About Martin Mason Hazeltine
Lived 1827 – 1903 (aged 75). Martin Mason Hazeltine was an American photographer.
Martin Mason Hazeltine (1827–1903) (also known as M. M. Hazeltine) was an American photographer. Hazeltine specialized in stereography, creating one of the largest collections of scenic landscape photography of the American West dating to the 1860s and 1870s.
Early life
Martin Mason Hazeltine was born on July 31, 1827, in Vermont. His mother was Fanny Bancroft and his father, Asa Hazeltine.
Relocation to the West and early career
Hazeltine moved to California in 1850 to be a gold miner. In 1852, he returned to Vermont, where he would learn photography, specifically how to make daguerreotypes, alongside his brother, George Irving Hazeltine. The two brothers left Vermont in 1853, taking a ship from New York, arriving in San Francisco two months later, where they would open a photography studio. In 1855, the brothers closed their studio to pursue their own individual goals. Hazeltine married Barbara Fabing in 1855.
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Who was Martin Mason Hazeltine?
American photographer (1827–1903)
When was Martin Mason Hazeltine born?
Martin Mason Hazeltine was born on 31 July 1827 in Vermont.
When did Martin Mason Hazeltine die?
Martin Mason Hazeltine died on 16 February 1903 in Baker City.
What was Martin Mason Hazeltine's occupation?
Martin Mason Hazeltine was a photographer.
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Martin Mason Hazeltine was American.
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