William H. Getchell

William Henry Getchell (1829–1910) was a photographer in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He was born in Hallowell, Maine, on March 10, 1829. He lived in Peoria, Illinois, and then moved to Boston. In 1857 he married Sarah Hartwell; they had one child—Frederick Getchell (b. 1858). In the early 1860s Getchell worked in Boston with George M. Silsbee and John G. Case as Silsbee, Case & Co.; and again with Case as Case & Getchell, ca.1862-1864. He later ran a solo photography studio in the 1860s and 1870s. As of 1898 he lived in Dorchester. He died in Boston in August, 1910.

References

  1. ↑ Photo-Era Magazine, November 1910; p.266
  2. ↑ Densmore. Hand-book of Hartwell genealogy, 1636-1887. 1887.
  3. ↑ Hapgood. The Hapgood family: descendants of Shadrach, 1656-1898. 1898.
  4. ↑ Boston Directory. 1861
  5. ↑ Gutman. John Wilkes Booth himself. Dover, Mass: Hired Hand Press, 1979.

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Case & Getchell
W.H. Getchell
Silsbee, Case & Co.
Case & Getchell (1862–1864)
W.H. Getchell