Image: Austin A Bell, San Francisco, circa 1885 (MOHAI 597)
Description: Austin Americus Bell was born in 1854 to Mr. and Mrs. William N. Bell, the second white male to be born in Seattle. He lived in San Francisco for much of his life, but returned to Seattle in 1887 after his father's death. Austin Bell inherited property at 2222 First Avenue (where the Austin A. Bell Building stands). In 1889, Austin Bell took his own life, after recognizing in himself the symptoms of his father's illness, which may have been Alzheimer's. Caption on mount: Dames & Butler, 715 Market St. S.F. Caption on verso: Dames & Butler Photographic Art Gallery, 715 Market St., San Francisco, T.A. Butler. Handwritten on verso: Austin A. Bell, Son of William N. Bell. Subjects (LCTGM): Men--Washington (State)--Seattle People: Bell, Austin A.
Title: Austin A. Bell, San Francisco, circa 1885
Credit: Museum of History and Industry
Author: Dames & Butler
Permission: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1927.
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License: Public domain
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