Garrett, Eliza Jane Williams (1813-1884) (2 of 2)

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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)

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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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Grover, William Silver (1875-?) (5 of 5)

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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)

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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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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

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)

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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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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)

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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)

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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)

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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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Gale, James 2022-952-01-49c

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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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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. 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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Green, Gertrude J. Symonds (d. 1930)

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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.

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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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Gray, Lily C. (1867-1934)(see Byce)→

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E.R. Healy Ground Floor Gallery’s Portrait Photograph of Lily C. Gray Byce and her two sons, Malcolm Lyman Byce and Wilbur Elwood Byce

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographers: Edwin Ruthven Healy (b. 1856 Moscow, Iowa; d. 1923) & Addie Gossage Healy (b. 1860, Petaluma, California; d.1923)

Photographic Studio: E. R. Healy Ground Floor Studio, Petaluma, California (in operation 1896-1908)

Biographical Note: By 1879, E. R. Healy was working as a painter in Petaluma. In 1880, he moved to Alameda, California, but returned to Petaluma in 1881 to marry Ada “Addie” Gossage, a native of Petaluma.  They moved numerous times but returned to Petaluma by 1896 to open the Ground Floor Photography Studio at 816 ½ Main Street which was in operation between 1896 and 1908.  They ran the studio together until 1905 when Edwin decided to start a mining company.  Addie continued to run the studio until 1908 when they departed Petaluma for Berkeley, California.  They were both buried in Cypress Hill Memorial Park, Petaluma. 

Bibliography: Palmquist, Shadowcatchers, pgs. 111-112; Mautz, pg. 109; https://digital.sonomalibrary.org/about/photographers

THE SITTERS:

Names: Lily C. Gray Byce, Malcolm Lyman Byce, Wilbur Elwood Byce

Description: Lily C. Gray Byce is portrayed standing behind her two sons, Malcolm and Wilbur (known as“Elwood”). She is wearing a light-colored, printed, postpartum smock with extremely large, doubled-bell sleeves. Her shoulder caps and the edges of her sleeves are white lace, and around her neck and down both sides of her chest is a dark, wide, ribbon the function and identity of which is has not be identified. Her dark hair has been pulled to the back of her head and twisted tightly into an elongated, top-knot bun. To her right stands her elder son, Malcolm Lyman Byce (1890-1919). He is dressed in a dark suit and a white shirt with large, lace, cuffs and collar. Around his neck is an extremely large plaid bow. This manner of dressing little boys is often referred to as the “Little Lord Fauntleroy” style which was very fashionable at the time for the children of upper middle class families. With the affectionate gesture of an older brother, Malcolm touches the feet of his infant sibling, Wilbur, who is wearing a white gown and sitting on a blanket-covered studio prop.

Biographical Note: Lily C. Gray Byce was an officer of the Ladies’ Commandery Club; President of the Sonoma County Federation of Women’s Clubs, and long-time supporter of Petaluma’s International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, a Masonic youth service organization associated with the Order of the Eastern Star.

Family Affiliation: Lily C. Gray Byce was the wife of Lyman C. Byce (1852-1944) the founder and owner of the Petaluma Incubator Company. Lyman C. Byce, has been credited, along with Petaluma dentist Isaac Dias, with the creation of the Petaluma poultry incubator.

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 20.5 x 27 cm

Medium: Gelatin or collodion on paper

Description, front: This is a beautifully composed portrait of a mother and her two children. Mrs. Byce and her elder son, Malcolm, are standing and the infant Wilbur “Elwood” is seated on a fabric covered table. Behind them is a faintly painted studio backdrop of a domestic interior. The photographer’s imprint is embossed along the bottom.

Description, back: Handwritten in cursive in pencil on the upper right is, “Mrs. Byce”, and to the right is written in brackets, “Malcolm” and “Elwood”. Handwritten in the center is, “Mrs. Lyman Byce” below which is written, “Sons Malcom and Elwood”.

Date: 1896 or 1897

Condition: On the front there is extensive foxing throughout and black spots on the middle left. On the back there are 8, small, square, spots on the perimeter of the card which are most probably remnants of the tape used originally to adhere the photo to an album page.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1994-60-03

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Goble, Iva M. Doss (1880-1972)

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E. R. Healy Ground Floor Gallery’s Portrait Photograph of Iva M. Doss Goble

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: Iva M. Doss Goble. This portrait may have been taken when the sitter was known by her birth name, Doss.

Description: In this three quarter head shot portrait, Iva M. Doss Goble looks stoically to her right. At the time of the sitting, she may have been as young as sixteen years. Her hair is center-parted and her forehead is framed with short curls. The remainder of her hair is pulled back into a bun. She wears a short, flat necklace.

Biographical Note: Iva M. Doss Goble was a member of the Morning Star Chapter No. 61 OES of Petaluma.

Family Affiliation: Iva M. Doss Goble was the daughter of pioneering Two Rock residents, Amanda Maria Stephenson Doss (1840-1917) and John R. Doss (1837-1909). She was sister to Henry Frank Doss. Her husband was Emery Clarence Goble (1883-1944).

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 8.5 x 13 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front: This is a three quarter head shot of a very young woman. Her shoulders and chest are only vaguely defined. The card has a pebbled outer mat and an embossed frame directly around the portrait which contains along its lower edge the photographer’s imprint. Handwritten along the bottom edge in script, in black ink is, “Iva Doss Gables”, “Ibe”, and “Iva Doss”.

Description, back: Handwritten in script, in black ink along the top edge is, ““Ibe”” and “Iva Doss”.

Date: 1896-1905

Condition: This cabinet card is soiled and has many black spots on the lower right corner. There is extensive foxing on the back side.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1994-106-03

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Gale, Mary Hester Towner (1851-1931)

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Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Mary Hester Towner Gale

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: Mary Hester Towner Gale

Description: Mary Hester Towner Gale is seated in a fringed-arm studio chair and looks directly at the camera with an assertive but unemotional demeanor. Her hair has been parted off-center and combed to each side, and she wears a rope of braided hair at the crown of her head. She is dressed in a dark, front-buttoned, form-fitting, corseted basque jacket which is decorated elaborately at the collar and cuffs with satin trim and soutache embroidery. She wears a wedding ring, long pendant earrings, a large brooch at her neck, and a long tasseled chain. She wears a fringed white neck scarf, and the white lace of her under blouse’s collar and cuffs are visible. In her right hand she holds a book or sheet of paper, the text of which is not legible.

Biographical Note: Mary H. Towner was born in Taylor County, Iowa. As a child she crossed the plains with her parents and settled in Green Valley, California. It was reported that Mary Towner Gale was a devout Methodist and lived at 223 Howard Street in Petaluma for many years. She was buried in Cypress Hill Memorial Park in Petaluma.

Family Affiliation: Mary’s parents were early California pioneers, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Towner. In 1869 she married Petaluman, Otis Seldon Gale (1849-1933).

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 11 x 16 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front: The photographer’s imprint appears along the front bottom edge of this cabinet card.

Description, back: Handwritten in cursive in black ink at the top of the back of this portrait are, “Mrs Otis Gale” and “Howard St”.

Date: Between September 1875 and March 1882

Condition: This cabinet card is in very good condition.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-80-02

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Gale, Otis Seldon (1849-1933)

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Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Otis Seldon Gale

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: Otis Seldon Gale

Description: This cabinet card portrays Otis Seldon Gale as a middle- aged man with a receding hairline and a bushy goatee. Gale is dressed formally in a dark suit, white shirt, and dark bow tie tucked under his collar. Looped through the top button of his vest is a chain which most probably ended in a watch resting in his vest or jacket pocket.

Biographical Note: Otis Seldon Gale was born in Scotland County, Missouri and moved with his parents to California at the age of 5. He was raised in Bodega and married Mary Hester Towner in 1869. Otis and Mary moved into Petaluma in 1887 and lived at 223 Howard Street. Gale worked for the B. F. Cox Express and Draying Company and for the Carlson Currier Silk Mill. He died in New York while living with his daughter, Eliza Maude Gale Atkinson (1882-1968), but he was buried in Cypress Hill Memorial Park in Petaluma.

Family Affiliation: Otis Seldon Gale was the eldest son of Petaluma pioneers, Lorenzo Dow Gale (1828-1907) and Eliza Ann Wilfley Gale (1830-1916). He was named after his uncle, Otis Gale (1832-1927) who lived in Santa Rosa. See the companion portrait of his wife, Mary Hester Towner Gale (1851-1931).

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 11 x 16 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front: In this three-quarter view portrait the sitter looks to the viewer’s right. He is seated in a striped studio chair which can be partially seen in the bottom left of the composition. The photographer’s imprint appears along the bottom edge.

Description, back: Handwritten in black ink in cursive at the top left of the back of this cabinet card are, “Mr Otis Gale” and “Howard St”.

Date: September 1875 - March 1882

Condition: This cabinet card is in very good condition.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-80-01

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Gallagher, John, Sr., (1822-1908)

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Hector W. Vaughan’s Portrait photograph of John Gallagher Sr.


THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer:  Hector W. Vaughan

Photographic Studio: Imperial Photographic Gallery, 724 1/2 Market Street, San Francisco, California



THE SITTER:

Name: John Gallagher, Sr., (born Belfast, County Donegal, Ireland; died 1908 Petaluma, California)

Description: In this head-and-shoulder cabinet card portrait, John Gallagher, Sr. is between 55 and 58 years of age.  He gazes with a contented look off to his right and appears to be holding a book under his right arm. He is dressed in a single-breasted, heavy, felted, wool jacket with metal buttons and an applied pocket on his left side. In a curious detail, his high, white, striped collar overlaps below his chin. He has a full, grey mustache and beard, and the sparse, receding hair atop his hair is disheveled and standing on end.

Biographical Note: John Gallagher was born in 1822 in Ireland and immigrated to New York City at the age of fifteen.  He worked as an apprentice blacksmith until 1846 when he enlisted to fight in the Mexican-American War as a recruit of Colonel Jonathan Stevenson’s regiment of New York volunteers. With the goal of protecting California, a new U. S. territory, the recruits departed NYC in early 1847 in three ships bound for San Francisco. Gallagher wrote a twenty-six page memoir describing his participation in the Mexican-American war. The original of this document is preserved at the Bancroft Library, and a digital copy, given to the PHL&M by Gallagher’s descendants, can be found under “Bibliography” below. After the war, many of these soldiers, Gallagher among them, remained to settle the fledgling state of California. After trying his luck in the gold mines and working as a merchant in Stockton, Gallagher and his wife moved to Petaluma, and by 1858 had established a large ranch on San Antonio Creek where they raised nine children. Gallagher, his wife, and many of their children are buried together at Petaluma’s Calvary Catholic Cemetery.

Family Affiliation: John Gallagher was the husband of Margaret McQuade Gallagher (1825-1897), and together they had nine children. Their son, John Patrick Gallagher (1861-1934), served for many years in Petaluma as a Justice of the Peace and a grocery and liquor store merchant.

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card

Description, front: This portrait has been placed in a vertical, oval format and surrounded by a brown mat. The studio’s imprint appears in white ink along the bottom edge.

Description, back: On the back of this card, handwritten in cursive in blue ink, is extensive information about John Gallagher. The cursive is clear and legible; consequently, it has not been transcribed here.

Date: This portrait was taken sometime between 1877 and 1880, the years in which the Imperial Studio in San Francisco was in operation.

Condition: The front side of this cabinet card is in excellent condition. The back side has stains on the upper right and the middle bottom.

Owner:  Private Collector, digital copy by permission.

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Giles, George 1994-633-33

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Flower’s Portrait Photograph of George Giles

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: Flower, Weeping Water, Nebraska

THE SITTER:

Name: George Giles

Description: Carte de visite of George Giles' bust. Giles is wearing a dark jacket, buttoned high with a white collar.

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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: George Giles

Date: undated

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Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1994-633-33

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Grover, Eliza Ellen Todd (1842-1921)

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John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Mrs. C. D. Grover

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: Eliza Ellen Todd Grover

Description: Cabinet card of Grover's bust. Grover is wearing a dark dress with lace detailing on the chest with a high collar. A flower is pinned to her chest and her hair is pulled back besides her bangs. Assumed spouse of Carlton D. Grover

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.25 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front:

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Date: circa 1880-1888

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Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1994-633-27

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Grover, Eleanor May Nellie (1881-1958)

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John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Eleanor Nellie Grover

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: Eleanor Nellie Grover

Description: Cabinet card of Eleanor (Nellie) Grover. Grover is standing in a black dress with cinched ruffles diagonally across the chest and along the hemline and sleeves. She has a white flower pinned to her chest. Behind her is a rectangular box with a curtain hung over it. Possible relation to Carlton D. Grover

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.25 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on

Description, front:

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Date:

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Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1994-633-26

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