About Edward L. Allen
Lived 1830 – 1914 (aged 83–84). Edward L. Allen was an American photographer.
Edward Lowe Allen (February 20, 1830 – January 6, 1914) was a 19th-century Canadian-American photographer. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia part of Newfoundland, and emigrated in 1845. In 1861, he became the first professional photographer in Boston, Massachusetts. He kept a studio on Temple Place in Boston (c. 1868–1871). For some years, he worked in partnership with Frank Rowell (as "Allen & Rowell"). Examples of Allen's photographs reside in the Boston Public Library and the Boston Athenaeum.
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Who was Edward L. Allen?
American photographer (1830–1914)
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Edward L. Allen was born in 1830.
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Edward L. Allen died in 1914.
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Edward L. Allen was a photographer.
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Edward L. Allen was American.
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