Antique C1880 Photo by Listed Pioneer Photographer IW Taber of His Wife Annie
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This antique photograph captures a moment in history from the Victorian era, featuring a portrait of a woman, taken by IW Taber, a listed pioneer photographer. I believe the woman is his wife, Annie. The image is in sepia tone. Isaiah West Taber was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. After a spell in Syracuse, New York he returned to the west coast in 1864 and by 1871 had established his own photography business and gallery in San Francisco. Taber ran this successfully until the earthquake of 1906, when he lost all his glass plates - 20 tons of view negatives and 80 tons of portrait work. He was an American daguerreotypist, ambrotypist, and photographer who took many pictures of noted Californians, which he donated to the California State Library "that the state may preserve the names and faces, and keep alive the memory of those who made it what it is." He was also a sketch artist and dentist. His studio also produced a series of stereoscopic views of west coast scenery.
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