E.G. Bowyer ALGONA, IOWA, KOSSUTH is a private label in Seth Thomas Model 2.

Elbert Green Bowyer (9/10/1857 - 1/9/1925) was a jeweler and optician in the city of Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa from 1878 through at least 1915. Reports also indicate that he was some sort of official to whom deaths were reported in order to validate life insurance claims. The postcards below show Algona during the time when E. G. Bowyer was a jeweler there.