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- STATUS: Commercial.
- BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He operated the San Francisco Gallery in Portland following William H. Towne's death in 1884. Towne also had a partnership as Towne and Moore with Elbridge W. Moore from 1884 to 1887. Following this partnership he worked under the name B.C. Towne Photograph Company from 1888 to 1895.
An 1887 view in Sitka, Alaska, is captioned "209. Scene in Indian Town" and can be viewed on the American Memory (Library of Congress) Web site. Other digitized images can be accessed through the University of Washington Libraries guide to his photographs.
- IDENTIFYING MARKS: Print surface may be numbered and titled bottom of print mount "B.C. Towne, Portland, Oregon. Alaskan, Columbia River and Northwestern Scenery" (Sitka, Alaska, 1887).
- REFERENCES: Mautz (1997); American Indians of the Pacific Northwest (American Memory, Library of Congress); UWL, Guide to the Bertram C. Towne Photographs, ca. 1884-1887.
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