Names: | Other: Prof. William E. James Other: W.E. James Other: William E. James
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| Dates: | 1835 - 1887 | Born: | Wales, Unvedd, Troyfa | Died: | US, CA, Santa Cruz | Active: | US |
Stereographs project Business locations Brooklyn, NY, US [6] [Prof. William E. James] 267 Fulton St.;
views most commonly seen are of the 67 "Quaker
City" excursion to the Holy Land, (written up by
Mark Twain in his INNOCENTS ABROAD); "Views of
Palestine and the East", B/L of 60 views along
route, Fayal, Constantinople, Sebastopol, Genoa,
etc., as well as usual Holy Land scy. Views
pub. both by William B. Holmes and Van Lennep;
widely pirated. Also made other scarce [6]
early views of NYC on tan SCMs, and
re-enactments of colonial scenes such as "New
England Kitchen, Interior view", at an unknown
location (poss. the Sanitary Fair); even rarer
[2 known] of Charleston, SC waterfront. 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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