photographer: Smith
Larned, KS
example from auction site
Richard R Smith seems to have had many interests. In various places
he was listed as “showman”, photographer, “bathroom cabinet salesman”
and local politician, including judge.
Very little else has been learned about R R Smith of Larned, KS,
except that he really was a photographer for a period at least from
1890 to 1906. His brother C W Smith seems to have actually been the
operator of the photograph studio in Larned, KS, at least around 1906.
And his family really was a descendant of the “original” John Smith,
historical pilgrim to the Americas.
Richard R Smith
(1853 - ?)
1853 May
Iowa, state records, Richard R Smith is born
1885 Mar 01
Pleasant Valley, KS, state census, R R Smith as farmer
1890 Apr 11
Larned (KS) Eagle, news item R R Smith has exhibition of
photographs
1892 Feb 19
Larned (KS) Eagle Optic, news item says R R Smith has left his brother
C W Smith in charge of the photograph gallery; R R Smith is now in
Iowa en-route to Illinois
1892 Mar 11
Larned (KS) Eagle Optic, news item says R R Smith will be in Illinois
for two months
1892 Aug 05
Larned (KS) Chronoscope, news item says R R Smith has remodeled the
gallery
1895 Mar 01
Larned, KS, state census, R R Smith as musician, C N Smith as
photographer (apparently at same address)
1899 Jun 16
Larned (KS) Tiller and Toiler, small ad says R R Smith is now selling
“Bath Cabinets” at his photograph
Gallery
1899 Jun 23
Larned (KS) Tiller and Toiler, small ad says photographer Smith has
property for sale and rent
1900 Jun 06
Larned, KS, US census, R R Smith as photographer; res Broadway st
1904 Mar 18
Larned (KS) Chronoscope small item says R R Smith took a photograph of
president Roosevelt while in California; mentions Smith is an
ex-judge
1905 Mar 01
Larned, KS, state census, R R Smith as “showman”
1905 Oct 27
Larned (KS) Tiller and Toiler news item says Judge R R Smith as
finished the summer tour with the motion picture show and will open in
Larned Oct 30
1906 Mar 30
Larned (KS) Tiller and Toiler news item says R R Smith will show
titled “Slum and Deaconess work in Chicago"
1906 May 04
Larned (KS) Tiller and Toiler news item says R R Smith and J A Schnack
will begin their animated picture show May 07
1906 Jun 28
Larned (KS) Tiller and Toiler news item says R R Smith and J A Schnack
will give free show at convention hall Saturday night
1915
Larned, KS, state census, R R Smith as “retired” “tourist”
1925
Larned, KS, state census, R R Smith as retired
1930 Apr 04
Larned, KS, US census, R R Smith as no occupation; res 319 w Sixth
It seems unlikely that Richard R Smith was the photographer
associated with Hooper
Larned (KS) Eagle Optic - 19 Feb 1892
Photograph at left is purported to be of R R Smith himself. It was probably finished in 1892 when Smith was in Iowa on his way to Illinois.>
Larned (KS) Chronoscope - 05 Aug 1892
Larned (KS) Tiller and Toiler - 23 Jun 1899
Larned (KS) Chronoscope - 18 Mar 1904
It is fairly certain that the Smith of "Smith and Wilson" is Richard R Smith. However, no documents have been found to confirm this.
photographer Smith and WilsonLarned, KS
example from auction site
At the right is another example to strengthen the connection with R R Smith and Wilson. This example is imprinted Wilson of Great Bend, KS. Great Bend is just 24 miles from Larned.
photographer: Wilson Great Bend, KS
example from auction site
photographer: Smith and Hooper
Washington, KS
example from LOST GALLERY
The cabinet card at the left is by Hooper and Smith. Henry Thomas
Hooper was found and documented fairly well. See
Henry Thomas Hooper page.
But there were at least NINE photographers named Smith that could
POSSIBLY have been in Washington, KS, for a brief stay, between the
years of 1892 and 1909. This is a list:
Smith, Charles P, Topeka, KS
(123 miles to Washington)
Smith, Eugene Warren, Pittsburg, KS
(290 miles to Washington)
Smith, Gregory, Ottawa, KS
(171 miles to Washington)
Smith, Mrs M E, Chanute, KS; AKA Mrs M E Smith AND
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Maters-Smith
Smith, P S, Le Roy, KS (193 miles to Washington)(the same as
Peter Smith?)
Smith, Peter, Seneca, KS (71 miles to Washington)(No
information found on either)
Smith, R R, Larned, KS
(191 miles to Washington)
Smith, Rodrigo Gilbert Leavenworth, KS
(144 miles to Washington)
Smith, W H, Pardee, KS,
(Pardee is now a ghost town in Atchison county, KS)(117 miles to
Washington)
The photographer Smith, of Hooper and Smith, could be any one
or none of these. In order to determine which, if any, of
these photographers was possibly the one associated with
Henry T Hooper
in Washington, KS, a timeline or biography for each was
developed.
The research above shows that Richard R Smith was probably NOT the
photographer who was the Smith of Smith and Hooper.
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.
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