Background
He was born in Hallowell, Maine, on March 10, 1829.
He was born in Hallowell, Maine, on March 10, 1829.
He lived in Peoria, Illinois, and then moved to Boston. In the early 1860s Getchell worked in Boston with George M. Silsbee and John G. Case as "Silsbee, Case & Company;" and again with Case as "Case & Getchell," ca.1862-1864. He later ran a solo photography studio in the 1860s and 1870s.
As of 1898 he lived in Dorchester.
He died in Boston in August, 1910. Case & Getchell
West.H. Getchell.