J W Hixson

Photographer: J W Hixson
Traveling Artist

John Wesley Hixson worked at several trades. He was a mailman, blacksmith, bicycle repairman, photographer and possibly some other professions.
Since the cabinet card example here does not give a location, dating is a bit speculative.

Following is the revised timeline for John Wesley Hixson.

1869 Jul 15
West Point, IN, Iowa death certificate, John Wesley Hixson is born to Israel Hixson and Mary Ann White
1874 Jan 08
Iowa, US census, Iowa state census, John W Hixson’s brother Benjamin E Hixson is born
1880 Jun 06
Cedar Iowa, US census, John Hixson at age 11
1890
Speculated date J W Hixson was married to first wife Malinda Nellie Scheibeler
1895 May 04
Oklahoma, 1910 US census, California Death Index, son Byrdie Earl born in Oklahoma (1900 US census lists Nellie M Scheibeler-Hixson as Byrdie’s mother) (California Death Index shows mother’s maiden name as Schibler
1898 Dec 16
Newkirk, OK, 1910 US census, J W Hixson, age 21; marriage to Pearl E. Hood, age 19

Also according to the Find-A-Grave site, Pearl Hood was his second wife, married 16 Dec 1898)

1898 Dec 16 continued
Newkirk (OK) Kay County Republican of 30 Dec 1898, news item confirms J W Hixson and Pearl Hood were married 16 Dec 1898
1901 Jun 07
Kansas City, KS, 1910 US census daughter Ethel E is born in Kansas
1903 Nov 30
Newkirk (OK) Kay County Republican item advertises “views” of Newkirk from water tower taken by Hixson
1905 Mar 25
Kansas, 1910 US census daughter Laura is born in Kansas
1907 Sep 27
Newkirk (OK) Democrat Herald item advertises picture post cards from Hixson
1908 Jul 23
Cottonwood Falls (KS) News Courant item says Hixson and wife are moving to Elmdale, KS, and setting up business
1909 Feb 26 Newkirk (OK) Democrat Herald item says Hixson has returned from Elmdale, KS
1910 Mar 19
Oklahoma City, OK, 1910 US census, daughter Thelma H Hixson is born
1910 Apr 16
Newkirk, OK, US census, John W. Hixson as photographer; Wife: Pearl
1915
Des Moines, IA, city directory John W. Hixson, Des Moines, IA, photographer; wife not listed (Note: City Directories in that era often had a policy of not listing women unless they were business owners or widows.)

1918 Jun 03
Newkirk Democrat Herald ad says J W Hixson is doing photo finish work at 417 W 9th St, Des Moines, IA
1920 Feb 24
Center Grove, IA, US census, J W Hixson as bicycle repairman
1921 Jan 28
Newkirk (OK) News Journal item says Ruth Hixson has return home to Des Moines, IA, after a visit to Newkirk, OK
1925 Jan 01
Des Moines, IA, Iowa state census, J W Hixson, wife Pearl E. and daughter Thelma; no occupation shown
1926 Feb 17
Callaway, Missouri death certificate, brother Benjamin E Hixson dies at age 52
1930 Apr 17
Center Grove, IA, US Census J W Hixson as mail carrier
1931 Sep 30
Center Grove, IA, Iowa death registry; J W Hixson dies at age 62; 1931 Iowa death certificate lists John W Hixson as retired blacksmith


Although Hixson may have kept photography as a sideline while working as a bicycle repairman or mail carrier, it can only be documented he was mainly a photographer from 1903 to 1918.

Newkirk (OK) Kay County Republican -
30 Dec 1898 Newkirk (OK) Kay County Republican -
30 Nov 1903

Newkirk (OK) Dempcrat Herald -
27 Sep 1907 Ark City (OK) Daily Traveler -
07 Feb 1908

Cottonwood Falls (KS) News Courant-
23 Jul 1908 Cottonwood Falls (KS) News Courant -
25 Feb 1909

Newkirk (OK) Democrat Herald -
26 Feb 1909 Newkirk (OK) Democrat Herald -
13 Jun 1918

Newkirk (OK) News Journal - 28 Jan 1921

Newkirk, OK
example from pinterest

The Hixson photo of 1903 Newkirk, OK, taken from the top of the water tower. See news item above.

example from auction site on reverse: J. W. Hickson, photographer, view work a specialty. Newkirk. O. T.

The following from contributor C Fooks

Example from Kansas Memory

Example from Kansas Memory

Example from Kansas Memory

Example from pinterest, no source given
(see timeline 30 Nov 1903 for mention of water tower)

Example from auction site

Example from auction site

Example from Court House History

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.

New examples and additional information are always welcome. Any additional information will help narrow the time that these precious antiques were made.

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Some examples on this page have been enhanced or restored for clarity and presentation here.

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Henry Bower

photographer: H Bower
200 Park Av
Pittsburgh, PA
example from LOST GALLERY

reverse of card at the left

Henry H Bower
(1849 - 1917)

Timeline sources: city directories, US census
1849 Feb 06
Pennsylvania Henry H Bower born to Karl Bower and Dorothy Hewinan
1869
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory NOT listed
1870
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory Charles and Henry working at Eagle Rollin Mill
1871-1872
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory NOT listed
1873
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory Henry as photographer with Bower Bros at Collins and Penn
1874
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory Henry as photographer with Bower bros at Union and Penn
1875 - 1878
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory Henry as photographer with Bower Bros at Collins and Penn
1879, 1880
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory Henry Bower as photographer at Penn and Shady Lane
1881
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory NOT listed res or bus
Between 1880 and 1888, Henry Bower appears to have lived and worked in East Liverpool, OH. Note the newspaper ads. Also, two of hia four children were born there, in 1881 and 1882.

1882 - 1888
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory brother Charles is listed as photographer at Collins and Penn but Henry is listed as laborer at separate address
1889
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory brother Charles is listed as “German Liniment” at Collins and Penn; Henry listed as laborer at separate address
1890
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory brother Charles is listed as photographer at rr 238 Auburn; Henry listed as Laborer at separate address
1891
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory brother Charles is listed as photographer at 200 Park av; Henry is listed as laborer at separate address
1892
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory Henry Bower is listed as photographer at 200 Park av and Charles is listed as ”Markings vegetables digestive” at 200 Park av
1893 - 1909
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory as Henry Bower photographer at 200 Park av
1912 - 1917
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory as photographer at 6243 Frankstown
1917 Dec 22
Pittsburgh, PA, Henry Bower dies of Uremia at age 68

After a rather sketchy beginning, Henry Bower is established as photographer at 200 Park Avenue from 1882 until 1909. This cabinet card would have been finished during that period.

Photographer: Bower
East Liverpool, OH and Wellsburg, WV

The card at the left was contributed by the family of William Bullers.
Both Wellsburg, WV, and East Liverpool, OH, are both less than 40 miles from Pittsburg, PA. This card was most likely done by Henry Bower in the years he was in East Liverpool, OH, 1800- 1888.

Photographer: Bower
East Liverpool, OH
example from auction site

photographer: H Bower
200 Park Av
Pittsburgh, PA
example from LOST GALLERY

East Liverpool (OH) Saturday Review
- 05 Jun 1880

East Liverpool (OH) Saturday Review -
- 19 May 1883

East Liverpool (OH) Saturday Review -
- 20 Dec 1884

East Liverpool (OH) Saturday Review -
18 May 1887 East Liverpool (OH) Saturday Revies -
21 May 1887

Pittsburgh (PA) Post Gazette
- 25 Dec 1917

East Liverpool (OH) Saturday Review -
exact date unknown

It appears Henry Bower's brother Charles got himself into a bit of trouble while selling patent medicine.

Pittsburgh (PA) Daily Post - 26 Jul 1889

Pittsburgh (PA) Dispatch - 26 Jul 1889

Pittsburgh (PA) Daily Post - 14 Mar 1890

Pittsburgh (PA) Dispatch - 15 Mar 1890

photographer Henry Bower
Pittsburg, PA
example from auction site

photographer Henry Bower
Pittsburg, PA
example from auction site

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.

New examples and additional information are always welcome. Any additional information will help narrow the time that these precious antiques were made.

All submissions should be free of glare and shadows. Do not crop. Leave a border around each card. The edges are sometimes an important clue to the age of the card.

Some examples on this page have been enhanced or restored for clarity and presentation here.

This page is free for educational and research purposes only but, as always, if the original owner of any of these examples objects to the use on this page, just let me know and they will be immediately removed.

Addie M Gendron

Photographer: A M Gendron
#1 Hubbard Block, Watertown, NY
example from D Maxie

reverse of CdV at left

Addie M Gendron
(1855 – 1904)

Canada, church records, Addie M Gendron is born to Joseph Gendron and wife
1861
Canada, Canadian census, Adee Gendron at age 7
1868 - 1869
Syracuse, NY, city directory, Addie Gendron NOT listed
1870
Syracuse, NY, city directory, Addie Gendron as photographer; 12 Gertrude
1871
Syracuse, NY, city directory, Addie Gendron as clerk; bds 26 Seymour
1872
Syracuse, NY, city directory, Addie Gendron NOT listed
1880
Boston, MA, city directory, NO Gendron listed
1881, 1884
Westerly, RI, city directory Miss A M Gendron as photographer at 70 High; bds 45 High
1882, 1883
Boston, MA, city directory, Addie M Gendron NOT listed
1884
Boston, MA, city directory, (business pages only) A M Gendron NOT listed

1885
Westerly, RI, city directory Miss A M Gendron as photographer at 70 High; bds 45 High
1885
Boston, MA, city directory, Miss Addie M Gendron (Gendron and Co) at 24 Tremont; bds 26 Lynde
1886
Boston, MA, city directory, pages missing
1888
Westerly, RI, city directory, Entry says that A M Gendron has removed to Boston, MA
1889, 1890
Boston, MA, city directory, A M Dendron as photographer at 13 Tremont row; res same
1892, 1893
Boston, MA, city directory, A M Gendron and Co, photographers at 13 Tremont; res 91 Court
1894
Boston, MA, city directory, A M Gendron and Co, photographers at 13 Tremont
1895
Boston, MA, city directory, A M Gendron as photographer at 13 Tremont Row; res 556 Temple
1896, 1897
Boston, MA, city directory, A M Gendron as photographer at 13 Tremont Row; rms 28 Cedar
1898
Boston, MA, city directory, A M Gendron NOT listed
1904
Stoneham, MA, state records, Addie M Gendron dies at age 49; Stoneham is just 10 miles north of Boston.

It is a good guess that the CdV example here, was done between 1872 and 1885. There are some other gaps in documenting the life of Addie M Gendron, but this period seems the most logical. Once moving to Massachusetts about 1885, it does not appear she ever left.

In the 1870 Syracuse, NY, city directory she is listed as a photographer. She was probably working for another photographer’s studio and started her own studio soon after that. In 1870 Addie would have been only 15. In the Rhode Island State census of 1875 she is listed as a photographer at age 25, while birth records show she would have been only 20. She may have had to “adjust” her age to get past some business regulations.

Westerly, RI city directory indicates she had a studio there between 1885 and 1888.

Addie Gendron ran her own studio as Gendron and Company, in Boston, until at least 1895 when she apparently moves to Stoneham, MA.

Several examples may be seen at WIKIComons

AND in the collection of mjAux on Flickr

See also KEN on Flickr

Watertown, NY - 1872

Watertown, NY - 13 Jun 1872
Boston (MA) Globe - 04 Nov 1887

Cambridge (MA) Chronicle - 1891
Boston (MS) Globe - 15 Feb 1898

Photographer: Gendron
Westerly, RI
example from auction site

photographer: Gendron
Tremont Row, Boston, MA
example from Harvard Art Museum Collection
(note bottom edge has been trimmed)

photographer: Gendron
13 Tremont Row, Boston, MA
example from Empty Branches website

photographer: Gendron
13 Tremont Row, Boston, MA
example from Daguerreian Dandy

photographer: Gendron
Tremont Row, Boston, MA
example source unknown from pinterest

photographer: Gendron
13 Trenton Row, Boston, MA
example from auction site

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.

Some examples on this page have been enhanced or restored for clarity and presentation here.

This page is free for educational and research purposes only but, as always, if the original owner of any of these examples objects to the use on this page, they will be immediately removed.