Unidentified Boy 2022-952-01-pg44a

Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of an unidentified boy

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

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Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-952-01-pg44a, Schwobeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Family & Friends Album

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