Friday, July 31, 2020

Charles Winslow Miner



Photographer: Miner & Dexter
44 Calhoun, Fort Wayne, Ind.
example from LOST GALLERY

Charles Winslow Miner
(26 Jan 1865 - 22 May 1912)

1865
born in Columbia City, IN
1879 - 1890
Ft. Wayne, IN, city directory Not in these directories
1887
(Ft. Wayne (IN) Sentinel obit) arrives in Fort Wayne, IN
1891 - 1893
Ft. Wayne, IN, city directory as photographer for Felix Shanz, 112 Calhoun;
1894 May 09
(Ft. Wayne (IN) Sentinel newspaper) ad for Miner and Dexter
1895
Ft. Wayne, IN, city directory as photographer (Miner and Dexter) with William G. Dexter, 44 Calhoun;

1895
(Ft. Wayne Sentinel obit) opens own photograph studio
1896
Ft. Wayne, IN, city directory as photographer 44 Calhoun (Dexter gone)
1897 - 1901
Ft. Wayne, IN, city directory as photographer at 23 Wayne
1902 - 1911
Ft. Wayne, IN, city directory as photographer at 121 w Wayne
1912
(FindAGrave) dies, age 47 years

Very little was found about the life of William G Dexter except that his stay in Fort Wayne, IN, was short, apparently just over a year. This cabinet card appears to have been made in that brief period that C. W. Miner was partnered with William G. Dexter, in 1894-1895.

Fort Wayne News
04 Mar 1911






Fort Wayne Journal
12 May 1894







photographer: Miner and Dexter
Fort Wayne, IN
example from auction site
(finished in 1894 or 1895)

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