<p>Caption on mount: Buchtel and Stolte, Photo. Portland,Oregon.
</p><p>Handwritten on verso: Edwin Eells, his wife and daughter. Agent at Skokomish Indian Reservation for many years, from about 1868.
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<p>Joseph Buchtel and E.H. Stolte formed a partnership in 1873 and operated at 91 First St. in Portland, Oregon until 1875. The studio moved to First and Morrison in 1875, and Buchtel and Stolte partnered together in Portland and Salem till 1878. Stolte died in Portland in 1909. Buchtel also owned several other studios around Portland, Oregon including the firm of Bosco and Megler. He was a prominent citizen of Portland and served as fire chief and Sheriff of Multnomah County. Buchtel died in Portland in 1916.

Edwin Eells (1841-1917), was a lawyer, Congregationalist and Indian Agent (appointed 1871) to the Puyallup and Skokomish tribes in Washington Territory.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Spouses--Oregon--Portland; Girls--Oregon--Portland; Lawyers--Oregon--Portland; Indian agents--Oregon--Portland</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): Eells, Edwin; Eells family; Portraits, Group--Oregon--Portland</li></ul>
Buchtel and Stolte
circa 1873 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1873-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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