Darwin Eugene Abbott
( 1856 - 1942 )

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When young Darwin Eugene Abbott (1856-1942) was hired to help a family move from Vermont to Huntington, he decided to stay and cast his fortune with the new city. He attended Marshall Academy (now University), then become interested in photography. He toured West Virginia, taking pictures for Harper's Magazine. In 1880, Abbott opened a successful photographic studio in Huntington on the 900 block of Fourth Avenue. In 1898, Abbott purchased a glass plant at Washington Avenue and W. 14th Street. He incorporated D. E. Abbott & Co. and added the Manufacture of picture frames and molding to his business. His firm proved to be one of the young city's most important manufacturing enterprises. His work was sold throughout the United States and even exported to Europe.

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