George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Mary Irene Clark Farquar
Casey, Julia Moriarty (1852-1934)
/Unidentified Photographer and Unidentified Retoucher’s crayon portrait of Julia Moriarty Casey
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
Retoucher: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Julia Moriarty Casey
Description: In this head-and-shoulders portrait, Julia Moriarty Casey appears as a sturdy, self-possessed matron. Her demeanor is orderly and stoic. Her dark, center-parted hair has been carefully combed back into a bun pinned on the top of her head. She wears a starched “Gibson Girl” blouse, and her sole ornament is a brooch fastened to the center of her collar.
Biographical Note: Born in County Kerry, Ireland, Julia was only 14 when she boarded a ship in 1866 bound for New York City accompanied by her Aunt Mary Moriarty, who had taken her in after she lost her mother at age 10. Also, along on the journey were Mary’s three daughters, all under 18.
The women comprised part of the second wave of Irish emigration, the first wave having peaked during the 1850s in the wake of the Great Famine that devasted Ireland following the potato crop failure in 1845. Unlike the first wave, the second wave was predominately made up of single females, the majority of them under the age of 25.
From New York City, the Moriarty women sailed via the Isthmus of Panama for San Francisco, where Julia was briefly reunited with her father, who had left Ireland for America soon after his wife’s death.
Like more than three quarters of Irish female immigrants, Julia found ready employment for five years as a domestic for a liquor merchant and his family in San Francisco. It was grueling employment that most working-class American girls avoided, as domestic service bore a social stigma, preferring jobs as shop girls, mill hands, and seamstresses.
While attending a St. Patrick’s Day dance, 19-year-old Julia met a 30-year-old Irish bachelor from Petaluma’s Lakeville area named John Casey. Casey had emigrated to America from County Kerry in 1863 with an older brother, Jeremiah, and two sisters, Mary and Catherine. Jeremiah and John established a 120-acre wheat farm on the northern end of Tolay Lake. Mary married a neighboring farmer named George Eades, and Catherine another neighboring farmer named John Gregory.
After their marriage, John and Julia leased a 160-acre ranch in Lakeville from J.B. Lewis for raising dairy cows. Julia gave birth to six children, who all attended St. Vincent’s Academy on Howard Street. Soon after the birth of her sixth child in 1887, John Casey died unexpectedly from a bad case of the measles.
With the help of her sons, Julia operated the dairy ranch until 1898, when she moved into Petaluma, purchasing a house at 322 Bassett Street and the adjacent empty lot. On the lot she built a two-story house at 326 Bassett Street, renting it out to boarders for income before eventually selling it to fellow Irish immigrants Charles and Hannah Sheehy. Sheehy established a painting business on Main Street in 1973. Julia’s youngest daughter Mary married the Sheehy’s oldest son Charles, Jr.
Julia was very involved with her parish at St. Vincent’s Catholic Church, and a founding member and longtime officer of Catholic Ladies Aid Society, established in 1891. In 1922, she replaced her house at 322 Bassett Street with a new modern home built by local contractor Stewart Scott. By that time, three other houses she had purchased on the block were occupied by members of her extended family.
Julia died at her home surrounded by family members in 1934 at the age of 82. Through hard work, persistence, community engagement, and family devotion, she overcame poverty and adversity to reign as the matriarch of a thriving Irish clan in Petaluma.*
Family Affiliation: Of Julia’s six children, none of her four sons married, only her two daughters. Catherine (1874-1925) married John Bennett, a prominent Molino nurseryman during Sebastopol’s apple boom; Jeremiah Casey (1875-1893) died at 19 from lung disease; John (Jack) Casey (1877-1951) was a teamster for the Golden Eagle Mill; William (1878-1968) was general manager of A. Kahn Grocery and grain distribution; James (1886-1928) operated meat markets, including King’s Corner Grocery on Bodega Avenue; George (1881-1972) was ranch manager for Joe Redding in Rancho Nicasio and Shellville; Mary (1887-1969) married Charles Sheehy, Jr., who operated Sheehy Brothers Painting at 128 Kentucky Street until his unexpected death in 1929. Mary supported her two children working for Newburg department store, Tomasini’s Hardware, and for ten years in the office of the Petaluma Creamery.*
*This biographical note and family affiliation information was written by Julia Moriarty Casey’s descendant, John Patrick Sheehy.
Bibliography: https://petalumahistorian.com/julia-moriarty-casey/.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: Crayon enlargement also known as a crayon portrait, 16 X 20
Medium: Photographic print mounted on paperboard and enhanced with charcoal
Description, front:
Description, back: The back of this portrait is blank
Date: c. 1900
Condition: The original of this portrait is torn. The version presented here has been digitally restored.
Owner: John Patrick Sheehy, digital copy by permission.
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Cromwell, Franklin Arlington
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of franklin arlington cromwell
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: Franklin Arlington Cromwell
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Carter, Emma
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of Emma Carter
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (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: Emma Carter
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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
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Owner: The Cyndi Logan Collection, digital copy by permission.
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Cox, Julia Bertha Lewis (1885-1982) (3 of 5)
/Easterly & Company’s Portrait Photograph of Mabel Lewis osmon, Julia Lewis cox & Elizabeth Lewis Wallace
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
EASTERLY & CO. was operated in Petaluma by George Bascombe Easterly (1859-1906) between August 1891 and November 1893. (For additional information on Easterly & Co. and to view all portraits produced by the studio in the collection, click its name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Names: Mabel Emily Lewis Osmon, Julia Bertha Lewis Cox, Elizabeth Lewis Wallace
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 17.4 x 25
Medium: gelatin print mounted on cardstock
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Date: 1892
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-326
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Cox, Julia Bertha Lewis (1885-1982) (2 of 5)
/LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF Julia Bertha lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD was born in 1852 in Ohio and died in 1940 in Inglewood, California. He established his photographic gallery in Petaluma in February of 1886, “in the rooms formerly occupied by Lewis Dowe”. It was located at 59 1/2 Main Street next door to the First National Bank Building. Sheppard continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma at least through June of 1891. (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:
Names: Julia Bertha Lewis Cox
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, 10.8 x 16.4
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-322
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Cox, Julia Bertha Lewis (1885-1982) (1 of 5)
/Elite Studio’s portrait photograph of Julia Bertha Lewis
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unknown
THE SITTER:
Name: Julia Bertha Lewis Cox
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: oval, 9.2 x 12.2
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: It appears this photograph has been cut to fit within an oval frame.
Description, back: Handwritten in black ink along the top is “Lewis”, 11 1/2 months. Handwritten in pencil appears: Julia B. Lewis”, “oct 15 1886”, age 11 1/2 most”. Below this handwritten in black ink is: “dau (daughter?) of Julia & C. W. Lewis”, “Julia B. Lewis” 11 1/2 mo”, 15 Oct 1886”.
Date: October 15, 1886
Condition: This portrait has water damage. There is a large white stain at the top and three white stains on the right edge.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-321
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Cox, Julia Bertha Lewis (1885-1982) (4 of 5)
/Elite Studio’s portrait photograph of Julia Bertha Lewis Cox
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Unknown
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THE SITTER:
Name: Julia Bertha Lewis Cox
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, 10.8 x 14.9cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-320
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Cox, Julia Bertha Lewis(1885-1982)(5 of 5)
/Elite Studio’s portrait photograph of Julia Bertha Lewis Cox
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Elite Studios
Studio Location: Santa Rosa, California
THE SITTER:
Name: Julia Bertha Lewis Cox
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: 9 x 17.9 cm
Medium: matte collodion photographic print with embellished oval mount
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, Barbara Webster Collection, 2022-214-319
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Clark, Larry 1978-666-48
/E. R. Healy ground floor gallery’s Portrait Photograph of Larry Clark
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: Larry Clark
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1978-666-48
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Carr, Mark
/portrait photograph of Mark Carr
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Isaiah West Taber (1830-1912). Taber opened his first photography studio in 1854 in Syracuse, New York. In 1864 he moved to California and worked at the Bradley and Rulofson studio at 429 Montgomery Street in San Francisco until 1873. By the end of the decade, Taber was creating portraits at his own studio at 8 Montgomery Street in San Francisco. He continued to produce portraits at his new studio location at 121 Post Street between 1893 and 1906. His studio and all its contents were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Isaiah West Taber: A Photographic Legacy, introduction by Gary F. Kurtz, Windgate Press, Sausalito, California, 2004, Appendix A: Portraits by Taber .
Photographic Studio: Taber Studio, 8 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California.
THE SITTERS:
Name: Mark Carr
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: The photographer’s imprint on the bottom front edge of this card allows us to assume that this portrait was created between 1883 and 1886.
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1994-633-62
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Carr, Mrs. Mark
/Imperial Studio’s portrait photograph of Mrs. Mark Carr
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Hector W. Vaughan
Photographic Studio: Imperial Photographic Gallery, 724 1/2 Market Street, San Francisco, California
THE SITTERS:
Names: Mrs. Mark Carr
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Date: This portrait was taken sometime between 1877 and 1880, the years in which the Imperial Studio in San Francisco was in operation.
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1994-633-61
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Clarke, Unidentified Family Member
/E. R. Healy Ground Floor Studio’s Portrait Photograph of an Unidentified Clarke Family Member
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: Unidentified Clarke Family Member
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Medium: matte collodion print with rectangular mount
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1991-IDI-40
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Clarke, Unidentified Family Member
/E. R. Healy Ground Floor Studio’s Portrait Photograph of an Unidentified Clarke Family Member
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: Unidentified Clarke Family Member
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Medium: matte collodion print with oval mount
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1991-IDI-39
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Clarke, Byron (1845-1904)
/E. R. Healy Ground Floor Studio’s Portrait Photograph of Byron Clarke
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: Byron Clarke
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Format / Size:
Medium: matte collodion print with rectangular mount
Description, front: This is a head-and-shoulders cabinet card portrait which has been surrounded within a black, decorative, vertical, oval cartouche. The mat is dark-grey and has been cut roughly around its outer edges. The photographer’s imprint appears diagonally on the bottom right printed in white ink. The name of the photographer, “Healy” is in elegant cursive and is followed by an elaborate flourish. “Ground Floor Studio, Petaluma, CA” appears below but is printed in all capital letters.
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1991-IDI-38
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Clarke, Aura E. (1878-1965)
/E. R. Healy Ground Floor Studio’s Portrait Photograph of Aura E. Clarke
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: Aura E. Clarke
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size:
Medium: matte collodion print with oval mount
Description, front: This is a head-and-shoulders cabinet card portrait which has been surrounded within a black, decorative, vertical, oval cartouche. The mat is dark-grey and has been cut roughly around its outer edges. The photographer’s imprint appears diagonally on the bottom right printed in white ink. The name of the photographer, “Healy” is in elegant cursive and is followed by an elaborate flourish. “Ground Floor Studio, Petaluma, CA” appears below but is printed in all capital letters.
Description, back:
Date: 1903
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1991-IDI-37
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Cassidy, Nellie Louise (1863-1930) (see Webster)→
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Nellie Louise Cassidy Webster
Coflin, Ida Brown (born c. 1858 )
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Emma S. Elder and Ida Brown
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Name: Emma S. Elder Coggeshall Cady and Ida Brown Coflin. This portrait was taken before either of these two young women had married, when they would have been known by their maiden names, Emma S. Elder and Ida Brown.
Description: The two, young, unmarried, women portrayed in this carte de visite were most probably close friends. Emma Elder stands confidently on the viewer’s left, resting her hands authoritatively on the right shoulder of Ida Brown. Elder gazes directly at the viewer, her full face open to the camera. Brown sits calmly on the right; her gaze lowered and to the right. The women are dressed almost identically. Both wear heavy, dark, complex dresses typical of the first half of the 1870s. Both dresses have a full, flounced and ruffled, underskirt and a shorter, top skirt which is gathered at the sides creating a type of front apron. Both women have wide, large cuffs trimmed in white lace, and high, white, lace, collars around which are draped fringed neck scarves. Elder’s dress also includes a full bustle.
Biographical Note: Petaluma papers mention Ida Brown throughout the 1870s and 1880s in the sections dedicated to commenting on Petaluma’s social events for young adults. By 1881 she was living in Alameda, but often returned to visit her friends in Petaluma. She married P. Gardner Coflin in 1887 and moved to Catskills, New York.
Family Affiliation: Ida Brown Coflin’s parents were early Petaluma residents Captain John K. Brown (1820 -1902), a steamboat navigator and Helen W. Walter Brown(1837-1892). Both were buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Cemetery. Ida had three brothers: Thomas H. Brown (born c. 1855) who worked as a telegraph operator in Petaluma, William W. Brown (1862-1905) and George H. Brown (1868 or 69 - 1922). The wife of Thomas H. Brown was also named Ida, and she is referred to in the Petaluma papers as “Mrs. Ida Brown”.
Bibliography: Petaluma Weekly Argus, Oct. 8, 1870, p. 2; Jan. 6, 1872, p. 3; Nov. 28, 1873, p. 3; Nov. 27, 1874, p. 3; April 30, 1875, p. 2; Nov. 29, 1878, p. 3; Sept. 14, 1881, p. 2; April 28, 1882, p. 3. Petaluma Courier, April 26, 1882, p. 3; Dec. 7, 1887, p. 3. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier, Dec. 1, 1902, p. 1. Petaluma Argus-Courier, Nov. 8, 1902, p. 1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72441330/helen-w-brown
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: Double portrait of two young women in front of a backdrop depicting a grand architectural interior.
Description, back: Handwritten in black ink cursive, “Miss Ida Brown”, “ Emma Elder”, “April 23rd 1874”, “Petaluma”, and “Cal.”. On the center back is the photographer’s imprint which reads: “From George Ross’ Art and Photograph Gallery, Main St., Petaluma, Cal. (Immediately opposite the American Hotel.)”.
Date: April 23rd, 1874
Condition: There are small stains and extensive foxing throughout, and the corners have been clipped.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1984-289-05
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Cady, Emma S. Elder Coggeshall (1857-1933)(6 of 6)
/LEWIS DOWE’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF EMMA S. ELDER Coggeshall
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: Emma S. Elder Coggeshall Cady. At the time this portrait was taken, the sitter’s name was most probably Emma S. Elder Coggeshall. The surname of her first husband whom she married in 1877 was Coggeshall.
Description: In this cabinet card portrait, Emma S. Elder Coggeshall is standing, wearing a bustled, white, lace dress with full-length sleeves. She wears white gloves and carries a white fan. At her neck is a corsage, and she wears large drop earrings. Curls adorn her forehead and her wavy hair is pulled into a large twisted bun at the crown of her head. She is adorned in bridal fashion, and this portrait quite probably commemorates her wedding to her first husband, whose surname was Coggeshall.
Biographical Note: As a student and young women Emma was mentioned often in Petaluma papers’ society section. She received her certificate to teach in the Petaluma Public School system in 1876. In 1919, she was living at A and Sixth Streets.
Family Affiliation: Emma S. Elder Coggeshall Cady was the daughter of Petaluma pioneers, William Elder (1812-1876) and Sarah C. Elder (1819-1891). The Elders were a prominent family in Petaluma. William Elder, born in Scotland, was Petaluma’s first mayor, the first chairman of the Petaluma Board of Trustees, and one of the founders of the Petaluma Congregational church. William Elder also founded, with George Harris, the general merchandising store in Petaluma, Harris & Elder. In 1877, Emma married a man named Coggeshall and with him had three children. Their daughter, Catherine Coggeshall (1884-1982), married Malcolm Lyman Byce (1890-1919) in 1912. Emma later named a man whose surname was Cady.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.5 x 14.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The painted backdrop of this portrait depicts an interior room with grand architectural details and was obviously selected to compliment the formal aspect of the portrait.
Description, back: Handwritten in script in black ink along the top edge of the card is: “May, 1877”. Handwritten in script in pencil is: “Em. Cogswell nee Elder”. Handwritten in block lettering in blue ink along the bottom is: “Emma Coggeshall”.
Date: May 1877
Condition: This portrait is in good condition; however, approximately 1/8 of an inch have been hand cut from both the top and bottom edges.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1985-X-33
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Cavanagh, John William(1824-1899)
/Lafayette F. Sheppard’s Portrait Photograph of John William Cavanagh
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD was born in 1852 in Ohio and died in 1940 in Inglewood, California. He established his photographic gallery in Petaluma in February of 1886, “in the rooms formerly occupied by Lewis Dowe”. It was located at 59 1/2 Main Street next door to the First National Bank Building. Sheppard continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma at least through June of 1891. (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: John Cavanagh (also spelled Cavanaugh)
Description: In this portrait, John Cavanagh gazes off into the distance with pride and confidence. Groomed with fashionable muttonchops and dressed in businessman attire, he is crowned with a magnificent top hat. A fashionable mark of distinction, the top hat was meant to bestow an air of power and dignity to its wearer.
Biographical Note: John Cavanagh was one of Petaluma’s earliest pioneers. Enticed by the gold rush, he immigrated to California from Ireland in 1849 and arrived in Petaluma in 1857. He was a very successful businessman and was best known as the founder of Cavanagh Lumber which supplied the raw materials for many of Sonoma County’s early construction projects. Cavanagh was civic-minded and served in many positions in Petaluma including city marshal, city recorder and justice of the peace. He was active in many Petaluma fraternal organizations, including the Masons, Knights Templar and the Mutual Relief Association. During the Civil War he and Captain Thomas Baylis organized Petaluma’s Union Militia, known as the Emmett Rifles, which was composed of citizens of Irish descent. In early 1862 the group was mustered into the National Guard of California, with Bayliss serving as Captain and Cavanagh as Lieutenant. John Cavanaugh PDF
Family Affiliation: Cavanagh’s wife was Delia Adelaide Kerrigan (Carrigan) Cavanagh (1839-1908). Together, John and Delia had at least seven children: Jane Cavanagh (1861-1943), Thomas James “Bud” Cavanagh (1862-1899), Laura Ann Cavanagh Whitney (1864-1931), John Edward Cavanagh (1865-1954), Dr. Stephen Patrick Cavanagh (1869-1924), Margaret Ellen Cavanagh (1870-1940), and Emma Grace Cavanagh (1872-1963).
Bibliography: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45783388/john-cavanagh
Petaluma Daily Morning Courier, March 21, 1899, p. 1 (obit).
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.5 x 16 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: Sheppard’s imprint appears along the bottom edge of this card.
Description, back: Handwritten in cursive in black ink along the top edge of the back of this cabinet card is: “Judge John Cavanagh Petaluma”.
Date: February 1886 - 1891
Condition: There is foxing throughout both sides of this card. The front bottom right edged is stained. Long, dark lines appear on both vertical edges of the back side which are most probably remnants of removed tape.
Owner: Private Collection, digital copy by permission
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Clark, George Clarence Jr. (1909-1991)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of George Clarence Clark Jr.
(The identification of the sitter is hypothetical.)
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: The identification of the sitter as George Clarence Clark Jr. is hypothetical. The inscription on the back of the cabinet card identifies the toddler as “Georgie Clark”. George Clarence Clark Jr. was born in 1909, and the portrait appears to date from just after the turn of the twentieth century. The reference to his “Uncle Byron” and “Aunt Emma” on the back of the card requires additional research. One of them may have been a sibling of George’s mother, Elizabeth Clark.
Description: This toddler wears a voluminous play smock with large, white, front buttons, a matching skirt, and dark leather boots. His body appears strangely uninhibited and relaxed for a child having his portrait taken. He dangles his hand over the armrest, leans comfortably into the corner of the chair, and casually crosses his left leg over his right.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: George Clarence Clark Jr. was the son of George Clarence Clark Sr. (1863-1927) and Elizabeth Clark (1875-1931).
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This portrait is set within a vertical oval frame. The mat is a light yellowish-green and the edge is a darker olive green.
Description, back: Handwritten in cursive in faded blue ink is, “Georgie Clark”, “To his Uncle Byron” “and Aunty Emma”.
Date: If the sitter is George Clarence Clark Jr., this cabinet card would date between 1910 and 1912
Condition: The back side of this cabinet card is soiled and stained.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1978-80-18
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Church, Edith Mabel (1889-1962)
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Edith mabel Church
THE 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: Edith Mabel Church
Description: Cabinet card of an infant sitting on a blanket-covered prop. The baby is wearing a gown.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back:
Date: 1890
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-02-p22-p13
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Church, Claude Leslie (1886-1938)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Claude Leslie Church
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (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: Claude Leslie Church
Description: CDV of an infant sitting on a blanket covered studio prop wearing a velvet gown with a bib.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
Bibliography: add, augment
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: George Ross’ stamp
Date: approximately 1886
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-01-p7-p3
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Church, Unidentified (Girl) 1979-425-01-p29-p20
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Unidentified Girl, c. 1862-1893
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (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 Girl (Church Family)
Description: CDV of a young girl sitting in a fringe studio chair wearing a dress with plaid detailing, pearls, and her hair done in sausage curls.
Biographical Note: add, augment
Family Affiliation: It is of note that this sitter’s portrait came from the Church family album.
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
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: George Ross’ stamp
Date: c. 1862-1893
Condition: (note tears, foxing, fading)
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-01-p29-p20, Church family album
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Church, Cynthia Jane Fleming (1833-1928)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of “Mother c.” presumed to be Cynthia Jane Fleming Church
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (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: Cynthia Jane Fleming Church
Description: CDV of a woman's bust in an oval frame. Her hair is pulled back and secured with a bow, and she is wearing a dress with a large white collar and brooch.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: George Ross’ stamp
Date: early 1870s
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-01-p9-p5
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Church, Guy Raymond (1880-1938)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Guy Raymond Church
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (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: Guy Raymond Church
Description: CDV of a toddler sitting on a fringe studio chair wearing a buttoned dress with a lacy collar
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: George Ross’ stamp
Date: approximately 1883
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-01-p8-p4
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Church, Clara Elsie (1867-1964)(2 of 2)
/Charles Lainer, Portrait Photograph of Clara Elsie Church
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Charles Lainer
Studio Location: 31 Third Street, San Francisco, CA
THE SITTER:
Name: Clara Elsie Church
Description: Cabinet card of a woman's bust. There are flowers pinned to chest and she has short curly bangs.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, Front:
Description, Back: Charles Lainer’s stamp
Date: undated
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-02-p11-p5
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Church, Ray 1979-425-02-p6-p3
/Fowzer, Portrait Photograph of Ray Church
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Fowzer
Studio Location: 337 Hayes St. & 1228 Market, San Francisco, CA
THE SITTER:
Name: Ray Church
Description: Cabinet card of a young boy's bust. He is wearing a striped suit with a polka dot tie.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: the back of this cabinet card is blank or contains only its accession number
Date: undated
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-02-p6-p3
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Church, Lorin Jasper (1889-1918) (2 of 3)
/Harry Fowler ROBERTS’ Portrait Photograph of Rena Church (Weyler) & Lorin JASPER CHURCH
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HARRY FOWLER ROBERTS was born in 1869 in Mankato, Minnesota, and died in February 1907 in Colfax, California, at age 38. As early as 1892 he opened a photographic studio on Petaluma’s Main Street across from the American Hotel. The exact date Roberts closed his studio in Petaluma has not been determined; however, it may have been as late as 1895. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Names: Rena Church (Weyler) and Lorin Jasper Church
Description: In this cabinet card, Rena Church and her older brother, Lorin Church, appear as miniature adults. Rena is attired in a full-length, dark dress with a scalloped lace collar. She sits attentively beside her older brother placing her left arm behind him. Lorin stands stiffly with his right thumb in his jacket pocket. He is attired in a matching jacket and knickers.
Biographical Note: Lorin Jasper Church was born and raised at the Church family ranch in Two Rock. In 1899, he was listed as a student at Two Rock’s Walker School, and his teacher was listed as Miss Mabel Celeste Black (1874-1966), the future Mabel Black-Putnam and mother-in-law of Petaluma mayor, Helen DuMont Putnam (1909-1984). In 1906, it was reported that Lorin was the Sergeant at Arms of his senior class at Petaluma High School. A member of the Enterprise Yearbook staff, he graduated in May 1907 and soon after enrolled at the University of California. On June 4, 1911, he married Helen M. Storer of Oakland, and initially, they settled in Alaska. By 1915 the couple had returned to Petaluma, and on August 10, 1917, Lorin enlisted in the United States Marine Corps to fight in World War I. He was stationed at Quantico, Virginia, and received distinction as a sharpshooter. In July 1918, he was reported to be in France, working back of the lines as a surveyor. On August 10, 1918, the Petaluma Daily Morning Courier reported that he had been killed on the battlefield in France on June 13. He was the second Petaluma boy to die in World War I. He was buried at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Belleau, Departement de L’Aisne, Picardie, France. Lorin’s sister, Rena Church Weyler, with whom he is portrayed in this cabinet card, tragically died only a few months after her brother from complications of the Spanish Flu.
Family Affiliation: Lorin Jasper Church was the second son of Walter A. Church and Minnie B. Warders Church of Two Rock Valley. He was the brother of Linnie Church Mack, Rena Church Weyler, Flora Church, Ralph Church, Amy Church, Earl Church, and Roy Church. He was the husband of Helen M. Storer. Click here to be directed to a list of the other portraits of Church family members in this archive.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The backdrop of this portrait is a roughly stuccoed wall, and a similarly stuccoed U shape object serves as a bench. The edges of this portrait’s card are scalloped. Handwritten in cursive in pencil along the bottom edge is, “Loren [sic] + Rena Church”.
Description, back: “Rena & Lorin Church 1883 about-”
Date: This portrait dates no earlier than 1892 and no later than 1895. On the back of this portrait is handwritten, “1883 about”; however, Lorin Jasper Church was not born until 1889. Additionally, the earliest possible date the photographer opened his studio in Petaluma was 1892. It is possible the writer of the inscription meant 1893.
Condition: The back of this portrait is heavily soiled and remnants of tape appear along the top edge.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-02-p2-p1
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Crippen, Edwina C. (1855 -1939)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of (Mary) Eltha Crippen Nay Eno & Edwina C. Crippen
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Names: (Mary) Eltha Crippen Nay Eno & Edwina C. Crippen. When this portrait was taken, Eltha would have been known by her maiden name, Eltha Crippen. Edwina Crippen never married.
Description: This double portrait depicting the Crippen sisters is masterful. The older sister, Edwina, is seated on a one-armed studio chair while her sister, Eltha, six years her junior, stands next to her. With an elegant, confident posture and a self-possessed gaze, Edwina looks directly at the viewer while Eltha glances to the left with an air of apprehension. With a slightly submissive posture, Eltha leans towards Edwina and, with a childlike gesture, places her hand on her sister’s shoulder. Edwina wears a full-length, striped, waisted dress with a hem of six wide ruffles and full-length sleeves that terminate in a border of white lace. A black ribbon defines the yoke of her dress, and a matching ribbon has been tied under her white lace collar. Eltha wears a cuirass bodice over a calf-length skirt. Her short skirt and boots were the apparel of a girl; adult woman at this time wore their skirts full-length. Both sisters wear a thin black choker and dangling earrings. Their shoulder-length hair is curled and restrained with a ribbon headband.
Biographical Note: Edwina was born in Michigan in 1855 and died in Petaluma on January 11, 1939. She was buried in the Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery and Mausoleum in Santa Rosa. Edwina was a member of the Petaluma Baptist Church. She and her sister, Eltha, lived together for many years in their family home at 305 Liberty Street. The sisters appear to have been very adventurous; they often traveled long distances together by car when it was unusual for ladies to do so. Their trips were often mentioned in the Petaluma newspapers. According to US Federal Censuses, Edwina identified her occupation as a “laborer” in the box factory industry (1910), a “speiner” [sic] in the silk mill industry (1920), and a silk “shinner” [sic] in her own residence (1930).
Family Affiliation: Edwina’s parents were Petaluma pioneers, Perry W. Crippen (1823-1888) and Harriet Amelia Bump Crippen (1833-1924). She had two older brothers, Everton J. Crippen (1849-1922) and Marvin A. Crippen (1854-1910); a younger brother, Commodore Perry Crippen (1859-1906); and an younger sister, (Mary) Altha Crippen Nay Eno(1861-1943).
Bibliography:https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221184405/edwina-crippen ; Petaluma Daily Morning Courier: Sept. 11, 1908, p.1; December 30, 1911, p.7; Sept. 24, 1922, p. 4; Sept. 30, 1925, p. 1; October 8, 1926, p. 5; Petaluma Argus-Courier, June 25, 1925, p. 6; Nov. 24, 1931, p. 8; Nov. 23, 1932, p. 6; Dec. 26, 1936, p. 3; May 28, 1938, p. 2; January 12, 1939, p. 4; January 12, 1939, p. 12; January 13, 1939, p.5.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The only background detail in this carte de visite is a horizontal strip of wall molding.
Description, back: George Ross’ imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite.
Date: 1870-1875
Condition: The portrait is slightly soiled throughout, and the top edge of the card has been trimmed.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-01-p33-p21, Church Family & Friends Album
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Church, Guy Raymond (1880-1930)
/Lafayette F. Sheppard’s Portrait Photograph of Ray Church, 1888 +
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD was born in 1852 in Ohio and died in 1940 in Inglewood, California. He established his photographic gallery in Petaluma in February of 1886, “in the rooms formerly occupied by Lewis Dowe”. It was located at 59 1/2 Main Street next door to the First National Bank Building. Sheppard continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma at least through June of 1891. (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: Ray Church
Description: CDV of a young boy's bust. He is wearing a wool plaid jacket with buttoned chest.
Biographical Note: add, augment
Family Affiliation:
Bibliography: add, augment
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, 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: N/A
Date: February 1886-1891
Condition: (note tears, foxing, fading)
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-01-p17-p11
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Church, Amanda 1979-425-02-p9-p4
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Samantha & Amanda Church
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTERS:
Names: Samantha and Amanda Church
Description: Cabinet card of two women’s bust. There hair is pulled back and they have velvet bodices with high collars.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: N/A
Date: undated
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-01-p9-p4
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Church, Samantha 1979-425-02-p9-p4
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Samantha & Amanda Church
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTERS:
Names: Samantha and Amanda Church
Description: Cabinet card of two women’s bust. There hair is pulled back and they have velvet bodices with high collars.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back:
Date: undated
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-01-p9-p4
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Cady, Emma S. Elder Coggeshall (1857-1933) (1 of 6)
/Easton’s Photographic Gallery’s Portrait Photograph of Emma S. Elder
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Easton’s Photographic Gallery, Rochester, Minnesota
THE SITTER:
Name: Emma S. Elder Coggeshall Cady. This portrait was taken prior to the sitter’s first marriage when she was known by her maiden name, Emma S. Elder.
Description: Emma sits in a studio chair striking an informal contrapposto pose. The informality of her pose is echoed in the look upon her face. She is evidently a teenager. She wears a dark dress with drop shoulders and a tight waistline. At her neck is a ruffled white collar and a necklace which appears to end in a locket. Her hair falls in sausage curls to just below her shoulders, and she wears a headband at the crown of her head.
Biographical Note: As a student and young women, Emma was mentioned often in Petaluma papers’ society section. She received her certificate to teach in the Petaluma Public School system in 1876. In 1919 she was living at A and Sixth Streets.
Family Affiliation: Emma S. Elder Coggeshall Cady was the daughter of Petaluma pioneers, William Elder (1812-1876) and Sarah C. Elder (1819-1891). The Elders were a prominent family in Petaluma. William Elder, born in Scotland, was Petaluma’s first mayor, the first chairman of the Petaluma Board of Trustees, and one of the founders of the Petaluma Congregational church. William Elder also founded, with George Harris, the general merchandising store in Petaluma, Harris & Elder. In 1877, Emma married a man named Coggeshall and with him had three children. Their daughter, Catherine Coggeshall (1884-1982), married Malcolm Lyman Byce (1890-1919) in 1912. Emma later named a man whose surname was Cady.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6 x 10 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The subject sits resting her left arm on the upholstered, fringed arm of a studio chair. The vertical right edge of the portrait contains what may be a section of backdrop meant to depict either drapery or a fluted column.
Description, back: Handwritten along the top edge in blue ink in all capital letters is, “EMMA ELDER”. The photographer’s imprint includes eight lines of text: “MEZZO PRINT PHOTOGRAPHS”, “Exclusive Right”, “License Number 151”, “Easton’s”, “PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY”, “Negatives preserved”, and “Copies furnished at any time”.
Date: circa 1868 - 1872
Condition: There is light foxing throughout this carte de visite, and the top edge has been cut.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1985-IDI-02
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Cannon, Nettie Urith Clark (1868-1955)
/Henry Kemp Van Ee’s Portrait Photograph of
Mary Irene Clark Farquar, George Clarence Clark, and Nettie urith Clark Cannon
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Henry Kemp Van Ee (1853-1934)
Studio Location: 410 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, California
THE SITTERS:
Names: Mary Irene Clark Farquar, George Clarence Clark, and Nettie Urith Clark Cannon
Description: In this group portrait, Nettie Urith Clark Cannon appears to the right of her two siblings, Mary Irene Clark Farquar and George Clarence Clark. She is attired in a waisted, black, dress which has a high collar and a large, wide neck bow. Between the collar and the bow there appears to be a jeweled pin. Over her dress is a bolero jacket fringed with tassels. Several sections of her hair has been twisted and gathered at the top of her head in a top-knot which is crowned by what appears to be a black conical object. There is an almost military air to the poses of the siblings. Nettie and her sister, Mary, stand erect with their hands behind their backs; both women look directly at the viewer. Their significantly taller brother stands authoritatively erect with his arms at his sides and gazes to his right.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: Nettie Urith Clark Cannon was a member of an early Petaluma pioneer family. Her father, Almer Clark (1829-1899), came to California by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and her mother, Rachael Jane Murray Clark (1838-1903), crossed the plains with her parents in 1848 or 1852. Almer and Rachael established the “Clark Ranch” on Petaluma Hill Road which served as a “Half-Way” house for the stage coaches traveling between Sacramento and Willits. Nettie was raised on this ranch and later married Louis L. (Doc) Cannon, a horse trainer. They took over the “Clark Ranch” renaming it the “L. L. Cannon Ranch”. Mary Irene Clark Farquar (1858-1941) was her sister, and George Clarence Clark(1863-1927) was her brother.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This is a crowded and strangely cropped group portrait of three standing siblings. On the right can be seen a backdrop painted to resemble a residential interior, and on the left can be seen what may be a lace curtain. The card has pinked edges, and the photographer’s imprint appears along the bottom edge. On the bottom edge of the card under the corresponding sibling is written their first name: “Mary”, “George” and “Nettie”.
Description, back: Handwritten in script in pencil along the top edge of the card is: “Mary I. (Clark) Farquar”, “Geo. C. Clark”, and “With Nettie Clark Cannon”.
Date: It is very probable that this portrait was taken January 15, 1895. There is another portrait by Henry Kemp Van Ee in this archive which depicts Mary Irene Clark Farquar’s three sons, and it is very similar to this portrait. The backdrop in both portraits is identical, and on the back side of the portrait of the three boys is written “Jan15, 1895”. It is logical to conclude that the family would have arrived together to have their portraits taken.
Condition: There is slight foxing throughout the top of the card.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum,1978-80-44-p21-p40
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Church, Clara Elsie (1867-1964)(1 of 2)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Clara elsie Church
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (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: Clara Elsie Church
Description: CDV of a woman's bust in an oval frame. Her hair is pulled back and there is a large chain around her neck.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, Front: (identify group or individual, gender(s); identify pose, furniture & props; describe composition, background, added color…)
Description, Back: George Ross’ stamp
Date: undated
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-01-p13-p9
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Church, Edith Mabel (1889-1962)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Edith Church
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Edith Mabel Church
Description: Snapshot of a girl sitting in a chair in a bedroom
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back:
Date:
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-03-p13-p7
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Church, Frank Hale (1861-1900)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Frank Church
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER :
Name: Frank Hale Church
Description: Cabinet card of a man's bust. He has a large beard and is wearing a suit with a bow tie. The flipside is the man's obituary.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: Frank Church’s obituary
Date: 1800
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-03-p20-p12
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Church, Lorin Jasper (1889-1918) (1 of 3)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Lorin Jasper Church
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (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: Lorin Jasper Church
Description: In this carte de visite portrait, Lorin Jasper Church appears to be between one and two years old. He sits atop a heavy, draped textile decorated with a floral design. He looks up and smiles contentedly, holding what appears to be a rattle in his lap. He wears a scallop-hemmed white dress and dark leather boots.
Biographical Note: Lorin Jasper Church was born and raised at the Church family ranch in Two Rock. In 1899, he was listed as a student at Two Rock’s Walker School, and his teacher was listed as Miss Mabel Celeste Black (1874-1966), the future Mabel Black-Putnam and mother-in-law of Petaluma mayor, Helen DuMont Putnam (1909-1984). In 1906, it was reported that Lorin was the Sergeant at Arms of his senior class at Petaluma High School. A member of the Enterprise Yearbook staff, he graduated in May 1907 and soon after enrolled at the University of California. On June 4, 1911, he married Helen M. Storer of Oakland, and initially, they settled in Alaska. By 1915, the couple had returned to Petaluma, and on August 10, 1917, Lorin enlisted in the United States Marine Corps to fight in World War I. He was stationed at Quantico, Virginia, and received distinction as a sharpshooter. In July 1918, he was reported to be in France, working back of the lines as a surveyor. On August 10, 1918, the Petaluma Daily Morning Courier reported that he had been killed on the battlefield in France on June 13th. He was the second Petaluma boy to die in World War I. He was buried at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Belleau, Departement de L’Aisne, Picardie, France.
Family Affiliation: Lorin Jasper Church was the second son of Walter A. Church and Minnie B. Warders Church of Two Rock Valley. He was the brother of Linnie Church Mack, Rena Church Weyler, Flora Church, Ralph Church, Amy Church, Earl Church, and Roy Church. He was the husband of Helen M. Storer. Click here to be directed to a list of the other portraits of Church family members in this archive.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: On the back of this carte de visite is a late version of George Ross’ imprint.
Date: 1889 or 1890
Condition: The front and back of this carte de visite are slightly soiled.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-01-p6-p2
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Church, Lorin Jasper (1889-1918) (3 of 3)
/Robert Peterson Dammand’s Portrait Photograph of Lorin Jasper Church
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
ROBERT PETERSON DAMMAND (Dammond) was born on September 6, 1855, in Horsens, Denmark, and died on January 27, 1936, in Glendale, California. He worked as a photographer in Iowa and Southern California before arriving in Petaluma in November 1901. He resided on Petaluma’s D Street and located his photographic studio opposite the American Hotel over the Steiger Building on Main Street. In late July 1905, Dammand departed Petaluma to set up a studio in Richmond, California. (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: Lorin Jasper Church
Description: In this head-and-should portrait, Lorin Jasper Church appears as a young man formally dressed in a jacket with high small lapels and a matching vest. He wears a white shirt with a stiff, tall rounded collar and a small dark bowtie. His dark, straight hair is parted just off center and neatly combed to each side of his head.
Biographical Note: Lorin Jasper Church was born and raised at the Church family ranch in Two Rock. In 1899, he was listed as a student at Two Rock’s Walker School, and his teacher was listed as Miss Mabel Celeste Black (1874-1966), the future Mabel Black-Putnam and mother-in-law of Petaluma mayor, Helen DuMont Putnam (1909-1984). In 1906, it was reported that Lorin was the Sergeant at Arms of his senior class at Petaluma High School. A member of the Enterprise Yearbook staff, he graduated in May 1907 and soon after enrolled at the University of California. On June 4, 1911, he married Helen M. Storer of Oakland, and initially, they settled in Alaska. By 1915, the couple had returned to Petaluma, and on August 10, 1917, Lorin enlisted in the United States Marine Corps to fight in World War I. He was stationed at Quantico, Virginia, and received distinction as a sharpshooter. In July 1918, he was reported to be in France, working back of the lines as a surveyor. On August 10, 1918, the Petaluma Daily Morning Courier reported that he had been killed on the battlefield in France on June 13th. He was the second Petaluma boy to die in World War I. He was buried at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Belleau, Departement de L’Aisne, Picardie, France.
Family Affiliation: Lorin Jasper Church was the second son of Walter A. Church and Minnie B. Warders Church of Two Rock Valley. He was the brother of Linnie Church Mack, Rena Church Weyler, Flora Church, Ralph Church, Amy Church, Earl Church, and Roy Church. He was the husband of Helen M. Storer. Click here to be directed to a list of the other portraits of Church family members in this archive.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: matte collodion print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This photograph has been cut, and its sides are not parallel. Additionally, it was not applied symmetrically to its dark textured card. The trimming of the card was haphazard; the bottom line of the photographer’s embossed imprint has been cropped in half. In its entirety, it may have read, “R. P. Dammond, Petaluma Photo Parlors, CAL”, or, alternatively, “R. P. Dammand, Petaluma Photo Parlors, CAL”.
Description, back: The back of this portrait is either blank or contains only an accession number.
Date: November 1901 - July 1905
Condition: This portrait has several abrasions and is not in sharp focus.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-03-p29-p20
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Church, Philip 1979-425-03-p28-p18
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Philip Church
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (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: Philip Church
Description: CDV of a man's bust in an oval frame. He has a mustache and is wearing a suit.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation:
Bibliography:
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, size N/A
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: George Ross’ stamp
Date: circa 1862-1893
Condition:
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-03-p28-p18
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Clark(Clarke), Dorcas Haley (1815-1902)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Dorcas Haley Clark
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified
THE SITTER:
Name: Dorcas Haley Clark (Clarke)
Description: This is a portrait of Dorcas Haley Clark, one of Petaluma’s earliest educators. She is presented in this portrait with her head tilted to her left and looking directly into the camera. Her hair is parted down the center and drawn up into a large bun at the back of her head. Her coiffeur is a bit disheveled and conveys the impression of a women not overly preoccupied with the details of her appearance. She wears a heavy wool jacket with large lapels and large buttons two of which are fastened at her waist. She also wears a white lace jabot which holds a large oval brooch at her throat. Around her neck is a long chain which loops into a pocket at her waistline. The chain most probably held a watch, and its inclusion in this portrait may be an allusion to Clark’s professional position as a teacher. There is a pastel portrait of her in the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum's painting collection. Dorcas Clark PDF
Biographical Note: As the head preceptress of Petaluma’s Baptist College, Dorcas Haley Clark was one the community’s first educators. Her obituary published October 13, 1902 in the Petaluma Argus-Courier summarized her life’s work: “Mrs. Dorcas Clark, one of the most noted educators of California, passed away in San Francisco on Tuesday last at the advanced age of 87 years… More than half a century ago she took the Lord Elgin medal in Toronto for chemistry, mathematics and agriculture, a noted achievement when educational opportunities for women were limited. Mrs. Clark was appointed first head mistress of the girls’ department of the Provincial Model School, Toronto which position she resigned to come to California in 1865. Her first appointment in California was that of associate principal of the Baptist College, Petaluma. In 1868 she was made teacher of history and mathematics in the State Normal School of San Jose, and in 1888 was elected vice-president of the Girls’ High School of San Francisco which she held until she retired, having devoted fifty-five years to educational interests…. The news of the death of the pioneer will be received with regret in this city by the older settlers who remember her, well. She has not visited here for many years although after her departure from Petaluma, she used to visit here frequently.”
Let it be noted that Dorcas’ work as a professional educator was not without its challenges. The Petaluma Evening Argus flippantly mentioned on May 29, 1873, the cronyism to which Dorcas was victim: “Mrs. Dorcas Clark, who was assistant teacher in the Normal School for five years, was summarily removed at the last meeting of the Board of Trustees. Probable cause: Some of the Board had a ‘friend’ who wanted the place. Patronage is a big thing.”
Family Affiliation: Dorcas Haley Clark was married to Benjamin Milliken Clark (1809-1867). Together they had six children. Their eldest child was Emily Maria Clark Pritchard Jeffery (born New Brunswick, Canada, 1836-1910). According to the 1870 census, Emily was a music teacher living in Petaluma with her 5 year old daughter, Josephine. Among Dorcas’ other children was educator Helen Milliken Clark Boyle (1840-1912). Helen’s daughter, Gertrude Farquharson Boyle Kanno (1878-1937) was a noted sculptress. Her many portrait busts include such famous individuals as Isadora Duncan, Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt, John Muir, Joaquin Miller, Luther Burbank, and Albert Einstein.
Bibliography: San Francisco Examiner, Jan. 18, 1868, p. 2; Feb. 24, 1870, p.3; July 24, 1875, p.3. Shasta Courier, June 5, 1869, p. 2. Martinez News-Gazette, June 12, 1869, p. 1. Tulare County Times, Nov. 16, 1872, p. 2. Petaluma Evening Argus, May 29, 1873, p. 2. Oakland Tribune, March 11, 1879, p. 1. San Francisco Call and Post, Oct. 7, 1902, p. 13 (obituary). San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 12, 1902, p. 11. Petaluma Daily Morning Courier, Oct. 13, 1902, p. 3.
THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 10 x 6 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This is a frontal head-and-shoulder portrait set within a vertical oval. Handwritten along the bottom edge in black ink is, “Dorcas Clark”.
Description, back: Handwritten along the top edge in pencil in cursive is, “Dorcas Haley Clark”.
Date: This is an early carte de visite, most probably from the 1860s.
Condition: This carte de visite is faded and soiled, and there are three dark spots on the back side.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1994-658-04
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Clark, George Clarence (1863-1927)
/Henry KEMP VAN EE’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF
MARY IRENE CLARK FARQUAR, GEORGE CLARENCE CLARK, AND NETTIE URITH CLARK CANNON
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Henry Kemp Van Ee (1853-1934)
Studio Location: 410 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, California
THE SITTERS:
Names: Mary Irene Clark Farquar, George Clarence Clark, and Nettie Urith Clark Cannon
Description: In this group portrait, George Clarence Clark appears between his two sisters, Mary Irene Clark Farquar, and Nettie Urith Clark Cannon. George wears a double-breasted wool jacket with a white handkerchief in his left breast pocket. His hair is carefully groomed, and he sports a walrus mustache. There is an almost military air to the poses of the siblings. George stands authoritatively erect with his arms at his sides while his sisters stand erect with their hands behind their backs. Significantly taller, George gazes to his right while his siblings look directly at the viewer.
Biographical Note: George lived at 343 Keller Street in Petaluma and worked as a motorman for the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway Company from 1904 until his death in 1927.
Family Affiliation: George Clarence Clark was the son of Petaluma pioneers, Almer Clark (1829-1899) and Rachel Jane Murray Clark (1836-1903). George’s wife was Elizabeth Clark, and Mary Irene Clark Farquar (1858-1941) and Nettie Urith Clark Cannon (1868-1955) were his sisters.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This is a crowded and strangely cropped group portrait of three standing siblings. On the right can be seen a backdrop painted to resemble a residential interior, and on the left can be seen what may be a lace curtain. The card has pinked edges, and the photographer’s imprint appears along the bottom edge. On the bottom edge of the card under the corresponding sibling is written their first name: “Mary”, “George” and “Nettie”.
Description, back: Handwritten in script in pencil along the top edge of the card is: “Mary I. (Clark) Farquar”, “Geo. C. Clark”, and “With Nettie Clark Cannon”.
Date: It is very probable that this portrait was taken January 15, 1895. There is another portrait by Henry Kemp Van Ee in this archive which depicts Mary Irene Clark Farquar’s three sons, and it is very similar to this portrait. The backdrop in both portraits is identical, and on the back side of the portrait of the three boys is written “Jan15, 1895”. It is logical to conclude that the family would have arrived together to have their portraits taken.
Condition: There is slight foxing throughout the top of the card.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum,1978-80-44-p21-p40
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Clark, Maude (b. & d. dates to be determined)
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Maude Clark
THE 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: Maude Clark
Description: This is a particularly lovely cabinet card portrait of a toddler. Maude Clark, age 22 months, has been placed in what is actually a very elegant and charming pose. She sits on a sofa with her right arm resting on its rolled edge, and her left hand in her lap. Her torso is lightly twisted to her right, and, with legs tucked beneath her, her left shoe is exposed from beneath the hem of her dress. She is wearing a white, lace, ruffled, dress with a scalloped hem. Soft, short curls surround her face and longer, sausage, curls appear behind.
Biographical Note: “Miss Maude Clark” is briefly referred to in the social section of Petaluma newspapers 6 times between 1889 and 1900.
Family Affiliation: unidentified
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This cabinet card contains the portrait of a seated toddler within the perimeter of a vertical oval. The photographer’s imprint appears along the bottom edge. This portrait is in good focus with the exception of the fingers of the toddler’s left hand, her left shoe, and the bottom right edge of her dress. Although she holds her pose (most probably as instructed) her tiny fingers and toes did not comply.
Description, back: Handwritten in script in pencil along the top is, “Maude Clark was 22 months old when taken is now 5 years old.”
Date: sometime after 1874
Condition: There is foxing throughout on both the front and back. The back has several small, black, spots at the top and smudges on the left.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1978-80-22
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Clarke, (unidentified family member) (b. & d. dates to be determined)
/Lafayette F. Sheppard’s Portrait Photograph of an Unidentified member of the Clarke Family
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD was born in 1852 in Ohio and died in 1940 in Inglewood, California. He established his photographic gallery in Petaluma in February of 1886, “in the rooms formerly occupied by Lewis Dowe”. It was located at 59 1/2 Main Street next door to the First National Bank Building. Sheppard continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma at least through June of 1891. (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 member of the Clarke Family
Description: This three-quarter head shot portrait of a member of the Clarke Family depicts a handsome young man with carefully groomed, short cut hair and a chevron mustache. He wears a wool, double-breasted jacket with leather piping and high lapels. He has a white, high, banded collar and a neck tie which has a decorative pin attached to its knot.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: Clarke Family
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The background to the portrait is a troupe l’oeil which creates the illusion that the portrait is printed on a piece of paper elegantly scrolled on three edges. The photographer’s imprint appears along the bottom edge of the card.
Description, back: Handwritten in pencil in cursive along the top edge the back of this cabinet card is, “Clarke Family”.
Date: February 1886 - 1891
Condition: This cabinet card has light foxing throughout.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1991-IDI-03
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Cady, Emma S. Elder Coggeshall (1857-1933) (4 of 6)
/George Ross’ Portrait Photograph of Emma S. Elder and Ida Brown
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
GEORGE COLVAINE ROSS was born February 12, 1832 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died in 1893 at the age of 60 in Petaluma, California. Unlike the other nineteenth century Petaluma photographers, Ross lived and worked in Petaluma for many years. He arrived in Petaluma in 1855, and in 1862 he began his profession as a photographer, moving his studio within the city several times as noted on his various carte de visite and cabinet card imprints. In 1869 he was also part of a short-lived photographic studio partnership with Elon D. Ormsby on Main Street in Petaluma. It was reported that Ross stopped working as a photographer soon after he developed a disability in 1888. Ross was among the most prolific Petaluma portrait photographers, and his work was of exceptionally high quality. Ross was buried in Petaluma’s Cypress Hill Memorial Park. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTERS:
Names: Emma S. Elder Coggeshall Cody and Ida Brown Coflin. This portrait was taken before either of these two young women had married, when they would have been known by their maiden names, Emma S. Elder and Ida Brown.
Description: The two, young women portrayed in this carte de visite were most probably close friends. Emma Elder stands confidently on the viewer’s left, resting her hands authoritatively on the right shoulder of her companion. Elder gazes directly at the viewer, her full face open to the camera. Brown sits calmly on the right; her gaze lowered and to the right. The women are dressed almost identically. Both wear heavy, dark, complex dresses typical of the first half of the 1870s. Both dresses have a full, flounced and ruffled, underskirt and a shorter, top skirt which is gathered at the sides creating a type of front apron. Both women have wide, large cuffs trimmed in white lace, and high, white, lace, collars around which are draped fringed neck scarves. Elder’s dress also includes a full bustle.
Biographical Note: As a student and young women Emma S. Elder was mentioned often in Petaluma papers’ society section. She received her certificate to teach in the Petaluma Public School system in 1876. In 1919, she was living at A and Sixth Streets.
Family Affiliation: Emma S. Elder Coggeshall Cady was the daughter of Petaluma pioneers, William Elder (1812-1876) and Sarah C. Elder (1819-1891). The Elders were a prominent family in Petaluma. William Elder, born in Scotland, was Petaluma’s first mayor, the first chairman of the Petaluma Board of Trustees, and one of the founders of the Petaluma Congregational church. William Elder also founded, with George Harris, the general merchandising store in Petaluma, Harris & Elder. In 1877, Emma married a man named Coggeshall and with him had three children. Their daughter, Catherine Coggeshall (1884-1982), married Malcolm Lyman Byce (1890-1919) in 1912. Emma later named a man whose surname was Cady.
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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: Double portrait of two young women in front of a backdrop depicting a grand architectural interior.
Description, back: Handwritten in black ink cursive: Miss Ida Brown Emma Elder April 23rd 1874 Petaluma Cal. On the center back is the photographer’s imprint which reads: “From George Ross’ Art and Photograph Gallery, Main St., Petaluma, Cal. (Immediately opposite the American Hotel.)”.
Date: April 23rd, 1874
Condition: There is extensive foxing and small stains throughout, and the bottom corners have been clipped.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1984-289-05
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Cady, Emma S. Elder Coggeshall (1857-1933) (5 of 6)
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Emma S. Elder Coggeshall
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: Emma S. Elder Coggeshall Cady. At the time this portrait was taken, the sitter’s name was most probably Emma S. Elder Coggeshall. It has been assumed that this is a wedding portrait, and the surname of Emma’s first husband, whom she married in 1877, was Coggeshall.
Description: This cabinet card portrait was taken at the same time as another portrait of Emma in which she is standing. In both portraits she wears the same white lace dress, large drop earrings, and corsage. In both portraits, curls adorn her forehead and her wavy hair is pulled into a large twisted bun at the crown of her head. She is adorned in bridal fashion, and both portraits quite probably commemorate her wedding to her first husband, whose surname was Coggeshall.
Biographical Note: As a student and young women Emma was mentioned often in Petaluma papers’ society section. She received her certificate to teach in the Petaluma Public School system in 1876. In 1919, she was living at A and Sixth Streets.
Family Affiliation: Emma S. Elder Coggeshall Cady was the daughter of Petaluma pioneers, William Elder (1812-1876) and Sarah C. Elder (1819-1891). The Elders were a prominent family in Petaluma. William Elder, born in Scotland, was Petaluma’s first mayor, the first chairman of the Petaluma Board of Trustees, and one of the founders of the Petaluma Congregational church. William Elder also founded, with George Harris, the general merchandising store in Petaluma, Harris & Elder. In 1877, Emma married a man named Coggeshall and with him had three children. Their daughter, Catherine Coggeshall (1884-1982), married Malcolm Lyman Byce (1890-1919) in 1912. Emma later named a man whose surname was Cady.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.5 x 14.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This is a three-quarter view portrait in which the sitter’s image has been cropped just above the waistline.
Description, back: Handwritten in cursive in pencil along the top edge of the card is, “Emma Elder”. Handwritten in cursive in pencil along the bottom is, “Property of Federica Olmsted”. The photographer’s imprint appears in the center, aligned on a vertical diagonal.
Date: May 1877
Condition: With the exception of a vertical scratch in the upper left, this portrait is in good condition.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1984-289-06
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Cady, Emma S. Elder Coggeshall (1857-1933)(2 of 6)
/Hugh S. Anderson’s Portrait Photograph of Emma S. Elder
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
HUGH S. ANDERSON was born in 1826 in Scotland and died in 1900 in San Francisco, California. He was active in Petaluma as early as January 1872, and he departed Petaluma in December 1873. His Sunbeam Gallery was located, “At the Old Stand, Opposite H. C. Taft & Co.’s”. (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: Emma S. Elder Coggeshall Cady. This portrait was taken prior to the sitter’s first marriage, when she was known by her maiden name, Emma S. Elder.
Description: The sitter is dressed in a form-fitting bodice with drop shoulders and front buttons. Under a white lace collar she wears a plaid scarf. Over both is draped a beaded necklace which ends in what appears to be a locket. Of particular note is the sitter’s long, center-parted, copious wavy hair which hangs freely with the exception of a top section which has been pulled up and twisted to create a braided crown at the top of her head.
Biographical Note: As a student and young women Emma was mentioned often in Petaluma papers’ society section. She received her certificate to teach in the Petaluma Public School system in 1876. In 1919, she was living at A and Sixth Streets.
Family Affiliation: Emma S. Elder Coggeshall Cady was the daughter of Petaluma pioneers, William Elder (1812-1876) and Sarah C. Elder (1819-1891). The Elders were a prominent family in Petaluma. William Elder, born in Scotland, was Petaluma’s first mayor, the first chairman of the Petaluma Board of Trustees, and one of the founders of the Petaluma Congregational church. William Elder also founded, with George Harris, the general merchandising store in Petaluma, Harris & Elder. In 1877, Emma married a man named Coggeshall and with him had three children. Their daughter, Catherine Coggeshall (1884-1982), married Malcolm Lyman Byce (1890-1919) in 1912. Emma later named a man whose surname was Cady.
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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 head-and-shoulder portrait of a young woman is set within a vertical oval.
Description, back: Handwritten in black ink in capital letters along the top edge is “Emma Elder”.
Hugh Anderson’s imprint is on the center of the back of this carte de visite. Anderson created several versions of his Petaluma imprint. An expanded, possibly later, version appears here. It is printed in red ink and includes four lines of text, each in a different font. The text is embellished above and below with a horizontally flipped, elaborate flourish.
Date: January 1872 to December 1873
Condition: This carte de visite is in good condition.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1984-289-08
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Cady, Emma S. Elder Coggeshall (1857-1933) (3 of 6)
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Emma S. Elder
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 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 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: Emma S. Elder Coggshall Cady. This portrait was most probably taken prior to the sitter’s first marriage, when she was known by her maiden name, Emma S. Elder.
Description: The sitter wears a dark velvet blouse with a lighter trimmed collar piped in the darker velvet fabric. Above this collar is a white, lace ruff and neck scarf tied in a bow. A large drop earring can be seen hanging from her left ear. Her center-parted hair has been combed and pulled to the back of her head. The condition of her hair leads one to conclude it has been repeatedly crimped.
Biographical Note: As a student and young woman, Emma was mentioned often in Petaluma papers’ society section. She received her certificate to teach in the Petaluma Public School system in 1876. In 1919, she was living at A and Sixth Streets.
Family Affiliation: Emma S. Elder Coggeshall Cady was the daughter of Petaluma pioneers, William Elder (1812-1876) and Sarah C. Elder (1819-1891). The Elders were a prominent family in Petaluma. William Elder, born in Scotland, was Petaluma’s first mayor, the first chairman of the Petaluma Board of Trustees, and one of the founders of the Petaluma Congregational church. William Elder also founded, with George Harris, the general merchandising store in Petaluma, Harris & Elder. In 1877, Emma married a man named Coggeshall and with him had three children. Their daughter, Catherine Coggeshall (1884-1982), married Malcolm Lyman Byce (1890-1919) in 1912. Emma later named a man whose surname was Cady.
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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 is a head-and-shoulder portrait contained within a vertical oval.
Description, back: Written in black ink in all capitals along the top edge is, “EMMA ELDER”. The photographer’s imprint appears in the center diagonally aligned.
Date: The earliest date for this portrait is September of 1875 because that is when Lewis Dowe began working as a photographer in Petaluma. Given that the back of this portrait identifies Emma by her maiden name, the latest date for this portrait is most probably May of 1877 when she married, changing her name to Coggeshall. This portrait may commemorate Elder’s 1877 graduation from Petaluma High School; it is strikingly similar to, and concurrent with Clara Belle Sproul’s graduation portrait.
Condition: With the exception of the bottom right corner, this cabinet card is in good condition.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1984-289-07
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