Bauer, Ernest William (1883-1927)
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of Ernest Bauer
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: Ernest William Bauer
Description: This portrait of Ernest William Bauer as a young child presents him attired in a tweed jacket with a very large, white, collar and a very large, shinny, bow tie. His collar and bow tie reflect the preferred formal dress for American middle-class boys inspired by Little Lord Fauntleroy, a novel written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and published in 1885-86.
Biographical Note: Ernest W. Bauer was an employee of Schluckerbier Hardware Co.
Family Affiliation: Ernest William Bauer was the son Belle Bauer and John William Bauer (1857-1918). He was the husband of Agnes Marie Baur and the father of Ernestine Marie Bauer.
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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 is a cabinet card of a young boy gazing to his right. The photographer’s imprint appears in a combination of cursive and print along the bottom.
Description, back: Handwritten in black ink in cursive along the top edge is, “Ernest Bauer”.
Date: circa 1886
Condition: There is extensive foxing and staining across the front and back of this card, and the remnants of removed tape appear at the top and bottom of the back.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-80-03
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