“A Fashionably Attired Young Man With a Prominent Chevron Mustache”
/Noble & Fell’s SUNBEAM GALLERY Portrait Photograph of “a FASHIONABLy Attired Young Man with a Prominent chevron Mustache”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO
THE NOBLE & FELL’S SUNBEAM GALLERY was operated by Skelton Stanford Nobel and Albert Webster Fell between December 1873 and May 1874. It was located in Petaluma’s downtown at 649 Main Street. (For additional information on these photographers and to view all portraits in this collection taken at their gallery, click on the gallery’s name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unidentified
Description: This young man sits with his right hand resting on the arm of his chair and his left hand in his lap. He sits squarely and looks directly at the viewer. He is fashionably attired in a dark sack jacket with velvet top lapels; a dark velvet vest; a white, wide-spread, collared shirt; and a bow tie. A watch chain loops from his vest pocket. His dark hair has been carefully groomed. Along his forehead runs a single curl and directly above each ear is a mass of curls. He sports a prominent chevron mustache.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This portrait is contained within a vertical oval frame.
Description, back: In the center is the Gallery’s imprint. It reads, “Noble & Fell’s Sunbeam Gallery, Main St., Petaluma, Next door to Wickersham & Co’s Bank.”
Date: December 1873 - May 1874
Condition: The top and bottom edges of this carte de visite have been trimmed.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-952-01-20a, Schwobeda/Bloom/Taylor/DeMartin Family & Friends Album
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