Southworth
born 1811 in West Farleigh, VT
died 1894 in Boston
Hawes
born 1808 on a farm in Weyland, MA
died 1901 in Boston
Southworth studied at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA; photography with Samuel F.B. Morse (1839)
Hawes began as carpenter's apprentice; photography with Francis Gouraud (Boston, 1841)
Southworth
began as pharmacist in Chicopee, MA
1839 - learns daguerreotype process
1841 - opens studio in Boston, specializes in society portraits
1843 - forms partnership with Hawes (until 1863)
1849-51 - participates in California Gold Rush
1863 - Southworth left partnership with Hawes and becomes forensic graphologist
1870s - gives series of lectures at Natonal Photographc Association
Hawes
1841 - sees first daguerreotype; studies photography
1843 - forms partnership with Southworth
1849 - marries Southworth's sister Nancy
1863 - Southworth dissolves partnership; Hawes continues as photographer until his death
Romer, Grant B. Young America: the Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes. Exhibition catalogue. New York: International Center of Photography, 2005
Sobieszek, Robert A. The Spirit of Fact: the Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes, 1843-1862. Boston, MA: D.R. Godine, 1976