Frank George Abell Jr.
American, 1844-1910
MaleAfter a brief career as a miner in Oregon, Frank George Abell Jr. began working in William Shew's studio in San Francisco in 1863. He worked intermittantly for Shew into 1871, occasionally working independently, and briefly partnering with P. B. Bain as Abell & Bain from 1869-1870. In 1872 he relocated to Unionville, Nevada, where he worked for Henry Luther before opening his own gallery. Later that year he established a headquarters at Grass Valley, California, and was a n itenerant photographer in 1876. As Abell & Welsh, with John Oliver Welsh, he photographed along the Oregon coast in 1876 and 1877. He then settled in Portland, where in 1884 his son George L. Abell joined the studio, becoming Abell & Son. By 1889 Abell returned to San Francisco where he partnered with Charles F. Priest as Abell & Priest. In 1897, he returned to Portland, where he operated as Abell & Herrin with David C. and M. E. Herrin. His retirement in 1901 was brief, as he opened a new Portland studio in 1906, and one in Tacoma in 1909. That year he was elected President of the Photographers' Association of the Pacific Northwest. He died in Tacoma in 1910.
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- City or Business Directory (visit site)
- Photographers of the Pacific Northwest database (visit site)
- PhotographyDatabase.org (visit site)
- Pioneer Photographers of the Far West (visit site)
- Union List of Artist Names (Getty ULAN) (visit site)
- US Census- 1880 (visit site)
- Virtual International Authority File (visit site)
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Locations
Frank George Abell Jr. has 20 locations.
Birth (September 20, 1844)
Roscoe, IL
USA
Active in (1862-1874)
San Francisco, CA
USA
Active in (1865-1866)
Stockton, CA
USA
Active in (1869-1870)
San Diego, CA
USA
Active in (1872)
Unionville, NV
USA
Active in (1872-1876)
Grass Valley, CA
USA
Active in (1875-1876)
Chico, CA
USA
Active in (1875)
Red Bluff, CA
USA
Active in (1876)
Yreka, CA
USA
Active in (1876-1877)
Ashland, OR
USA
Active in (1877)
Willamette Valley, OR
USA
Active in (1877)
Eugene, OR
USA
Active in (1877)
Roseburg, OR
USA
Studio or Business (1878-1883)
167 First Street
Portland, OR
USA
Studio or Business (1884-1888)
29 Washington Street
Portland, OR
USA
Active in (1886)
Corvallis, OR
USA
Active in (1888)
Colfax, WA
USA
Active in (1889-1897)
San Francisco, CA
USA
Active in (1893)
Stockton, CA
USA
Death (July 21, 1910)
Tacoma, WA
USA