Charles W Parker

photographer:
Parker C W
140 Sparks st Ottawa

Charles William Parker
(1864? to 7 Jan 1898)

1864 (tentative)
New York, NY, according to the US census of 1880 and the Canadian census of 1891, Charles W Parker was born this year
1869
Chicago, IL, city directory as photographer (no studio listed), res 380 n Wells (Note, if the birth date is correct, Parker would be only 5 years old this year so this is probably one of the other photographers named Charles Parker)
1881
Bay City, MI, city directory as photographer at Griswold Block n Water; res same; (probably another Charles W Parker)
1883, 1884, 1886, 1887
Bay City, MI, city directory as photographer at 811 Water; res same
1881, 1882, 1883
Ottawa, ON, city directory NO CW or Charles W or Chas Parker listed

1885, 1886
Ottawa, ON, city directory Chas Parker as clerk for C A Ry, bds 405 Rideau
1888
City directory for Bay City, MI, and Ottawa, ON, are not available; C W Parker NOT found in Columbus, OH, city directory
1888 Aug 03
Ottawa (ON) Journal small display ad says C W Parker is operator for C B Taggart studio “Late of Columbus, Ohio” (Note: No C W Parker could be found in the Columbus, OH, city directory for those years preceding 1888.)
1889, 1890
Bay City, MI, city directory NOT listed
1887, 1889
Ontario Business Directory and Gazetteer p1550, WILLIAM Parker as photographer in Windsor, ON (probably not connected to Charles William Parker.)
1890
Ottawa, ON, city directory as artist for C B Taggart; bds Royal Exchange

1890 Jun through Dec
Ottawa (ON) Daily Citizen small display ad runs over 100 times
1890 Sep 26
Ottawa (ON) Daily Citizen news profile describes Parker Gallery but gives no address
1891
Ottawa, On, city directory, Canada census, as photographer at 140 Sparks; bds Royal Exchange
1892 Mar 11
Ottawa (ON) Journal news item says Parker and other local photographers meet to fix prices
1893 Jan 24
Ottawa (ON) Daily Citizen news item says Parker, photographer is ill
1894
Ottawa, On, city directory as photographer at 140 Sparks; res 77 Victoria
1894 Feb 22
Ottawa (ON) Daily Citizen news item list wife and newborn, res 77 Victoria st

1895 Sep 03
Ottawa (ON) Journal news item says Parker took a group photograph of No 8 Company
1896 Sep 05
Ottawa (ON) Journal news item says Parker, wife and family are staying at the Von Charles
1896, 1897
Ottawa, On, city directory as photographer at 140 Sparks; 1897 res pages missing
1897
Ottawa (ON) Journal, news item says C W Parker read a paper on retouching to the Camera Club
1898
Ottawa, ON, city directory Charles W Parker NOT listed, widow not listed
1898 Jan 07
Ottawa (ON) Citizen news item says Charles Parker of Ottawa has left for North Bay, Canada where he will be joined by C W Parker, his brother.
1899 Jul 25
Ottawa (ON) Journal news item describes journey back to Toronto from Yukon

1899 Aug 08
Ottawa (ON) Citizen, news item says Charles W Parker has died from effects of Klondike hardships, Scurvy; article ways he was only 35.
1899 Aug 08
Ottawa (ON) Journal news item about death of Charles W Parker
Charles W Parker’s biography is pretty thin. It doesn’t help that he apparently had a brother named C W Parker. There was also a tug boat and a fishing boat by that name.

It appears fairly certain that Charles W Parker was a photographer at 140 Sparks st in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1891 to 1898.

And before that a Charles Parker was apparently a photographer in Bay City, MI, 1869 to 1890 but it cannot be confirmed that it is the same as the Parker in Ottawa. Maybe it was his brother. It has not been established yet what profession his brother followed. If it was also photography, then some of the locations could be one or the other or both. Many documents just list C W Parker.

Some news items seem to conflict with other information sources. The newspapers indicate that Charles W Parker closed his Ottawa gallery and moved to Toronto. Further news stories tell of his expedition to the Klondike with his brother C W Parker, contracting scurvy, returning to his Toronto home and dying in August of 1899.

The Toronto city directories do not support this. There are two Charles W Parker’s listed from 1896 through 1900, as clerks, one for a drug company and the other for the GTR railroad. Are these the two brothers or two entirely different Parkers?

Also, between 1882 and 1901 city directories show a Charles Parker as photographer in New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Washington D C as well as Ottawa. They are not all the same person.

The only positive location for photographer C W Parker is 140 Sparks st in Ottawa, ON. He was apparently there from 1891 through 1896. Other locations cannot be confirmed.

Ottawa (ON) Journal - 03 Aug 1888

Ottawa (ON) Daily Citizen - 12 Jun 1890

Ottawa (ON) Daily Citizen - 26 Sep 1890

Ottawa (ON) Daily Citizen - 01 Nov 1890

Ottawa (ON) Journal - 11 Mar 1892

Ottawa (ON) Daily Citizen - 24 Jan 1893

Ottawa (ON) Daily Citizen - 23 Feb 1894

Ottawa (ON) Journal - 03 Sep 1895

Ottawa (ON) Journal - 05 Aug 1896

Ottawa (ON) Journal - 10 Apr 1897

Ottawa (ON) Journal - 23 Apr 1897

Ottawa (ON) Daily Citizen - 07 Jan 1898



photographer Parker
140 Sparks, Ottawa, ON
Example from Bytown.net

Ottawa (ON) Journal - 25 Jul 1899

Ottawa (ON) Daily Citizen - 08 Aug 1899

Ottawa (ON) Journal - 08 Aug 1899

Marriage Announcement for son Charles V Parker - 21 Apr 1923

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Here's the photographer's INDEX by name. Listed here are all the Cabinet Card photographers of the 19th century found in LOST GALLERY. This is a work in progress. For a look at the original postings go to
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J W Barrie

photographer:
J W Barrie
Richmond, Que

Research pending on photographer
J W Barrie of Richmond, Que

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Here's the photographer's INDEX by name. Listed here are all the Cabinet Card photographers of the 19th century found in LOST GALLERY. This is a work in progress. For a look at the original postings go to
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Lewis Henry Hodges

Photographer
L H Hodges
McIntosh Studio
Skowhegan, ME

Lewis Henry Hodges
(1848 - )

1848 Feb 15
Lewis Henry Hodges is born in Winslow, ME, to William H and Mary Winslow Hodges
1850 Jul 31
US census Winslow, ME, two years old living with parents
1860 Jun 22
US census Winslow, ME, 12 years old living with parents
1870
US census, Hodges has not been located in this census
1880 Jun 15
US census, Farmingdale, ME, as boarder, working “on ice”, indicated married but wife not living with him.
1888
Marriage to Anna B Hodges, according to 1900 US census
1888
Augusta, ME, city directory, as photographer; res Farmingdale, ME
1890 Oct
son George E Hodges is born in Massachusetts
1891-1892
Providence, RI, city directory as photographer; res Hope, Bristol, RI

1891 Dec
daughter Mollie E Hodges is born in Connecticut
1900
US census Boston, MA, as photographer; res 1 Hotel Waterford
1910
US census Hull, MA, as painting contractor, wife Anna and the two children living with him

W H Hodges can be documented as being a photographer between 1888 and 1900. He traveled a lot so his visit to Skowhegan, ME, to finish this cabinet card could have been at any time between those dates. He appears to have left the photography business by 1910.

The “McIntosh Studio” of Skowhegan, Me, belonged to George F McIntosh and appears to be his home studio from 1880 on. In addition to the Skowhegan location, McIntosh had studios in August, ME, Gardiner, ME, and Kennebec, ME, between 1907 and 1923. He died in 1931. He either rented out his studio to itinerant photographers or perhaps allowed them to add their own name to the cabinet cards while working for or with him.

William Burr McIntosh
(August 21, 1862 – April 28, 1942)

There is quite a lot of detail about
William Burr McIntosh at Wikipedia,
a writer, publisher, actor and photographer. In all likelihood he is not the McIntosh that employed L H Hodges, above.

These examples are here for reference only.

When more documents are found to clarify these photographers, it will be updated here

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Photographer: Burr McIntosh studio
34 West 33rd Street
example from Kentucky Digital Library

Photographer: Burr McIntosh studio
34 West 33rd Street
example from Kentucky Digital Library

Photographer: Burr McIntosh studio
34 West 33rd Street
example from Kentucky Digital Library

Photographer: Burr McIntosh studio
34 West 33rd Street
example from NYC city library

Photographer: Burr McIntosh studio
34 West 33rd Street
example from Kentucky Digital library

Photographer: Burr McIntosh studio
34 West 33rd Street
example from Kentucky Digital library

Photographer: Burr McIntosh studio
34 West 33rd Street
example from Kentucky Digital library

Not the one you were looking for? Here's the photographer's INDEX by name. Listed here are all the Cabinet Card photographers of the 19th century found in LOST GALLERY. This is a work in progress. For a look at the original postings go to LOST GALLERY.

William Andrew Bigelow

Photographer: Bigelow
Plattsburg, N. Y.
over Vilas Bank

William Andrew Bigelow
(18 Jan 1833-02 Aug 1901)

Records for Plattsburgh NY are uncharacteristically scant. No city directories are available and only two US census accounts were found 1880 and 1900. There was an accounting for W. A. Bigelow in “Bigelow Society” found in a Google search.
A small bio called “The Souvenir Industrial Edition of Plattsburgh 1897, page 100" was also found on Ancestry.com.

At International Center of Photography there is a small tintype credited to Bigelow.

William Andrew Bigelow
(1833 - 1901)

1833 Jan 18
Worcester, MA, W A Bigelow is born to William Pitt Bigelow and Anna Newton

1858 Oct 06
Natick, MA, town records, marriage to Olive Emogene Carr
(and from: Souvenir Industrial Edition of Plattsburgh 1897 studio in Haverhill, MA, AND
Souvenir Industrial Edition of Plattsburgh 1897 studio in Thompsonville, MA)
1867
MA Register studio in Haverhill, MA
1868
SMALL BIO: moves to Plattsburgh, NY
1869
Plattsburgh, NY, city directory as photographer, bds Whitherill, House
1870
New York State business directory as “photographist”
1872 Jun 25
Plattsburgh, NY, US census of 1900, marriage to Katherine Herrington Lansing
1880
Plattsburgh, NY, US census as photographer, res 40 Oak st

1886
Plattsburgh, NY, as photographer on Margaret op bridge; res 40 Oak
1891, 1892,
Plattsburgh, NY, city directory as photographer at 56 Margaret; res 40 Oak
1892
NY state census as photographer
1894, 1896, 1898,
Plattsburgh, NY, city directory as photographer at 56 Margaret; res 40 Oak
1900
Plattsburgh, NY, US census as photographer; res Oak st.
1901 Aug 02
Plattsburgh, NY city directory and Find A Grave website, W A Bigelow dies at age 68 in Plattsburgh, NY

This cabinet card must have been finished after 1868 and before Bigelow’s death in 1901. There is nothing to establish any changes of address in Plattsburgh, NY, during that time.

Summer of either 1897 or 1899 at the Hotel Champlain in Plattsburgh, NY.
Back of the photo is stamped Bigelow's Studio, Plattsburgh, NY.

From Flickr member Ferris Scott Thomas

Plattsburgh (NY) Sentinel - June 1872


Typical city directory ad - 1892


Plattsburgh (NY) Sentinel - 13 Dec 1889

Plattsburgh (NY) Sentinel - 13 Dec 1889

Plattsburgh (NY) Sentinel - 10 Jan 1890

Plattsburgh (NY) Sentinel - 09 Aug 1901

photographer Bigelow and Bates
Lyons, NY

Nothing has been found so far to connect the card at the left with W A Bigelow. Plattsburgh is only a couple hundred miles from Lyons.

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A Walker Corlis

Photographer:
A. W. Corlis
Pontiac, Ill.

A Walker Corlis
(1895 - 1937

1865 Apr 26
Villa Nova, Ontario, Canada, IL death certificate. Corlis is born to Ezarah Corlis and Sarah Walker
1881
Townsend, Ontario, Canada census: A Walker Corlis at age 16
1884
Hartford, CN, 1900 US census, arrival in US
1885 - 1907
Niagara, NY, from 1933 US Border Crossing Statement; Corlis has been in the US from 1885 to 1907
1891 May 30
Bessemer, MI, Gogebic Iron Spirit news item says Corlis it the new photographer
1891 Jul 25
Bessemer, MI, Gogebic Iron Spirit news item sys Corlis has redecorated the studio
1891 Aug 29
Bessemer, MI, Gogebic Iron Spirit small ad for studio in Bessemer, MI
1891 Sep 12
Bessemer, MI, Gogebic Iron Spirit news item says Corlis has redecorated the studio again

1891 Sep 26
Bessemer, MI, Gogebic Iron Spirit Item says Corlis has gone to Milwaukee for the past week
1891 Oct 03
Bessemer, MI, Gogebic Iron Spirit item says Corlis has returned from Milwaukee
1892 Mar 05
Bessemer, MI, Gogebic Iron Spirit item says Corlis went to Ashland Thursday
1892
Ann Arbor city directory NOT listed
1894
Ann Arbor, MI, city directory as photographer at 6 e Huron (published every two years)
1896
Ann Arbor, MI, city directory NOT listed
1896 Jun 09
Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, W A Corlis and Edith D Dunkin are married
1899
Ontario, Canada daughter Edna H Corlis is born
1900 Jun 01
Hartford, CN, US census as photographer; res 65 Lincoln st
1901
Hartford, CN, city directory NOT listed

1901
Youngstown, OH, city directory NOT listed; Corlis was probably IN Youngstown but had missed getting in the directory
1902
Youngstown, OH, city directory as photographer but not at own studio
1903 to 1908
Youngstown, OH, city directory as photographer at 215 n Phelps
1907 Nov 08 thru Nov 14
New Castle (PA) Herald, six display ads say Seavy’s ground floor studio has hired A W Corlis
1908
Youngstown, OH, city directory as photographer at 215 n Phelps
1909
Youngstown, OH, city directory NOT listed
1910 to 1933
(Moline, IL) Dispatch, Obituary says A W Corlis operated photo studios in Toronto and Montreal, Canada during these years
1917 Mar 07
York, Ontario, Canada, marriage to Nellie Steele
1921 Jun 01
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Canada census, as photographer

1923 to 1937
(Rock Island, IL) Daily Times Obituary says A W Corlis lived with son John in Moline, IL, since 1923
1929 Apr 07
Niagara Falls, NY, Border Crossing, visit to US
1933 Dec 08
Niagara Falls, NY, Border Crossing, visit to US
1935
(Moline, IL) Dispatch, Obituary says A W Corlis moved to Rock Island in 1935
1935
Toronto, Canada, voter list says he has residence in Toronto, Canada
1937
Rock Island, IL, city directory, no occupation shown; res 1517 14 1/2
1937 Dec 11
Rock Island, IL, state death certificate, A Walker Corlis dies at age 72

Although A. Walker Corlis (1865-1937) moved around a lot, living mostly in Ontario, Ohio and Michigan, he apparently lived with his son John in Rock Island, Illinois from 1923 until his death in 1937.

There are a lot of gaps in the documentation of the whereabouts of A Walker Corlis. Nothing was found to document his presence in Pontiac, IL. The best guess is that he never lived there and the cabinet card at the top was probably finished on a side trip while living in Rock Island, IL, 1923 to 1937.

Bessemer, MI Gogebic Iron Spirit - 30 May 1891

Bessemer, MI Gogebic Iron Spirit - 25 Jul 1891

Hurley, WI, Montreal River Miner and Iron County Republican - 22 Aug 1891


Bessemer, MI Gogebic Iron Spirit - 29 Aug 1891


Bessemer, MI Gogebic Iron Spirit - 12 Sep 1891

Bessemer, MI Gogebic Iron Spirit - 26 Sep 1891


Bessemer, MI Gogebic Iron Spirit - 03 Oct 1891


Bessemer, MI Gogebic Iron Spirit - 05 Mar 1892

Bessemer, MI Gogebic Iron Spirit - 16 Mar 1891

At the left an advertisement that shows Corlis was in a brief partnership with Constable's Gallery. This is the only evidence found that notes this so it must have been very brief.

Below shows that Corlis was working for another gallery in 1907. Again, it was probably very brief.

New Castle, PA, Herald - 07 Nov 1907

Davenport (IA) Daily Times - 13 Dec 1937

Moline, IL, Dispatch - 13 Dec 1937

photographer: Corlis
6 Huron st, Ann Arbor, MI
example from auction site
This card probably finished around 1894

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