Martin Mason Hazeltine
Martin Mason Hazeltine (1827–1903) (also known as M. Hazeltine) was an American photographer. Hazeltine specialized in stereography, creating one of the largest collections of scenic landscape photography of the American West dating to the 1860s and 1870s.
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- Name
- Martin Mason Hazeltine
- Born
- 31 July 1827
- Birthplace
- Vermont, United States
- Died
- 16 February 1903
- Place of death
- Baker City, Oregon, United States
- Known for
- Scenic photography of the American West
- Spouse
- Barbara Fabing (1855–)
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer
- Fields
- stereogram
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Martin Mason Hazeltine (1827–1903) (also known as M. Hazeltine) was an American photographer. Hazeltine specialized in stereography, creating one of the largest collections of scenic landscape photography of the American West dating to the 1860s and 1870s.
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• Name — Martin Mason Hazeltine • Born — 31 July 1827 • Birthplace — Vermont, United States • Died — 16 February 1903 • Place of death — Baker City, Oregon, United States • Known for — Scenic photography of the American West • Style — Landscape photography • Spouse — Barbara Fabing (1855–)
Early life
Early life
Martin Mason Hazeltine was born on July 31, 1827, in Vermont. His mother was Fanny Bancroft and his father, Asa Hazeltine.
Relocation to the West and early career
Relocation to the West and early career
Hazeltine moved to California in 1850 to be a gold miner. In 1852, he returned to Vermont, where he would learn photography, specifically how to make daguerreotypes, alongside his brother, George Irving Hazeltine. The two brothers left Vermont in 1853, taking a ship from New York, arriving in San Francisco two months later, where they would open a photography studio. In 1855, the brothers closed their studio to pursue their own individual goals. Hazeltine married Barbara Fabing in 1855.
Later life
Later life
Hazeltine settled in Baker City, remaining there for the rest of his life. He died on February 16, 1903, at his Baker City home.
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1827
Martin Mason Hazeltine was born on 31 July 1827.
1903
Martin Mason Hazeltine died on 16 February 1903.
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Success in landscape photography
• Illustration — A stereoscope by M. M. Hazeltine taken in Comptche, California Hazeltine pursued a career in landscape photography, traveling throughout the American West to capture Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, and California, including Yellowstone National Park. He also visited Alaska. Starting in the 1860s he shifted his focus towards California, which would remain his primary subject for almost twenty years. He had a summer home in Yosemite National Park and a winter home in Mendocino County. He entered into business with John James Reilly in June 1876, becoming the primary photography studio for Yosemite Valley. One year, two of Hazeltine's children would die of small pox. Hazeltine opened a photography gallery in Reno, Nevada, in 1878 and in Boise, Idaho, in 1883. In 1880, he visited Baker City, Oregon, and four years later he opened a sister gallery to the one in Boise.
Legacy
A selection of Hazeltine's stereographs reside in the collection of Claremont College, primarily focused around Yosemite Valley and northern California. Additionally, Hazeltine's works are found in the collections of the Oregon Historical Society, the Bancroft Library, and Princeton University.
Martin Mason Hazeltine, South Dome from Glacier Point - Getty 96.XM.60
Martin Mason Hazeltine
Martin Mason Hazeltine, South Dome from Glacier Point - Getty 96.XM.60 (cropped)
Martin Mason Hazeltine
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