__NOTOC__ William Henry Getchell (1829–1910) was a photographer in 19th-century

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. He was born in

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, on March 10, 1829. He lived in

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, and then moved to Boston. In 1857 he married Sarah Hartwell; they had one child—Frederick Getchell (b. 1858). In the early 1860s Getchell worked in Boston with George M. Silsbee and John G. Case as Silsbee, Case & Co.; and again with Case as Case & Getchell, ca.1862-1864.Gutman. ''John Wilkes Booth himself''. Dover, Mass: Hired Hand Press, 1979. He later ran a solo photography studio in the 1860s and 1870s. As of 1898 he lived in Dorchester. He died in Boston in August, 1910.

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;Case & Getchell Image:Wendell Phillips standing.jpg, Portrait of Wendell Phillips, by Case & Getchell, ca.1863-1864 Image:Samuel Franklin Emmons.jpg, Portrait of Samuel Franklin Emmons, by Case & Getchell, ca.1860-1870 ;W.H. Getchell Image:Interior view of the Oriental Tea Co's store, by W. H. Getchell 4.png, Oriental Tea Co., Court St., Boston Image:Nathaniel Hawthorne 1861 by Getchell.png, Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1861 Image:WHGetchell UnidentifiedWoman ca1870s.png, Unidentified young woman, ca.1870s

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