John P. Soule

John Payson Soule (1828–1904) was a photographer[1] and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, and Seattle, Washington.

[3] As a photographer, his subjects in Boston included buildings, the 1869 National Peace Jubilee, the great fire of 1872, and carte-de-visite portraits.

Soule, a publisher of stereoviews, purchased many of Hazeltine's California negatives, copyrighted them in 1870, and began selling them in Boston.

"[7] Soule joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts in 1865, and belonged to the Freemasons.

He continued to live in Seattle and occasionally taking photographs of the growing city until his death in 1904.