Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Dates
- Existence: 1827 - 1909
Biographical History
B. W. Kilburn (1827-1909) was an American landscape, stereoscopic-view photographer and publisher.
Benjamin West Kilburn was born December 10, 1827 in Littleton, New Hampshire to Josiah and Emily Kilburn. He took photographs and stereo-views of landscapes at the end of the nineteenth century in the United States and Canada. He and his brother, Edward Kilburn, operated a studio in the McCoy Block in Littleton and by 1868 they moved to a larger building at the Chutter Block location on Main Street. After the Boston Fire of November 1872, a new factory was built on Cottage Street. Young salesmen carried Kilburn views onto the trains and south to a wider audience. They were for a time considered the most extensive manufacturer of stereoscopic views. Kilburn died January 15, 1909 in Littleton, New Hampshire.
Citation:
Wikipedia, via WWW, July 13, 2017 (birth and death dates and place; professional history; subject focus).Ancestry, via WWW, July 13, 2017 (parents' names).
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Collection of travel stereographs
Contains 17 stereoviews of places in Europe and the United States. Places include Oregon, Arizona, California, Illinois, Washington D.C., Athens (Greece), St. Louis (Missouri), Norway, Moscow (Russia), England, Germany. Fourteen of the stereoviews were published by the H.C. White Co.; two were published by Richard Behrendt and one was published by B.W. Kilburn.
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