Charles B Wyatt of Colony, Kansas

Colony, KS
Colony had its start in the year 1872 by the building of the railroad through that territory. It was named for a colony from Ohio and Indiana, which settled in the neighborhood. The railroad tracks in Colony have since been converted to a rail trail. The trail is part of the Prairie Spirit Trail State Park. -- Wikipedia

photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
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Charles B Wyatt was photographer in Colony, KS, from December 1894 to January of 1896, just over a year.
He apparently never returned to the photograph business. He died in 1904.

Colony (KS) Free Press - 21 Dec 1894

Colony (KS) Free Press - 31 Jan 1896

photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
example from Kate Keller on Flickr

A big THANK YOU to Flickr member
Kate Keller for rescuing these fine cabinet card examples from 1895-1896!

photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
example from Kate Keller on Flickr

photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
example from Kate Keller on Flickr

photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
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photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
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photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
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photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
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photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
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photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
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photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
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photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
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photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
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photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
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photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
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photographer: C B Wyatt
Colony, KS
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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.

J W Clark of Mendota, IL

John W Clark
(26 Feb 1852 – 28 Dec 1891)

John W Clark trained in photography with Blakeslee gallery in Mendota, IL. He then took over the photography studio of L L Gurrard in 1881.

His most famous subject was one
Wild Bill Hickok, who lived nearby. A copy of that photo sold recently for several thousand dollars.

Clark operated this gallery until his death from pneumonia, at age 34, in December of 1891.

(Source: Short biography on Ancestry.com)

photographer J W Clark
Mendota, IL
From the collection of History in Photos blog

photographer J W Clark
Mendota, IL
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photographer J W Clark
Mendota, IL
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photographer J W Clark
Mendota, IL
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photographer J W Clark
Mendota, IL
example from Flickr collection of Curt J

photographer J W Clark
Mendota, IL
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photographer J W Clark
Mendota, IL
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photographer J W Clark
Mendota, IL
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reverse of card at left

photographer J W Clark
Mendota, IL
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photographer J W Clark
Mendota, IL
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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.

J S Shaff of Seneca Kansas

photographer: Shaff
Seneca, KS
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photographer: Shaff
Seneca, KS
example from contributor

James S Shaff
(1850 – 1934)

James Shaff apparently moved to Seneca, Kansas, from Blue Rapids, Kansas. He opened a photograph gallery in Seneca around January of 1883. He also established a greenhouse and sold plants and flowers. He played in the local band.

He opened a branch gallery in Axtell, KS, in May of 1892.

James Shaff continued in Seneca, KS, moving his gallery around the city at least twice. The last Seneca, KS, newspaper mention of the gallery was 1894. After that he appears to turn all his attention to music as a band leader.

He and his family were living in Blackwell, Oklahoma, according to the US census of 1900. He is listed there as a band leader.

Cabinet Cards imprinted with Seneca, Kansas, will have been finished between 1883 and about 1893.

photographer: Shaff
Seneca, KS
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photographer: Shaff
Seneca, KS
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photographer: Shaff
Seneca, KS
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photographer: Shaff
Seneca, KS
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photographer: Shaff
Seneca, KS
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photographer: James S Shaff
Seneca, Kansas

photographer: Shaff
Seneca, KS
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photographer: J S Schaff
Seneca, KS
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photographer: Shaff
Maryville, Missouri
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photographer: Shaff
Maryville, Missouri
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The cards at the left are by the Shaff brothers, M V, and/or Amos.

No connection has been made to
James S Shaff of Seneca, KS.

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.

C J Snyder of Topeka, KS

photographer: Snyder
632 Kansas, Topeka, KS
example from Michael Lehr

reverse of card at left

Charles Julius Snyder
(1854-1925)

C J Snyder kept a gallery in Topeka, KS, for many years. According to newspaper mentions and city directory listings the addresses were as follows:
1879 - 1880
186 Kansas Ave
1881 Dec
174 Kansas Ave
1888 Apr
Snyder Art Gallery opposite the Windsor (possibly 632 Kansas)
1889 Jun to 1896 Nov
Snyder Art Gallery 632 Kansas
1897 Nov to 1899 May and well into the next century
Snyder Art Gallery at 722 Kansas
Cabinet cards after 1900 will be scarce

(Note: Dates shown are the newspaper mention dates. Exact dates of the location changes are not known. This will give the approximate date a cabinet card was made where an address is stamped on the card.)

Topeka (KS) Capital Journal -
19 Dec 1879

Topeka (KS) Capital Journal -
26 Dec 1879

photographer: Snyder
174 Kansas, Topeka, KS
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photographer: Snyder
632 Kansas Av, Topeka, KS
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photographer: Snyder
632 Kansas Av, Topeka, KS
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photographer: Snyder
Topeka, KS
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phohographer: G J Snyder
Topeka, KS
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phohographer: Snyder
Topeka, KS
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phohographer: G J Snyder
632 Kansas Av, Topeka, KS
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reverse design of all three cards at left

phohographer: G J Snyder
Topeka, KS
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phohographer: Snyder's Studio
Burlingame, KS
example from auction site
Burlingame is just 34 miles from Topeka

phohographer: G J Snyder
Topeka, KS
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phohographer: G J Snyder
Topeka, KS
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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.