“Handsome Young Man With a Bushy Mustache & Eyebrows”
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of “Handsome Young Man With Bushy mustache & eyebrows”
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 carte de visite portrays a very handsome and dapper young man. He gazes with a slight squint imparting the appearance of an intense demeanor. He is dressed in a fashionable wool jacket with the collar section of his lapel in a contrasting dark velvet. The top button of his vest is not buttoned, and looped through its button hole is a watch chain. Under the wide-spread collar of his white shirt is a knotted neck tie. He is very well groomed. His dark hair has been oiled and combed back away from his face. His eyebrows and chevron mustache are thick and bushy.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: This portrait remains, as donated to the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, in the McCleave Family Album.
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: Lewis Dowe’s imprint appears on a diagonal in the center of this card.
Date: September 1875 - March 1882
Condition: The front of this card is slightly soiled.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2004-315-03-p40-p40, McCleave Family Album
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