Miller of Kansas

Photographer: photographer: Miller
Cherokee, Kansas
example from LOST GALLERY

photographer: Miller
Cherokee, Kansas
example from auction site

There were a number of photographers named Miller in Kansas during the late 19th century.
E W Miller of Overbrook
J H Miller of Rock Creek
P A Miller of Arkansas City
J B Miller of Great Bend
G H Miller of Iola
E E Miller of Sylvan Grove
for examples.

Traveling the small towns and setting up a temporary studio for a day or a week would have been an easy routine for a photographer. One small town would not produce enough business so canvassing several small communities would be necessary to make a living income. Adding the town name in the corner of a pre-printed cabinet card blank would have been a simple enough task. When there is a city named on the card, it doesn’t necessarily mean the photographer ever actually lived there.

They could even be caught in a census if they happened to be there on the day of enumeration.

There are many small towns around Cherokee, Ks. This Miller could have been working out of Joplin, MO, which is only 25 miles southeast.

Or it could be P A Miller who worked in Arkansas City, KS, just 141 miles to the east. The towns were likely connected by rail line.

Is this the same Miller? Maybe not. Blue Rapids, KS, is more than 250 miles from Cherokee, KS. But if the two towns were both on a rail line, it's quite possible.

Also note that the chair is the same in two of the photographs.

Gaylord (KS) Herald 13 Oce 1898

photographer: Miller's Cottage Studio
Blue Rapids, KS
example from Photographer's Net

photographer: Miller's Cottage Studio
Blue Rapids, KS
example from Photographer's Net

photographer: Miller's Cottage Studio
Blue Rapids, KS
example from pinterest

photographer: Miller
Arkansas City, KS
example from auction site

The example at the left would be from P A Miller of Arkansas City, 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.

Miller of Texas

Photographer: Miller
Cooper, Texas

There were at least as many photographers named Miller in Texas as there were in Kansas. (See Miller of Kansas)

In an account of John and Arrena Miller who in 1855 settled in the area that was to become Dennison, TX, localgirl17, on Ancestry.com says: “Four of their children—Asa C Dayton Miller, Benjamin Jasper Miller, George Washington Miller, and James Napoleon Miller—became photographers working in numerous towns in Texas.”

In addition, Asa C. Dayton Miller had a son and a daughter that were photographers.

Since Cooper, TX, is in the area of Dennison, TX, it is safe to guess that the photograph at the left was done by Asa C. Dayton Miller or one of his siblings.

photographer: B J Miller
Sweetwater, TX
example from the Flickr collection of Beverly
(From the style of the card and the photograph, it's a good bet this was finished abter 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.