This cabinet card features a handsome middle aged man wearing a plaid vest and jacket. He has a longish but styled beard and he has piercing eyes. This gentleman was photographed by the Dunklee & Bau studio. The photographers operated studios in Northampton and Greenfield (Massachusetts as well as in Brattleboro, Vermont. Note the reverse of this cabinet card; it is quite ornate. The reverse of the photograph advertises that the photographers had won an award at a 1890 exhibition. Therefore we know that this photograph was taken during 1890 or later. Charles Dunklee was born in Rockingham, Vermont in 1842. He served four years in Company I of the 4th Vermont Infantry during the civil war. He entered the war as a private and mustered out as a private. He was the Vice President of his regiments veteran group according to an 1887 news article. In 1865 he married May C. Billings and they were married 54 years until her death. Dunklee’s 90th birthday was marked in the Lewiston Daily Sun (1932). This cabinet card was produced by Dunklee while in partnership with Charles Bau. The Bulletin of Photography (1914) notes that Bau sold his studio in Brattleboro, Vermont in order to return to Greenfield to open a new photographic gallery. To see other images by Dunklee and Bau, click on the category “Photographer: Dunklee”. SOLD
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That’s informative, thanks! The photo is great too, no wonder it has won in the competition. A fine gentleman with a badass beard. Very nice!
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Nice photo of a fine gentleman with a badass (beautiful) beard.
Actually, the studio owner was Delano D. Dunklee. He originally had a photo studio in Athol, MA, and then later in Greenfield for a number of years, some of which he partnered with Bau. Dunklee and his wife, Mary Burnett, retired to Brattleboro – she was a native of Brattleboro – around 1908. Dunklee died in 1933 possibly due to complications to an injured collar bone, which caused him to be confined to his home for two months for he passed away.