[Editor: This carte de visite, featuring a photograph of a man, is undated; however, it is believed to have been made in the late 19th century (circa 1871-1886). It was made by James Uren, Kapunda (SA).]
[Front of carte de visite]
[Description: A photograph of a man.]
[Reverse of carte de visite]
Artist
Photographer
James Uren
Main Street
Kapunda
Enlargements from this card can be completed in Oil, Water colors, Sepias, Crayons, and in Black & White
Negatives kept Copies can be had
Penman & Galbraith, Adelaide.
Source:
Original document
Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 64 mm. (width), 104 mm. (height).
This carte de visite was printed on a thin cardboard mount, with square corners.
A search of the National Library’s Trove collection of historical newspapers shows that James Uren was involved in the field of professional photography in Kapunda (South Australia) from 1871 to 1886.
See: 1) “Photography” (advertisement), The Kapunda Herald and Northern Intelligencer (Kapunda, SA), 29 September 1871, p. 2, column 3 [James Uren purchased the photography business of Mr. S. E. Nixon]
2) “Assignments”, The South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA), 18 October 1886, p. 3 [legal assignment re James Uren]
3) “To photographers” (advertisement), The Kapunda Herald (Kapunda, SA), 4 February 1887, p. 2, column 1 [James Uren’s shop in Kapunda to be rented out]
4) “On Saturday, February 12” (advertisement), The Kapunda Herald (Kapunda, SA), 11 February 1887, p. 2, column 1 [an auction of the goods belonging to “Mr. James Uren, who is leaving Kapunda”, at his home in Lucas Street, Kapunda]
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