Barke, J. F.

BARKE

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Date: 10/10/2006 at 14:08:25

J. F. Barke, Excelsior Gallery, Council Bluffs, came to Council Bluffs in 1879 from England and opened up businesses on First avenue between Main and Pearl streets. He has a branch gallery at Missouri Valley, Iowa. He employs four assistants. In the fall of 1881, he introduced the new instantaneous gelatine bromide process, he being the first to introduce it in the West. It has proved an eminent success. He was born, in 1844, in Warwickshire, England. Came to the United States in 1874, and soon after returned, and came back here in 1879. Mr. Barke is about to re-model his operating room, which will then be the finest in the State. He has met with great success with children's photographs.