Edwin M. White [Photograph, 1894]
Descriptive Object
Identifier:
OBJ.N.2011.21
Description
A studio photograph by The International Photo Co., R. M. Howe, No. 113 Main Street, Old Town, Maine. R. M. Howe was a photographer from Old Town active in the 1890s and early decades of the 20th century. However, he only operated his business as The International Photo Company for part of 1894. The photo must therefore have been taken during that year. The subject is identified as Edwin M. White. This may be the same person as the Old Town native Edwin Montgomery White (1869-1954), the founder of the E. M. White Canoe Company, a significant producer of wood and canvas canoes based in Old Town. White was also one of the people behind the founding of Old Town Canoe. The Edwin M. White shown in the picture has a dark mustache and wears a light-colored trilby, long-sleeved shirt with geometric design printed or sewn on the chest, black slacks, leather shoes, and holds a bicycle in the foreground. The bicycle appears to be a Century Columbia which made its debut in 1892 and was produced by the Pope Manufacturing Company of Boston, MA & Hartford, CT
