Coyle’s Portrait photograph of Mabel Sproul Wolverton
Sproul, Wilsey (1883-1917)
/Coyle’s Portrait photograph of Wilsey Sproul
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Coyle
Studio Location: Oakdale and Stockton
THE SITTER:
Name: Wilsey Sproul
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-791-07
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.
Sproul, Frank Roy (1879-1917) (2 of 2)
/Coyle’s Portrait photograph of Frank Roy Sproul
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Coyle
Studio Location: Oakdale and Stockton
THE SITTER:
Name: Frank Roy Sproul
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-791-07
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.
Sproul, Frank Roy (1879-1917)(1 of 2)
/Downey Studio’s Portrait photograph of Frank Roy Sproul
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Downey Studio
Studio Location:Porterville, California
THE SITTER:
Name: Frank Roy Sproul
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-791-06
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.
Sproul, John S. (1826-1899)
/Alameda Photograph Company’s photographic portrait of John S. Sproul
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Alameda Photograph Company
Photographic Studio: Neither the owner, operator, or location of the Alameda Photograph Company has been determined.
THE SITTER:
Name: John S. Sproul
Description: Sproul appears in this portrait as a gaunt, elderly man. He is dressed in a sack jacket with a small lapel and matching vest. He wears a grid-line patterned shirt with an asymmetrical collar. There is a handkerchief in his left breast pocket. He is balding and sports a heavy, walrus mustache which flows into his beard. The facial hair along his jaw has been clipped close to his face.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.50 X 15.7cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The photographic paper of this portrait has been mounted on a card with scalloped edges. It has been assumed the bottom edge has been trimmed.
Description, back: The inscription on the back side of this portrait was originally handwritten in cursive in pencil. That text was then re-written on top of the original text in black ink with the exception of the second like which retains its original text in pencil. The inscription reads: “John S. Sproul”, “Grandpa Sproul”, b. 1 Dec 1826 near Londonderry, Ireland”, “m. 12 Nov 1848 to Roxanne King”, “Canton, Fulton Co IL”, “d. 16 Aug 1899 Oakdale Stanis-”, “laus Co. CA”.
Date: 1890s
Condition: This portrait has a jagged, horizontal crease which run the full horizontal length of the card directly below the sitter’s armpits. The bottom edge of this portrait’s card has been trimmed.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 2022-791-03
A second copy of this portrait is owned by the Sonoma County Library: https://digital.sonomalibrary.org/Documents/Detail/portrait-of-john-s.-sproul-in-alameda-california-about-1892/63388
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Sproul, Clara Belle (1858-1935) (see Ivancovich)→
/Lewis Dowe’s Portrait Photograph of Clara Belle Ivancovich, c. 1877-1879
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Lewis Dowe (b. 1838, New Hampshire)
Active in Petaluma: 1877-1881
Biographical Note: Dowe worked in Petaluma as both a “view” and portrait photographer. After leaving Petaluma he worked in San Francisco, operated as a traveling photographer and by 1904, was working to repair musical instruments.
Bibliography: Mautz, pg. 95.
THE SITTER(s):
Name(s): Clara Belle Ivancovich
Description: Cabinet card of Clara Belle Ivancovich sitting, with one arm resting against her face and the other holding the place of a book on a studio table. She is wearing a dress with ruffled cuffs and a lacy bow collar. Clara Belle, maiden name Sproul, married John Elliot Jewell, and later Dr. George Ivancovich.
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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, Obverse: (identify group or individual, gender(s); identify pose, furniture & props; describe composition, background, added color…)
Description, Reverse: To JE Jewell. L. Dowe, Photographer, Petaluma, Cal.
Date: c. 1877-1879
Condition: (note tears, foxing, fading)
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.