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[8] [James Riley Mains] "Photographer"; B. ME,
33; early life unknown but in 65 was a photog.
with Jacob Shew in San Francisco; ~67 joined
with Charles A. Marston to establish the
Excelsior Fine Art Gallery at 523 Kearny Street,
San Francisco; had various other partnerships
with: Johnson, Gibsonville, ~70, Von Hasseln,
Comptonville, ~80, Shippy, Sucker Flat, 71,
Rich, Marysville, 74, Clements, Oroville,
75-76, Martin Howe Grant, 70s; may have been
involved with I.T. Coffin, etc. Views generally
rare to scarce but fine & important.
T.K. Treadwell & William C. Darrah (Compiled by), Wolfgang, Sell (Updated by), 11/28/2003, Photographers of the United States of America, (National Stereoscopic Association) |
| Credit: National Stereoscopic Association with corrections and additions by Alan Griffiths and others. |
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