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| Title | A. J. Preston |
| Photographer | Hostetler, J. B. |
| Studio Name/Location | Hostetler Studio, Davenport, Iowa |
| Date Original | ca. 1912 |
| Description | Two portraits on one glass negative with the subject posed in profile, first one side, then the oopposite. Both emphasize his prominent nose. The elderly man has thinning hair and a mustache along with a large silk necktie tied in a bow. |
| Location Depicted | Davenport, Scott County, Iowa |
| Subject | Preston, A. J.
Preston, Andrew J.
Sickels, Preston & Nutting Company
Men
Mustaches
Noses
Neckwear
Neckties
Davenport (Iowa)
Portrait photographs
Glass negatives
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| Notes | The original negative envelope is labeled A. J. Preston. Based on information in the Davenport city directories and federal census records it seems likely this is Andrew J. Preston (1825-1913) who was vice-president of Sickels, Preston & Nutting Company, a wholesale hardware company located in Davenport. The 1910 census lists him as a "retired capitalist". He would be about 85-years-old in this image. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com |
| Image Number | X733 (Image 2 of 5) |
| Repository | Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Davenport Public Library, 321 Main Street, Davenport, IA 52801 |
| Repository Collection | Hostetler Studio Collection |
| Object Description | 1 negative : glass, b&w ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF fill created from a glass negative scanned at 8-bit grayscale 600 ppi. The master scan is untouched but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the midtones to 78 in Microsoft Office Picture Manager. |
| Date Digital | 2006-08 |
| File Name | dplx733b |
| CD Volume Name | DPLVolume78 |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive, http://www.umvphotoarchive.org; a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi River region. |
