Charles Butterworth
Five Large-Format Photos of "Muskingum Valley Scenery" Showing the Town of Marietta, Ohio, c. 1890
Albumen prints (5)
Each 10 x 13 3/4 inches; mounts 16 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches
Each with affixed paper labels and Butterworth's credit.
Each with affixed paper labels and Butterworth's credit.
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A rare and impressive suite of photographs showing Marietta, Ohio, located in the southeastern part of the state, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers. Each photo bears...
A rare and impressive suite of photographs showing Marietta, Ohio, located in the southeastern part of the state, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers.
Each photo bears an affixed paper label, which are captioned as follows:
No. 2 - Bird's-eye view of Marietta, showing Kerr's Island and Williamstown, West Virginia, in the distance; No. 3 - General View of Marietta, Ohio, from Harmer Hill, looking up the Ohio, showing Kerr's Island; No. 5 - Marietta City Park on the bank of the Muskingum, Soldiers' Monument in the foreground; No. 19 - Ridgeway's House, Underground Railway Depot, "in the Forties"; No. 47 - View on the Muskingum, looking up. Stockport in the distance. Site of Big Bottom Massacre by the Indians in 1790.
Photographer and painter Charles Butterworth was born in 1858 in Mainsville, Ohio, near Cincinnati. He grew up on his parents' farm and studied photography in New Vienna, Ohio. There, he married Etta Miller in 1883. He worked as a photographer in Wilmington, Ohio, then moved with his family to Ontario, California, in 1895. In 1898, the Butterworths relocated to Portland, Oregon, where they remained the rest of their lives.
Each photo bears an affixed paper label, which are captioned as follows:
No. 2 - Bird's-eye view of Marietta, showing Kerr's Island and Williamstown, West Virginia, in the distance; No. 3 - General View of Marietta, Ohio, from Harmer Hill, looking up the Ohio, showing Kerr's Island; No. 5 - Marietta City Park on the bank of the Muskingum, Soldiers' Monument in the foreground; No. 19 - Ridgeway's House, Underground Railway Depot, "in the Forties"; No. 47 - View on the Muskingum, looking up. Stockport in the distance. Site of Big Bottom Massacre by the Indians in 1790.
Photographer and painter Charles Butterworth was born in 1858 in Mainsville, Ohio, near Cincinnati. He grew up on his parents' farm and studied photography in New Vienna, Ohio. There, he married Etta Miller in 1883. He worked as a photographer in Wilmington, Ohio, then moved with his family to Ontario, California, in 1895. In 1898, the Butterworths relocated to Portland, Oregon, where they remained the rest of their lives.