I. W. Taber

Isaiah West Taber (August 17, 1830 – February 22, 1912[1]) was an American daguerreotypist, ambrotypist, and photographer who took many pictures of noted Californians, which he donated to the California State Library "that the state may preserve the names and faces, and keep alive the memory of those who made it what it is.

[3] His studio also produced a series of stereoscopic views of west coast scenery.

Taber was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts[4][5] and between 1845 and 1849 he worked at sea on a whaler.

The following year Kalākaua visited Taber's studio in San Francisco.

[10] By the 1890s, Taber had expanded his operations to include studios in London, England and in elsewhere Europe.