Armstrong, Samuel Walter (d. 1942)

Joslin & Company’s Portrait Photograph of Samuel Walter Armstrong

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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: Samuel Walter Armstrong

Description: This is a portrait of Samuel Armstrong as a toddler. The child is wearing a white dress with an elaborate black lace collar. The child has short, curly, dark hair and holds his hand in front of him with his fingers touching. The child looks to his right with an endearing, inquisitive gaze.

Biographical Note: Samuel Walter Armstrong was a professor at the University of Arizonia, Tucson.

Family Affiliation: Samuel Walter Armstrong was the son of Petaluma pioneers Maybelle Church Armstrong and Supervisor George James Armstrong (died 1925). Samuel was brother to Harry George Armstrong and Gladys Louise Armstrong.

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card

Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front: This is a white, scalloped, cabinet card with Joslin & Company’s imprint centered along the bottom edge.

Description, back: The back of this cabinet card is blank or contains only an accession number.

Date: November 1893 - April 1897

Condition: This card is in good condition.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-02-p30-p18, Church Family Album

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