Names: | | Dates: | 1843 - 1916 | Born: | US, PA, Lancaster | Active: | US | Active in Yuma (AZ) and moved to California in 1876 and worked in Pasadena and Los Angeles - he traveled widely. Take care not to confuse with his cousin Robert K. Bonine.
Stereographs project Business locations Altoona, PA, US Hollidaysburg, PA, US Yuma, AZ, US Pasadena, CA, US Jacksonville, FL, US [6-8] *[Elias A. Bonine] "Photo."; "Tent Photographer"; rare [2] PA series, "Views Among the Alleghenies" on yellow/yellow SCMs, prob. from late 60s; scarce "Views in the Sunny South" series, mostly FL, 74; "Stereoscopic Views",
rare of CA, scarce of AZ in 80s; Indians, Yuma,
Ehrenberg, and vicinity, Pinal county; Lake
County views are among only a handful known for
area during 70's; all reported are of farms,
vineyards, orchards; also made CDV/cab. photos.
In PA first, to FL 74; to CA 76; based in
Pasadena, CA where he had a citrus farm;
traveled extensively using a photo van; active
Lake County, summer 78; Mendocino 79, Yuma, 81,
85; photo activity slowed in 80s, spent most of
later career in Pasadena; details of
relationship with R.K. Bonine unclear; R.K. pub.
many of the same views of CA, FL as did E.A.;
A.F., R.K., and E.A. Bonine were brothers. B.
43, Newcastle, PA; D. Pasadena, CA 16. SEE
Ronna H. Berezin, ELIAS A. BONINE, UNKNOWN
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE WEST, Pasadena, CA
Historical Soc., 1982. 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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