<p>Printed on mount: J. Orville Booen, View artist. Seattle, W.T.
PH Coll 334.Booen1</p>
<p>Booen was born in 1864 in Shellrock Township, Minnesota. In 1888 he was working for Judkins Photograph Studio and married Cina Nevin. He ended up in La Conner, Washington around 1889 working for LaRoche and Boyd. Later in 1889 he bought the photography studio in LaConner to open his own business. In 1895 he and his family moved to Chilliwack. He died in 1934.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCSH): Construction workers--Washington (State); Plasterers--Washington (State)</li></ul>
J. Orville Booen
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