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Southworth & Hawes was an early photographic firm in Boston, 1843–1863. Its partners, Albert Sands Southworth (1811–1894) and Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808–1901), have been hailed as the first great American masters of photography, whose work elevated photographic portraits to the level of fine art.
Josiah J. Hawes, c. 1850-1855 Advertisement for J.J. Hawes, Boston, 1868. Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808–1901) was a photographer in Boston, Massachusetts.He and Albert Southworth established the photography studio of Southworth & Hawes, which produced numerous portraits of exceptional quality in the 1840s–1860s.
Whipple's and Southworth & Hawes's operations were the largest in Boston, and were outshone in America (after 1853) only by the New York studios of Mathew Brady and M.M. Lawrence. In what could perhaps be called the ancestor of the View-master , Southworth & Hawes invented a "grand parlor stereoscope ", which allowed viewers to be presented ...
1845 daguerreotype of Walker's branded hand by photographers Southworth & Hawes.. Jonathan Walker (1799 – May 1, 1878), known as "The Man with the Branded Hand", was an American fishing ship captain and abolitionist who became a national hero in 1844 when he was tried and sentenced as a slave stealer following his attempt to help seven runaway slaves find freedom.
Southworth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert Southworth (1811–1894), co-proprietor of Southworth & Hawes studio; Azariah Southworth (born 1987), American music producer and broadcaster
Daguerrotype by Southworth & Hawes of a historic ether operation at Mass. General Hospital, July 3, 1847. The MGH Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine traces its roots back to the October 16, 1846 public demonstration of medical ether.
Daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes In 1837, James Barrett of Dartmouth College saw Bridgman and mentioned her case to Dr. Reuben Mussey , the head of the medical department. Mussey visited the Bridgman home and found Laura an affectionate and intelligent girl who, despite her severe disabilities, could perform basic household tasks such as ...
Adams is widely regarded as one of the most effective diplomats and secretaries of state in American history, [233] [234] but scholars generally rank him as an average president. [235] [236] Adams is remembered as a man eminently qualified for the presidency, yet hopelessly weakened in his presidential leadership potential because of the 1824 ...