Wasson and Sweney

photographer: Wasson and Sweney
Wellsville and Angelica, NY
example from Dawn

William Wasson
(1824-1893)

1825 Dec 07
New York, NY, State Genealogical records, William Wasson is born
1850
New York, NY, Genealogical Records, William R Wassn as Dageureotypist
1861 (earliest available)
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson NOT listed
1863
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson as photographer at 146 Court
1864
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson NOT listed
1865
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson as photographer: 73 Fulton Av
1866
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson as photographer, 487 Fulton Av; res Gates av and n Marcy
1867
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson as Artist; res Gates av and Marcy av

1868
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson NOT listed
1870
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson as photographer at 73 Fulton; res Gates and Marcy
1871
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William Wasson as photographer at 73 Fulton Av and 683 Myrtle Av; res Stuyvesant av and Macon
1872
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson as photographer; res 329 Stuyvesant av
1873
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson NOT listed
1874
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson as photographer at 336 Fulton; res Stuyvesant and Macon; Wasson and Torrance as photographers at 336 Fulton
1876
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson as Artist, res 329 Stuyvesant; NOT listed in business pages
1877
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson, res 329 Stuyvesant (no occupation shown); NOT listed in business pages

W R Wasson apparently gets out of the photography business about here.

1878 Brooklyn, NE, city directory, William R Wasson as “segars” 377 Fulton; res 329 Stuyvesant
1879, 1880, 1881, 1882
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson as “cigars” Atl and Flatbush; res 329 Stuyvesant
1879 Nov 29
Brooklyn (NY) Daily News, item says W R Wasson, 329 Stuyvesant, is doing jury duty
1880 Jun 9
Brooklyn, NY, US census, W R Wasson as tobacconist
1883
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson as “cigars” 583 and 725 Fulton; res 484 Maco
1884
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, William R Wasson as “cigars”; res 337 Stuyvesant
1892 Feb 16
New York, MY, New York State census, William R Wasson as photographer (son William R Wasson as “Clerk”)
1893 Mar 23
Brooklyn, NY, state records, William R Wasson dies at age 69

Brooklyn (NY) Eagle - 19 Mar 1868

Brooklyn (NY) Eagle - 30 Mar 1886

Brooklyn (NY) Eagle - 20 Dec 1890

Brooklyn (NY) Eagle - 23 Mar 1893

New York (NY) Eagle - 22 Feb 1908

Brooklyn (NY) Daily Times - 02 Apr 1909

Although Wasson was partnered with T H Sweney for some time, nothing has been found, so far, to show exactly WHEN that was.

Note also that there was a J Sweney, photographer working in Montgomery, AL, about the same time.

photographer: Wasson and Sweney
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: Sweney and Wasson
Wellsville, NY
example from contributor Dona

photographer: Wasson and Sweney
Wellsville, NY
exa,ple from auction site

T H Sweney
(1859-1929)

1859 Sep 13
Pennsylvania state records, Thomas H Sweney is born to Ross and Sarah Sweney
1880 Jun 04
New Cumberland, PA, US census, Thomas H Sweney as Laborer
1887 May 11
Wellsville, NY, T H Sweney and Louise Mack are married
1892 Feb 16
Wellsville, NY, New York State census, Thomas Sweney as photographer
1894 Feb 07
Coudersport, PA, newspaper story, Thomas Sweney as photographer
1895 Jun 06
Coutersport (PA) Potter Enterprise, newspaper item for T H Sweney of Wellsville (NY) starts studio in Oswayo, (PA)
1895 Jun 26
Coutersport (PA) Potter Enterprise, newspaper item says T H Sweney has opened a gallery in Oswayo (PA)
1895 Sep 18
Coutersport (PA) Potter Enterprise, newspaper ad says T H Sweney will be at his gallery in Oswayo (PA) Oct, 7, 8 and 9

1895 Oct 02
Coutersport (PA) Potter Enterprise, newspaper ad says T H Sweney will be at his gallery in Oswayo (PA) Oct, 7, 8 and 9
1895 Nov 27
Coutersport (PA) Potter Enterprise, newspaper item says Sweney’s gallery in Oswayo will be open Dec 2, 3 and 4
1900 Jun 13
Wellsville, NY, US census, Thomas H Sweney as photographer
1905 Jun 01
Wellsville, NY, state census, Thomas Sweney (misspelled “Sweeney”) as photographer
1910 Apr 18
Wellsville, NY, US census, Thomas Sweney as proprietor of Art Shop
1917
Wellsville, NY, from Obituary, T H Sweney discontinues his photography business
1921
Wellsville, NY, from Obituary, T H Sweney is elected Mayor of Wellsville, NY
1920 Jan 16
Scio, NY, US census, Thomas Sweney as farmer
1929 Jan 19
Wellsville, NY, Findagrave, Thomas H Sweney dies at age 69

Coutersport (PA) Potter Enterprise - 07 Feb 1894

Coudsport (PA) Potter Enterprise - 06 Jun 1895

Coudersport (PA) Potter Enterprise - 26 Jun 1895

Coudersport (PA) Potter Enterprise - 18 Sep 1895

Coudersport (PA) Potter Enterprise - 02 Oct 1895

Coudersport (PA) Potter Enterprise - 27 Nov 1895

Coudersport (PA) Potter Enterprise - 04 Mar 1896

Cuba (NY) Patroit and Free Press - 21 Jan 1929

Boliver (NY) Breeze - 1929 Jan 21

Elmira (NY) Star Gazette - 21 Jan 1929

photographer: Sweney
(very faint imprint)
example from Kate Keller on Flickr

photographer: Sweney
successor to Wasson and Sweney
Wellsville, NY
example from auction site

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Gardner And Company

photographer: Gardner and Co
276 and 278 Fulton, Brooklyn, NY
example from LOST GALLERY

reverse of card at left

Wheelock M Gardner
(1839 – 1886)

Gardner and Company
1865
Brooklyn and Troy, NY, city directories, Wheelock Gardner NOT listed
1867
Brooklyn, NY, city directory Wheelock Gardner NOT listed
1867
Troy, NY, city directory, Wheelock M Gardner as photographer at 338 River, res in Albany
1868, 1869
Brooklyn and Troy, NY, city directories, Wheelock Gardner NOT listed 1870
Brooklyn, NY, city directory Wheelock N Gardner as photographer at Fulton and Clinton; res DeKalb and Throop Av
1871
Brooklyn, NY, city directory Wheelock Gardner NOT listed
1872
Brooklyn, NY, city directory Wheelock M Gardner as photographer at 270 Fulton; res 365

1873, 1874
Brooklyn, NY, city directory Wheelock N Gardner as photographer; res 365 Bedford
1876
Brooklyn, NY, city directory Wheelock M Gardner as photographer; res 365 Bedford (not listed in bus pages) Note that the Brasier Bros, photographers are at 276 Fulton at this time
1877
Brooklyn, NY, city directory Wheelock M Gardner as photographer; res 880 De Kalb av
1878
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, “Wheeler” Gardner as photographer; res 365 Bedford
1879, 1880
Brooklyn, NY, city directory Wheelock Gardner as artist at 276 Fulton; res 365 Bedford (This is the first mention of Gardner at that address; he is apparently working for Ellen Brasier; Thomas Brasier of the Brasier brothers died in 1878 and his widow Ellen Brasier is carrying on the Brasier Brothers Gallery
1881
Brooklyn, NY, city directory Wheelock Gardner, J G Gardner or Gardner and Co NOT listed in res section; Gardiner & Co 196 Fulton in bus section; Ellen Brasier, photographer, is listed at 276 Fulton

1882
Brooklyn, NY, city directory Gardner and Co (as Wheelock M Gardner and T W Taylor) at 276 Fulton; res 882 DeKalb av (Looks like Gardner and Taylor might have bought out Ellen Brasier)
1883
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Gardner and Co at 276 Fulton
1884
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Wheelock M Gardner listed as photographer at 276 Fulton; res 881 De Kalb av
1885, 1886
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Wheelock M Gardner listed as photographer at 276 Fulton; res 282 Throop av; John George Gardner NOT listed
1886 Nov 05
Brooklyn, NY, state records, Wheelock M Gardner dies at age 47
1887
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Wheelock Gardner NOT listed in res pages, NO business pages
1888
Brooklyn, NY, city directory Gardner and Co at 276 Fulton; Wheelock Gardner NOT listed; John George Gardner as photographer; res 22 Verandah pl

1889
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, John Gardner as photographer; res 22 Verandah pl; no business pages
1890
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, J G Gardner NOT listed, no business pages
1891
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Gardner and Co at 276 Fulton; Wheelock Gardner not in res section; John George Gardner res 363 Pacific
1892
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Gardner and Co at 276 Fulton
1893
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, NOT available
1894
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Gardner and Co. at 276 Fulton; John Gardner res 298 Livingston
1895
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Gardner and Co. at 276 Fulton; John Geo. Gardner res 416 Fifth
1896
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, NOT available
1897, 1898
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Gardner and Co. at 276 Fulton;

1899 to 1913
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Gardner and Co. at 276 Fulton; John George Gardner NOT listed

The Gardner and Co studio apparently carried on under that name at the same address until at least Dec, 1917

No connection has been made between Wheeler Gardner and John George Gardner except they were both photographers in Brooklyn, NY, between 1888 and 1891.

AS A RECAP

338 River - 1867
270 Fulton - 1872
276-278 Fulton – from 1876 to Dec 1917 as Gardner and Co.
Ground floor at 276 Fulton was a clothing store. Other businesses at the address included an attorney, a newspaper office, and a real estate agent.

Brooklyn (NY) Union - 07 Oct 1871

Brooklyn (NY) Times Union - 21 Sep 1882

Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle - 28 Nov 1899 Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle - 25 Sep 1909

Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle - 30 Nov 1909

Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle - 15 Dec 1916 Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle - 19 Dec 1917

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.

Eugene A Dillhoff

Photographer: E. A. Dillhoff
Broadway cor. Madison St., Brooklyn
The cabinet card above was probably done before 1901 when Eugene Oxford began working with Dillhoff.

Eugene A. Dillhoff
(1866 - 1937)

Timeline
1866 Sep 20
New York, Eugene A Dillhoff is born to Gerald H Dillhoff and Marguerite
1888
Brooklyn, NY, city directory Eugene A Dillhoff as clerk; res 621 Madison
1891
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Eugene A Dillhoff NOT listed
1892 Feb 16
Brooklyn, NY, state census, Eugene Dillhoff as clerk
1894, 1895
Brooklyn, NY, city directory Eugene Dillhoff NOT listed
1897, 1898
Brooklyn, NY, city directory E A Dillhoff as photographer at 940 Madison; res 621 Madison
1899
Brooklyn, NY, city directory Dillhoff NOT listed

1900
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Eugene A Dillhohh as photographer; res 821 Madison; Oxford NOT listed
1900 Jun 14
Brooklyn, NY, US census, Eugene Dillhoff as photographer; res 823 Jefferson Av
1901
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Eugene A Dillhoff as photographer at 940 Madison; res 823 Jefferson; Oxford NOT listed
1902 May
Studio portrait photographs of American Indian performers in the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show created by the photographic studio of Oxford & Dillhoff in Brooklyn, New York.
1902, 1904, 1906
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Eugene A Dillhoff as photographer at 1365 Broadway; res 823 Jefferson Av; Ernest C Oxford as photographer at 1365 Broadway; res same; also listed is “Oxford and Dillhoff” photographers at 1365 Broadway

1907
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Eugene A Dillhoff as photographer at 1365 Broadway; res 823 Jefferson Av; Ernest C Oxford as photographer at 1365 Broadway; res 120 Woodbine; also listed is “Oxford and Dillhoff” photographers at 1365 Broadway
1912, 1913
Brooklyn, NY, city directory, Eugene A Dillhoff as photographer at 1365 Broadway; frames 1429 Broadway’ res 823 Jefferson av; Ernest C Oxford photographer 1365 Broadway; frames, 1429 Broadway; res 129 Woodbine (listings for Oxford are a bit is garbled both years)
1930
Brooklyn, NY, US census, Eugene Dillhoff as photographer
1933
Brooklyn, NY, city directory Eug A Dillhoff as photographer at 1323 Bushwick Av; res same (Eugene’s sister Amy is now living at 823 Jefferson) (Ernest Oxford NOT listed)
1937 Dec 4
Brooklyn, NY, state records Eugene Dillhoff dies at age 72

Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle - 07 Dec 1937

Note the name is misspelled

Documents show that Dillhoff had a studio at 1365 Broadway from 1902 to 1913. It was perhaps a bit longer but there are no records to support it so far.

Information from contributor D Guggisberg:
The page you have on Eugene Dillhoff showing an example of a Native American, the identity of that man is:
Name: William Sitting Bull (ca. 1878-1909)
Native Name: Runs-away-from-him/Nakicipa
remark: only surviving son of Chief Sitting Bull, Lakota leader

William Sitting Bull was a performer with Frederick Cummins' Indian Congress in 1902 when that photograph was taken.

Repository of the original print:
Yale Beinecke Library

photographer Oxford and Dillhoff
1365 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY
example from pinterest

photographer: Oxford and Dillhoff
1365 Broadway, Near Gates Ave, Brooklyn, NY
example from auction site

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.