HISTORIC CHARLESTON ESTATES OCTOBER
Lot 255:
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J Carleton Bicknell (1871-1956) In the Woods Hand Colored Photo. By well listed photographer/artist J. Carleton Bicknell who was a peer of Wallace Nutting. John CarlEton Bicknell was one of Maines famous early 20th century photographers, specializing in colored photographs. He started the Bicknell Manufacturing Co., also called the Bicknell Picture Co., with his brother Edward Alton Bicknell around 1903 in Portland, Me. The brothers had a falling out and Edward started the Bicknell Photo Service, also in Portland, Me. John Carleton’s son, John Alfred Bicknell, closed the Portland, Me., studio in 1956 after John Carleton’s death and moved to Westbrook, Me., maintaining the company on a limited basis until his own death in 2005. In frame measures 15"x18"x3/4". Weight 2 lbs 10 oz
Condition: good
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