Frank G. Abell
He opened his first gallery on his own, Abell's Star Gallery, in Stockton in 1866. Moving back to San Francisco the following year, he then gradually worked his way north, through Grass Valley, Red Bluff, and and Yreka, arriving in Roseburg, Oregon in 1877.
From 1878 to 1888 he was based in Portland, and after a few years back in San Francisco, he continued in Portland from 1897 to 1907.
Known primarily for his studio portraits, his gallery in Portland was both spacious and well furnished, including an "elegant piano for the free use of patrons". However, Abell also produced "Cards, Cabinets, Panels, Boudoirs, Steroscopic and Out Door Views, and Living Statues", the latter being photos of living subjects arranged to present the appearance of a marble bust on a pedestal!
In failing health, he moved to Tacoma in 1908, where he died in 1910.
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Clara Stearns, Only Daughter of Abigail Scott Duniway - c. 1885
Elmer E. Charman, Possible Graduation Photo - c. 1881
Leonard (T. L.) Charman, Possible Graduation Photo - c. 1881
Mt. Hood from the South - c. 1885
Multnomah Falls with the Original Timber Bridge - c. 1885
Newly Completed Clackamas County Courthouse - 1884
Sarah Jane Clear Dickerson, Oregon City - c. 1882
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