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| | Born in Maine in 1833. By 1860 Mains had moved to California and was a resident of Sacramento. During 1867-74 he and his partner, Charles Marston, operated the Excelsior Photography Studio in San Francisco at 523 Kearny Street. He later was a resident of La Porte (Plumas County) in 1875. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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