“Infant With an Ankle Band”
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of “Infant With an Ankle Band”
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 baby lounges with its hands at either side and one leg protruding from under its scalloped, lace hem. Around its ankle is a dark band.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: Lewis Dowe’s imprint in the form of his signature appears on the bottom left, and along the bottom right is written, “Petaluma, Cal”.
Description, back: The back of this cabinet card is blank or contains only its accession number.
Date: September 1875 - March 1882
Condition: This card is soiled, and its top half retains the residue of another paper product which most probably rested upon it for many years.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1992-IDI-06-p27-p25
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