Photographer:
Carpenter
Photographic Rooms
615 Main Street
Kansas City. Mo.
This is the reverse of the card on the left.
Marion Carpenter was photographer most of his life, taking out a
decade from about 1870 to 1880 when he was in real estate.
There were many city directory listings for Marion Carpenter,
photographer at 615 Main in Kansas City, MO. Most Kansas City, MO,
directory listings show him as photographer. For at least the years
1892 and 1893 it appears the studio was named Margaret W Carpenter
Photography, and the 1893 directory shows Marion as “manager of
Margaret M Carpenter Studio”.
Marion S. Carpenter
(01 Sep 1829 - 11 Dec 1921)
Margaret Ward Carpenter
(22 Jun 1832 - 29 Mar 1906)
1829 Sep 01
Marion S. Carpenter born in Dayton, OH
1850
US census as daguerrian artist, age 21, living with parents in
Dayton, OH
1854 May 04
Marriage to Margaret Ward in Ohio
1859
birth of Daughter Kate in Ohio
1860 Jul 19
US census as daguerreotypist in Hamilton, OH
1861
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as ambrotype and photographs, gallery
20 w 5th; res Mt Auburn; birth of son Marion in Ohio
1862
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as photgraphist at 22 w 5th; res
Avondale
1863
Civil war draft registration as photographer; NOT in Cincinnati, OH,
city directory
1864
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as photographer with J W Winder & Co;
res Avondale
1865
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as photographer with J W Winder & Co;
res Walnut Hills
1867 & 1868
Cincinnati, OH, city directory NOT listed in directory
1869
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as clerk at 67 w 3rd; res Walnut
Hills
1870
US census as real estate agent in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH
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1871 through 1880
Cincinnati, OH, city directory NOT listed in directory
1882
Kansas City, MO, Times newspaper item, opens first gallery at 618
Main in Kansas City, MO (the 618 is probably a misprint as all other
sources say it is 615)
1883 through 1893
Kansas City, MO, city directory - photographer at 615 Main, res
same
1891
Kansas City, MO, city directory as photographer at 615 Main and 1404
Grand; res 307 Peery (307 probably a misprint, all other sources say
3017)
1892
Kansas City, MO, city directory as photographer at 615 Main;
Margaret W Carpenter is also listed as a photographer at the same
address and neither of them are listed in the business pages
1893
Kansas City, MO, city directory as manager of M W Carpenter photo
studio 615 Main; res 3017 Peery
1894 through 1903
Kansas City, MO, city directory as photographer at 936 Main; res
3017 Peery
1904 through 1906
Kansas City, MO, city directory as Photographer at 27 ½ E 11th
1906 Mar 29
Margaret W Carpenter dies in Kansas City, MO
1908 & 1909
Kansas City, MO, city directory as photographer at 807 Walnut
1910
Kansas City, MO, city directory r 800 Walnut, no occupation shown
and no business listing
1912
Kansas City, MO, city directory as photographer at res and bus - 618
Main
1913
Marion Carpenter dies of uremic poisoning at age 84
This cabinet card would have been finished in that period when he
was at 615 Main between 1882 and 1892. Note that the 1912 city
directory for Kansas City, MO, indicates he returned to the 618 Main
studio the year before he died.
Note that James Thomas Bloomer worked as photographer in this studio
from about 1891 to about 1897.
Note:both A C and Marion are listed
Kansas city Newspaper - 29 Mar 1906
615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from contributor
This is Marion S Carpenter
615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from contributor
615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from contributor
615 Main Street, Kansas City, MO
example from auction site
(See timeline 1883 - 1893)
615 Main Street, Kansas City, MO
example from C Lindsay
(See timeline 1883 - 1893)
photographer: Carpenter615 Main, Kansas City, MO
Example from an auction site
(badly cropped)
reverse of cabinet card on the left
photographer: Carpenter615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from auction site
(restored)
reverse of card at left
photographer: Carpenter615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from auction site
photographer: Carpenter
Kansas City, MO
example from nellieloweoldentime
(restored)
photographer: Carpenter
615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from UMKC Digital Collection
photographer: Carpenter615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from auction site
(from about 1882-1893)
This cabinet card photograph was quite likely not originated by
Marion S Carpenter. The original photographer was possibly D F Barry
who was the artist behind many of the surviving portraits of Native
American people in the late 19th century.
Many of the cabinet card era photographers with an established studio,
kept a variety of cabinet card and cdv format photographs of famous
people or events or just local scenes. They were called "Views". These were "impulse" items as
we call them today. They were displayed in the lobby and entryway of
the studio and sold for a few cents each. These were the predecessors
of the collectible "Cigarette Cards" and "Bubble Gum Cards" in later
years.
The copyright laws were not what they are today and photographers
could easily copy a photograph, reprint as many copies as needed on
their own card stock and resell them.
photographer: Carpenter
Kansas City
example from auction site
photographer: Carpenter
Kansas City
example from auction site
photographer: Carpenter936 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from auction site
(finished between 1894 and 1903)
reverse of the card at left
936 Main, KCMO
example from auction site (finished between 1894 and 1903)
See also: Albert C Carpenter page
The cabinet card at the right is damaged and is a marginal scan but
it appears to be from "The Carpenter Studio, 75 1/2 High Street,
Columbus (OH).
This one seems to be Bruce Carpenter. Here is a brief timeline of his
career as photographer in Columbus, OH.
1870 through 1884
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter NOT listed
1886
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter NOT listed; Laura L
Carpenter as Artist, res 193 Hamilton
1887, 1888
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter NOT listed
1889
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter, no occupation shown,
res 457 s 4th
1890
Columbus, OH, city directory, “Brude” Carpenter, no occupation shown,
res 457 s 4th
1891
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter NOT listed
1892
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter no occupation shown, res
457 n 4th
1893, 1894, 1895
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter as photographer at
Carpenter’s Art Gallery, 75 S High, res 457 s 4th
1896
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter as photographer at
Carpenter’s Art Gallery, 75 ½ s High; res 121 E Livingston
1897
Columbus, OH, city directory, residential page 207 missing; NO listing
for Carpenter Art Gallery in business pages
1898
Columbus, OH, city directory. Bruce Carpenter, no occupation shown, No
gallery in business pages; res 121 E Livingston
1899
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter as clerk; res 121 E
Livingston av
1900
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter NOT listed
Clearly, Bruce Carpenter had a studio in Columbus, OH, from 1893 to
1896.
photographer: The Carpenter Studio
55 1/2 High St, Columbus, OH
(The scan is a bit blurry
but it appears that this is the address)
example from auction site
No connection has been made to
Marion S Carpenter.
The example at the right is by C C Carpenter of Collinwood, OH. So
far no connection has been made to M S Carpenter.
photographer: C C Carpenter
Collinwood, OH
example from auction site
reverse of card at left
C H Devenny is reviewed on another page. So far the Carpenter in this partnership has not been identified.
Fort Bragg and Ukiah, CA
example from auction site
Ukiah, CA
example from contributor
Bowie, TX
example from contributor
The card at the right was comtributed by
C Trusler.
Grant City, MO, is just 114 miles north of Kansas City,MO. and probably on a rail line. Many photographes kept small studios in neighboring towns that they visited periodically, weekly or monthly, and by appointment.
photographer: Carpenter,Grant City, MO
example from contributor D Trusler
photographer: CarpenterFort Bragg and Ukiah, CA
example from auction site
The card at the left was finished by
A D Carpenter.
So far no connection has been made to A C Carpenter.
photographer: Carpenter31 NW Third, Newark, OH
example from auction site
31 NW Third, Newark, OH
example from auction site
31 NW Third, Newark, OH
example from auction site
31 NW Third, Newark, OH
example from auction site
Pocatello, Idaho
example from auction site
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INDEX by name.
All the Cabinet Card photographers of the 19th
century found in LOST GALLERY are listed there.
Cabinet cards typically have the photographer’s name and address printed on the bottom edge or the reverse of the card. 19th century photographers moved around a lot. The basic idea here is to find WHEN a photographer was WHERE, which will help date an unidentified CABINET CARD from your family album.
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I have some old family photos with this photographer listed, found thus blig via Google search!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much for your comment! I hope my research was helpful.
DeleteWe found a Carpenter Photograph Rooms cabinet card photo identified as John Hogan /1862. I am doing research on John Joseph Hogan who later became the bishop of Kansas City. I don't know how to confirm that this photo is of the same person. Does this archive have such a photo with an accurate identification? Appreciate any light you can shed! Thanks - Crystal
ReplyDeleteCrystal: Thank you for your interesting comment.
DeleteSorry, to my knowledge I have no photograph of John Hogan.
The cabinet card format was non-existent before about 1866. The cabinet card format (4 1/4 X 6 ½) began in the US in late 1865 (as near as researchers can determine). So a Cabinet Card dated 1862 would be an incongruity. Also, I have found that the dates written on old photographs are often quite unreliable. They are commonly someone’s guess, trying to be helpful.
The only other possibility that I can imagine is where the photograph itself is a copy of an earlier image such as a Cart de Viste and then converted to the larger cabinet card size but dated the earlier date. In most cases it is really difficult to tell a copy from the original unless you have both to compare.
Photographs of important people, places and events were often printed in quantities and sold in the lobby of the studio as souvenirs. Copyright laws were very lax back then.
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