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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 163261, member: 44&quot;]The 5th pic of a soldier/officer says &quot;Sholfield Bros. Westerly, R.I.&quot; on the bottom. The studio name is really spelt Scholfield. Either their name was misspelled on this CDV or they they changed the spelling of their surname. I found several CDV be&nbsp; Scholfield online. Some say E.A. Scholfield of Westerly, RI, E.A. Scholfield of Mystic River, Scholfield Bros. of Westerly, RI, etc.... Mystic, CT and Westerly, RI are a few miles apart. The CDVs by Scholfield are being dated &quot;Civil War Era.&quot; Following are examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>Scholfield of Westerly, RI</p><p><a href="http://mystichistory.org/collectionsexhibit/vex3/4545ECE5-C1C8-47BB-B2EB-491584732464.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mystichistory.org/collectionsexhibit/vex3/4545ECE5-C1C8-47BB-B2EB-491584732464.htm" rel="nofollow">http://mystichistory.org/collectionsexhibit/vex3/4545ECE5-C1C8-47BB-B2EB-491584732464.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Scholfield Bros of Westerly, RI:</p><p><a href="http://mystichistory.org/collectionsexhibit/vex3/22EA10C8-1477-4646-B20E-345465381306.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mystichistory.org/collectionsexhibit/vex3/22EA10C8-1477-4646-B20E-345465381306.htm" rel="nofollow">http://mystichistory.org/collectionsexhibit/vex3/22EA10C8-1477-4646-B20E-345465381306.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Scholfield Bros. of Mystic.</p><p><a href="http://mystichistory.org/collectionsexhibit/vex3/8E52007D-9A90-4EB9-AE7C-602312552130.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mystichistory.org/collectionsexhibit/vex3/8E52007D-9A90-4EB9-AE7C-602312552130.htm" rel="nofollow">http://mystichistory.org/collectionsexhibit/vex3/8E52007D-9A90-4EB9-AE7C-602312552130.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Hold the phone!!! Found info on dating your Scholfield Bros. CDV, at least the earliest it could be? E.A. (Everett) Scholfield returned from the West Indies in January 1879 to set up a studio with his brothers as Scholfield Bros. in Westerly, RI. This partnership lasted until 1885.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;... In 1877-1878 Scholfield traveled for a second time to the West Indies, while his brother Addison continued the established business in Mystic. Everett returned in the summer of 1878, after unsuccessful business attempts in St. Croix, and in poor health.</p><p><br /></p><p>The following January, Everett and Addison established &quot;Scholfield Brothers&quot; at 30 Main Street in Westerly, Rhode Island, to which brother Edwin D. was added in 1881. Everett spent June and July of that year on a mining investment venture in Honduras.</p><p><br /></p><p>By January 1885 Everett had severed his association with Scholfield Brothers and George E. Tingley entered a one year apprenticeship at the Mystic studio. ...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://library.mysticseaport.org/manuscripts/coll/coll148.cfm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://library.mysticseaport.org/manuscripts/coll/coll148.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://library.mysticseaport.org/manuscripts/coll/coll148.cfm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now Scholfield Bros. was formed in Jan. 1879. Everett pulled out in 1885. The other 2 brothers probably carried on the partnership???</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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