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Title	John M. Allyn.
Creator	Kenyon & Son.
Place	4 Bank Street (New London, Conn.)
Genre	Photographs Portrait photography
Theme	Lifestyle
Description	Bust length studio portrait of a bearded man identified as John M. Allyn. Printed in gold at bottom "KENYON & SON,/ 4 BANK STREET,/ NEW LONDON, CONN. An obituary cut from newspaper and glued to the back reads: "THE TOMB./ ALLYN - At Mystic Bridge March 29, John M./ Allyn, aged 59 years 6 months/ - John H. Allen [sic] a well known and/ greatly respected resident of Mystic Bridge/ died quite suddenly of pleuro-pneumonia/ last Tuesday morning. Mr. Allen [sic] was by/ profession a tuner of musical instruments/ and we believe was the first person to man-/ ufacture a piano in the state of California./ His funeral was solemnized Thursday, the/ body being taken to Gales Ferry for burial. Handwritten in pencil "1887".
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Mounted on brown card, rounded corners, gold edges, 6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.
Date created	1887.
Physical format	1 photograph : cabinet photograph ; 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1978.140.19.W File name: ms_m046057.jpg
Source	Mystic Seaport.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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