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Names: | | Dates: | 1823 - ? | Born: | US, NY, New York City | Active: | US |
One of the key Daguerreotypists and photographers of the Californian Gold Rush. He was active in San Francisco and Salt Lake City.
Stereographs project Business locations San Francisco, CA, US Sacramento, CA, US [4-8] [George Howard Johnson] Views rare, made stereodags. B. NY, 23; D. NY, 79 ; one of CA's
finest dag. makers. Active Sacramento 49-51,
San Francisco 52 until at least 64, where he
operated a portrait gallery; said to have
returned to NY in early 70s; several
partnerships, with Shaw 52, Selleck 52-53 and
Starr in San Francisco, ~54. SEE Palmquist,
"The Stereo Daguerreotype in San Francisco",
Stereo World, v. 6, # 2. 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)
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