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J.S. Lovell (Dakota Territory photographer) Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Photo Folio 82

Scope and Content

J.S. Lovell (Dakota Territory photographer) Photograph Collection contains two prints mounted on cardboard. The first photograph is of two women next to a tar paper claim shack. The photographer's stamp on the mount states "Photographed by Lovell, Fargo and Jamestown, D.T.". The second photograph features a man and a woman with two children seated in front of a log cabin. The photographer's stamp on the mount states "Photographed by Lovell, Fargo, D.T.". Exact locations and identities of the people pictured are unknown.

Dates

  • 1880s

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.

Copyrights

Copyrights in the public domain.

Biography

John Smith Lovell was born June 9, 1844 in Marathon, New York. He was the son of Joseph and Clarissa (Wadhams) Lovell. He moved with his family to Whiteside County, Illinois at a young age. Here he was married to Adelaide “Addie” Barnum on December 22, 1874. Together they had three children, Lula, Leila, and Paul. John took up the trade as a landscape photographer, and lived in Michigan, Ohio, and in the cities of Davenport, Council Bluffs, and Sioux City in Iowa. Around 1886, he can be found working as a photographer in both Jamestown and Fargo, Dakota Territory. He lived in Jamestown until he died on March 2, 1895.

Extent

2 Photographic Prints (2 photographic prints.)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

J.S. Lovell was a landscape photographer with a studio in Jamestown, and Fargo, Dakota Territory.

Provenance

Donated by Ruth Quinnild, 1992(Acc. 2314)

Property rights

The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the J.S. Lovell (Dakota Territory photographer) Photograph Collection
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository

Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States