Samuel Rodd
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Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Wells, Dr. William Randall (1813-1902)
/Unidentified Photographer, portrait of Dr. William Randall Wells
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Dr. William Randall Wells
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Williams, Rosetta Lily (1842-1899) (see Weeks)→
/George Daniels Morse’s Portrait Photograph of Rosetta Lily Williams Weeks
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: George Daniels Morse (born c. 1835)
Photographic Studio: 417 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
THE SITTER:
Name: Rosetta Lily Williams Weeks
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Weeks, Rosetta Lily Williams (1842-1899) (3 of 4)
/John c. Daley’s Portrait Photograph of Rosetta Lily Williams Weeks
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: John C. Daley
Photographic Studio: 1445 Washington Street, Boston, MA
THE SITTER:
Name: Rosetta Lily Williams Weeks
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Weeks, Rosetta Lily Williams (1842-1899) (4 of 4)
/mathieu Schramm’s Portrait Photograph of Rosetta Lily Williams Weeks
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Mathieu Schramm, Artist & Photographer
Photographic Studio: 186 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, California
THE SITTER:
Name: Rosetta Lily Williams Weeks
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Weeks, Rosetta Lily Williams (1842-1899) (2 of 4)
/Bryan R. Johnson’s Portrait Photograph of Rosetta Lily willams weeks
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
BRYAN R. JOHNSON was born c. 1834 in New York State, and his death date is unidentified. After working as a photographer in several California cities, Johnson moved to Petaluma and beginning in December of 1862 co-partnered with Edward P. Butler at the Ambrotype and Photographic Gallery on Petaluma’s Phoenix Block. In April of 1863 Johnson took sole possession of the gallery and renamed it “Johnson’s Premier Pioneer Photographic Gallery”. In 1864 he moved his studio twice within the community and continued working in Petaluma at least until 1867. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Rosetta Lily Willams Weeks
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 9.25 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: From B.R. Johnson’s Photographic Establishment, Doyle’s Building, Main Street, Petaluma.; Leona Whitney 2 years old the 17th of April 1866
Date:
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Weeks, Rosetta Lily Williams (1842-1899) (1 of 4)
/George Daniels Morse’s Portrait Photograph of Rosetta Lily Williams Weeks
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: George Daniels Morse (born c. 1835)
Photographic Studio: 417 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
THE SITTER:
Name: Rosetta Lily Williams Weeks
Description:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Weeks, Frank Parker (1862-1942) (2 of 2)
/T.L. Rea & Co.’s Portrait Photograph of Frank parker weeks
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
T.L. Rea & Co. Photographic Gallery
Santa Rosa, Cal.
THE SITTER:
Name: Frank Parker Weeks
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Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Weeks, Frank Parker (1862-1942) (1 of 2)
/Bryan R. Johnson’s Portrait Photograph of Frank parker weeks
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
BRYAN R. JOHNSON was born c. 1834 in New York State, and his death date is unidentified. After working as a photographer in several California cities, Johnson moved to Petaluma and beginning in December of 1862 co-partnered with Edward P. Butler at the Ambrotype and Photographic Gallery on Petaluma’s Phoenix Block. In April of 1863 Johnson took sole possession of the gallery and renamed it “Johnson’s Premier Pioneer Photographic Gallery”. In 1864 he moved his studio twice within the community and continued working in Petaluma at least until 1867. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Frank Parker Weeks
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 9.25 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: From B.R. Johnson’s Photographic Establishment, Doyle’s Building, Main Street, Petaluma.; Leona Whitney 2 years old the 17th of April 1866
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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McNear, Jennie Otis (1857- May 27, 1883) (1 of 2)
/Hectos W. Vaughan’s PORTRAIT photograph of Jennie Otis Mcnear
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Hector W. Vaughan
Photographic Studio: Imperial Photographic Gallery, 724 1/2 Market Street, San Francisco, California
THE SITTER:
Name: Jennie Otis McNear (At the time this portrait was taken, the sitter may not have been married and would have been known as Jennie Otis. Jennie was between 20 and 23 years old when this portrait was taken.)
Description: In this head-and-shoulders portrait, Jennie Otis McNear looks stoically and solemnly into the distance. Her dignified composure exudes calm seriousness tingled with melancholy. Her center-parted hair has been carefully coiffed into soft waves and pulled to the back of her head. She wears a dark jacket which is embellished at the neck with a large bow and a small white lace collar.
Biographical Note: Jennie Otis McNear was born in 1857 in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. At the age of seven, she moved to Petaluma with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wesley Otis. After graduating from Petaluma High School in 1875, she taught school in Salinas, San Leandro and San Diego. On May 13, 1880, she married prominent Petaluma businessman, George Plummer McNear (1857-1947), and together they had one child, Clara McNear (married name, Leppo). Jennie’s early, tragic death on May 27, 1883 resulted from the disastrous explosion of the steamship, Pilot, and was recounted in this excerpt from the Marin Journal, published May 31, 1883:
“No story could be more sad than that which tells of the early and sudden death of Mrs. George P. McNear. She was the idolized daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Otis—their only child—and great as was their parental pride and love for her, their affection was returned with all the ardor of her strong and affectionate nature. Jennie had been a little more than three years the wife of Mr. George P. McNear, and the day of her burial, last Sunday, was the second anniversary of the birth of their little daughter. She was the very personification of rosy health; in form and feature a model of beauty; the rosy pathway of her life was reflected in her cheerful spirits, and as daughter, wife, and mother, her character seemed perfection. This was the tender daughter, the bride-wife, the clinging mother, her good-bye kiss fresh on the lips of her husband-lover and child, and her feet led by filial affection toward a suffering mother, who was met by the appalling catastrophe to the steamer Pilot last Friday.” Marin Journal, volume 23, number 12, May 31, 1883.
Family Affiliation: Jennie Otis was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Charles W. Otis. A man named C. W. Otis was an early librarian in Petaluma, and may have been her father. Jennie was the first wife of prominent Petaluma businessman, George Plummer McNear (m. May 13, 1880). Their only child was Clara McNear Leppo (1881-1979). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105784417/jennie-mcnear.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, Front: The imprint of the photographer appears in brown ink along the bottom edge of this classic head-and-shoulders cabinet card portrait.
Description, Back: The back of this cabinet card is either blank or contains only an accession number.
Date: This portrait was taken sometime between 1877 and 1880, the years in which the Imperial Studio in San Francisco was in operation.
Condition: There is light foxing throughout the front side of this cabinet card.
Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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McNear Sr., George Plummer (1857-1947) (3 of 3)
/Charles Lainer, Portrait Photograph of George Plummer Mcnear
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Charles Lainer
Studio Location: 31 Third Street, San Francisco, CA
THE SITTER:
Name: George Plummer McNear
Description:
Biographical Note: Following in the footsteps of his famous, Petaluma, pioneer father, John August McNear (1832-1918), George Plummer McNear Sr. was a prominent Petaluma citizen and successful business man. He invested early in the community’s poultry industry, served on the board of Sonoma County National Bank and was Vice President of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad. He was also a generous philanthropist donating sections of his extensive land holdings to accommodate the community post office, fire station, McNear Park and McNear School.
Family Affiliation: George Plummer McNear was the only child of Petaluma pioneers John Augustus McNear (1832-1918) and his first wife, Clarinda Damsen Williams McNear (1837-1866), to survive to adulthood. George’s first wife was Jennie Otis McNear (1857-1883) who died tragically at the age of 26. Together George and Jennie had one child, Clara McNear Leppo (1881-1979), named in honor of George’s mother. George’s second wife was Ida Belle Denman McNear (1859-1949). Together, they had four children. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105717995/george-plummer-mcnear.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, Front:
Description, Back: Charles Lainer’s imprint
Date: undated
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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McNear, Ezekial Denman (1889-1984)
/Unidentified Photographer, portrait of Ezekial Denman McNear
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Ezekial Denman McNear
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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McNear, Clarence Williams (1861-1874)(2 of 2)
/Unidentified Photographer, portrait of Clarence McNear
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Clarence McNear
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Date: According to Peter Palmquist, Pioneer Photographers of the Far West, Stanford University Press, 2000, p. 498 column 2, Shew listed his address as 417,421, 423, & 425 Montgomery between November 1866 and early 1869.
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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McNear, Clarence Williams (1861-1874)(1 of 2)
/William Shew’s Portrait Photograph of Clarence McNear
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: William Shew (1820-1903) was a prominent 19th century photographer famous for his daguerrotypes. He worked in New York and Boston before moving to San Francisco in 1851.
Studio Location: 417, 421, 423 and 425 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California
THE SITTER:
Name: Clarence McNear
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: According to Peter Palmquist, Pioneer Photographers of the Far West, Stanford University Press, 2000, p. 498 column 2, Shew listed his address as 417,421, 423, & 425 Montgomery between November 1866 and early 1869.
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Leppo, Clara McNear (1881-1979) (2 of 2)
/Charles Lainer, Portrait Photograph of Clara McNear Leppo
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Charles Lainer
Studio Location: 31 Third Street, San Francisco, CA
THE SITTER:
Name: Clara McNear Leppo
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, Front:
Description, Back: Charles Lainer’s stamp
Date: undated
Condition:
Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Grover, William Silver (1875-?) (5 of 5)
/Imperial Studio’s portrait photograph of William silver Grover
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Hector W. Vaughan
Photographic Studio: Imperial Photographic Gallery, 724 1/2 Market Street, San Francisco, California
THE SITTER:
Name: William Silver Grover
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: This portrait was taken sometime between 1877 and 1880, the years in which the Imperial Studio in San Francisco was in operation.
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Grover, William Silver (1875-?) (4 of 5)
/dames & Haves photographic art gallery protrait photograph of William silver Grover
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Dames & Haves Photographic Art Gallery
Studio Location: 715 Market Street, San Francisco
THE SITTER:
Name: William Silver Grover
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Format / Size: cabinet card, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Grover, William Silver (1875-?) (3 of 5)
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of William silver Grover
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LEWIS DOWE was born in 1838 in Hanover, New Hampshire and died in 1919 in Portland, Oregon. He arrived in Petaluma in September of 1875 and set up his photography studio in the rooms formerly occupied by photographer Hugh Anderson. Dowe worked in Petaluma as both a “view” and portrait photographer until he departed the town in March of 1882. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: William Silver Grover
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Grover, William Silver (1875-?) (2 of 5) (Copy)
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of William silver Grover
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LEWIS DOWE was born in 1838 in Hanover, New Hampshire and died in 1919 in Portland, Oregon. He arrived in Petaluma in September of 1875 and set up his photography studio in the rooms formerly occupied by photographer Hugh Anderson. Dowe worked in Petaluma as both a “view” and portrait photographer until he departed the town in March of 1882. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: William Silver Grover
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Grover, William Silver (1875-?) (1 of 5)
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of William silver Grover
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LEWIS DOWE was born in 1838 in Hanover, New Hampshire and died in 1919 in Portland, Oregon. He arrived in Petaluma in September of 1875 and set up his photography studio in the rooms formerly occupied by photographer Hugh Anderson. Dowe worked in Petaluma as both a “view” and portrait photographer until he departed the town in March of 1882. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: William Silver Grover
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Grover, Orlando Johnson
/Jacob shew’s portrait photograph of Orlando Johnson grover
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Jacob Shew
Photographic Studio: Jacon Shew Photographer, 315 Montgomery at Pine, San Francisco
THE SITTER:
Name: Orlando Johnson Grover
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Format / Size: carte de visite
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Grover, Flora (2 of 2)
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Flora Grover
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LEWIS DOWE was born in 1838 in Hanover, New Hampshire and died in 1919 in Portland, Oregon. He arrived in Petaluma in September of 1875 and set up his photography studio in the rooms formerly occupied by photographer Hugh Anderson. Dowe worked in Petaluma as both a “view” and portrait photographer until he departed the town in March of 1882. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Flora Grover
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Grover, Flora (1 of 2)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Flora Grover
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Flora Grover
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Grover, Benjamin Percy (2 of 2)
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Benjamin Percy Grover
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LEWIS DOWE was born in 1838 in Hanover, New Hampshire and died in 1919 in Portland, Oregon. He arrived in Petaluma in September of 1875 and set up his photography studio in the rooms formerly occupied by photographer Hugh Anderson. Dowe worked in Petaluma as both a “view” and portrait photographer until he departed the town in March of 1882. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Benjamin Percy Grover
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Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Grover, Benjamin Percy (1 of 2)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Benjamin Percy Grover
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Benjamin Percy Grover
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Brown, Daniel (c.1830 -1902)(2 of 3)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Daniel Brown
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified. This portrait may have been taken at the Bushnell Photography Studio in San Francisco. For an explanation of this speculation, see portrait 3 of 3 of Daniel Brown.
THE SITTER:
Name: Daniel Brown
Description: In this head-and-shoulder portrait, the elderly gentleman’s shoulders are full frontal. He turns his head slightly and glazes off to the viewer’s right. He is balding and sports a gray chin beard with no mustache. He is attired in a business suit with matching vest, a wide-spread collared white shirt, and a dark crossed necktie.
Biographical Note: Daniel Brown was born in 1830 in County Tipperary, Ireland, and as a child immigrated to the United States with his family. The Brown family lived in New York City until the late 1840s when his father died. Daniel and his mother and sisters then headed to California. They made it as far as New Orleans and were recorded there in September on the 1850 U.S. Census, Daniel working as a clerk. Two months later, Daniel was again recorded on the 1850 Census, this time in Placerville, California, and this time working as a miner. Daniel had been drawn by the Gold Rush. By 1853 Daniel had settled in Petaluma and was selling liquor. On May 18, 1858, he married Annie Alexis Ferguson, also from Ireland. Daniel and Annie had twelve children; seven lived to adulthood.
An old family story said that Daniel found selling liquor more profitable than digging for gold and this appears to have been accurate. By 1858 Daniel’s name appeared in Petaluma newspapers as “Wholesale Dealer in WINES & LIQUORS.” He continued in his very profitable liquor business for years, accumulated his wealth, and began to invest in land, property, and mining companies, locally and spreading into other counties. He was active in politics, participated in local committees for city development and railroad construction, and was on the board of the Mutual Benefit Association. For years he was on the board of several Petaluma and Santa Rosa banks and until his death he was vice-president of the local Wickersham Bank. Two of the Brown daughters, Mary Louise and Lillian Nathalie, married and had children thereby continuing the Brown-Ferguson line. Daniel Brown was 72 when he died in 1902. He was buried in the Brown Family Plot in the Petaluma Calvary Cemetery. His fortune was set up in a trust that supported his widow and the surviving Brown descendants until the death of the youngest daughter Kathleen Elise in 1970 at 93.
*This biographical note was written by Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41847997/daniel-brown Search this archive and the Sonoma County Library photograph archive for additional portraits of the Brown family.
Bibliography: The Sonoma County Journal: March 19, 1858, p. 2; August 27, 1858, p. 2; October 17, 1862, p. 2; June 5, 1863, p. 2. Petaluma Argus-Courier: January 13, 1900, p.2; January 14, 1902, p.3; April 4, 1902, p. 1; April 30, 1902, p. 4; May 23, 1902, p. 1; October 14, 1902, p. 1. Petaluma Weekly Argus: July 25, 1873, p. 3; February 12, 1875, p.1; October 18, 1878, p. 3; October 28, 1881, p.3. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: April 94, 1902, p. 3; May 20, 1902, p. 1 & 4; May 23, 1902, p. 1, 2; May 23, 1902, p.2; January 9, 1903, p. 4.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: approximately 5” x 7”
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Description, front: This head-and-shoulder portrait has a uniform gray background and is set within a thin metal frame.
Description, back: Hand written in print script in pencil at the bottom is: “Daniel Brown”, “b. May 1830”, “Tipperary, Ireland”, “d. 20 May 1902 Petaluma CA”, “m. Annie Alexis Ferguson”, “18, May 1858”.
Date: 1895. This portrait was taken at the same sitting as portrait 3 of 3 of Daniel Brown in this archive. On the back of portrait 3 of 3 the date of 1895 is inscribed.
Condition: This portrait is in good condition.
Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission.
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Brown, Daniel (c. 1830 -1902)(1 of 3)
/Unidentified Photographer, Two ambrotype Portraits of Daniel Brown and his daughter Mary Louise or Annie Alexis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified. It is possible one of two Petaluma photographers created these ambrotypes: Giles Pease Kellogg or Edward Payson Butler. Kellogg, the first photographer to work in Petaluma, began offering ambrotypes by May 1856, and Butler, who took over Kellogg’s studio on January 10, 1862, continued to create ambrotypes in Petaluma until April 1863. These dates coincide with the years in which Daniel and Annie Brown were raising their young daughters in Petaluma. Daniel Brown married Annie Alexis Ferguson on May 18, 1858, and their first two children, both girls, were born in Petaluma, Mary Louise on March 5, 1860 and Annie Alexis on August 21, 1861.
THE SITTERS:
Name: Daniel Brown and his daughter Mary Louise Brown (Mary Louise Brown Hall) and/or Annie Alexis Brown.
Description: In both ambrotypes, Daniel Brown is portrayed with one of his two toddler daughters. The young father is dressed in his business suit replete with matching vest, pocket watch, neck tie, and straight, high-collared white shirt. He sports a full goatee or chin beard, but no mustache. In the portrait on the left, his daughter has been positioned on a restraining device, the end of which can be seen to the right of her face, and tilted towards her father so that their heads touch. Although this is an endearing pose, she wears a petulant scowl. In the portrait on the right, his daughter sits happily on his lap, his hand supporting her at the waist. In both portraits, the toddler wears white socks, black shoes, and a waisted, drop-shouldered dress which is adorned with wide strips of ribbon at the top of the sleeves.
The two portraits may not have been taken at the same time: there are distinct differences in the details of Daniel’s beard and hair; it appears his bow ties are not the same; and he may not be wearing a vest in the right portrait. If the portraits were taken at different sittings, it is possible that Mary Louise is portrayed in one and Annie Alexis in the other.
Biographical Note: Daniel Brown was born in 1830 in County Tipperary, Ireland, and as a child immigrated to the United States with his family. The Brown family lived in New York City until the late 1840s when his father died. Daniel and his mother and sisters then headed to California. They made it as far as New Orleans and were recorded there in September on the 1850 U.S. Census, Daniel working as a clerk. Two months later, Daniel was again recorded on the 1850 Census, this time in Placerville, California, and this time working as a miner. Daniel had been drawn by the Gold Rush. By 1853, Daniel had settled in Petaluma and was selling liquor. On May 18, 1858, he married Annie Alexis Ferguson, also from Ireland. Daniel and Annie had twelve children; seven lived to adulthood.
An old family story said that Daniel found selling liquor more profitable than digging for gold and this appears to have been accurate. By 1858 Daniel’s name appeared in Petaluma newspapers as “Wholesale Dealer in WINES & LIQUORS.” He continued in his very profitable liquor business for years, accumulated his wealth, and began to invest in land, property, and mining companies, locally and spreading into other counties. He was active in politics, participated in local committees for city development and railroad construction, and was on the board of the Mutual Benefit Association. For years he was on the board of several Petaluma and Santa Rosa banks and until his death he was vice-president of the local Wickersham Bank. Two of the Brown daughters, Mary Louise and Lillian Nathalie, married and had children thereby continuing the Brown-Ferguson line. Daniel Brown was 72 when he died in 1902. He was buried in the Brown Family Plot in the Petaluma Calvary Cemetery. His fortune was set up in a trust that supported his widow and the surviving Brown descendants until the death of the youngest daughter Kathleen Elise in 1970 at 93.
*This biographical note was written by Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41847997/daniel-brown Search this archive and the Sonoma County Library photograph archive for additional portraits of the Brown family.
Bibliography: The Sonoma County Journal: March 19, 1858, p. 2; August 27, 1858, p. 2; October 17, 1862, p. 2; June 5, 1863, p. 2. Petaluma Argus-Courier: January 13, 1900, p.2; January 14, 1902, p.3; April 4, 1902, p. 1; April 30, 1902, p. 4; May 23, 1902, p. 1; October 14, 1902, p. 1. Petaluma Weekly Argus: July 25, 1873, p. 3; February 12, 1875, p.1; October 18, 1878, p. 3; October 28, 1881, p.3. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: April 94, 1902, p. 3; May 20, 1902, p. 1 & 4; May 23, 1902, p. 1, 2; May 23, 1902, p.2; January 9, 1903, p. 4.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: According to the owner of the original, both images, as measured outside of their frames, are approximately, 2 3/4” by by 2 1/2”.
Medium: Ambrotype
Description, front: The two ambrotypes are contained in a single brown floral design Union case with brass hinges.
Description, back:
Date: between 1861 and 1863
Condition: Both ambrotypes are in good condition. The Union case has a broken/missing piece from the lower left corner of the front half.
Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Ferguson, Annie Alexis (1841-1920) (see Brown)→
/Tyler & Co’s Daguerreotype Room’s Portrait Photograph of Annie alexis Ferguson Brown
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Tyler & Co’s Daguerreotype Room, Boston, MA
THE SITTER:
Name: Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size:
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Description, back:
Date: 1855
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Owner: Private collection, digital copy by permission.
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Brown, Annie Alexis Ferguson (1841-1920) (2 of 3)
/Petaluma Photo Parlors’ portrait photograph of annie Alexis Ferguson Brown
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOSLIN & COMPANY was established by the photographer Amon James Tuft Joslin. He was born in 1839 in Rockwood, New York, and died in 1913 in San Benito County, California. He established the Petaluma Photo Parlor under the name of Joslin & Company in November 1893, and left the studio, departing for Chico, California in April 1897. (For additional information on Joslin and Company and to view all portraits produced by the studio in the collection, click on its name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown
Description: In this head-and-shoulder portrait, Annie Brown holds herself in a dignified pose and gazes confidently out at the viewer. Her hair is center-parted and pulled to the back of her head. She wears wire-rimmed spectacles, small drop earrings, and a choker with metallic embellishments. Reflecting the fashion of the 1890s, her velvet blouse is adorned with gimp braid trim, and its sleeves are puffed at the shoulder.
Biographical Note: Anna Alexis Ferguson was born in 1841 in County Galway, Ireland. By age 5, she and her family had immigrated to the United States and lived in Boston, Massachusetts. Annie sailed around Cape Horn and came to California in 1856 to live in Petaluma with her sister and brother-in-law, Sabina and Thomas Rochford. On May 18, 1858, Annie and Daniel Brown were married at the Rochford’s house by Father Louis Auger. Annie and Daniel had twelve children, seven of whom survived until adulthood. Besides raising their children, Annie was active in St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and participated in local fairs, entering tapestries and other works of art she had created. Annie lived in Petaluma until a few years after the 1902 death of her husband. She moved to San Francisco with her son, Vincent and three of her unmarried daughters, Josephine, Emma, and Kathleen Elise. Annie died in San Francisco on March 13, 1920. She was buried next to Daniel in Calvary Cemetery in Petaluma, and eventually most of their twelve children were interred with them in the Brown Family Plot.
*This biographical note was written by Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41848304/annie-alexis-brown Search this archive and the Sonoma County Library photograph archive for additional portraits of the Brown family.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier: March 28, 1900, p. 1; March 13, 1916, p. 2; March 13, 1920, p. 4 (obit); March 15, 1920, p. 5.. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: October 12, 1904, p. 1; March 20, 1922, p.3; September 13, 1911, p. 5; March 14, 1920, p. 8 (obit). Petaluma Weekly Argus: September 1, 1888, p. 2.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This digital image was not taken from the original cabinet card. It was taken from a copy of the original.
Description, back: The back of this card is either empty or contains only an accession number.
Date: between November 1893 and April 1897
Condition: Because this digital copy was not taken from the original, the condition of the original is unknown.
Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Brown, Annie Alexis Ferguson (1841-1920) (3 of 3)
/Unidentified Photographer’s Portrait Photograph of Annie alexis Ferguson Brown
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown
Description: In this head-and-shoulder portrait, the middle-aged matron gazes confidently out at the viewer. Her serious demeanor is reinforced by her decision to wear her pince-nez, a style of spectacles fashionable in the United States between 1880 and 1910. Her hair is center-parted and pulled to the back of her head into a tight bun visual at the top of her head. Her bun is adorned with a beaded barrette. She wears small round earrings and a circular brooch on her collar. Her blouse is made of ornate black lace, and her jacket, which features large gigot sleeves, is made of dark satin.
Biographical Note: Anna Alexis Ferguson was born in 1841 in County Galway, Ireland. By age 5, she and her family had immigrated to the United States and lived in Boston, Massachusetts. Annie sailed around Cape Horn and came to California in 1856 to live in Petaluma with her sister and brother-in-law, Sabina and Thomas Rochford. On May 18, 1858, Annie and Daniel Brown were married at the Rochford’s house by Father Louis Auger. Annie and Daniel had twelve children, seven of whom survived until adulthood. Besides raising their children, Annie was active in St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and participated in local fairs, entering tapestries and other works of art she had created. Annie lived in Petaluma until a few years after the 1902 death of her husband. She moved to San Francisco with her son, Vincent and three of her unmarried daughters, Josephine, Emma, and Kathleen Elise. Annie died in San Francisco on March 13, 1920. She was buried next to Daniel in Calvary Cemetery in Petaluma, and eventually most of their twelve children were interred with them in the Brown Family Plot.
*This biographical note was written by Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41848304/annie-alexis-brown Search this archive and the Sonoma County Library photograph archive for additional portraits of the Brown family.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier: March 28, 1900, p. 1; March 13, 1916, p. 2; March 13, 1920, p. 4 (obit); March 15, 1920, p. 5.. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: October 12, 1904, p. 1; March 20, 1922, p.3; September 13, 1911, p. 5; March 14, 1920, p. 8 (obit). Petaluma Weekly Argus: September 1, 1888, p. 2.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: approximately 5” x 7”
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This crisp, sharply focused, head-and-shoulder portrait is set in front of a background of soft, out-of-focus drapery.
Description, back: The green sticker identifies the stationer company, H. S. Gutermute, as the framer of this portrait. Along the bottom, hand printed in pencil is: “Annie Alexis Ferguson”, “b. May 1841 Ireland”, “d. May 1920 San Francisco CA”, “m. Daniel Brown”, “18 May 1858”, and “Petaluma, CA”.
Date: The gigot sleeves and pince-nez suggest this portrait was taken late in the 19th or early in the 20th century.
Condition: This portrait is in good condition.
Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Brown, Annie Alexis Ferguson (1841-1920) (1 of 3)
/Tyler & Co’s 25 Cent Daguerreotype Rooms’ Portrait Photograph of Annie alexis Ferguson Brown
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographic Studio: Tyler & Co’s 25 Cent Daguerreotype Rooms, corner of Winter and Washington Streets, Boston, MA. This studio was managed by Edward M. Tyler between 1853 and 1855. The slip of paper taken from the back of the portrait, reproduced below, inscribed with “William A. Bean”, may document the name of photographer who created this daguerrotype. https://pioneeramericanphotographers.com/tag/tyler-company/
THE SITTER:
Name: Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown. At the time this portrait was taken, the sitter would have been known as Annie Alexis Ferguson.
Description: This teenage girl sits frontally and gazes out at the photographer with a calm and dignified composure. Her hands rest in her lap with her right clasping the wrist of her left. She wears a ring on her right index finger, a small ornament at the base of her throat, and delicate drop earrings. Her dark hair is center-parted and drawn back into a snood, the ends of which can be seen directly above her shoulders. Her dark, short-sleeved dress is fan-pleated from the waist and embellished with white lace at her collar and sleeve ends.
Biographical Note: Anna Alexis Ferguson was born in 1841 in County Galway, Ireland. By age 5, she and her family had immigrated to the United States and lived in Boston, Massachusetts. Annie sailed around Cape Horn and came to California in 1856 to live in Petaluma with her sister and brother-in-law, Sabina and Thomas Rochford. On May 18, 1858, Annie and Daniel Brown were married at the Rochford’s house by Father Louis Auger. Annie and Daniel had twelve children, seven of whom survived until adulthood. Besides raising their children, Annie was active in St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and participated in local fairs, entering tapestries and other works of art she had created. Annie lived in Petaluma until a few years after the 1902 death of her husband. She moved to San Francisco with her son, Vincent and three of her unmarried daughters, Josephine, Emma, and Kathleen Elise. Annie died in San Francisco on March 13, 1920. She was buried next to Daniel in Calvary Cemetery in Petaluma, and eventually most of their twelve children were interred with them in the Brown Family Plot.
*This biographical note was written by Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41848304/annie-alexis-brown Search this archive and the Sonoma County Library photograph archive for additional portraits of the Brown family.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier: March 28, 1900, p. 1; March 13, 1916, p. 2; March 13, 1920, p. 4 (obit); March 15, 1920, p. 5.. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: October 12, 1904, p. 1; March 20, 1922, p.3; September 13, 1911, p. 5; March 14, 1920, p. 8 (obit). Petaluma Weekly Argus: September 1, 1888, p. 2.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: According to the owner of the original, the image itself, as measured outside of its frame, is approximately, 2” by 2 1/2”.
Medium: Daguerreotype
Description, front: Within its frame, this portrait has been mounted off-center to the left. The nonpareil brass mat is typical of the early 1850s. The preserver (foil frame around image) is typical of the 1860s. The case and all its components are likely not original to this image but instead added later perhaps during a restoration of damaged case. The case is of the Eickmeyer band style design introduced in 1855, it is not known whether this is an authentic Eickmeyer or an imitation.
Description, back: Annie’s descendants knew little about her childhood until years later when a very old and very small leather case was opened. Inside the case was this daguerreotype, a very dark image of a young girl. Also inside the case was a note reproduced above which was written by one of her daughters on the back of a bank deposit slip. Written by Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini
Date: 1855 (In 1855 the Tyler & Co photographic studio moved to Worcester, Massachusetts.)
Condition: Moderate tarnishing of the plate particularly visible along the top and bottom edges. Case appears to have been restored. Case components may not be original to this image.
Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Brown, Daniel (c.1830 -1902)(3 of 3)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Daniel Brown
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: The photographer of this portrait is unidentified; however, its ornate, carved chair can be seen in other portraits taken in the Bushnell Photography Studio in San Francisco, California. For an example see the portrait of George Plummer McNear in this archive.
THE SITTER:
Name: Daniel Brown
Description: The elderly gentleman depicted in this portrait sits with his legs crossed in a highly ornate, carved chair. He is meticulously groomed and attired in an elegant business suit. He strikes a fashionable pensive pose: resting his right elbow on the arm of the chair, he places the fore finger of his right hand upon his cheek. He leans casually to his right and rests his left hand on his thigh. He is balding and sports a gray chin beard with no mustache. In the background is a painted backdrop depicting a vaguely rendered vase, drapery, and foliage.
Biographical Note: Daniel Brown was born in 1830 in County Tipperary, Ireland, and as a child immigrated to the United States with his family. The Brown family lived in New York City until the late 1840s when his father died. Daniel and his mother and sisters then headed to California. They made it as far as New Orleans and were recorded there in September on the 1850 U.S. Census, Daniel working as a clerk. Two months later, Daniel was again recorded on the 1850 Census, this time in Placerville, California, and this time working as a miner. Daniel had been drawn by the Gold Rush. By1853 Daniel had settled in Petaluma and was selling liquor. On May 18, 1858, he married Annie Alexis Ferguson, also from Ireland. Daniel and Annie had twelve children; seven lived to adulthood.
An old family story said that Daniel found selling liquor more profitable than digging for gold and this appears to have been accurate. By 1858 Daniel’s name appeared in Petaluma newspapers as “Wholesale Dealer in WINES & LIQUORS.” He continued in his very profitable liquor business for years, accumulated his wealth, and began to invest in land, property, and mining companies, locally and spreading into other counties. He was active in politics, participated in local committees for city development and railroad construction, and was on the board of the Mutual Benefit Association. For years he was on the board of several Petaluma and Santa Rosa banks and until his death he was vice-president of the local Wickersham Bank. Two of the Brown daughters, Mary Louise and Lillian Nathalie, married and had children thereby continuing the Brown-Ferguson line. Daniel Brown was 72 when he died in 1902. He was buried in the Brown Family Plot in the Petaluma Calvary Cemetery. His fortune was set up in a trust that supported his widow and the surviving Brown descendants until the death of the youngest daughter Kathleen Elise in 1970 at 93.
*This biographical note was written by Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41847997/daniel-brown Search this archive and the Sonoma County Library photograph archive for additional portraits of the Brown family.
Bibliography: The Sonoma County Journal: March 19, 1858, p. 2; August 27, 1858, p. 2; October 17, 1862, p. 2; June 5, 1863, p. 2. Petaluma Argus-Courier: January 13, 1900, p.2; January 14, 1902, p.3; April 4, 1902, p. 1; April 30, 1902, p. 4; May 23, 1902, p. 1; October 14, 1902, p. 1. Petaluma Weekly Argus: July 25, 1873, p. 3; February 12, 1875, p.1; October 18, 1878, p. 3; October 28, 1881, p.3. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: April 94, 1902, p. 3; May 20, 1902, p. 1 & 4; May 23, 1902, p. 1, 2; May 23, 1902, p.2; January 9, 1903, p. 4.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: oval, approximately 5” x 7”
Medium:
Description, front: This portrait is surrounded by a dark oval mat with a gold inner band.
Description, back: Hand written in pencil along the top is: “1895”, “Daniel Brown”, and “1833 [sic]-1902”. An additional back sheet to this portrait contains a ripped label proclaiming the framer of the portrait to be “Ball Wall Paper”. The Ball Wall Paper Company advertised in the Fresno Morning Republican between 1907 and 1918.
Date: 1895
Condition: This portrait is in good condition.
Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Brown, Emma Rochford (1872-1956)(2 of 2)
/Unidentified Photographer’s Portrait Photograph of MArY KELLEY, DR. VINCENT dE PAUL BROWN, EMMA ROCHFORD BROWN, AND KATHLEEN ELISE BROWN
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTERS:
Names: (from left to right) Mary Kelley, Dr. Vincent de Paul Brown (seated), Emma Rochford Brown, and Kathleen Elise Brown
Description: Emma Rochford Brown is the tall woman in the center of the composition. To the right is her sister, Kathleen Elise Brown; to the left is Mary Kelley, and seated in front is her brother, Dr. Vincent de Paul Brown. All three women wear magnificent examples of Edwardian picture hats. Emma’s is a flat, thin, wide-brimmed hat embellished on its crown with large loops of ribbon and pheasant feathers that extend far beyond the back of the hat’s brim. In contrast to her elaborate hat, Emma wears a simple, long, fitted, light-colored, pinstriped jacket with a small, high lapel. The collar of her white lace blouse is adorned with a round brooch, and a very long, thin necklace is secured under the lapel of her jacket.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41913114/emma-rochford-brown Search this archive and the Sonoma County Library photograph archive for additional portraits of the Brown family.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier: March 19, 1921, p.7; November 23, 1922, p. 7; September 25, 1956, p. 2 (obit); September 27, 1956, p. 8. Petaluma Courier, August 29, 1888, p. 2; June 24, 1891, p. 2. Petaluma Weekly Argus: August 25, 1888, p. 1. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: October 8, 1904, p. 1; November 13, 1905, p. 1; July 16, 1912, p.4; November 21, 1912, p.1; July 07, 1915, p. 2; November 25, 1922, p. 5.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: Real photo postcard (RPPC)
Medium: Azo paper with 4 triangles
Description, front: The four persons depicted in this real photo postcard pose in front of a backdrop depicting voluminous, ornate drapery. Handwritten in cursive below the image are the names: “Mary Kelley”, “Dr. V. Brown”, “Emma Brown”, and “Elise Brown”.
Description, back: Handwritten in pencil is, “Pan Pacific Expo”, and “1915”.
Date: 1915
Condition: This postcard is in good condition.
Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Brown, Kathleen Elise (1877-1970)(2 of 2)
/Unidentified Photographer’s Portrait Photograph of Mary Kelley, Dr. Vincent De paul Brown, Emma Rochford Brown, and Kathleen Elise Brown
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTERS:
Names: (from left to right) Mary Kelley, Dr. Vincent de Paul Brown (seated), Emma Rochford Brown, and Kathleen Elise Brown, (Kathleen Elise Brown was most often referred to as Elise Brown.)
Description: Kathleen Elise Brown is standing in profile on the right. In the center is her sister, Emma Rochford Brown, and on the left is Mary Kelley. Seated in front is Kathleen Elise and Emma’s brother, Dr. Vincent de Paul Brown. All three women wear magnificent examples of Edwardian picture hats. Kathleen Elise’s is a curved, thin, wide-brimmed hat embellished on its crown with a large satin ribbon bow in front and a dramatic arrangement of bird feathers in back. In contrast to her elaborate hat, Kathleen Elise wears a simple, long, fitted, light-colored jacket and matching skirt. With her right hand, Kathleen Elise grasps the back of the wicker chair her brother is sitting in, and her left hand is concealed within a large fur muff embellished with two taxidermied animal heads on the top front. The muff’s wristlet can be seen secured around the cuff of her left jacket sleeve.
Biographical Note: Kathleen Elise Brown was born in Petaluma on September 21, 1877, the eleventh child of Petaluma pioneers, Daniel Brown and Anna Ferguson Brown. She preferred her middle name so was always called Elise. Elise attended Brick Petaluma School and in 1895 at the age of 18 entered the College of Notre Dame in San Francisco as a boarder. In 1900 she and many family members took part in a two-week family and friends camping trip that she called “To the Geysers or Bust.” Her brother-in-law, Gil Hall, a local Petaluma attorney, organized the trip.
After the death of her father in 1902, Elise moved to San Francisco with her mother and other unmarried sisters and brother. Daniel Brown’s estate supported them comfortably for the rest of their lives. They were able to take extended trips around the United States and Europe and Asia. Elise lived the longest of her siblings and managed the estate until she died on October 9, 1970, at the age of 93. She was buried in Petaluma’s Calvary Cemetery in the Brown Family Plot with her parents and most of her siblings.
*This biographical note was written by Kathleen Elise Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41913557/kathleen-elise-brown Search this archive and the Sonoma County Library photograph archive for additional portraits of the Brown family.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier: March 19, 1921, p.7; October 12, 1970, p. 12 (obituary). Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: August 17, 1895, p. 1; January 8, 1909, p. 1; July 16, 1912, p. 4; November 21, 1912, p. 1.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: Real photo postcard (RPPC)
Medium: Azo paper with 4 triangles
Description, front: The four persons depicted in this real photo postcard pose in front of a backdrop depicting voluminous, ornate drapery. Handwritten in cursive below the image are the names: “Mary Kelley”, “Dr. V. Brown”, “Emma Brown”, and “Elise Brown”.
Description, back: Handwritten in pencil is, “Pan Pacific Expo”, and “1915”.
Date: 1915
Condition: This postcard is in good condition.
Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission.
Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.
Brown, Vincent de Paul (1880-1928)
/Unidentified Photographer’s Portrait Photograph of May Kelley, Dr. Vincent dePaul Brown, Emma Rochford Brown, and Kathleen Elise Brown
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTERS:
Names: (from left to right) Mary Kelley, Dr. Vincent de Paul Brown (seated), Emma Rochford Brown, and Kathleen Elise Brown.
Description: Doctor Vincent de Paul Brown is seated in a large, Victorian, wicker chair surrounded by three women. His sisters Emma and Elisa are on the right, and the woman on the left is Mary Kelley. With a slight, stoic smile, he looks directly are the viewer. He is elegantly dressed in a gentleman’s double-breasted Edwardian overcoat with a black velvet collar. He wears a fashionably high-collared white shirt and large tie. His gloved hands hold his bowler hat in his lap. He is bespectacled and immaculately groomed, with his dark hair parted in the center and combed to each side.
Biographical Note: Vincent de Paul Brown was born January 12, 1880, in Petaluma, the youngest of the twelve children of Daniel Brown and Annie Alexis Ferguson Brown. He was named after the patron saint of the Petaluma Catholic Church, St. Vincent de Paul. Vincent attended the Petaluma Brick School until high school when he boarded at St. Ignatius in San Francisco for college prep. In 1903 he obtained his medical degree at Cooper Medical School (now part of Stanford University), and immediately began his medical career in San Francisco. Following the 1906 earthquake and fire, Dr. Brown was in charge of an improvised hospital set up in an old Pullman railroad car used to treat those injured. Later he went to Europe and studied ear, nose, and throat, which became his specialty. During the First World War he served as Captain in the Aviation Medical Department. He was a member of the San Francisco Medical Society and the California Medical Society. Vincent never married and lived with his sisters in San Francisco until his death from pneumonia at 48 on June 25, 1928. He was buried in Petaluma Calvary Cemetery in the Brown Family Plot.
*This biographical note was written by Doctor Vincent de Paul Brown’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41898560/vincent-depaul-brown Search this archive and the Sonoma County Library photograph archive for additional portraits of the Brown family.
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: Real photo postcard (RPPC)
Medium: Azo paper with 4 triangles
Description, front: The four persons depicted in this real photo postcard pose in front of a backdrop depicting voluminous, ornate drapery. Handwritten in cursive below the image are the names: “May Kelley”, “Dr. V. Brown”, “Emma Brown”, and “Elise Brown”.
Description, back: Handwritten in pencil is, “Pan Pacific Expo”, and “1915”.
Date: 1915
Condition: This postcard is in good condition
Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission
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Baker, Aletha Hall O'Brien (1883-1966) (1 of 2)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Aletha Hall o’brien baker
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Aletha Hall O’Brien Baker. At the time this photo was taken, the sitter would have been known as Aletha Hall.
Description: This sturdy baby has been sat on a ledge, and she has assumed a full-frontal pose. Her feet dangle over the edge. She is wearing dark Mary Janes shoes and white, calf-high socks. The cuffs and hem of her white dress are embellished with a thick border of elaborate lace.
Biographical Note: Aletha Hall was born in Petaluma in 1883, the eldest child of Gilbert and Mary Louise Brown Hall. She was educated at Petaluma schools and the Ursuline Academy in Santa Rosa and for a while ran her own millinery store in Petaluma. In 1907 she married local physician Dr. John Thomas O’Brien and the couple was blessed with three children, Margaret in 1908, Kathleen in 1911, and John T., Jr., in 1913. During the First World War, Dr. O’Brien received a commission to the Army Medical Corps and was stationed in San Diego. Aletha drove south with her children to be near him and when he was honorably discharged they all returned to Petaluma to their beautiful home on several acres near Oak Hill Park. In 1920 the O’Briens sold their home and moved to San Francisco. In 1926 Dr. O’Brien died there at the age of 63. Several years later Aletha married Walter Baker, an officer with the Metropolitan Insurance Company. Walter died in 1933 and Aletha, at the age of 50, was again a widow.
Aletha led a busy life as a widow. She settled in Palo Alto and was highly involved with her family which included twelve grandchildren. She never moved back to Petaluma but always kept her connection, often visiting relatives and friends there, and frequently sending notices of family events to the Argus Courier. She was frequently involved in local events, acting as a guest speaker at AAUW meetings and as a frequent chairperson at political conferences. She was a staunch Democrat and after Eisenhower’s win expressed herself with one of the first bumper stickers: Don’t Blame Me! I voted Democrat! Aletha Hall O’Brien Baker died in 1966 and was buried in the O’Brien Plot in the Catholic Calvary Cemetery in Petaluma.
*This biographical note was written by Aletha Hall O’Brien Baker’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42033731/aletha-o'brien_baker
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier, September, 20, 1966, p. 5 (obituary); The Peninsula Times Tribune (Palo Alto, CA), September 20, 1966, p. 4 (obituary).
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: Cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The staging of this portrait is elaborate. It creates the illusion of an exterior window. On the left is a trellis covered in vines, and above and to the right is a white curtain and a fringed scalloped valance.
Description, back: Handwritten in pencil is, “Aletha Hall”, “(1883 - 1966)”, and “2 years old, ca 1885”.
Date: c. 1885
Condition: This cabinet card is in good condition.
Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission.
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Baker, Aletha Hall O’Brien(1883-1966) (2 of 2)
/Lafayette F. Sheppard’s Portrait Photograph of Aletha Hall O’Brien baker
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD was born in 1852 in Ohio and died in 1940 in Inglewood, California. He established his photographic gallery in Petaluma in February of 1886, “in the rooms formerly occupied by Lewis Dowe”. It was located at 59 1/2 Main Street next door to the First National Bank Building. Sheppard continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma at least through June of 1891. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Aletha Hall O’Brien Baker. At the time this portrait was taken, the sitter would have been known as Aletha Hall
Description: This child sits atop a bale of hay dressed in a white dress embellished with a wide lace hem and collar. She wears dark stockings and leather boots. The child assumes a strikingly dignified pose uncommon in one so young.
Biographical Note: Aletha Hall was born in Petaluma in 1883, the eldest child of Gilbert and Mary Louise Brown Hall. She was educated at Petaluma schools and the Ursuline Academy in Santa Rosa and for a while ran her own millinery store in Petaluma. In 1907 she married local physician Dr. John Thomas O’Brien and the couple was blessed with three children, Margaret in 1908, Kathleen in 1911, and John T., Jr., in 1913. During the First World War, Dr. O’Brien received a commission to the Army Medical Corps and was stationed in San Diego. Aletha drove south with her children to be near him and when he was honorably discharged they all returned to Petaluma to their beautiful home on several acres near Oak Hill Park. In 1920 the O’Briens sold their home and moved to San Francisco. In 1926 Dr. O’Brien died there at the age of 63. Several years later Aletha married Walter Baker, an officer with the Metropolitan Insurance Company. Walter died in 1933 and Aletha, at the age of 50, was again a widow.
Aletha led a busy life as a widow. She settled in Palo Alto and was highly involved with her family which included twelve grandchildren. She never moved back to Petaluma but always kept her connection, often visiting relatives and friends there, and frequently sending notices of family events to the Argus Courier. She was frequently involved in local events, acting as a guest speaker at AAUW meetings and as a frequent chairperson at political conferences. She was a staunch Democrat and after Eisenhower’s win expressed herself with one of the first bumper stickers: Don’t Blame Me! I voted Democrat! Aletha Hall O’Brien Baker died in 1966 and was buried in the O’Brien Plot in the Catholic Calvary Cemetery in Petaluma.
*This biographical note was written by Aletha Hall O’Brien Baker’s descendant, Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42033731/aletha-o'brien_baker
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier, September, 20, 1966, p. 5 (obituary); The Peninsula Times Tribune (Palo Alto, CA), September 20, 1966, p. 4 (obituary).
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.5 x 16 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: Sheppard’s imprint appears along the bottom edge of this card.
Description, back: Handwritten in pencil is, “Aletha Hall” and “1883-1966).
Date: c. 1888
Condition: There is slight foxing in the top half of the card, and the back side is slightly soiled.
Owner: From the collection of Kathleen O’Brien Balestrini, digital copy by permission.
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Morrison, Anna Medora (1849-1921) (see Reed)→
/an Unidentified Photographer’s Portrait Photograph of Anna Medora Morrison REed
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: This portrait may have been taken by Petaluma photographer, Harry Fowler Roberts. Its rough stucco backdrop can be seen in several of Robert’s portraits dating approximately from the same time.
THE SITTER:
Name: Anna Medora Morrison Reed
Description: There are numerous portraits of Anna Medora Morrison Reed, but this example is particularly interesting due to her attire. Anna wears a late-nineteenth-century, homemade interpretation of an ancient Roman matron’s stola. The result is a curious combination of Victorian and Classical elements. The free-flowing dress is gathered at the waist by what appears to be a Victorian drapery cord with large elaborate tassels. Under the stola, Anna wears a waist-cinching corset, a form-shaping undergarment considered de rigueur for nineteenth-century women. This combination of Roman stola and Victorian corset is curiously incongruous. It abides by the corset standard but ventures out to embrace the simplicity and free-flowing qualities of Classical dress. It anticipates the style of San Francisco-born dancer and choreographer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), who, championing female liberation, rejected the restraints of the corset and embraced the freedom of Classical dress.
At its time, this dress would not have been acceptable in many social circumstances. The full exposure of her arms, which are adorned with cuff bracelets, would have been considered improper. In context, however, her attire may have been socially accceptable: her Roman stola may have been the costume she wore at the 1893 California State Agricultural Fair held in Sacramento, where she delivered its annual oration the evening of the Fair’s classically themed Circus Maximus entertainment event. Anna does appear a bit apprehensive. She has placed her left hand over her breast in a gesture of solemnity and modesty, and at her throat is an imposing Christian cross. An additional Victorian attempt at modesty is Anna’s chemisette which covered her flesh exposed between the stola’s low neckline and her choker. The chemisette is difficult to see, but its closure strip can be faintly discerned resting on Anna’s chest between the end of her cross and the stola’s neckline.
Biographical Note: Anna Medora Morrison Reed was born in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1849. At age five, she traveled with her mother, Mary Elmira Preston Morrison (1827-1881), to join her father, Guy Bryan Morrison (1814-1910), in Oregon City, an early California mining camp. As a young woman, she worked as a teacher and journalist and lectured throughout Northern California, espousing temperance and traditional roles for women. In 1871 she married John Smith Reed (1829-1900), and they settled in Ukiah, where they raised five children.
As a married woman, Anna continued her work as a journalist and wrote three books of poetry. As a widow, she established herself as a magazine and newspaper editor. Over time, she reversed several of the views she held as a young woman, becoming a champion of women’s suffrage and an advocate for the California wine industry. In 1890, she served as a charter member of the Pacific Coast Women’s Press Association and, in April 1904, edited the first edition of her magazine, The Northern Crown, which reported on Northern California political and cultural issues. Edward A. Keller (1880-1947), who was married to Anna’s daughter, Susan Mary Reed Keller (1873-1938), published early editions of Anna’s magazine in Ukiah at his Excelsior Press. Edward and Susan later moved to Petaluma, and in 1908, Anna and her youngest son, John Smith Reed Jr. (1881-1928) joined them. In 1909, Edward and John established the Keller and Reed Company, where they continued publishing The Northern Crown. In June 1909, Anna edited and the Keller and Reed Company published the first edition of The Sonoma County Independent, a daily newspaper that ran until 1912. Anna returned to Ukiah in 1916, where she worked as the editor of the Ukiah Times Journal, ran as a candidate for the California State Assembly in 1918, and continued publishing The Northern Crown until its final edition in July/August 1920, the year before her death.
In 1978, John E. Keller, Anna’s grandson, edited and published a compilation of her writings entitled Anna Morrison Reed, 1849-1921.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28779462/anna-medora-reed
Bibliography: John E. Keller (editor), Anna Morrison Reed, 1849-1921, published by the editor, Lafayette, California, 1978. https://buttecountyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/YHHS-Morrison-ANNA-2017-complete.pdf; https://petalumahistorian.com/petalumas-california-girl/. The Pacific Bee (Sacramento), August 11, 1893, p.4. Sacramento Bee, August 3, 1893, p.2; September 15, 1893, p.4. Harlan Osborne, “Keller’s Family Printed its Name on Petaluma,” Petaluma Argus-Courier, August 11, 2023, section C.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: This portrait’s format, size, and proportions are anomalous. It is approximately 6” X 2”.
Medium: undetermined
Description, front: Anna’s classical Roman attire and the anomalous properties of this portrait’s format, size, and proportions suggest the portrait may have been created to promote the 1893 California State Agricultural Fair in Sacramento, where Anna delivered the annual oration the evening of the Fair’s classically themed Circus Maximus entertainment event.
Description, back: The back is either blank or contains only an accession number.
Date: possibly summer 1893
Condition: There is slight foxing throughout the portrait.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1996-80-05
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Williams, Laura Jane (1 of 5) (see Barstow)→
/Yeaw & Co.’s Portrait Photograph of Laura Jane Barstow
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Yeaw & Co.
Photographic Studio: 166 Essex Street, Lawrence
THE SITTER:
Name: Laura Jane Williams Barstow
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cdv
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
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Date:
Condition:
Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Barstow, Laura Jane Williams (5 of 5)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Laura Jane williams barstow
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Laura Jane Williams Barstow
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size:
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
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Date:
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Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Barstow, Laura Jane Williams (4 of 5)
/George Daniels Morse’s Portrait Photograph of Garfield Barstow
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: George Daniels Morse (born c. 1835)
Photographic Studio: Palace of Art, Phelan Building, 826 Market Street, San Francisco, California
THE SITTER:
Name: Laura Jane Williams Barstow
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back:
Date: 1881
Condition: Excellent
Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Barstow, Laura Jane Williams (3 of 5)
/McMillan’s Portrait Photograph of Laura Jane Williams Barstow
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: McMillan
Photographic Studio: San Rafael
THE SITTER:
Name: Laura Jane Williams Barstow
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
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Date: 1895
Condition:
Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Barstow, Laura Jane Williams (2 of 5)
/Edouart’s photographic Gallery’s Portrait Photograph of Laura Jane williams Barstow
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Edouart’s Photographic Gallery
Photographic Studio: Washington Street, San Francisco
THE SITTER:
Name: Laura Jane Williams Barstow
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cdv
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
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Date:
Condition:
Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Barstow, Laura Jane Williams (1 of 5)
/Yeaw & Co.’s Portrait Photograph of Laura Jane williams Barstow
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Yeaw & Co.
Photographic Studio: 166 Essex Street, Lawrence
THE SITTER:
Name: Laura Jane Williams Barstow
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cdv
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back:
Date:
Condition:
Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Armstrong, George J. (1857-1925)
/J.M. McMurry’s Portrait Photograph of
George J. Armstrong and Maybelle “Belle” Church Armstrong
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: J. M. McMurry
Studio Location: Port Townsend, Washington
THE SITTERS:
Names: George J. Armstrong and Maybelle “Belle” Church Armstrong
Description: In this double portrait, George J. Armstrong sits on a rustic, broken chair while dressed in businessman’s attire. He wears a vested suit and a white, banded collar. A watch fob attached to his vest button hole drapes across his belly. He sports a walrus mustache. In a stilted pose, his wife, Maybelle “Belle” Church Armstrong, stands at his side with the knuckles of her right hand resting on her cheek and her elbow resting on a post. In her left hand she holds an ornate, feathered fan. She is dressed in an elegantly draped skirt and matching, front-buttoned, corseted, Basque jacket. Her lapels, collar, cuffs and skirt are trimmed in a darker color fabric. Her collar and cuffs are trimmed in white lace. Unusual for the time, she wears her hair in a short “boy cut” style.
Biographical Note: George J. Armstrong was born near Chicago, Illinois on May 26, 1857. As a young man, he moved to California and worked in poultry and ranching. He later worked as a machinist, businessman, and politician. He served Sonoma County as a supervisor for two years, but in 1909 the Grand Jury of Sonoma filed an accusation against him alleging misconduct. Proclaiming his innocence, Armstrong tendered his resignation and moved to Oakland. Soon thereafter, he moved to Oregon and re-entered politics and served as a Commissioner of Bandan County. Towards the end of his life, Armstrong returned to Petaluma living his final years at 27 Webster Street.
Family Affiliation: George Armstrong was married to Maybelle Church Armstrong in 1887. They had two sons, Harry George Armstrong (1886-1950) and Samuel Walter Armstrong (d.1942), and one daughter, Gladys Louise Armstrong (1894-1905).
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier, Nov. 30, 1904, p. 1; Sept. 28, 1925, p. 4 (obit). Petaluma Daily Morning Courier, Feb. 10, 1908, p.2; Jan. 8, 1909, p. 3; Jan 11, 1909, p.3; Jan. 12, 1909, p.3; March 13, 1909, p. 3; Nov. 28, 1910, p. 3
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, Front: This portrait was taken in the studio of J. M. McMurry to appear as though it was taken out-of-doors. The painted backdrop depicts an open-sky landscape with a single tree on the left and a dilapidated fence on the right. Even the studio chair in which George sits was constructed to appear rustic.
Description, back: This card was a gift, undoubtedly, to Maybelle’s brother, Walter A. Church (1856-1923) and his wife, Minnie Belle Warders Church (1864-1958). Handwritten in cursive in pencil at the top of the card is written, “for Walter & Minnie”. Below this is written, “George and Belle Armstrong”, and “married March 31 - 1887”.
Date: J. M. McMurry operated his studio in Port Townsend between 1886 and 1902. Given the inscription on the back of this cabinet card, this portrait may have been taken while George and Maybelle were on their honeymoon. This assumption would date the portrait to spring 1887.
Condition: There is extensive foxing on the bottom third of the front of this card. The back side is stained extensively and the right edge has been exposed to light.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-03-p19-p11, Church Family Album
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Reed, Anna Medora Morrison (1849-1921)
/an Unidentified Photographer’s Portrait Photograph of Anna Medora Morrison REed
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: This portrait may have been taken by Petaluma photographer, Harry Fowler Roberts. Its rough stucco backdrop can be seen in several of Robert’s portraits dating approximately from the same time.
THE SITTER:
Name: Anna Medora Morrison Reed
Description: There are numerous portraits of Anna Medora Morrison Reed, but this example is particularly interesting due to her attire. Anna wears a late-nineteenth-century, homemade interpretation of an ancient Roman matron’s stola. The result is a curious combination of Victorian and Classical elements. The free-flowing dress is gathered at the waist by what appears to be a Victorian drapery cord with large elaborate tassels. Under the stola, Anna wears a waist-cinching corset, a form-shaping undergarment considered de rigueur for nineteenth-century women. This combination of Roman stola and Victorian corset is curiously incongruous. It abides by the corset standard but ventures out to embrace the simplicity and free-flowing qualities of Classical dress. It anticipates the style of San Francisco-born dancer and choreographer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), who, championing female liberation, rejected the restraints of the corset and embraced the freedom of Classical dress.
At its time, this dress would not have been acceptable in many social circumstances. The full exposure of her arms, which are adorned with cuff bracelets, would have been considered improper. In context, however, her attire may have been socially accceptable: her Roman stola may have been the costume she wore at the 1893 California State Agricultural Fair held in Sacramento, where she delivered its annual oration the evening of the Fair’s classically themed Circus Maximus entertainment event. Anna does appear a bit apprehensive. She has placed her left hand over her breast in a gesture of solemnity and modesty, and at her throat is an imposing Christian cross. An additional Victorian attempt at modesty is Anna’s chemisette which covered her flesh exposed between the stola’s low neckline and her choker. The chemisette is difficult to see, but its closure strip can be faintly discerned resting on Anna’s chest between the end of her cross and the stola’s neckline.
Biographical Note: Anna Medora Morrison Reed was born in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1849. At age five, she traveled with her mother, Mary Elmira Preston Morrison (1827-1881), to join her father, Guy Bryan Morrison (1814-1910), in Oregon City, an early California mining camp. As a young woman, she worked as a teacher and journalist and lectured throughout Northern California, espousing temperance and traditional roles for women. In 1871 she married John Smith Reed (1829-1900), and they settled in Ukiah, where they raised five children.
As a married woman, Anna continued her work as a journalist and wrote three books of poetry. As a widow, she established herself as a magazine and newspaper editor. Over time, she reversed several of the views she held as a young woman, becoming a champion of women’s suffrage and an advocate for the California wine industry. In 1890, she served as a charter member of the Pacific Coast Women’s Press Association and, in April 1904, edited the first edition of her magazine, The Northern Crown, which reported on Northern California political and cultural issues. Edward A. Keller (1880-1947), who was married to Anna’s daughter, Susan Mary Reed Keller (1873-1938), published early editions of Anna’s magazine in Ukiah at his Excelsior Press. Edward and Susan later moved to Petaluma, and in 1908, Anna and her youngest son, John Smith Reed Jr. (1881-1928) joined them. In 1909, Edward and John established the Keller and Reed Company, where they continued publishing The Northern Crown. In June 1909, Anna edited and the Keller and Reed Company published the first edition of The Sonoma County Independent, a daily newspaper that ran until 1912. Anna returned to Ukiah in 1916, where she worked as the editor of the Ukiah Times Journal, ran as a candidate for the California State Assembly in 1918, and continued publishing The Northern Crown until its final edition in July/August 1920, the year before her death.
In 1978, John E. Keller, Anna’s grandson, edited and published a compilation of her writings entitled Anna Morrison Reed, 1849-1921.
Family Affiliation: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28779462/anna-medora-reed
Bibliography: John E. Keller (editor), Anna Morrison Reed, 1849-1921, published by the editor, Lafayette, California, 1978. https://buttecountyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/YHHS-Morrison-ANNA-2017-complete.pdf; https://petalumahistorian.com/petalumas-california-girl/. The Pacific Bee (Sacramento), August 11, 1893, p.4. Sacramento Bee, August 3, 1893, p.2; September 15, 1893, p.4. Harlan Osborne, “Keller’s Family Printed its Name on Petaluma,” Petaluma Argus-Courier, August 11, 2023, section C.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: This portrait’s format, size, and proportions are anomalous. It is approximately 6” X 2”.
Medium: undetermined
Description, front: Anna’s classical Roman attire and the anomalous properties of this portrait’s format, size, and proportions suggest the portrait may have been created to promote the 1893 California State Agricultural Fair in Sacramento, where Anna delivered the annual oration the evening of the Fair’s classically themed Circus Maximus entertainment event.
Description, back: The back is either blank or contains only an accession number.
Date: possibly summer 1893
Condition: There is slight foxing throughout the portrait.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1996-80-05
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Barstow, Garfield (1880-1896)
/George Daniels Morse’s Portrait Photograph of Garfield Barstow
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: George Daniels Morse (born c. 1835)
Photographic Studio: 417 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
THE SITTER:
Name: Garfield Barstow
Description:
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Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back:
Date: 1881
Condition: Excellent
Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Allen, Reverend George Barbour (1833-1918)
/Unknown Photographer’s Portrait Photograph of Reverend George Barbour Allen
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: The photographer’s embossed imprint appears on the front of the portrait in the bottom right corner; however, it has been cut in half. Of the first line, “Keith S” can be read and of the second line “OA” can be read. Additionally, on the top edge of the portrait’s original frame is handwritten in black ink an indecipherable text which may also reference the photographer and sitter.
THE SITTER:
Name: Reverend George Barbour Allen
Description:
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Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: “Panel” sized portrait, 4” X 8.25”
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on board
Description, front:
Description, back: Handwritten in pencil appears: “Brown oak”, “made”, “5 X 91/4”, two indecipherable squiggles, the number “3953” inside a circle, “Rev. Geo. B. Allen at 80 years old”.
Date: 1913
Condition: This portrait is in excellent condition.
Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Mauzy, Elmer
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of reginald heber allen & elmer Mauzy
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTERS:
Name: Reginald Heber Allen and Elmer Mauzy
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size:
Medium:
Description, front:
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Date: 1884
Condition:
Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Allen, Reginald Heber
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of reginald heber allen & elmer Mauzy
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTERS:
Name: Reginald Heber Allen and Elmer Mauzy
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size:
Medium:
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Date: 1884
Condition:
Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Allen, Maria Nancy Angell (2 of 2)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Maria Nancy Angell Allen
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Maria Nancy Angell Allen
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size:
Medium:
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Date:
Condition:
Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Allen, Maria Nancy Angell (1 of 2)
/Charles Lainer, Portrait Photograph of Maria Nancy Angell Allen
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Charles Lainer
Studio Location: 31 Third Street, San Francisco, CA
THE SITTER:
Name: Maria Nancy Angell Allen
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, Front:
Description, Back:
Date: 1888
Condition:
Owner: The James Allen Family Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Lewis, Julia Bertha (1885-1982) (1 of 5) (see Cox)→
/Elite Studio’s portrait photograph of Julia Bertha Lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unknown
Studio Location:
THE SITTER:
Name: Julia Bertha Lewis
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: .
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: oval, 9.2 x 12.2
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, Front:
Description, back:
Date:
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-321
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Lewis, Mabel Emily (1877-1960) (see Osmon)→
/Easterly & Company’s Portrait Photograph of Mabel Lewis osmon, Julia Lewis cox & Elizabeth Lewis Wallace
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: George Bascombe Easterly (1859-1906); Easterly & Company
Active in Petaluma: 1892-1895
Biographical Note: Easterly opened a studio in Petaluma in 1892 and moved to Lake County 1895.
Bibliography:
THE SITTER:
Names: Mabel Emily Lewis Osmon, Julia Bertha Lewis Cox, Elizabeth Lewis Wallace
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 17.4 x 25
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back:
Date: 1892
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-326
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Osmon, Mabel Emily Lewis (1877-1960)
/Easterly & Company’s Portrait Photograph of Mabel Lewis osmon, Julia Lewis cox & Elizabeth Lewis Wallace
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: George Bascombe Easterly (1859-1906); Easterly & Company
Active in Petaluma: 1892-1895
Biographical Note: Easterly opened a studio in Petaluma in 1892 and moved to Lake County 1895.
Bibliography:
THE SITTER:
Names: Mabel Emily Lewis Osmon, Julia Bertha Lewis Cox, Elizabeth Lewis Wallace
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 17.4 x 25
Medium: gelatin print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back:
Date: 1892
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-326
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Cox, Julia Bertha Lewis (1885-1982) (3 of 5)
/Easterly & Company’s Portrait Photograph of Mabel Lewis osmon, Julia Lewis cox & Elizabeth Lewis Wallace
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: George Bascombe Easterly (1859-1906); Easterly & Company
Active in Petaluma: 1892-1895
Biographical Note: Easterly opened a studio in Petaluma in 1892 and moved to Lake County 1895.
Bibliography:
THE SITTERS:
Names: Mabel Emily Lewis Osmon, Julia Bertha Lewis Cox, Elizabeth Lewis Wallace
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 17.4 x 25
Medium: gelatin print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back:
Date: 1892
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-326
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Lewis, Elizabeth "Lizzie" (1879-1953) (1 of 6) (see Wallace)→
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of elizabeth Lewis Wallace
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Elizabeth Lewis Wallace
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back:
Date: c. 1878-1879
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-312
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Wallace, Leon Lawrence (1874-1961)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait photograph of Elizabeth Lewis Wallace & Leon Lawrence Wallace
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Elizabeth Lewis Wallace & Leon Lawrence Wallace
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, 15.2 x 22.7
Medium:
Description, font:
Description, back:
Date: 1909
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, The Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-331
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Wallace, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lewis (1878-1953) (6 of 6)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait photograph of Elizabeth Lewis Wallace & Leon Lawrence Wallace
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Elizabeth Lewis Wallace & Leon Lawrence Wallace
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, 15.2 x 22.7
Medium:
Description, font:
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Date: 1909
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, The Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-331
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Wallace, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lewis (1878-1953) (3 of 6)
/Easterly & Company’s Portrait Photograph of Mabel Lewis osmon, Julia Lewis cox & Elizabeth Lewis Wallace
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: George Bascombe Easterly (1859-1906); Easterly & Company
Active in Petaluma: 1892-1895
Biographical Note: Easterly opened a studio in Petaluma in 1892 and moved to Lake County 1895.
Bibliography:
THE SITTER:
Names: Mabel Emily Lewis Osmon, Julia Bertha Lewis Cox, Elizabeth Lewis Wallace
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 17.4 x 25
Medium: gelatin print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back:
Date: 1892
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-326
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Wallace, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lewis(1878-1953)(5 of 6)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait photograph of Elizabeth Lewis Wallace
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Elizabeth Lewis Wallace
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium:
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Date:
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, The Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-323
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Wallace, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lewis (1878-1953) (4 of 6)
/Healy Ground Floor Gallery’s Portrait Photograph of
Elizabeth Lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
EDWIN RUTHVEN HEALY (1856-1923) and ADA “ADDIE” GOSSAGE HEALY (1860-1923). Edwin and Ada Healy were a married couple, and both were listed in California directories as a photographer. It has been assumed they worked together; however, ascertaining their division of labor is problematic. The “E. R. Healy Gound Floor Gallery” was opened in 1896 at 816 Main Street, Petaluma, California. It was later relocated to 818 Main Street and sold in June, 1905. In 1906 the Healys moved to Berkeley, California. (To view all portraits in this collection taken at the E. R. Healy Ground Floor Gallery and for additional information on Edwin and Ada Healy, click on their names in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Elizabeth Lewis
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, 11.3 x 16.8
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back:
Date: September 1898
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-325
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Wallace, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lewis (1878-1953)(2 of 6)
/LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF Elizabeth lewis Wallace
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD was born in 1852 in Ohio and died in 1940 in Inglewood, California. He established his photographic gallery in Petaluma in February of 1886, “in the rooms formerly occupied by Lewis Dowe”. It was located at 59 1/2 Main Street next door to the First National Bank Building. Sheppard continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma at least through June of 1891. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: Elizabeth Lewis Wallace
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: .
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, 10.8 x 16.4
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, Front:
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Date:
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-324
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Cox, Julia Bertha Lewis (1885-1982) (2 of 5)
/LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF Julia Bertha lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD was born in 1852 in Ohio and died in 1940 in Inglewood, California. He established his photographic gallery in Petaluma in February of 1886, “in the rooms formerly occupied by Lewis Dowe”. It was located at 59 1/2 Main Street next door to the First National Bank Building. Sheppard continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma at least through June of 1891. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Names: Julia Bertha Lewis Cox
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: .
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, 10.8 x 16.4
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, Front:
Description, back:
Date:
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-322
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Cox, Julia Bertha Lewis (1885-1982) (1 of 5)
/Elite Studio’s portrait photograph of Julia Bertha Lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unknown
THE SITTER:
Name: Julia Bertha Lewis Cox
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: .
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: oval, 9.2 x 12.2
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: It appears this photograph has been cut to fit within an oval frame.
Description, back: Handwritten in black ink along the top is “Lewis”, 11 1/2 months. Handwritten in pencil appears: Julia B. Lewis”, “oct 15 1886”, age 11 1/2 most”. Below this handwritten in black ink is: “dau (daughter?) of Julia & C. W. Lewis”, “Julia B. Lewis” 11 1/2 mo”, 15 Oct 1886”.
Date: October 15, 1886
Condition: This portrait has water damage. There is a large white stain at the top and three white stains on the right edge.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-321
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Cox, Julia Bertha Lewis (1885-1982) (4 of 5)
/Elite Studio’s portrait photograph of Julia Bertha Lewis Cox
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unknown
Studio Location:
THE SITTER:
Name: Julia Bertha Lewis Cox
Description:
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: .
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, 10.8 x 14.9cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-320
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“Young Girl Standing on a Chair”
/Robert Peterson Dammand’s Portrait Photograph of an a “young girl standing on a chair”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
ROBERT PETERSON DAMMAND (Dammond) was born on September 6, 1855, in Horsens, Denmark, and died on January 27, 1936, in Glendale, California. He worked as a photographer in Iowa and Southern California before arriving in Petaluma in November 1901. He resided on Petaluma’s D Street and located his photographic studio opposite the American Hotel over the Steiger Building on Main Street. In late July 1905, Dammand departed Petaluma to set up a studio in Richmond, California. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: The composition of this vertical cabinet card is unusual. The photographer has chosen to poise an unidentified young girl standing on a high-back wooden chair. She grasps the turned post of the chair’s back with her left hand and, with a sad but determined demeanor, looks to her right. She appears to be approximately four years old. She wears a drop-waist, white dress with flounced cuffs and yoke collar. Her shoulder-length hair has been parted on the side and drawn to her right with a light colored bow.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: matte collodion print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The painted backdrop of this vertically formatted portrait depicts a large plant in the lower right.
Description, back: The back of this cabinet card is either blank or contains only an accession number.
Date: November 1901 - July 1905
Condition: This cabinet card is in good condition.
Owner: Private collector, digital copy by permission
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Cox, Julia Bertha Lewis(1885-1982)(5 of 5)
/Elite Studio’s portrait photograph of Julia Bertha Lewis Cox
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Elite Studios
Studio Location: Santa Rosa, California
THE SITTER:
Name: Julia Bertha Lewis Cox
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: 9 x 17.9 cm
Medium: matte collodion photographic print with embellished oval mount
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-319
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Lewis, Charles Wadsworth (1853-1942) (4 of 4)
/Healy Ground Floor Gallery’s Portrait Photograph of
charles wadsworth lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
EDWIN RUTHVEN HEALY (1856-1923) and ADA “ADDIE” GOSSAGE HEALY (1860-1923). Edwin and Ada Healy were a married couple, and both were listed in California directories as a photographer. It has been assumed they worked together; however, ascertaining their division of labor is problematic. The “E. R. Healy Gound Floor Gallery” was opened in 1896 at 816 Main Street, Petaluma, California. It was later relocated to 818 Main Street and sold in June, 1905. In 1906 the Healys moved to Berkeley, California. (To view all portraits in this collection taken at the E. R. Healy Ground Floor Gallery and for additional information on Edwin and Ada Healy, click on their names in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Charles Wadsworth Lewis
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
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Medium: matte collodion print with embossed oval mount
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Date: 1904
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-318
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Lewis, Charles Wadsworth (1853-1942) (2 of 4)
/Healy Ground Floor Gallery’s Portrait Photograph of
charles wadsworth lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
EDWIN RUTHVEN HEALY (1856-1923) and ADA “ADDIE” GOSSAGE HEALY (1860-1923). Edwin and Ada Healy were a married couple, and both were listed in California directories as a photographer. It has been assumed they worked together; however, ascertaining their division of labor is problematic. The “E. R. Healy Gound Floor Gallery” was opened in 1896 at 816 Main Street, Petaluma, California. It was later relocated to 818 Main Street and sold in June, 1905. In 1906 the Healys moved to Berkeley, California. (To view all portraits in this collection taken at the E. R. Healy Ground Floor Gallery and for additional information on Edwin and Ada Healy, click on their names in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Charles Wadsworth Lewis
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
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Medium: matte collodion print with embossed oval mount
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Date: June 1900
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-317
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Lewis, Mary Elizabeth Goodwin (1845-1926)
/Joseph Wayne’s Portrait Photograph of Charles Wadsworth Lewis & Mary Elizabeth Goodwin Lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOSEPH WAYNE (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Charles Wadsworth Lewis & Mary Elizabeth Goodwin Lewis
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 20.7 x 18 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-316
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Lewis, Charles Wadsworth (1853-1942) (3 of 4)
/Joseph Wayne’s Portrait Photograph of Charles Wadsworth Lewis & Mary Elizabeth Goodwin Lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOSEPH WAYNE (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Charles Wadsworth Lewis & Mary Elizabeth Goodwin Lewis
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 20.7 x 18 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-316
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Lewis, Charles Wadsworth (1853-1942)(1 of 4)
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Charles Wadsworth Lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Charles Wadsworth Lewis
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: April 1884
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-314
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Lewis, John Davis (1875-1885)(2 of 2)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of John Davis Lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: John Davis Lewis
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: circa 1862-1893
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-313
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Wallace, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Lewis(1878-1953)(1 of 6)
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of elizabeth Lewis Wallace
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Elizabeth Lewis Wallace
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: c. 1878-1879
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-312
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Lewis, John Davis (1875-1885)(1 of 2)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of John Davis Lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: John Davis Lewis
Description:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: circa 1862-1893
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-311
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Bodell, Jr. Charles Augustus (1864-1948)
/William Shew’s Portrait Photograph of Charles Augustus Bodwell, Jr.
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: William Shew (1820-1903) was a prominent 19th century photographer famous for his daguerrotypes. He worked in New York and Boston before moving to San Francisco in 1851.
Studio Location: 417, 421, 423 and 425 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California
THE SITTER:
Name: Charles Augustus Bodwell, Jr.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: According to Peter Palmquist, Pioneer Photographers of the Far West, Stanford University Press, 2000, p. 498 column 2, Shew listed his address as 417,421, 423, & 425 Montgomery between November 1866 and early 1869.
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-310
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“Young Gentleman Wearing a Polka-Dotted Vest”
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of a “Young Gentleman Wearing a polka-dotted vest”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unknown
Description: In this portrait, a young man is seated in a one-armed, fringed, studio chair. With a serious gaze, he looks directly at the viewer. His dark hair is combed back away from his face, and his mustache, goatee and beard are carefully groomed. Beneath his jacket he wears an eye-catching, dark vest decorated with light-colored polka dots. Fastened to the vest’s top button is a looping metallic chain.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The background of this carte de visite is a painted backdrop depicting an architectural column on the left and wall paneling on the right.
Description, back: On the center back of this carte de visite is a later version of George Ross’ imprint.
Date: 1870s or 1880s
Condition: The front of this carte de visit is in good condition; the back has several small brown blotches.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission
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Dies, Emma Jane (1876-1957) (see Raymond)→
/Robert Peterson Dammand’s Portrait Photograph of Emma Jane dies Raymond
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Robert Peterson Dammond
THE SITTER:
Name: Emma Jane Dies Raymond
Description: Emma Jane Dies Raymond looks to her right in this head-and shoulders profile portrait. Her hair is arranged in a highly sophisticated Gibson Girl style popular at the turn of the century. The coiffure is crowned with a large ribbon bow and embellished with a thick twisted braid that falls down her back. She wears a blouse with a white lace yoke and a high band collar. Below the yoke is dark fabric embroidered with an elaborate garland of leaves. Around her neck is a long thin chain, but its pendant is below the margin of the portrait.
Biographical Note: Emma Jane Dies Raymond was born in Ord, Nebraska, and when she was in her early teens, she emigrated with her family to Orange County, California. They moved to Petaluma in 1893, and Emma resided there for the remainder of her life. She was a member of Petaluma’s First Methodist Church, serving for many years as a Stewart and on many volunteer committees. The “Emma Raymond Circle” was established in honor of Emma’s service by the Church’s Woman’s Society of Christian Service committee. Emma was also an honorary life member of the Petaluma High School Parent Teacher Association. Emma lived for many years at 311 Liberty Street in Petaluma and was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park in the Raymond family plot.
Family Affiliation: Emma Jane Dies Raymond was the daughter of Polly S. Dies (1831-1889) and J. L. Dies. In 1896 she was married to Henry Judson Raymond (1864-1948), one of the owners of the Raymond Brothers Department store on Petaluma’s Main Street. Together, Emma and Henry had three children: Charles E. Raymond, Roy H. Raymond, and Vera Raymond Dory.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This portrait is set within a vertical oval that is embossed with flourishes at the top and bottom.
Description, back: Hand printed in capital letters in pencil along the top edge is, “EMMA RAYMOND”.
Date: November 1901 - August 1905
Condition: Although the mat is slightly soiled, the portrait is in excellent condition.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission
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Lewis, John Bacon (1825-1909)
/Robert Peterson Dammand’s Portrait Photograph of John Bacon Lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
ROBERT PETERSON DAMMAND (Dammond) was born on September 6, 1855, in Horsens, Denmark, and died on January 27, 1936, in Glendale, California. He worked as a photographer in Iowa and Southern California before arriving in Petaluma in November 1901. He resided on Petaluma’s D Street and located his photographic studio opposite the American Hotel over the Steiger Building on Main Street. In late July 1905, Dammand departed Petaluma to set up a studio in Richmond, California. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: John Bacon Lewis
Description:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size:
Medium: matte collodion print with oval mount
Description, front: The photographer’s imprint embossed on the center of the bottom edge of the card reads, “Dammand, Oskaloosa, Iowa”.
Description, back:
Date: between 1898 and November 1901
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, The Barbara Webster Collection
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Hansen, Else M.(1882-1982)
/Robert Peterson Dammand’s Portrait Photograph of Else M. Hansen
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
ROBERT PETERSON DAMMAND (Dammond) was born on September 6, 1855, in Horsens, Denmark, and died on January 27, 1936, in Glendale, California. He worked as a photographer in Iowa and Southern California before arriving in Petaluma in November 1901. He resided on Petaluma’s D Street and located his photographic studio opposite the American Hotel over the Steiger Building on Main Street. In late July 1905, Dammand departed Petaluma to set up a studio in Richmond, California. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Else M. Hansen
Description: In this full-length portrait, Else M. Hansen stands holding an unidentified object in her right hand while resting the knuckles of her left hand on a metal side table. She is attired in a full-length white dress cinched at the waist. It has four bands of ribbon at the hem, a row of knee-high ruffles, and elaborate lace cuffs. She wears her hair in the Gibson Girl style, which was fashionable at the turn of the century. With a calm demeanor, she looks expressionless into the distance.
Biographical Note: Else was born in Oalsted, Jylland, Denmark, in 1882 and arrived in Petaluma in 1902 at age twenty. She was a member of Petaluma Dania and the Danish Sisterhood of Petaluma. She lived in Petaluma on Stoney Point Road and in Sebastopol on Robles Road. Else died March 22, 1982, in Sebastopol and was buried with her husband in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park.
Family Affiliation: Else married Carl C. Hansen (1878-1941) in 1910. Together they had four children: Helga Marion Hansen Young, Hertha Hansen Rupp, Fleming Hansen, and Carl Hansen.
Bibliography: Petaluma Argus-Courier, November 8, 1962, p.2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127046402/else-m-hansen; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127046166/carl-c-hansen.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: matte collodion print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This portrait contains a canvas backdrop that depicts a misty garden scene. On the bottom right of the card is the photographer’s embossed imprint. It reads, “R. P. Dammand, Petaluma Photo Parlor, CAL”.
Description, back: At the top of the card is written in cursive in ink, “Tante Else Hansen”, “Tante - Great-Grandpa Little Sister”, and “Taken about 1906”. Along the bottom is written “Anna Christensen”. “Tante” means aunt in Danish, and the name at the bottom edge may identify the writer of the inscription.
Date: This portrait was taken between November 1901 and July 1905.
Condition: The front of this cabinet card is in good condition; however, the back contains four rectangles of tape remnant.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-X-11
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Raymond, Emma Jane Dies (1876-1957)
/Robert Peterson Dammond’s Portrait Photograph of Emma Jane dies Raymond
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
ROBERT PETERSON DAMMAND (Dammond) was born on September 6, 1855, in Horsens, Denmark, and died on January 27, 1936, in Glendale, California. He worked as a photographer in Iowa and Southern California before arriving in Petaluma in November 1901. He resided on Petaluma’s D Street and located his photographic studio opposite the American Hotel over the Steiger Building on Main Street. In late July 1905, Dammand departed Petaluma to set up a studio in Richmond, California. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Emma Jane Dies Raymond
Description: Emma Jane Dies Raymond looks to her right in this head-and shoulders profile portrait. Her hair is arranged in a highly sophisticated Gibson Girl style popular at the turn of the century. The coiffure is crowned with a large ribbon bow and embellished with a thick twisted braid that falls down her back. She wears a blouse with a white lace yoke and a high band collar. Below the yoke is dark fabric embroidered with an elaborate garland of leaves. Around her neck is a long thin chain, but its pendant is below the margin of the portrait.
Biographical Note: Emma Jane Dies Raymond was born in Ord, Nebraska, and when she was in her early teens, she emigrated with her family to Orange County, California. They moved to Petaluma in 1893, and Emma resided there for the remainder of her life. She was a member of Petaluma’s First Methodist Church, serving for many years as a Stewart and on many volunteer committees. The “Emma Raymond Circle” was established in honor of Emma’s service by the Church’s Woman’s Society of Christian Service committee. Emma was also an honorary life member of the Petaluma High School Parent Teacher Association. Emma lived for many years at 311 Liberty Street in Petaluma and was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park in the Raymond family plot.
Family Affiliation: Emma Jane Dies Raymond was the daughter of Polly S. Dies (1831-1889) and J. L. Dies. In 1896 she was married to Henry Judson Raymond (1864-1948), one of the owners of the Raymond Brothers Department store on Petaluma’s Main Street. Together, Emma and Henry had three children: Charles E. Raymond, Roy H. Raymond, and Vera Raymond Dory.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size:
Medium: matte collodion print with oval mount
Description, front: This portrait is set within a vertical oval that is embossed with flourishes at the top and bottom. The photographer’s imprint is embossed in the lower right corner of the card and reads, “R. P. Dammond Petaluma Photo Parlors CAL.”
Description, back: Hand printed in capital letters in pencil along the top edge is, “EMMA RAYMOND”.
Date: November 1901 - July 1905
Condition: Although the mat is slightly soiled, the portrait is in excellent condition.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission
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Hopes, Edward S. (1834 or 1835 -1909)(2 of 3)
/George Ross’ Photograph of edward S. Hopes Seated in a horse-drawn carriage
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Edward S. Hopes
Description: Carte de visites taken outdoors are rare, and in this example, Edward Hope is seen seated in a horse-drawn carriage. He holds the reins, looks at the viewer and is dressed in a dark overcoat and hat. The horse and carriage have been posed beside a stream of water, and although the background is faint, the masts of a scow schooner can be seen directly above Hopes’ head. This photograph was probably taken in Petaluma. The building above the horse’s head may be a McNear warehouse which was strategically located on the banks of the Petaluma River where scow schooners could transport its wares.
Biographical Note: Arriving in Petaluma in 1854, Edward Hopes, a native of Canada, was among Petaluma’s earliest pioneers. He initially worked as the manager of the blacksmith shop for the Fritsch & Stafford Carriage and Harness Company. In July 1870, he left Fritsch & Stafford and purchased the wagon and blacksmith shop of Mr. James M. Langley on Kentucky Street. In May 1878, Hopes began construction of his Petaluma residence, which was located at the corner of Howard and Prospect Streets, and it was reported to be among Petaluma’s finest. Hopes was a veteran member of Petaluma Lodge No. 30, I.O.O.F. and was the Noble Grand of the lodge from January to July 1879. In his old age, he retired to the Odd Fellows’ Home in Thermalito, where he died in 1909. He was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park beside his wife, Ellen (Nellie) R. Humphrey Hopes (1839 - 1907 or 1908). His obituary stated, “…for few men were more generally esteemed by all than was this rugged old pioneer who was a living exemplification of the honest, faithful, toiling ‘village blacksmith.’”
Family Affiliation: Edward Hopes was the husband of Ellen (Nellie) R. Humphries (Humphrey) Hopes (1839 - 1907 or 1908) and father to Anna M. Hopes Fritsch (1858-1938). Ellen Hopes was her stepmother.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This carte de visite’s horizontal format and outdoor setting are rare.
Description, back: Handwritten in pencil along the top edge of the card is, “Mr Hope” [sic]. Below this inscription is an early Ross Petaluma imprint. The vertical sides of the card contain remnants of formerly placed strips of tape.
Date: 1860s
Condition: The front of this card is faded, and the back contains remnants of previously placed vertical strips of tape.
Owner: Private Collection, digital copy by permission. The owner of this carte de visite reported that it was purchased at the same time as the standing portrait of Edward Hopes taken by Bryan R. Johnson in this collection. The owner also reported that they were informed that both carte de visites came from the same photo album, which contained the inscription, “Top: Two pictures of Mr. Ed Hope [sic], in charge of the blacksmith shop in the Fritsch-Stafford carriage and harness business.”
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Wiswell, Nelson Lincoln (1867-1920)
/Easterly & Company’s Portrait Photograph of Nelson Lincoln Wiswell
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: George Bascombe Easterly (1859-1906); Easterly & Company
Active in Petaluma: 1892-1895
Biographical Note: Easterly opened a studio in Petaluma in 1892 and moved to Lake County 1895.
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THE SITTER:
Name: Nelson Lincoln Wiswell
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.5 x 16.25 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Webster/Lewis Collection, 2022-214-308
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Lewis, Julia Davis Lewis Wiswell (1856-1933) 2 of 2
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait from a tintype of Julia Lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Julia Davis Lewis Wiswell Lewis
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Format / Size: portrait, 19.8 x 25 cm
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Webster Collection, 2022-214-307
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Lewis, Julia Davis Lewis Wiswell (1856-1933) 1 of 2
/Unidentified Photographer, tintype Photograph of Julia Lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Julia Davis Lewis Wiswell Lewis
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Format / Size: tintype, approximately 6 x 9.9 cm
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Webster Collection, 2022-214-306
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Lewis, Elizabeth "Lissie" Bodwell (1826-1866)
/R.S. de lamater’s Portrait Photograph of Elizabeth Bodwell Lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: R.S. De Lamator
Studio Location: Hartford, CT
THE SITTER:
Name: Elizabeth “Lissie” Bodwell Lewis
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.8 x 10.6 cm
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Webster Collection, 2022-214-304
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Symonds, Gertrude (d. 1930) (see Green)→
/Lafayette T. Sheppard’s Portrait Photograph of Gertrude J. Symonds Green
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LAFAYETTE T. SHEPPARD was born in 1852 in Ohio and died in 1940 in Inglewood, California. He established his photographic gallery in Petaluma in February of 1886, “in the rooms formerly occupied by Lewis Dowe”. It was located at 59 1/2 Main Street next door to the First National Bank Building. Sheppard continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma at least through June of 1891. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Gertrude J. Symonds Green
Description: In this head-and-shoulders portrait, Gertrude looks intently up and to her right. With the exception of the black, lace collar surrounding her neck, she wears no adornments. Lovely, full, large curls adorn her forehead and the remainder of her hair has been combed back into a bun which is barely visible at the center back of her head.
Biographical Note: Gertrude was born in California and raised on the outskirts of Petaluma on her family’s fruit farm. She graduated from the D Street Petaluma High School in May 1886. On June 13, 1888, the Petaluma Courier reported that Gertrude was the 1st Vice-President of the Lomitas Parlor, Native Daughters of the Golden West. She served along with President, Miss Nellie Denman, and other prominent ladies from Petaluma. Gertrude died in San Francisco in 1930 and was buried in the Symonds family plot at Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Cemetery. It is of note that in the announcement of her death she was referred to as Gertrude Symonds-Green.
Family Affiliation: Gertrude was the daughter of Petaluma farmers Alfred Symonds (1825-1890) and Hannah M. Symonds (1837-1918). She married Dr. Johnathon Green who was also a Petaluma High School graduate. They moved to San Francisco and together had a son named Allan (Allen) Symonds Green.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: In this head-and-shoulders portrait, the sitter turns her left shoulder slightly away from the viewer but turns her head in the opposite direction. The photographer’s imprint appears in gray print at the bottom edge of the dark card.
Description, back: Handwritten in cursive in pencil along the top edge is, “Gertrude Symonds Green”.
Date: February 1886 to 1891
Condition: There is foxing along the top edge of this cabinet card and large stains on both the right and left edges. However, the sitter’s visage is not soiled.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission
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Banes, Billy 2022-952-01-50a
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of billy banes
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Billy Banes
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-952-01-pg50a, Schwobeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Family & Friends Album
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Unidentified Infant 2022-952-01-49d
/Richard Reece Percival’s Portrait Photograph of an unidentified infant
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
RICHARD REECE PERCIVAL was born in England in 1835 and died in Rhode Island in 1917. He operated the R. Percival Gallery in Petaluma between October 1867 and September 1870 and again between March 1871 until at least May 1871. After departing Petaluma, he continued working as a photographer in San Jose, California. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-952-01-pg49d, Schwobeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Family & Friends Album
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Gale, James 2022-952-01-49c
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of James Gale
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. An expanded, possibly later, version appears here. It is printed in red ink and includes four lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish. Beneath the imprint, handwritten in cursive in pencil is, “James Gale”.
Date: January 1872 - December 1873
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-952-01-pg49c, Schwobeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Family & Friends Album
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Unidentified Infant 2022-952-01-pg49a
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of an Unidentified Infant
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unknown
Description: Carte de visite of an unidentified infant girl in an oval frame. The infant has on a plaid dress with a white lace bib. An adult's arm is seen in the frame holding the baby upright. The rounded edges, oval frame, and Reed's duration in Petaluma date this photo to the early 1870's.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 10.25 x 6.25 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Description, back: J.Q. Reed, Photographic Artist. Brick Block opposite McGuire’s Drug Store, Main St., Petaluma, Cal.
Date: circa 1874-1875
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-952-01-pg48a, Schwobeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Family & Friends Album
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Unidentified Infant 2022-952-01-pg48d2
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of an Unidentified infant
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: 1870s or 1880s
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-952-01-pg48d2, Schowebda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Family & Friends Album
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Unidentified Infant 2022-952-01-pg48b
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of an Unidentified infant
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park.(For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
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Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: 1870s or 1880s
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-952-01-pg49b, Schowebda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Family & Friends Album
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Unidentified Infant 2022-952-01-pg48a
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of an Unidentified Infant
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unknown
Description: Carte de visite of an unidentified infant girl in an oval frame. The infant has on a plaid dress with a white lace bib. An adult's arm is seen in the frame holding the baby upright. The rounded edges, oval frame, and Reed's duration in Petaluma date this photo to the early 1870's.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 10.25 x 6.25 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Description, back: J.Q. Reed, Photographic Artist. Brick Block opposite McGuire’s Drug Store, Main St., Petaluma, Cal.
Date: circa 1874-1875
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-952-01-pg48a, Schwobeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Family & Friends Album
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“Gentleman With a Powerful Gaze and Disheveled Hair”
/Lewis dowe’s Portrait Photograph of a “Gentleman with a powerful gaze and disheveled hair”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LEWIS DOWE was born in 1838 in Hanover, New Hampshire and died in 1919 in Portland, Oregon. He arrived in Petaluma in September of 1875 and set up his photography studio in the rooms formerly occupied by photographer Hugh Anderson. Dowe worked in Petaluma as both a “view” and portrait photographer until he departed the town in March of 1882. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: This is a masterful portrait of an elderly gentleman. The photographer skillfully created the composition to direct the viewers’ focus to the gentleman’s face. His jacket, vest, and white shirt are blurred while his face is in crisp focus. The man has a bold and powerful, yet calm and benign gaze, and, although elderly, his eyes are clear and focused. The beautiful youthfulness of his eyes is made all the more striking by their contrast with his surrounding facial hair which is a wiry combination of dark and grey, and the disheveled wisps of hair at the top of his blading head.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: Lewis Dowe’s signature imprint appears on the bottom left of this cabinet card, and the location of his studio appears in capital letters on the right.
Description, back: The back of this cabinet card is blank or contains only its accession number.
Date: September 1875 - March 1882
Condition: This cabinet card is in good condition.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission.
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“Standing Young Gentleman Formally Attired”
/E. R. Healy ground floor Studio’s Portrait Photograph of a “Standing Young GentleMan Formally Attired”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
EDWIN RUTHVEN HEALY (1856-1923) and ADA “ADDIE” GOSSAGE HEALY (1860-1923). Edwin and Ada Healy were a married couple, and both were listed in California directories as a photographer. It has been assumed they worked together; however, ascertaining their division of labor is problematic. The “E. R. Healy Gound Floor Gallery” was opened in 1896 at 816 Main Street, Petaluma, California. It was later relocated to 818 Main Street and sold in June, 1905. In 1906 the Healys moved to Berkeley, California. (To view all portraits in this collection taken at the E. R. Healy Ground Floor Gallery and for additional information on Edwin and Ada Healy, click on their names in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: In this full-length portrait, a young gentleman stands next to a wooden spindle chair, his left hand resting on its top edge. He is formally attired in a three piece suit and a large Edwardian necktie. In his vest pocket is most probably a watch, its chain looped through his vest’s button hole. It is probable that this portrait was taken for a special occasion, possibly the gentleman’s wedding.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The Healy Ground Floor Studio imprint appears in black ink on the right bottom edge of the dark gray card. In the upper left background of this cabinet card can be seen a pale backdrop depicting a small pier table laden with flowers and picture frames. An oval mirror hangs above the table. This backdrop appears in many Healy Ground Floor Studio formal portraits.
Description, back: The back of this cabinet card is blank or contains only its accession number.
Date: circa 1896-1905
Condition: There is a slight tear on the top right edge of the photographic paper.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission.
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“Young Girl Attired in a Ruffled Dress Holding a Doll”
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of a “young girl attired in a ruffled dress holding a doll”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LEWIS DOWE was born in 1838 in Hanover, New Hampshire and died in 1919 in Portland, Oregon. He arrived in Petaluma in September of 1875 and set up his photography studio in the rooms formerly occupied by photographer Hugh Anderson. Dowe worked in Petaluma as both a “view” and portrait photographer until he departed the town in March of 1882. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: In this carte de visite, a young girl sits in a studio chair, her right forearm and hand resting on its fringed single arm. Her legs are crossed at her ankles while her feet adorably dangle above the floor. With a matter-of-fact demeanor, she looks directly at the viewer. In her left arm, she holds a doll that has been allowed to flop backward, its legs and feet projecting from under its long, white dress. The little girl wears a below-the-knee dress with pleats and ruffles at the neck, wrists, and hem. She wears white leggings and Mary Jane shoes. Around her neck is a small, stiff, white collar and a distinctive necklace of white beads. Her hair is center parted and set behind her ears by a dark headband topped with white embellishments.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: A fringed studio chair and floral carpet appear in this portrait.
Description, back: In the center of the back of this carte de visite, Lewis Dowe’s four line imprint has been printed on the diagonal.
Date: September 1875 - March 1882
Condition: This carte de visite is in good condition.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Lafferty, Isaac Newton (1840-1902) or Jeremiah “ Jerry” Henry Clay Lafferty (1846-1914)
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of “Mr. Lafertie”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: In light of this carte de visite’s handwritten inscription, “Mr. Lafertie”, the date of its creation (January 1872 - December 1873), and the youthful appearance of the sitter, it is most probable that this is a portrait of either Isaac Newton Lafferty (1840-1902) or his younger brother, Jeremiah Henry Clay Lafferty (1846-1914). Isaac was often referred to as I. N. Lafferty, and Jeremiah was often shortened to Jerry. Additionally, there are references to him which eliminate his first name and refer to him as Henry Clay Lafferty.
Description: The gentleman in this portrait leans back slightly and looks forward with a fixed gaze and stern demeanor. He is formally dressed in a simple but elegant jacket and vest. His jacket has wide lapels and a contrasting, dark velvet collar. His white shirt has been fastened at his neck with a textile that is partially hidden behind his wiry, extended goatee, and his thick, wavy hair is parted on his left side.
Biographical Note: Isaac and Jeremiah were born in Clarke County, Illinois, to Marshall Lafferty (1808-1892) and Elizabeth Criss Lafferty (1805-1878). In 1857, the family traveled by covered wagon to California, establishing themselves on a 270-acre parcel of land on Sonoma Mountain purchased from Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo(1807-1890). The family remained on the land which was located on the outskirts of Petaluma until it changed ownership in 1870. The water -rich parcel is still known today as “Lafferty Ranch”.
Isaac was a successful educator. In 1874, at the age of 34, he departed Petaluma for Mendocino County to teach in the newly constructed school in Covelo. He was awarded a life diploma in 1877 by the California State Board of Education, and in 1882, he moved to Vancouver, Washington, where he was elected County Superintendent of Schools. The Seattle Star stated in his obituary ( Jan. 18, 1902, p.1) that he was one of the most prominent educators in the state and a leader in the order of Odd Fellows.
Jeremiah was a farmer. It was reported in the Petaluma newspapers that he was also a hunter who rid Sonoma Mountain of wild cats, and a musician who played the violin at social occasions. Later in his life, he purchased a ranch on the Glen Ellen side of Sonoma Mountain, where he lived for over twenty-five years. He died there from blood poisoning, which was the result of a leg wound.
Family Affiliation: Isaac and Jeremiah were the two youngest sons of Marshall Lafferty (1808-1892) and Elizabeth Criss Lafferty (1805-1878). In 1889, at the age of 49, Isaac married Mary J. Smith, who died less than a year later. In 1892, he married Myrtle “Mertie” Lillian Blair (1866-1936), and together they had two daughters, Zenobia Ruth Lafferty (1896-1920) and Lillian Newton Lafferty (1900-1964). Jeremiah married Annie Olena Johnson (d.1939) and together they had one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Lafferty Jenkins (1877-1973) and one son, Claude Lafferty (1872-1898).
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This head-and-shoulders portrait is framed within a vertical oval, and the sitter gazes to his right. Handwritten in cursive in pencil along the bottom edge of the photographic paper is, “Mr Lafertie”.
Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. An expanded, possibly later, version appears here. It is printed in red ink and includes four lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish.
Date: January 1872 - December 1873
Condition: Both the front and back of this carte de visite are slightly soiled and marked with small dark spots.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission.
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“Woman Wearing Matching Cameo Brooch and Earrings”
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of a “woman wearing matching cameo brooch and earrings”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: With a calm and composed demeanor, this woman looks directly at the viewer. She is attired in a front-buttoned, striped dress cinched at the waist with a dark belt fastened with an oval metal buckle. A white lace collar surrounds her neck, and at her throat is a large cameo brooch. She also wears cameo drop earrings that match her brooch. Her hair is center parted and gathered behind her ears in a snood which can be seen at the center crown of her head and beneath both ears.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. A simpler, possibly earlier, version appears here. It is printed in black ink and includes only three lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish.
Date: January 1872 - December 1873
Condition: This carte de visite is soiled and slightly faded.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission
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“Gentleman With Thick Bushy Hair, Eyebrows, Beard and Mustache”
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of a “gentleman with thick bushy hair, eyebrows, beard and mustache”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: This gentleman wears a dark vest under a lighter colored overcoat and a white collared shirt with a dark bow tie. With flared nostrils and a resolute gaze, he looks into the distance. His full, bushy hair has been parted on his left side, and he sports a full beard and mustache.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This portrait is contained within a vertical oval.
Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. A simpler, possibly earlier, version appears here. It is printed in black ink and includes only three lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish.
Date: January 1872 - December 1873
Condition: This carte de visite is lightly soiled
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission.
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“Gentleman With Large, Piercing, Round Eyes”
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of a “Gentleman with large, piercing, round eyes”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: In this highly symmetrical, frontal portrait, the sitter’s large, piercing, round eyes stare out directly at the viewer. The gentleman is formally attired and meticulously groomed. He wears a jacket with exceptionally large lapels and a matching vest. A thin, dark, bow tie accompanies his collared white shirt.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This portrait is contained within a vertical oval.
Description, back: J. Q. Reed’s imprint appears on the back. It is comprised of four lines all in a different font. On both sides of the second line is a distinct, decorative flourish.
Date: circa 1870-1898
Condition: There is consistent, light foxing throughout the front of this carte de visite.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission
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“Two Standing Young Boys”
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of “two standing young Boys”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other 19th century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived, photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he became an invalid in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Names: Unidentified
Description: The composition of this double portrait is masterful. Two young boys, who are probably brothers, stand separated by a pedestal table but are intimately connected by the placement of their proximal hands upon the table’s top. Their hands form a tertiary focal point and an elegant anatomical arrangement. The boys’ distal hands, which lay loose at their sides, echo each other serving as parenthesis on the right and left center of the portrait. The older, significantly taller boy has been placed on the left, and his right leg has been positioned to enclose the bottom half of the composition and to display the elaborate embroidery on his pant leg. This boy exudes intense consternation, which clearly reveals his state of mind. One concludes that he is deeply disturbed by the process of having his portrait taken and is quite possibly unaccustomed to his attire. On the other end of the spectrum is the younger child, who appears completely comfortable and maybe even a bit bored. He casually crosses his right leg over his left and places the toe of his shoe on the floor. His attire reflects a distinct trend fashionable around the time of the civil war which mimicked the details typical of military uniforms.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: Behind the young boys in this double portrait is a blank wall with a tall dado. Both boys lean on a small pedestal table covered with a bordered, floral textile.
Description, back: The back of this carte de visite contains an early version of George Ross’ imprint. It is printed in red ink in four lines of text. Each line of text is in a different font. Surrounding the text on all four sides is an elaborate ivy garland.
Date: 1862 - c. 1870
Condition: There is light foxing in the top center section of this carte de visite.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission
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“Serious Toddler”
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of a “Serious toddler”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: The minimal composition of this toddler’s portrait is unusual for the time. The image consists only of the baby’s face and the draped fabric around its shoulders.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This toddler’s portrait is contained in a vertical oval. The lighter oval juxtaposed to the darker surround of the photographic paper is unusual for the time.
Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. An expanded, possibly later, version appears here. It is printed in red ink and includes four lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish.
Date: January 1872 - December 1873
Condition: This carte de visite is in good condition.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission
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“Young Boy in a Textured, Striped, Wool Jacket”
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of a “young Boy in a textured, striped, wool jacket”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: In this portrait a young boy of approximately 8 to 10 years of age is dressed as a young gentleman. He wears a finely textured, striped, wool jacket over a collared, white shirt with a dark bow tie. His full, wavy, thick, blond hair is parted on both his left and right sides. The top center portion of his hair has been curled and brushed back to create a type of pompadour.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This portrait is set within a vertical oval.
Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. An expanded, possibly later, version appears here. It is printed in red ink and includes four lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish.
Date: January 1872 - December 1873
Condition: There is light foxing throughout the front of this portrait.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission
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“Forlorn Woman”
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of a “Forlorn Woman”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: The woman in this head-and-shoulders portrait turns slightly to her right, and her gaze appears empty and forlorn. She is simply and modestly adorned. A small, white, crocheted collar decorates her form-fitting, front-buttoned jacket, and a thin ribbon serves as a headband. Her hair has been center parted and tightly combed back, and what is either a braided switch or her own braided hair encircles the back of her head. She may be wearing a hairnet over her braid, and the end of her headband ribbon may be what appears over her right temple.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This carte de visite portrait has been framed within a vertical oval.
Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. An expanded, possibly later, version appears here. It is printed in red ink and includes four lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish.
Date: January 1872 - December 1873
Condition: With the exception of a slight tear in the photographic paper in the upper right corner, this carte de visite is in good condition.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission
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“Young Woman With a No-Nonsense Demeanor”
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of a “Young woman with a no-nonsense demeanor”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: In this carte de visite, a very handsome young woman sits on a wooden chair, resting her right arm in her lap and her left arm on a pedestal table. She gazes out directly at the viewer exuding a no-nonsense demeanor. The placement of her hat and shawl on the table creates a narrative that implies a hasty, laconic, let’s-get-down-to-business arrival. Under her arm, lying on the table appears to be the edge of a book. Its inclusion may have been carefully planned to portray her as an educated woman. She wears a homemade matching skirt and waisted overdress. The skirt has a circle of ruffles about a foot above the hem. The overdress has multilayered cuffs and a ruffled hem and yoke. If one looks carefully, it is evident that her ensemble has been economically pieced to utilize fabric scraps. Around her neck is a fringed scarf and a distinctive necklace of white beads. Her hair is center-parted, combed behind her ears, and allowed to fall freely behind her back.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. An expanded, possibly later, version appears here. It is printed in red ink and includes four lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish.
Date: January 1872 - December 1873
Condition: The center of this carte de visite has slight foxing which makes it appear that the fabric of the sitter’s dress is a print, but it is actually a solid color.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission
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Green, Gertrude J. Symonds (d. 1930)
/Lafayette F. Sheppard’s Portrait Photograph of Gertrude J. Symonds Green
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD was born in 1852 in Ohio and died in 1940 in Inglewood, California. He established his photographic gallery in Petaluma in February of 1886, “in the rooms formerly occupied by Lewis Dowe”. It was located at 59 1/2 Main Street next door to the First National Bank Building. Sheppard continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma at least through June of 1891. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Gertrude J. Symonds Green
Description: In this head-and-shoulders portrait, Gertrude looks intently up and to her right. With the exception of the black, lace collar surrounding her neck, she wears no adornments. Lovely, full, large curls adorn her forehead and the remainder of her hair has been combed back into a bun which is barely visible at the center back of her head.
Biographical Note: Gertrude was born in California and raised on the outskirts of Petaluma on her family’s fruit farm. She graduated from the D Street Petaluma High School in May 1886. On June 13, 1888, the Petaluma Courier reported that Gertrude was the 1st Vice-President of the Lomitas Parlor, Native Daughters of the Golden West. She served along with President, Miss Nellie Denman, and other prominent ladies from Petaluma. Gertrude died in San Francisco in 1930 and was buried in the Symonds family plot at Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Cemetery. It is of note that in the announcement of her death she was referred to as Gertrude Symonds-Green.
Family Affiliation: Gertrude was the daughter of Petaluma farmers Alfred Symonds (1825-1890) and Hannah M. Symonds (1837-1918). She married Dr. Johnathon Green who was also a Petaluma High School graduate. They moved to San Francisco and together had a son named Allan (Allen) Symonds Green.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: In this head-and-shoulders portrait, the sitter turns her left shoulder slightly away from the viewer but turns her head in the opposite direction. The photographer’s imprint appears in gray print at the bottom edge of the dark card.
Description, back: Handwritten in cursive in pencil along the top edge is, “Gertrude Symonds Green”.
Date: February 1886 to 1891
Condition: There is foxing along the top edge of this cabinet card and large stains on both the right and left edges. However, the sitter’s visage is not soiled.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission
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“Baby Seated in a Wooden Spindle Back Chair”
/La Motte Studio’s Portrait Photograph of a “Baby Seated in a Wooden Spindle Back Chair”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LA MOTTE STUDIO, On October 4, 1907 the Petaluma Argus- Courier reported that W. L. Shattuck had purchased Brown’s photographic studio on Main Street and after its renovation would be known as La Motte Studio. The paper reported exactly two years later, on October 4 of 1909, that the studio had been sold. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: Smiling slightly, this baby sits calmly in a wooden spindle back chair. The baby holds its left hand at its side and looks patiently up and to the right. The baby wears a white dress with a scalloped hem and a necklace from which hangs a prominent cross.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size:
Medium: matte collodion photographic print with embossed rectangular cardstock mount
Description, front: This portrait has been placed within the embossed, dark gray, vertical rectangle of a lighter gray card. Embossed on a diagonal at the bottom right corner of the card is the La Motte Studio imprint.
Description, back: The back of this cabinet card is either blank or contains only the portrait’s accession number.
Date: October 1907 - October 1909
Condition: This cabinet card is soiled and has several, small, black dots in the center bottom.
Owner: Pete Vilmur Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Unidentified Infant 2022-952-01-pg48a
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of an Unidentified Infant
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unknown
Description: Carte de visite of an unidentified infant in an oval frame. The infant has on a patterned, white dress and is sitting on a studio prop blanket. Her face is fairly blurry. The rounded edges, oval frame, and Reed's duration in Petaluma date this photo to the early 1870's.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: J.Q. Reed, Photographic Artist. Brick Block opposite McGuire’s Drug Store Main St., Petaluma, Cal.
Date: circa 1874-1875
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-952-01-pg48a, Schwobeda/Bloom/Taylor/Demartin Family & Friends Album
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Unidentified Child 2022-952-01-pg47c
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of an unidentified child
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LEWIS DOWE was born in 1838 in Hanover, New Hampshire and died in 1919 in Portland, Oregon. He arrived in Petaluma in September of 1875 and set up his photography studio in the rooms formerly occupied by photographer Hugh Anderson. Dowe worked in Petaluma as both a “view” and portrait photographer until he departed the town in March of 1882. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: September 1875 - March 1882
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-952-01-pg47c, Schwobeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Family & Friends Album
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“Seated Infant With Outspread Arms”
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of a “Seated infant with outpread arms”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: This portrait is not in clear focus. It is not possible to read the details of the infant’s dress or the chair in which he is seated. The baby looks up with an alert gaze, and, with an unusual gesture, he holds his arms spread out grasping the edge of the arms of the chair. The baby’s hair has been combed up into a a top knot on the crown of his head, a style most often used in the portrayal of baby boys.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This seated infant is portrayed within a vertical oval.
Description, back: Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. An expanded, possibly later, version appears here. It is printed in red ink and includes four lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish.
Date: January 1872 - December 1873
Condition: This carte de visite is out of focus and soiled.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-952-01-pg47b2, Schwobeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Family & Friends Album
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