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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 873365, member: 33&quot;]Sorry to be late to this interesting discussion. I agree with Kronos about the physical characteristics of the card mount being odd for the period. On the other hand the facts of when Bowler was a photographer in Bethel have to be an overriding factor in this case. I haven&#039;t found any other Bowler as a photographer in Bethel, Maine during an earlier period.</p><p><br /></p><p>It hasn&#039;t been mentioned, but in the 1900 U.S. census Wilfred Bowler gave his occupation as &quot;Grocer.&quot; So that corresponds well with him selling the studio in 1900.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did find a little snippet of information in an online newspaper from June 21, 1898: </p><p>&quot;Mr. W. J. Macneil visited this place last week in the interest of Mr. Bowler, photographer of Bethel.&quot; This was from the <i>Oxford Democrat</i> newspaper. Here is a link. <a href="https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&amp;httpsredir=1&amp;article=1448&amp;context=oxford_democrat" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&amp;httpsredir=1&amp;article=1448&amp;context=oxford_democrat" rel="nofollow">https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&amp;httpsredir=1&amp;article=1448&amp;context=oxford_democrat</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Notably, whoever added the heading on this digitized page listed the <i>wrong newspaper date</i>. The actual paper was from 1898, which can be found by scrolling back up to the first page. That&#039;s especially important in terms of what we are discussing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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