Center Point, IA
example from LOST GALLERY
James Alonzo Fairbanks
(1849-1910)
Documentation is found showing that J. A. Fairbanks was a photographer in Center Point, IA, from about 1880 to 1900 when he moved to Washington, IA.
His son, Mark Roy Fairbanks (1875-1903) was also a photographer and perhaps apprenticed with his father. Mark was married in 1897, still in Center Point, IA, and then moved in 1899 to Washington, Iowa. He died four years later.
Considering this, the photographer for this cabinet card was probably James Alonzo Fairbanks, while still in Center Point, IA, between 1880 and 1897
Center Point, IA
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Center Point, IA
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Center Point, IA
example from auction site
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