Maxwell, Robert Fulton, Teacher & St.Joseph Merchant, Portrait Photo, 1875

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

94.1H.71 Maxwell, Robert Fulton, c. 1875

Name/Title

Maxwell, Robert Fulton, Teacher & St.Joseph Merchant, Portrait Photo, 1875

Entry/Object ID

P1994.1H.71

Description

Maxwell, Robert Fulton, Teacher & St. Joseph Merchant, Portrait Photo, 1875. b/w. Head/shoulders photo of man in mid-life, balding with gray hair, beard, mustache, wearing checked suit jacket, buttoned high with small bow tie. Maxwell accompanied E.B. Neely to St. Joseph in 1855 to teach at his Male Academy. (Maxwell is a relative of Robert Fulton, of steam engine fame, and was born on Fulton's farm in Pennsylvania.) In 1860 he left teaching and opened a tinplate & stoves wholesale dealership--Maxwell & Warfield. At the time of this photo, Maxwell was employed by Studebaker Brothers, carriage makers & wagon makers. Original digital scan located on History CD 03

Made/Created

Artist

unknown

Date made

1875

Place

Location

UNKNOWN

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Maxwell & Warfield Tinware & Stoves

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Robert Fulton Maxwell

Provenance

Notes

Portrait for photographing came from Maxwell's grandsons, Robert & Ernest Maxwell.