Name/Title
McDonald, Silas, Dr. Portrait Photos (2), c. 1880Entry/Object ID
P1994.1H.114Description
McDonald, Silas, Dr. Portrait Photos (2), c. 1880 b/w. Two portrait photos taken by two separate studios in St. Joseph. One is by Lozo, a head/shoulders view. The other shows Dr. McDonald in long coat with cap and top hat by Uhlman. see below:
See Museum Graphic, Winter, 1856.
Silas McDonald became the first physician in the Platte Purchase, upon his arrival at Wallace, MO in 1838. From Kentucky, in 1839 he married North Carolinian Sarah Donnell, sister of Robert Donnell, whose family brought slaves with them on their move to Missouri. In 1847 McDonald opened a practice and drug store in St. Joseph and was a hemp farmer. He had 11 children. He died in 1901. His descendants continued the tradition of medical doctors, ending with Dr. Wallace McDonald who retired about 2010.
94.1H.114 = Lozo Photo, Head/shoulder formal portrait photo of mature man with graying hair, short gray beard and mustache. Wearing dark suit jacket, with tow tie,. his glasses tucked in breast pocket with only lanyard showing. "Alex Lozo, Photographer, Framed by T. F. Indemill" printed below photo. "Dr. Silas McDonald" handwritten at top.
94.1H.115 & 116 = Uhlman photo. Full-length view of Dr. McDonald in formal coat and top hat. The full-length coat is topped with a cape. He is standing in front of a studio backdrop. "Uhlman St. Joseph, MO" printed below photo.
Original digital scan located on History CD 03Made/Created
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Alex Lozo Photographic Gallery of ArtDate made
1880Place
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St. JosephState/Province
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