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Description
2017-0223. Bust-length portrait. Born in Salem, Mass. in 1832 to James Rice and Susan (Manfield) Buffum. Came to California in 1850 by way of the Isthymus where joined brother working as postmaster in Stockton. Worked at gold mining, in 1859; went to Los Angeles where worked as merchant (part of firm Campbell & Buffum). From 1873-1889 located in Prescott, Arizona, returning to Los Angeles in 1889. In Los Angeles, active in real estate, street railroad systems. Died in 1905.
Type
image
Format
Unmediated Sheet Portraits. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photograph : print, carte de visite ; 4 x 2 1/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001600612CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Buffum, William,, 1832-1905--Portraits Merchants--California--Los Angeles Pioneers--California--Los Angeles Merchants--Arizona--Prescott Los Angeles (Calif.)--Biography--Portraits Prescott (Ariz.)--Biography--Portraits Photographic prints Portrait photographs Cartes de visite
Place
California Los Angeles Arizona Prescott Los Angeles (Calif.) Prescott (Ariz.)
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