George I Pruden

Photographer: G. I. Pruden
Cortland, N. Y.

George I Pruden
(Sep 1856 - 1933)

This timeline was assembled from US Census, city directories and a small narrative on GenWeb by the grandson of G. I. Purden. There are some gaps but the locations are fairly clear.

1856
birth at Steuben, NY
1884 - 1885
as photographer 17-19 Main, Syracuse, NY;
1891
as photogrqapher in Cortland, NY, (per dated card shown below)
1892
as photographer Cortland, NY
1893 May 17
sells gallery in Cortland, NY, to George Edwin Butler
1900 -1905
as photographer Seneca Falls, NY
1910
as photographer Buffalo, NY
1920
as photographer Jersey City, NJ
1922 - 1932
as salesman/solicitor White Plains, NY
1933
death (unconfirmed - wife listed as widow in 1934 city directory)

The cabinet card at the left might have been finished after about 1885 and before 17 May 1893.

Middletown (TX) Times - 19 Nov 1892

photographer G I Pruden
Cortland NY
example from auction site

The cabinet card at the right was contributed by KFenton.

"Ellen Beach. Photo taken in 1891 when Ellen was 29 years old. She was born in 1862 and died in 1944."

photographer: G I Pruden
Courtland, NY
from contributor KFenton
(finished in 1891)

The cabinet card at the right was contributed by Dawn.

"The young child in the photo was born 9 January 1897 in Seneca Falls. Based on her approximate age and the dates you list for Pruden's work in Seneca Falls, I date this photograph to around 1900."

photographer - G I Pruden
83 Fall Street, Seneca Falls, NY
example from contributor Dawn

photographer: G I Pruden
Courtland, NY
example from Kate Keller on Flickr
(finished sometime around
1892 to May of 1893)

photographer: G I Pruden
Seneca Falls, NY
example from Kate Keller on Flickr
(finished sometime near
Oct 1897; thanks to further research from contributor DAWN!)

photographer: G I Pruden
Homer, NY
example from Kate Keller on Flickr
(It is still unknown when
Pruden worked in Homer, NY)

photgrapher: G I Pruden
Courtland, NY
example from contributor A Lab

photgrapher: G I Pruden
Courtland, NY
example from contributor A Lab

photgrapher: G I Pruden
Courtland, NY
example from contributor A Lab

photgrapher: G I Pruden
Courtland, NY
example from contributor A Lab

photographer: Prudden
Jamestown, NY
example from auction site
(Note different spelling)

photographer: Prudden and Tompkins
Jamestown, NY
example from auction site

The two cabinet cards the left are from Harry J Prudden. So far no connection has been made to G I Pruden.

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.

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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.