Unidentified Man 2022-952-01-pg34a

John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of an unidentified man

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: Unidentified

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

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

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: John Reed’s stamp

Date: c. 1874-1898

Condition: (note tears, foxing, fading)

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-952-01-pg34a, Schwobeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Family & Friends Album

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