Wilfred B. Cobb
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Wilfred B. Cobb1901 New Mexico - 1982
Wilfred Cobb was the youngest of Eddie Ross Cobb and William Cobb’s four children. The Cobb family owned a photography shop, Cobb Studio, in New Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Wilfred was a grandson of Edmund G. Ross, the New Mexico territorial governor from 1885 to 1889. Wilfred raised prize-winning Angora rabbits, worked for the Indian Irrigation Service for a time, and was involved with the Cobb family photography business as a photographer. He co-ran the studio with Eddie until 1940 when he began working at Cobb Drive-In, a restaurant owned by Fred Cobb.
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