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Description
2017-0234. Bust-length portrait. "From Senator Robert Howe & Hammond Family Album" -- handwriten on verso. Born in New York in 1831, parents were Abraham Howe and Elizabeth Littlejohn. Came to California in 1853 by vessel. Worked in gold mines (1853-1862) in Tuolumne County, before becoming a commission merchant (1862-1882, San Francisco). Served in the legislature - Assembly and Senate. Died in 1915.
Type
image
Format
Unmediated Sheet Portraits. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photograph : cabinet card, print ; 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001600733CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Howe, Robert,, 1831-1915--Portraits Commission merchants--California--San Francisco--Portraits Pioneers--California--San Francisco Legislators--California Gold miners--California--Tuolumne County San Francisco (Calif.)--Biography--Portraits Tuolumne County (Calif.)--Biography--Portraits Photographic prints Portrait photographs Cabinet photographs
Place
California San Francisco Tuolumne County San Francisco (Calif.) Tuolumne County (Calif.)
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