Joseph Hess

photographer: Joseph Hess
Mifflintown, PA
example from LOST GALLERY

reverse of card at left

photographer: Hess studio
Mifflintown, PA
example from LOST GALLERY

reverse of card at left

Joseph Hess
(1844 - 1927)

21 Feb 1844
Marietta, PA, Joseph Hess is born to Abram Hess and Mary Sandoe
1863-1865
Civil War documents say he served in the US Civil War
1878
Newspaper obituary and US census, Joseph Hess and Rebecca Martha Shoemaker are married
1880
Miffletown, PA, US census, Joseph Hess as photographer; no address shown

1894
Photographic Journal of America vol 31, Joseph Hess develops a rocking tray for photographic developing
1899
Lancaster, PA, city directory Joseph Hess NOT listed
1900
Lancaster, PA, US census, Joseph Hess ; res: 20 n Shippen st
1900 Aug 14
Lancaster PA Daily News, item says Joseph Hess has taken over the gallery of J E Rote at 50 ½ n Queen
(see example below)

1901, 1905
Lancaster, PA, city directory, Joseph Hess as photographer at 50 ½ n Queen; res: 20 n Shippen
1901-1910
Lancaster, PA, history from Lancaster History Org: Joseph Hess worked at 50 n Queen st
1907
Lancaster, PA, city directory Joseph Hess as photographer at 50 n Queen; res same
1909 Nov 16
Lancaster (PA) News Journal item says Professional Photographers meeting was held at Hess Studio, 50 ½ n Queen

1910 Apr 22
Duncannon, PA, US census, Joseph Hess as photographer; Hess and wife Martha have moved in with a brother in law
1911 May 23
Lancaster (PA) Morning Journal obituary for his sister Francis Hess, says Joseph Hess is now living at Duncannon, PA
1920 Jan 27
Duncannon, PA, US census Joseph Hess as photographer; residence on Market street
05 Mar 1927
Bloomfield, PA, County Democrat says Joseph Hess dies at age 83.

Photographic Journal of America - 1894


Lancaster (PA) daily New Era - 14 Aug 1900

Lancaster (PA) News Journal - 16 Nov 1909


Lancaster (PA) Morning Journal - 23 May 1911

Bloomfield, PA, Perry County Democrat - 09 Mar 1927


Portrait of young Joseph Hess - from Portroyal.com

photographer: Joseph Hess
Mifflintown, PA
CDV example from auction site

reverse of CDV at left

photographer: Joseph Hess
Mifflintown, PA
CDV example from auction site

reverse of CDV at left

photographer: Rote
50 1/2 North Queen St. Lancaster, PA
example from auction site purchase
(Joseph Hess took over the
gallery of J E Rote in 1900)

photographer: Rote
50 1/2 North Queen St. Lancaster, PA
example from contributor
(Joseph Hess took over the
gallery of J E Rote in 1900)

Not the one you were looking for? Here's the photographer's 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.

This is a work always in progress.

Aditional information and New examples 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.
Email to the address found in the profile at the bottom of this page.

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.

John C McCahon

Photographer: J C McCahon
Newark, Ohio
example from LOST GALLERY

John C. McCahon
(1828 - 1896)

1828
Born in Ireland
1866
(Ohio Photographers) McCahan in Utica,
1870
(Ohio Photographers) Cottage Photograph Gallery in Roscoe and Utica
1870
(Ohio Photographers) McCahan, D Westerville
1877
(Columbus, OH, city Directory) Not in this directory
1878
(Columbus, OH, city directory) as photographer at Beal Block

1878-1879
(Ohio Photographers) I. Westerville
1880
(Ohio Photographers) Opened studio in Newark, OH
1893
Suffers stroke, wife Isabella and daughters Blanche and Bertha continue the studio
1896
John McCahon dies
1896 - 1918
Blanche carries on the business in Newark, OH, and then moves to Mansfield, OH
1920’s approx.
Blanche opens own studio
1938
Blanch ends operations.

The cabinet card at the left must have been done around 1880 to 1918 before Blanche moved to Mansfield, OH. While she maintained the studio after her father’s death, she probably used the printed cards in stock.

Newark (OH) Advocate
20 Jun 1894

Photographer: McCahon's Art Gallery
Upper Sandusky, Ohio
example from auction purchase

Photographer: McCahon's Art Gallery
Upper Sandusky, Ohio
example from auction site

Reverse of card at left

Not the one you were looking for? Here's the photographer's INDEX by name. All the Cabinet Card photographers of the 19th century found in LOST GALLERY are listed there.

This is a work always in progress.

Aditional information and New examples 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.
Email to the address found in the profile at the bottom of this page.

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.

Harvey Roberts Marks

photographer: H R Marks
Austin, TX
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

This page is under construction for contributor C Lind.

Harvey Roberts Marks
(1821-1902)

There is an excellent accounting of the life of H R Marks in the fine book, “Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Great Divide”, by Peter E. Palmquist and ‎Thomas R. Kailbourn, so only a brief timeline will be shown here.

Sources include: Pioneer Photographers (as above), city directories, US census

1821 Jan 06
New York City, NY, Harvey Roberts Marks is born
1849 Apr 28
Centerville (MD) Times, news item says Shew and Marks studio is at 117 Baltimore Street (see ad below)
1849 Jun 16
Maryland, county records, H R Marks marries Emily H Bassan
1850 Jul 19
Baltimore, MD, US census Marks as Daguerreotypist
May 1849 - 1851
Baltimore, MD, partners with Jacob Shew, Shew and Marks Gallery at 117 Baltimore Street; mostly Daguerreotypes

1851
San Francisco, CA, apparently only a brief visit of a few months but takes some historically significant photographs while there
1851 - May 1853
Baltimore, MD, Marks has studio but no address found
1855 - 1856
Mobile, AL, Marks gallery at se cor of Royal and Dauphin streets
1858 Feb 03
Montgomery, AL, Weekly Advertiser item says Emily Marks is granted divorce from Harvey Marks
1857 - 1859
Mobile, AL, Marks gallery at 57 Dauphin Street
1860 Oct 12
Houston, TX, US census, H R Marks as “merchant”
1865 spring
Houston, TX, H R Marks opens studio
1866
Houston, TX, H R Marks gallery is on Main St between Preston and Prairie
1867
Houston, TX, H R Marks gallery is on Main Street corner of Congress
1870 - 1871
Austin, TX, H R Marks is has moved to Austin but no studio address has been found

photographer: H R Marks
Austin, TX
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

1872 - 1873
Austin, TX, H R Marks gallery on Congress av between Pecan and Pine
1877-1883
Austin, TX, H R Marks gallery at 706 Congress
1883, 1884
Austin, TX, city directory, H R Marks at 705 Congress
1884, 1885
Austin, TX, city directory, H R Marks studio at 703 Congress
1885 - 1889
Austin, TX, city directory, H R Marks studio at 705 Congress
1900, 1901
Austin, TX, city directory, H R Marks studio at 612 Congress
1902 Mar 12
Austin, TX, H R Marks dies at age 81 after a long illness, apparently from pneumonia complications

Baltimore (MD) Sun - 01 May 1849


Baltimore (MD) Sun - 19 Jun 1849


Baltimore (MD) Sun - 11 Oct 1856


Montgomery (AL) Weekly Advertiser - 03 Feb 1858

Vicksburg Daily Whig - 31 Jan 1863


Galveston (TX) Daily News - 29 Dec 1867

Austin (TX) American Statesman - 07 Nov 1871


Austin (TX) American Statesman - 19 Dec 1871


Austin (TX) American Statesman - 17 Dec 1872

Austin (TX) American Statesman - 12 Nov 1875


Austin (TX) American Statesman - 03 Aug 1876

Austin (TX) American Statesman - 22 Nov 1876

Austin (TX) American Statesman - 07 Oct 1876


Austin (TX) American Statesman - 27 Jul 1878


Austin (TX) American Statesman - 10 Apr 1879

Austin (TX) American Statesman - 11 Nov 1879

Austin (TX) Weekly Statesman - 02 Dec 1880


Austin (TX) American Statesman - 14 Oct 1881


Austin (TX) American Statesman - 08 Nov 1881


Austin (TX) American Statesman - 20 Dec 1882

21 Dec 1883


Austin (TX) American Statesman - 03 Mar 1887

Austin (TX) American Statesman - 26 Oct 1893


Austin (TX) American Statesman - 28 Dec 1894


Austin (TX) American Statesman - 21 Feb 1895


Austin (TX) American Statesman - 12 Dec 1901

Austin (TX) American Statesman - 13 Mar 1902

Austin (TX) American Statesman - 16 Mar 1902


Austin (TX) American Statesman - 01 Dec 1903

Austin (TX) American Statesman - 10 Jun 1906


Austin (TX) American Statesman - 26 Apr 1914

Austin (TX) American Statesman - 20 Dec 1914

The popularity and "Brand" recognition of the Marks Studio is shown in ads more than a decade after his death.

Apparently saying "Marks Old Place" was better than giving an actual address.

Photographer Marks
CDV example from "Slices of Time"

Photographer Marks
CDV example from "Slices of Time"

Photographer Marks
CDV example from "Slices of Time"

photographer: H R Marks
Austin, TX
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: H R Marks
Austin, TX
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: H R Marks
Austin, TX
example from auction site

photographer: H R Marks
Austin, TX
example from auction site

photographer: H R Marks
Austin, TX
example from auction site

reverse of two cards at left

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.