__NOTOC__ Edward Lowe Allen (February 20, 1830 – January 6, 1914) was a 19th-century Canadian-American photographer. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia part of Newfoundland, and emigrated in 1845.U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) In 1861, he became the first professional photographer in Boston, Massachusetts. He kept a studio on Temple Place in Boston (c. 1868–1871).Boston Directory. 1868Boston Almanac. 1871 For some years, he worked in partnership with Frank Rowell (as "Allen & Rowell"). Examples of Allen's photographs reside in the Boston Public Library and the Boston Athenaeum."Edward L. Allen." Photo-Era Magazine. Feb. 1914
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Flickr. Photo by Allen, 24 Temple Place, Boston Flickr. Verso of carte-de-visite by Allen (includes info related to Allen)