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Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Clara Belle Sproul Jewell Ivancovich

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: Clara Bella Sproul Jewell Ivancovich

Description: This carte de visite is Clara Belle Sproul Jewell Ivancovich’s high school graduation portrait. She has short curly bangs, and the remainder of her hair is pulled up into a bun at the back of her head. She wears a close-fitting jacket with a shawl lapel. Her white lace ruff is adorned with what appears to be a brooch, and around her neck, tied in a bow, is a white, crocheted, fringed scarf.

Biographical Note: Clara Belle was born in 1853 in Canton, Illinois and moved with her family to Petaluma at the age of ten. She graduated from Petaluma High School, and after a brief marriage to Petaluman, John Elliott Jewell (1852-1932), was divorced. In 1898, at the age of forty, she married a prominent Petaluma doctor, George Ivancovich (1850-1924). She was a skilled musician, composer, journalist, playwright, and poet. She sang in the Methodist Church Choir, taught piano lessons in her home, and wrote the music and lyrics for several songs. The original copies of several of Clara’s literary creations are housed at the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum including her journals, her musical review, Princess Petaluma, and her novella, Adele La Croix. (See her bibliography below for access to digital copies of these artifacts.) As a long-time member of the Petaluma Woman’s Club, Clara Belle contributed news of the club in an Argus-Courier column, served as chairwoman of the Literary and Choral Committee, and served as President in 1917 and 1918.

Family Affiliation: Clara Belle was the daughter of Petaluma pioneers, Roxanne Cordelia King Sproul (1826-1908) and John Sproul. Roxanne was a landlady and early suffragist, and John was a Civil War Veteran and construction contractor. Clara Belle was married for a short time to Petaluman, John Elliott Jewell (1852-1932), and later, at the age of 40, she was married in 1898 to the Petaluma medical doctor, George Ivancovich (1850-1924).

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front: This portrait has been set within a vertical oval.

Description, back: Handwritten in black ink in cursive at the top of the card is, “Class Picture”, “May 18th 1877.”. At the bottom of the card in a distinctly different handwriting in blue ink in cursive appears, “Aunt Clara”. A mailing label with the address of the donor has been applied to the right side.

Date: May 18th, 1877

Condition: This carte de visite is soiled, and there is a crease in the top half running horizontally from the center to the right side.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2014-791-29

Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced.  These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.

 

 

Ivancovich, Clara Belle Sproul Jewell (1858-1939) (3 of 4)

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Hector W. Vaughan’s Portrait Photograph of Clara Belle Sproul Jewell

 

THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer:  Hector W. Vaughan

Photographic Studio: Imperial Photographic Gallery, 724 1/2 Market Street, San Francisco, California

THE SITTER:

Name: Clara Belle Sproul Jewell Ivancovich. At the time this portrait was taken, the sitter was most probably known by her first married name, Clara Belle Sproul Jewell.

Description: Clara Belle stands leaning her right elbow on a fabric covered table. With her arms crossed, she assumes an air of confidence and authority. Her hair has been arranged in a peculiar fashion. Like a tight fitting cap, it conforms to the shape of her head, fitting low over her brow and above her ears. She wears a heavily draped, dark, skirt and matching basque jacket which features large buttons and a crenelated hem.

Biographical Note: Clara Belle was born in 1853 in Canton, Illinois and moved with her family to Petaluma at age ten. She graduated from Petaluma High School in 1877 and may have then attended the “Normal Classes” conducted at Petaluma High School which prepared high school graduates to be primary teachers. She was a skilled musician, composer, journalist, playwright, novelist, and poet. She sang in the Methodist Church Choir, taught piano lessons in her home, and wrote the anthem for the San Francisco District Federated Women’s Clubs. Originals and early copies of several of Clara’s literary creations are housed at the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, including her journals, her novella Adele La Croix, and several poems. Also housed at the PHL&M is her autograph book, which is signed by many of her classmates several who eventually became prominent Petalumans, and a copy of the anthology Singing Years which contains five of her poems. (See her bibliography below for access to digital copies of several of these artifacts.) Unfortunately, copies of some of her works have not been found, including a one-act play entitled Discretion and a pageant performed at Petaluma’s 1923 Butter & Egg Days Celebration entitled Princess Petaluma. As a long-time member of the Petaluma Woman’s Club, Clara Belle contributed news of the club in an Argus-Courier column and served as chairwoman of the Literary and Choral Committee and as President in 1917 and 1918.

Family Affiliation: Clara Belle was the daughter of Petaluma pioneers, Roxanne Cordelia King Sproul (1826-1908) and John Sproul. Roxanne was a landlady and early suffragist, and John was a Civil War Veteran and construction contractor. On October 30, 1878, Clara Belle married Petaluman, John Elliott Jewell (1852-1932). The marriage ended in divorce in 1897, and in 1898, at the age of 40, she married the Petaluma medical doctor, George Ivancovich (1850-1924).

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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: Although faded, the studio backdrop utilized in this portrait suggests a grand architectural interior.

Description, back: Handwritten in pencil in cursive along the top edge is, “Clara B (Sproul) Jewell”. Handwritten in blue ink in cursive is, “Mama’s Aunt”. Handwritten in black ink in cursive upon an applied, yellow, square, piece of paper is, “dress is beautifully tailored”, “1877 or 79”, and “gals did not use earrings but used pins on dress”. Applied along the right bottom edge is the donor’s mailing address sticker.

Date: 1877 or 1879

Condition: Although the background of this portrait is faded, the image of the sitter is in good condition.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2014-791-33

Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced.  These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.

 

Ivancovich, Clara Belle Sproul Jewell (1858-1939)(1 of 4)

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Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Clara Belle Sproul

 

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: Clara Belle Sproul Jewell Ivancovich. At the time this portrait was taken, the sitter would have been known by her maiden name, Clara Belle Sproul.

Description: In this head-and-shoulder carte de visite, Clara Belle Sproul Jewell Ivancovich is nineteen years old. She has short, curly, bangs, and the remainder of her hair is pulled up into a bun at the back of her head. She wears a close-fitting jacket with a shawl lapel. Her white lace ruff is adorned with what appears to be a brooch, and around her neck, tied in a bow, is a white, crocheted, fringed scarf.

Biographical Note: Clara Belle was born in 1853 in Canton, Illinois and moved with her family to Petaluma at age ten. She graduated from Petaluma High School in 1877 and may have then attended the “Normal Classes” conducted at Petaluma High School which prepared high school graduates to be primary teachers. She was a skilled musician, composer, journalist, playwright, novelist, and poet. She sang in the Methodist Church Choir, taught piano lessons in her home, and wrote the anthem for the San Francisco District Federated Women’s Clubs. Originals and early copies of several of Clara’s literary creations are housed at the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, including her journals, her novella Adele La Croix, and several poems. Also housed at the PHL&M is her autograph book, which is signed by many of her classmates several who eventually became prominent Petalumans, and a copy of the anthology Singing Years which contains five of her poems. (See her bibliography below for access to digital copies of several of these artifacts.) Unfortunately, copies of some of her works have not been found, including a one-act play entitled Discretion and a pageant performed at Petaluma’s 1923 Butter & Egg Days Celebration entitled Princess Petaluma. As a long-time member of the Petaluma Woman’s Club, Clara Belle contributed news of the club in an Argus-Courier column and served as chairwoman of the Literary and Choral Committee and as President in 1917 and 1918.

Family Affiliation: Clara Belle was the daughter of Petaluma pioneers, Roxanne Cordelia King Sproul (1826-1908) and John Sproul. Roxanne was a landlady and early suffragist, and John was a Civil War Veteran and construction contractor. On October 30, 1878, Clara Belle married Petaluman, John Elliott Jewell (1852-1932). The marriage ended in divorce in 1897, and in 1898, at the age of 40, she married the Petaluma medical doctor, George Ivancovich (1850-1924).

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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: According to the inscription, this portrait commemorates Clara Belle’s graduation from Petaluma High School in 1877. For another portrait which is strikingly similar and concurrent with this one, see Lewis Dowe’s portrait of Clara Belle’s classmate, Emma Elder.

Description, back: Handwritten in black ink in cursive at the top of the card is, “Class Picture”, and “May 18th 1877.”. At the bottom of the card in a distinctly different handwriting in blue ink in cursive appears, “Aunt Clara”. A mailing label with the address of the donor has been applied to the right side.

Date: May 18th, 1877

Condition: This carte de visite is soiled, and there is a crease in the top half running horizontally from the center to the left side.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2014-791-29

Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced.  These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.

 

 

Ivancovich, Clara Belle Sproul Jewell (1858-1939)(2 of 4)

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Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Clara Belle Sproul

 

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: Clara Belle Sproul Jewell Ivancovich. When this portrait was taken, the sitter would have been known by her maiden name, Clara Belle Sproul.

Description: In this cabinet card, Clara Belle Sproul Jewell Ivancovich is portrayed as a young woman seated at a table looking up from the book she is reading. In a feminine gesture, the fingers of her left hand touch the left side of her face, and her right hand appears to mark a place in her book. She wears a dark skirt and matching jacket with elaborately decorated cuffs. She also wears a white, lace ruff and a white, lace, scarf tied in a bow. Her forehead is adorned with short tight curls, and the remainder of her hair appears to fall down her back.

Biographical Note: Clara Belle was born in 1853 in Canton, Illinois and moved with her family to Petaluma at age ten. She graduated from Petaluma High School in 1877 and may have then attended the “Normal Classes” conducted at Petaluma High School which prepared high school graduates to be primary teachers. She was a skilled musician, composer, journalist, playwright, novelist, and poet. She sang in the Methodist Church Choir, taught piano lessons in her home, and wrote the anthem for the San Francisco District Federated Women’s Clubs. Originals and early copies of several of Clara’s literary creations are housed at the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, including her journals, her novella Adele La Croix, and several poems. Also housed at the PHL&M is her autograph book signed by many prominent Petalumans and a copy of the anthology entitled Singing Years which contains five of her poems. (See her bibliography below for access to digital copies of several of these artifacts.) Unfortunately, copies of several of her works have not been found, including a one-act play entitled Discretion and a pageant performed at Petaluma’s 1923 Butter & Egg Days Celebration entitled Princess Petaluma. As a long-time member of the Petaluma Woman’s Club, Clara Belle contributed news of the club in an Argus-Courier column and served as chairwoman of the Literary and Choral Committee and as President in 1917 and 1918.

Family Affiliation: Clara Belle was the daughter of Petaluma pioneers, Roxanne Cordelia King Sproul (1826-1908) and John Sproul. Roxanne was a landlady and early suffragist, and John was a Civil War Veteran and construction contractor. On October 30, 1878, Clara Belle married Petaluman, John Elliott Jewell (1852-1932). The marriage ended in divorce in 1897, and in 1898, at the age of 40, she married the Petaluma medical doctor, George Ivancovich (1850-1924).

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm

Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front: This portrait masterfully captures the image of a lovely young woman looking up as though interrupted from her studies.

Description, back: Handwritten in cursive in pencil along the top edge of the card is, “to J E Jewell”. (John Elliott Jewell was Clara Bell’s first husband to whom she was briefly married.) Printed on a diagonal in the center of the back is the photographer’s imprint, “L Dowe, Photographer, Petaluma, Cal.” Attached along the bottom of the card is a sticker containing the address of the donor.

Date: September 1875 - March 1882

Condition: All four corners of this carte de visite are stained.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2014-791-35

Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced.  These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.