Most 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches, a few smaller
Each with "Roman's Photographic Co." copyright recto or verso and seven with Curtis's credit stamp verso
Some with printed captions affixed verso
$ 750.00
Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Asahel Curtis; William P. Romans, Views of Lake Chelan, Washington, c. 1906
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Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Asahel Curtis; William P. Romans, Views of Lake Chelan, Washington, c. 1906
Beautiful suite of photographs showing the area around Lake Chelan in North-Central Washington. Born in Minnesota in 1874; Asahel Curtis moved to the Puget Sound area of Washington State in...
Beautiful suite of photographs showing the area around Lake Chelan in North-Central Washington.
Born in Minnesota in 1874; Asahel Curtis moved to the Puget Sound area of Washington State in 1888. His older brother, Edward S. Curtis opened a photo studio in Seattle in 1892, and Asahel worked there beginning in 1895. On behalf of the studio, Asahel went to the Klondike in 1897 but differences over credit for this work later led to a schism between the brothers.
By 1901 Asahel Curtis had joined with scenic photographer William P. Romans to form the Curtis & Romans studio. Asahel left the firm, which then became Romans Photographic Studio, only to return a few years later, employed as a photographer. He worked his way up to become president and manager of Romans, left to form a partnership with Curtis and Miller,only to return a second time to Romans. In 1920, this became the Asahel Curtis Photo Co., under which name it operated until his death in 1941.
Seven of the present images bear Curtis’s stamp, along with the Romans Photo Co. credit.