A cabinet photograph of Benito Valle (1835-1894), Los Angeles, ca. early 1890s.
Entry/Object ID
2014.1119.1.1
Description
A cabinet card photograph of Benito Valle (1835-1894) by Joseph H. Lamson, Los Angeles, ca. early 1890s. The image is a head-and-shouilder view of Valle, who immigrated from his native Leon, Nicaragua to Los Angeles in 1854 and was a long-time saloon keeper and merchant. On the reverse is a pencil inscription from his daughter Isabella Cohn, the wife of Valle's store partner, Albert Cohn. The photograph is in fair condition with minor surface soiling and moderate fading.
