Unidentified Man 1991-X-51
/E. R. HEALY ground floor GALLERY’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF an UNIDENTIFIED MAN
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: Unknown
Description: Cabinet card of a young unidentified man, sitting. The man has parted and combed hair. He is wearing a three-piece suit with a bow tie and an up-turned collar. There is a chain hanging from his vest. Based on the photographer's embossed artwork, and the man's fashions this card dates to the late 1890's.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: N/A
Date: circa 1896-1905
Condition: (note tears, foxing, fading)
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1991-X-51
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