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I. W. Taber, Photographer Club House, Hotel del Monte B 52 5x8 Cabinet card Accession # 2002-005-0001 Monterey, Cal. circa 1890 |
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I. W. Taber (1830-1912)
Isaiah West Taber was born in Massachusetts on August 17, 1830.
Taber came to California first in 1850 returning to New Bedford in 1854 for ten years and returning back to California in 1864 working in the studio of Bradley and Rulofson at 429 Montrgomery Street, 1864 till 1873. Opening his own gallery I. W. Taber & Co. at 26 Montrgomery Street around 1875.
When Watkins lost his studio and negatives to creditor John J. Cook. Cook, along with photographer I. W. Taber, took over the Yosemite Art Gallery. Taber began marketing Watkins stereoviews under the I. W. Taber label, although keeping Watkins original view numbers and titles. Taber later moved his gallery to 8 Montgomery Street above the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco. In the 1906 at the time of the S.F. Earthquake he was 76 he lost his gallery and negative collection, that was the end of his photographic career. He died on February 22 of 1912. |
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Holdings: by Isaiah West Taber 81 images including portraits of
Claus Spreckels , David Jack and
T. O. Larkin of Monterey. A list of our Taber holdings. Our gallery of Taber photos |
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Prints are available in Black & White or Sepia |
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Go to 19th Century California photographers
Eadweard Muybridge, Gold Mining, Circa 1876 C. E. Watkins Lovers Point, Pacific Grove, circa 1882 Hayward & Muzzall's, Santa Barbara Mission, 1875 Thomas Houseworth & Co. Mission San Juan Bautista, circa 1865 I. W. Taber, Farallone Lighthouse, Pacific Ocean C. W. J. Johnson , Pacific Grove Retreat gate, circa 1880 Charles Kirkham Tuttle, Pacific Grove Go to list of our holdings by place |
Go to 20th Century California photographers
E. K. Barker, early Monterey photographer Edward H. Mitchell Postcard Publisher, San Francisco Leopold Hugo, California Pictorialist R. J. Arnold, early Monterey photographer A. C. Heidrick , panoramic photos Charles Z. Bailey, postcard photographer J. P. Graham , as Hotel del Monte photographer in 1924 Go to list of our holdings by photographers Early Southern California Photographers |
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Mr. Pat Hathaway, Photo Archivist
California Views photo collection 469 Pacific Street Monterey, California 93940-2702 |
Phone (831) 373-3811
Hours 11 A.M.- 5:30 P.M. Pacific time Closed Sunday & Monday California Views Photo Archives http://caviews.com |