Smith, Hannah Ward Stewart

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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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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size:  carte de visite, size N/A

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

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Date:

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Owner:  The Lee Torliatte Family Album, 2017-92-01, digital copy by permission.

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Stickney, Lydia Bartlett

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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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Condition:

Owner:  The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.

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Symonds, Gertrude (d. 1930) (see Green)→

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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.

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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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Smith, Nancy A.

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George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Nancy A. Smith

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: Nancy A. Smith

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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 1862-1893

Condition:

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Schwobeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Family & Friends Album, 2022-952-01-40d

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Sharp, Elizabeth

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Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Edward & Elizabeth Sharp

 

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: unidentified


THE SITTERS:

Names: Edward & Elizabeth Sharp

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: Tin type, 5.6 x 8.2

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Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-952-01-27a, Schowbeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Collection

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Sharp, Edward

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Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Edward & Elizabeth Sharp

 

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: unidentified


THE SITTERS:

Names: Edward & Elizabeth Sharp

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: Tin type, 5.6 x 8.2

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Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-952-01-27a, Schowbeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Collection

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Shringer, Charles Augest 2022-952-01-pg8b

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Downing, Rea & Rauscher’s Portrait Photograph of Charles Augest Shringer

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer:  Downing, Rea & Rauscher

Studio Location: Third Street, Santa Rosa, Ca.

THE SITTER:

Name: Charles Augest Shringer

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: carte de visite

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

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Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Schwobeda, Bloom, Taylor, DeMartin Family & Friends Album, 2022-952-01-pg8b

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Schwobeda, Unidentified Children

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Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of unidentified Schwobeda children

 

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: unidentified


THE SITTER:

Names: Unidentified Schwobeda daughter and son

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 6.3 x 10.4 cm

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Owner:  Private collection, digital copy by permission, 2022-952-31, Schowbeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Collection

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Schwobeda, Florence Hannah Taylor (1864-1935) (2 of 2)

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Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of John Lincoln Schwobeda, Florence Hannah Taylor and their children

 

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: unidentified


THE SITTER:

Names: John Lincoln Schwobeda, Hannah Taylor Schwobeda and their children.

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 6.3 x 10.4 cm

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Owner:  Private collection, digital copy by permission, 2022-952-30, Schowbeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Collection

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Schwobeda, John Lincoln (1864-1935) (2 of 2)

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Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of John Lincoln Schwobeda, Florence Hannah Taylor and their children

 

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: unidentified


THE SITTER:

Names: John Lincoln Schwobeda, Hannah Taylor Schwobeda and their children.

Description:

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 6.3 x 10.4 cm

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Owner:  Private collection, digital copy by permission, 2022-952-30, Schowbeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Collection

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Schwobeda, Florence Hannah Taylor (1867-1947)(1 of 3)

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A&G Taylor’s Portrait photograph of Florence Hannah Schw0beda

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer:  A&G Taylor

Studio Location: Manchester, England

THE SITTER:

Name: Florence Hannah Taylor Schwobeda

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.5 x 16 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

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Owner:  Private collection, digital copy by permission, 2022-952-29, Schwobeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Collection

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Schwobeda, John Lincoln (1864-1935)(1 of 2)

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Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of John Lincoln Schwobeda

 

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: unidentified


THE SITTER:

Name: John Lincoln Schwobeda

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

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Owner:  Private collection, digital copy by permission, 2022-952-28, Schowbeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Collection

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Sproul, Mabel (1885-1967) (see Wolverton)→

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Coyle’s Portrait photograph of Mabel Sproul Wolverton

 

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: Coyle

Studio Location: Oakdale and Stockton



THE SITTER:

Name: Mabel Sproul Wolverton

Description:

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

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Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-791-07

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Sproul, Wilsey (1883-1917)

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Coyle’s Portrait photograph of Wilsey Sproul

 

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: Coyle

Studio Location: Oakdale and Stockton



THE SITTER:

Name: Wilsey Sproul

Description:

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

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Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-791-07

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Sproul, Frank Roy (1879-1917) (2 of 2)

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Coyle’s Portrait photograph of Frank Roy Sproul

 

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: Coyle

Studio Location: Oakdale and Stockton



THE SITTER:

Name: Frank Roy Sproul

Description:

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

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Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-791-07

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Sproul, Frank Roy (1879-1917)(1 of 2)

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Downey Studio’s Portrait photograph of Frank Roy Sproul

 

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: Downey Studio

Studio Location:Porterville, California



THE SITTER:

Name: Frank Roy Sproul

Description:

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

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Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-791-06

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Sproul, John S. (1826-1899)

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Alameda Photograph Company’s photographic portrait of John S. Sproul

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: Alameda Photograph Company

Photographic Studio:  Neither the owner, operator, or location of the Alameda Photograph Company has been determined.


THE SITTER:

Name: John S. Sproul

Description: Sproul appears in this portrait as a gaunt, elderly man. He is dressed in a sack jacket with a small lapel and matching vest. He wears a grid-line patterned shirt with an asymmetrical collar. There is a handkerchief in his left breast pocket. He is balding and sports a heavy, walrus mustache which flows into his beard. The facial hair along his jaw has been clipped close to his face.

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.50 X 15.7cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front: The photographic paper of this portrait has been mounted on a card with scalloped edges. It has been assumed the bottom edge has been trimmed.

Description, back: The inscription on the back side of this portrait was originally handwritten in cursive in pencil. That text was then re-written on top of the original text in black ink with the exception of the second like which retains its original text in pencil. The inscription reads: “John S. Sproul”, “Grandpa Sproul”, b. 1 Dec 1826 near Londonderry, Ireland”, “m. 12 Nov 1848 to Roxanne King”, “Canton, Fulton Co IL”, “d. 16 Aug 1899 Oakdale Stanis-”, “laus Co. CA”.

Date: 1890s

Condition: This portrait has a jagged, horizontal crease which run the full horizontal length of the card directly below the sitter’s armpits. The bottom edge of this portrait’s card has been trimmed.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-791-03

A second copy of this portrait is owned by the Sonoma County Library: https://digital.sonomalibrary.org/Documents/Detail/portrait-of-john-s.-sproul-in-alameda-california-about-1892/63388

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Spear, Clara Whitney (1873-1954)(2 of 4)

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Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Clara, Marcella, and Albion Whitney

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 SITTERS:

Names: Clara Whitney Spear, Marcella “Ella” Whitney Wheaton, and Albion “Albie” Whitney (At the time this portrait was taken, Clara and Marcella would have been known by their maiden name, Whitney.)

Description: This is a masterful portrait of three young siblings. Clara, approximately 4 years of age, sits on a fringed studio chair with her feet dangling above the floor. She is attired in a dark dress with a double row of buttons and a white side ruffle which runs the length of her dress and borders the attached matching shawl. Her petticoat is revealed, peaking under the front of her dress’s hem. She wears white leggings and dark, leather, side-snap, boots. Marcella, approximately 10 years of age, stands behind her sister and brother and is attired in a dark dress with a front strip of fabric which is embellished with buttons and a diagonal cross design. She wears a white lace ruff and a necklace which ends in what is most probably a locket. Albion, approximately 7 years of age, stands on the viewer’s right and affectionally rests his right hand on Clara’s left wrist. He is dressed in a formal, cutaway, jacket with decorative side buttons. Beneath, he wears a matching piped vest and knickers.

Biographical Note: Clara Whitney was raised in Petaluma. She attended Mills College in Oakland, California and was married in 1893 at the age of 20 to Lewis Eugene Spear. Clara died at the age of 81 in Santa Barbara, California but was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.

Family Affiliation: Clara Whitney Spear was the seventh and last child of the prominent Petaluma pioneers Albion Paris Whitney (1825-1884) and Susan Durgin Eastman Whitney (1832-1917). Her father was a California State Senator and wealthy businessman. Her mother managed the family business after his death and was an active participant in the women’s suffrage movement. Her paternal grandmother was Olive Parlin Whitney, and her siblings were Cleora Melissa Whitney Hewlett, Nancy Jane “Jenny” Whitney Morrow, Arthur Leslie Whitney, Leona Merrill Whitney, Marcella “Ella” Whitney Wheaton, and Albion Harvey Whitney. Clara’s husband was Lewis Eugene Spear (1867-1953). He was a California business man who organized the Pacific Steel and Wire Company in San Francisco and later established the Pacific Wire Rope Company in Los Angeles.

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front: This is a masterful portrait of three siblings. The brilliantly harmonious arrangement of the children is strengthened by the arched matte and uncluttered background. The photographer has posed the children in a classic pyramidal composition. He angled Clara and Albion to serve as compositional parenthesis and placed Marcella to serve as the exclamation mark.

Description, back: Handwritten in cursive in pencil is, “Albie”, “Ella” and “Clara”. Handwritten in cursive in black ink in the lower right is, “Clark Family”. This is not a reference to the sitters, but, most probably, to the owners of the cabinet card.

Date: 1876 or 1877

Condition: Both the front and the back of this card are soiled.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1981-835-03

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Spear, Clara Whitney (1873-1954) (1 of 4)

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Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Clara Whitney

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: Clara Whitney Spear (When this portrait was taken, the sitter would have been known by her maiden name, Whitney.)

Description: In this portrait Clara appears to be 3 or 4 years old. She stands leaning on the armrest of Dowe’s fringed studio chair. She looks directly and calmly at the camera. She is dressed in a luxurious, heavily embroidered, dark, velvet, coat which fastens up the front with large white buttons latched together with braided soutache fasteners. Around her neck is a large white lace collar and what appears to be a white beaded necklace.

Biographical Note: Clara Whitney was raised in Petaluma. She attended Mills College in Oakland, California and was married in 1893 at the age of 20 to Lewis Eugene Spear. Clara died at the age of 81 in Santa Barbara, California but was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.

Family Affiliation: Clara Whitney Spear was the seventh and last child of the prominent Petaluma pioneers Albion Paris Whitney (1825-1884) and Susan Durgin Eastman Whitney (1832-1917). Her father was a California State Senator and wealthy businessman. Her mother managed the family business after his death and was an active participant in the women’s suffrage movement. Her paternal grandmother was Olive Parlin Whitney, and her siblings were Cleora Melissa Whitney Hewlett, Nancy Jane “Jenny” Whitney Morrow, Arthur Leslie Whitney, Leona Merrill Whitney, Marcella “Ella” Whitney Wheaton, and Albion Harvey Whitney. Clara’s husband was Lewis Eugene Spear (1867-1953). He was a California business man who organized the Pacific Steel and Wire Company in San Francisco and later established the Pacific Wire Rope Company in Los Angeles.



Bibliography:

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: Handwritten in print in pencil is: “Clara Whitney”. Below in the center of the card appears Lewis Dowe’s imprint printed on a diagonal.

Date: 1878 or 1879

Condition: This card is soiled on both sides, and the top edge has been trimmed and left with a ragged edge.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1981-835-09

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Spear, Clara Whitney (1873-1954) (4 of 4)

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Charles Lainer’s Portrait Photograph of Marcella “Ella” & Clara Whitney

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: Charles Lainer

Studio Location: 715 Market Street, San Francisco, CA

THE SITTERS:

Names: Marcella “Ella” Whitney Wheaton (1866-1915) and Clara Whitney Spear (1873-1954). (At the time this portrait has taken, these two sisters may have been known by their maiden name, Whitney. Marcella married in October 1892 at the age of 26, and Clara married in 1893 at the age of 20.)

Description: This is a lovely portrait of two sisters. Ella, the elder sister, is on the viewer’s left and Clara is on the right. There was 7 years age different between the sisters. Unfortunately, due to the faded quality of the photograph, it is not possible to distinguish the details of their blouses. An element of interest is Ella’s coiffure. Her hair has been arranged into a tight, small, bun on the top of her head which has been garnished with a unique hair ornament giving additional height to the arrangement.

Biographical Note: Clara Whitney was raised in Petaluma. She attended Mills College in Oakland, California and was married in 1893 at the age of 20 to Lewis Eugene Spear. Clara died at the age of 81 in Santa Barbara, California but was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.

Family Affiliation: Clara Whitney Spear was the seventh and last child of the prominent Petaluma pioneers Albion Paris Whitney (1825-1884) and Susan Durgin Eastman Whitney (1832-1917). Her father was a California State Senator and wealthy businessman. Her mother managed the family business after his death and was an active participant in the women’s suffrage movement. Her paternal grandmother was Olive Parlin Whitney, and her siblings were Cleora Melissa Whitney Hewlett, Nancy Jane “Jenny” Whitney Morrow, Arthur Leslie Whitney, Leona Merrill Whitney, Marcella “Ella” Whitney Wheaton, and Albion Harvey Whitney. Clara’s husband was Lewis Eugene Spear (1867-1953). He was a California business man who organized the Pacific Steel and Wire Company in San Francisco and later established the Pacific Wire Rope Company in Los Angeles.

Bibliography:

THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 5 x 6.75 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front:

Description, back: Handwritten along the top edge in script in bold black ink is, “Ella Whitney”, “Clara Whitney”. Below this is Chas. Lainer’s elaborate imprint which includes an image of San Francisco’s Cliff House and his many award medallions.

Date: circa 1890 - 1895

Condition: Both sides of this card are heavily soiled, stained, and faded. Additionally, a significant strip of the bottom of this card has been trimmed.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1981-835-26

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St. John, Isabel Grigsby (1837-1917)(see Denman)→

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Isaiah West Taber’s Portrait Photograph of Isabelle Grigsby St. John Denman

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer:  Isaiah West Taber (1830-1912). Taber opened his first photography studio in 1854 in Syracuse, New York. In 1864 he moved to California and worked at the Bradley and Rulofson studio at 429 Montgomery Street in San Francisco until 1873. By the end of the decade, Taber was creating portraits at his own studio at 8 Montgomery Street in San Francisco. He continued to produce portraits at his new studio location at 121 Post Street between 1893 and 1906. His studio and all its contents were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Isaiah West Taber: A Photographic Legacy, introduction by Gary F. Kurtz, Windgate Press, Sausalito, California, 2004, Appendix A: Portraits by Taber .

Photographic Studio: Taber Studio, 8 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California. 

THE SITTER:

Name: Isabell Grigsby St. John Denman

Description: Boudoir card of Isabelle Grigsby St. John Denman. Denman's hair is parted down the middle, slightly waved, and pulled back. She has on a black dress with an elaborate black lace collar. Pinned at her neck appears to be an ivory brooch of a girl's silhouette, with matching earrings. Denman's fashion, as well as the size of the card, suggest the photo was taken in the 1890s.

Biographical Note: She is the mother of AnnaBellle St. John Whitney who married Arthur Whitney, son of Senator Albion P. Whitney and Susan Eastman. It is unclear to which Denman Isabelle was married.

Family Affiliation:

Bibliography:

THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card

Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front: (identify group or individual, gender(s); identify pose, furniture & props; describe composition, background, added color…)

Description, back: “Mrs. C. Denman. Isabell Grigsby St. John Denman. Mother of AnnaBell St. John Whitney”

Date: The inscription on the bottom front edge of this card date it to between 1883 and 1886.

Condition: (note tears, foxing, fading)

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1992-IDI-03

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Spear, Clara Whitney (1873-1954) (3 of 4)

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Portrait Photograph of

Ida Kleinhaus, Lucia Kleinhaus, Clara Whitney & Frances Raylis

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer:  unidentified

Photographic Studio: unidentified


THE SITTERS:

Names: Ida Kleinhaus, Lucia Kleinhaus, Clara Whitney Spear, and Frances Raylis. When this portrait was taken, Clara Whitney Spears would have been known by her maiden name, Clara Whitney.

Description: Clara Whitney appears in this group portrait in the lower center. She looks off to her right with a smile on her face. She was 17 when this portrait was taken. Like the other young women in the portrait, she wears her hair pulled to the back of her head with tight, short curls adorning her forehead. This may be a group portrait of Mills College students.

Biographical Note: Clara Whitney was raised in Petaluma. She attended Mills College in Oakland, California and was married in 1893 at the age of 20 to Lewis Eugene Spear. Clara died at the age of 81 in Santa Barbara, California but was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.

Family Affiliation: Clara Whitney Spear was the seventh and last child of the prominent Petaluma pioneers Albion Paris Whitney (1825-1884) and Susan Durgin Eastman Whitney (1832-1917). Her father was a California State Senator and wealthy businessman. Her mother managed the family business after his death and was an active participant in the women’s suffrage movement. Her paternal grandmother was Olive Parlin Whitney, and her siblings were Cleora Melissa Whitney Hewlett, Nancy Jane “Jenny” Whitney Morrow, Arthur Leslie Whitney, Leona Merrill Whitney, Marcella “Ella” Whitney Wheaton, and Albion Harvey Whitney. Clara’s husband was Lewis Eugene Spear (1867-1953). He was a California business man who organized the Pacific Steel and Wire Company in San Francisco and later established the Pacific Wire Rope Company in Los Angeles.

Bibliography:

THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: This square format is often referred to as a Carré; it is approximately 10.5 x 10.5 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front: This group portrait of four young women appears in a circular window within a square format. The photographic paper was then mounted onto a square card.

Description, back: Handwritten in cursive in black ink is, “Petaluma Sept. 1890.”. Handwritten in cursive in pencil is: “Ida Kleinhaus, Lucia Kleinhaus, Clara Whitney, Frances Raylis”.

Date: September 1890

Condition: Both sides of this card are soiled and stained.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1981-835-28

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Sproul, Clara Belle (1858-1935) (see Ivancovich)→

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Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Clara Belle Ivancovich, c. 1877-1879

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: Lewis Dowe (b. 1838, New Hampshire)

Active in Petaluma: 1877-1881

Biographical Note: Dowe worked in Petaluma as both a “view” and portrait photographer. After leaving Petaluma he worked in San Francisco, operated as a traveling photographer and by 1904, was working to repair musical instruments.

Bibliography: Mautz, pg. 95.

THE SITTER(s):

Name(s): Clara Belle Ivancovich

Description: Cabinet card of Clara Belle Ivancovich sitting, with one arm resting against her face and the other holding the place of a book on a studio table. She is wearing a dress with ruffled cuffs and a lacy bow collar. Clara Belle, maiden name Sproul, married John Elliot Jewell, and later Dr. George Ivancovich.

Biographical Note: add, augment

Family Affiliation:

Bibliography: add, augment

THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, Obverse: (identify group or individual, gender(s); identify pose, furniture & props; describe composition, background, added color…)

Description, Reverse: To JE Jewell. L. Dowe, Photographer, Petaluma, Cal.

Date: c. 1877-1879

Condition: (note tears, foxing, fading)

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2014-791-35

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St. John, Annabelle (also see Whitney) 1992-IDI-05→

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John A. Todd’s Portrait Photograph of AnnaBelle St. John Whitney & Children, 1889

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer:  John A. Todd,

Studio Location: 2126 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, California

THE SITTER(s):

Name(s): AnnaBella St. John Whitney and Children

Description: Boudoir card of AnnaBelle St. John Whitney with two young girls. Belle has short curly bangs, characteristic of the 1880s, and the rest of her hair is pulled back. She has on a patterned dress with a lace collar. The two girls in front of her have on white lacey dress. The sepia tone denotes albumen processing on paper.

Biographical Note: AnnaBelle, or Belle, St. John is the wife of Arthur Leslie Whitney and the daughter-in-law of Senator Albion P. Whitney and Susan Eastman. Belle's mother is Isabell Grigsby St. John Denman

Family Affiliation:

Bibliography: add, augment

THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: boudoir card, approximately 13.5 x 21.5 cm

Medium: Albumen processing on paper

Description, Obverse: (identify group or individual, gender(s); identify pose, furniture & props; describe composition, background, added color…)

Description, Reverse: “Anna Whitney St. John Leslie.” Stamp reads: John A. Todd, Photographer, 2126 and 2128 Fillmore Street, Between California and Sacramento Streets, San Francisco, Cal.”

Date: 1889

Condition: (note tears, foxing, fading)

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1992-IDI-05

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St. John, Annabelle (also see Whitney) 1992-IDI-02→

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Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of AnnaBelle St. John Whitney, c. 1895-1900

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer:  unidentified

THE SITTER(s):

Name(s): AnnaBelle St. John Whitney

Description: Unique format cabinet card of AnnaBelle St. John Whitney. Whitney is wearing a corseted, bustled dress with a lace bodice. There is darker, paisley detailing along the bodice and skirt. She is standing with her hands clasped in front of her, and wearing a diamond bracelet. She has short curly bangs and the rest of her hair is pulled back.

Biographical Note: add, augment

Family Affiliation:

Bibliography: add, augment

THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: Unique format cabinet card, approximately 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, Obverse: (identify group or individual, gender(s); identify pose, furniture & props; describe composition, background, added color…)

Description, Reverse: AnnaBelle St. John married Arthur Whitney in 1882. Daughter of Isabelle Grigsby St. John Denman.

Date: c. 1895-1900  

Condition: (note tears, foxing, fading)

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1992-IDI-02

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Sproul, Mary Jane 2014-791-38

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Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Mary Jane Sproul, c. 1855-1865

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer:  unidentified

THE SITTER(s):

Name(s): Mary Jane Sproul

Description: 1/6th plate tintype of Mary Jane Sproul sitting on a wooden chair in a brass frame. Her hair is pulled back and secured with a tinted bow. There is tinting in her cheeks as well. She is wearing a gingham dress and her elbow rests on a blanket covered studio table. Mary Jane was the daughter of Roxanne King and John Sproul, and sister to Clara Belle Ivancovich.

Biographical Note: add, augment

Family Affiliation:

Bibliography: add, augment

THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: ambrotype, approximately 8 x 8.5 x 9 cm

Medium: Black lacquer on cast iron

Description, Obverse: (identify group or individual, gender(s); identify pose, furniture & props; describe composition, background, added color…)

Description, Reverse: Mary Jane Sproul daughter of Roxanne King & John Sproul. Sister of Clara B. Sproul Ivancovich.           

Date: c. 1855-1865

Condition: (note tears, foxing, fading)

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2014-791-38

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Scott, Mary R. Formschlag (1877-1946)

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E. R. HEALY Ground Floor Gallery’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF Mary R. Formschlag Scott

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: Mary R. Formschlag Scott

Description: In this head-and-shoulders portrait, Mary Scott Formschlag Scott wears a dark velvet dress with extremely large sleeves. Her dark hair is parted down the middle and combed to the back of her head. A single, prominent curl hangs from the center of her forehead. A bouquet that is pinned just inside of her projecting left sleeve adorns her dress. The white blotch on the left side of her chest appears to be a flaw in the original print.

Biographical Note:

Family Affiliation: Mary R. Formschlag Scott was the daughter of early Penngrove pioneers, John N. Formschlag (1838-1927) and Elizabeth Formschlag (1847-1909). There is a portrait of Mary’s sister, Louise Formschlag Nissen (1878-1950), in this archive. Mary married Stewart H. Scott (1870-1934), and together they had three children: Harold J. Scott, Wilbur Scott, and Irene E. Scott (1914-1930). Mary, Stewart, and Irene are buried together in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park.

Bibliography:

THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card

Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front: The photographer’s imprint is embossed along the bottom edge of the card.

Description, back: Handwritten in cursive in ink along the top edge is, “Mary Scott”.

Date: between 1896-1905

Condition: Both sides of this portrait are soiled. A small piece of paper adheres to the bottom right corner of the front side of the card.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1978-80-36

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Silsby, E. 1981-835-19

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Unidentified Photographer’s Portrait Photograph of E. Silsby’s

e.-silsby-1981-835-19-side-a.jpg

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: Unidentified photographer,

Studio Location: Hodson Studio, Santa Cruz, California

THE SITTER:

Name: E. Silsby

Description: Carte de visite of an elderly E. Silsby's bust in an oval frame. Silsby is wearing a suit with a dark vest, white shirt, and bow tie. He has grey hair, and is slightly balding. The oval frame and Silsby's clothes date this photo to the early 1870s.

Biographical Note: Possible relation to Henry Silsby, his father perhaps?

Family Affiliation:

Bibliography:

THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 5.75 x 10.25 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front:

Description, back: “Silsby a cousin of Father. Hodson Santa Cruz”

Date: circa 1870-1875

Condition:

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1981-835-19

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Silsby, Henry 1981-835-21

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Unidentified Photographer’s Portrait Photograph of Henry Silsby

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: Unidentified photographer, Hodson, Santa Cruz, California

THE SITTER:

Name: Henry Silsby

Description: Carte de visite of Henry Silsby's bust in an oval frame. Silsby wears a suit with a dark vest, white shirt and dark bow tie. He has large sideburns and a connecting handlebar mustache. The oval frame, and Silsby's large sideburns date this photo to the late 1860s/ early 1870s.

Biographical Note:

Family Affiliation:

Bibliography:

THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 5.75 x 10.25 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front:

Description, back: “Hodson, Santa Cruz”

Date: circa 1869-1875

henry-silsby-1981-835-21-side-b.jpg

Condition:

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1981-835-21

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St. John, Dorothy 1991-IDI-34

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Unidentified Photographer’s Portrait Photograph of Dorothy St. John

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer: Unidentified photographer, Bushnell Photo Studio

THE SITTER:

Name: Dorothy St. John

Description: Carte de visite of Dorothy St. John from the chest up. She is wearing a striped blouse and her hair is pulled up into a large, decorative hat.

Biographical Note:

Family Affiliation:

Bibliography:

THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.5 x 9.5 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front:

Description, back: “Yours truly, Dorothy St. John. April 23rd 1901”

Date: April 23rd, 1901

Condition:

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1991-IDI-34

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Stone, Rose Bailey 1994-633-03

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John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Rose Bailey Stone

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: Rose Bailey Stone

Description: Cabinet card with beveled edges of Rose Bailey Stone's bust. Bailey has short bangs and the rest of her hair is pulled back. Only her dark lace blouse is visible. She has a chain hanging around her neck and flowers pinned to her chest. Bailey's hairstyle, dress, and Reed's duration in Petaluma date the photo to the1880s.

Biographical Note:

Family Affiliation:

Bibliography:

THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front:

Description, back:

Date: circa 1880-1888

Condition:

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1994-633-03

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