Lower left corner reads, "Courtesy of Alva C. Townsend", the son of Timothy W. Townsend. The senior Townsend operated a photograph gallery in Iowa City 1866-1880, and again beginning in 1890. Alva worked in his father's studio beginning at age 17,…
Alva was the son of Timothy W. Townsend, who operated a photograph gallery in Iowa City 1866-1880, and again beginning in 1890. Alva worked in his father's studio beginning at age 17, around 1890. This information is from Annals of Iowa, and the New…
