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Emelie Melville
Creator
I. W. TaberAmerican Photographer · 1830–1912
All works by this person →After working for a photographic studio in San Francisco from 1864 until 1871, Massachusetts-born Isaiah West Taber opened his own business, which quickly became one of the premier studios in the city. He had come to San Francisco in 1850 in search of gold but instead found success with photographic silver. During an 1880 trip to the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands, Taber photographed King Kalakaua, w
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- 1880
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 153547c3-9395-4845-96dc-b8a6811d9afd
Portrait of actress Emelie Melville. She wears a bejeweled brooch and looks toward the right area of the image.
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