Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Bradley & Rulofson
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Description area
Dates of existence
1861-1889
History
Bradley & Rulofson was a photography studio located in San Francisco, California that was operated by H. W. Bradley and William Herman Rulofson. Originally opened by Bradley, Rulofson joined his studio upon his move to San Francisco in 1861. Born in Hampton New Brunswick, Rulofson moved to California during the gold rush, eventually settling in Senora where he established the first permanent photograph gallery in the state while operating a traveling daguerreotype wagon from which he and his partner John B. Cameron took portraits of miners. After Rulofson's death in 1878, his second wife, Mary Jane Morgan took over his share of the studio and remained in charge until 1889.