Joel O. Jewett
Joel O. Jewett was born in New Hampshire circa 1837. He moved to Missouri in the 1850s. From 1858-1860 he lived in St. Louis where he had his daguerreotype, ambrotype and photography gallery that was located at 736 Broadway in 1858-1860 and 356 Broadway in 1860. Jewett was also active as a licensed photographer in Lebanon, Missouri, in 1862, and established a photographic gallery in Rolla, Missouri in 1863. One of many photographs that Jewett took is a printed broadside of Captain William Flentge’s Company K, Fifth Missouri State Militia Cavalry who was stationed in Rolla from 1863-1865. Jewett was also active as a photographer in Macon, Missouri, in the 1870s.
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Sam Blain, “Research on Missouri Artists,” five binders of documented Missouri artists.
“1870 United States Federal Census for J O Jewett,” Ancestry, accessed September 4, 2021.
“1860 United States Federal Census for J O Jewett,” Ancestry, accessed September 4, 2021.
Peter E. Palmquist and Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide : a Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865 (Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 2005), 353.
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Joel O. Jewett, Soldier, circa 1863-1864.
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Included in Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide : a Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865, 354.
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Amanda Harlan, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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Artist clippings file is available at:
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Sam Blain, “Research on Missouri Artists,” five binders of documented Missouri artists.
“1870 United States Federal Census for J O Jewett,” Ancestry, accessed September 4, 2021.
“1860 United States Federal Census for J O Jewett,” Ancestry, accessed September 4, 2021.
Peter E. Palmquist and Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide : a Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865 (Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 2005), 353.
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Contributors
Amanda Harlan, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on September 20, 2021
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