Alston E. Hotchkiss

Photographer: Hotchkiss
254 and 256 Broad St, Norwich, N. Y
example from LOST GALLERY
ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH by Hotchkiss

Alston E. Hotchkiss (4 May 1846 - 26 Nov 1907)

A. E. Hotchkiss was a little older that most of the cabinet card era photographers. Many were born within five years of 1860.

There is documentation to show Hotchkiss worked as a photographer in Norwich, NY from 1875 to 1880. Another source says he began his career in Norwich, NY in 1873.

Some of the Hotchkiss Cabinet Cards are dated in the photographer's imprint. (See example below)

He also sold stereo photographs.

An ESTIMATE of his working years, all in Norwich, NY, would be 1873 through about 1900. He died in 1902.

Other examples can be found at
Cabinet Card Gallery
Cabinet Card Gallery
Cabinet Card Gallery

photographer Hotchkiss
234 & 236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from auction site

photographer Hotchkiss
234 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
Example from PhotoTree

photographer Hotchkiss
234 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
Example from PhotoTree

photographer: Hotchkiss-Atelier
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from Getty Museum

photographer Hotchkiss
234 & 236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from auction site

photographer Hotchkiss
234 & 236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from auction site

Typical revere of Hotchkiss cabinet cards of 1887

typical reverse of Hotchkiss cabinet cards of 1891

photographer: Hotchkiss
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
Example from donor
photographer dated 1889

reverse design of card at left

photographer Hotchkiss
234 & 236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from auction site

photographer: Hotchkiss
234 and 236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from auction site
(Note the similar card shape of the card backing just above. Perhaps this could be a similar date.)

photographer: Hotchkiss
Norwich, NY
example from PhotoCentral

photographer Hotchkiss
234 & 236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from auction site

photographer Hotchkiss
234 & 236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from auction site

photographer Hotchkiss
234 & 236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from auction site

photographer: Hotchkiss, Norwich
New Gallery next door to Post Office
CDV example from Flickr member Leigh McKinnon

Photographer Hotchkiss
Norwich, NY
CDV example from the
collection of KEN on Flickr

photographer: Hotchkiss
Norwich, NY
CDV example from auction site

photographer: Hotchkiss
Norwich,NY
CDV example from Pellethepoet on Flickr

photographer: Hotchkiss
Norwich, NY
CDV example from auction site

photographer" Hotchkiss
234-238 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from auction site

Reverse of card at left

photographer" Hotchkiss
234-238 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: Hotchkiss
Kankekee, IL
This is NOT the same photographer from Norwich, NY
example from Whowerethey.com

reverse if CDV at left

photographer: Hotchkiss
Norwich, NY
CDV example from auction site

photographer: Hotchkiss
Norwich, NY
CDV example from auction site

photographer: Hotchkiss
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from auction
(largely restored)

photographer: Hotchkiss
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from pinterest

photographer: Hotchkiss
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from pinterest

photographer: Hotchkiss
Kankakee, IL
example from Flickr via pin
(So far no connection has been made
to Hotchkiss of NY)

The following examples are all from the Boyden Family Collection

photographer Hotchkiss Atelier
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

reverse of card at left
Dated: 1892

photographer Hotchkiss
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

reverse of card at left
Dated: 1887

photographer Hotchkiss
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

reverse of card at left
Dated: 1887

photographer Hotchkiss
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

reverse of card at left
Dated: 1887

photographer Hotchkiss Atelier
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

reverse of card at left
Dated: 1892

photographer Hotchkiss Atelier
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

reverse of card at left
Dated: 1892

photographer Hotchkiss
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

reverse of card at left
Dated: 1890

photographer Hotchkiss
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

reverse of card at left
Dated: 1887

photographer Hotchkiss
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

reverse of card at left
Dated: 1888

photographer Hotchkiss
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

reverse of card at left
Dated: 1885

photographer Hotchkiss
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

reverse of card at left
Dated: 1888

photographer Hotchkiss
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

reverse of card at left
Dated: 1888

photographer Hotchkiss
234-236 Broad Street, Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

reverse of card at left
Dated: 1888

photographer: Hotchkiss
Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

Here are some possible names for the people in these photographs.
Blackman
Boyden
Bruce
Champlin
Coy
Finch
Glynn
Goodrich
Huntley
Kies
Newton
Porter
Steward
Walrod

The following examples are not by photographer Hotchkiss but all are from the Boyden Family Collection and possibly related

photographer: Williamson
Rome, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

reverse of card at left

photographer: Williamson
Rome, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

reverse of card at left

photographer: Cornell and Wick
Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

photographer: Cornell and Wick
Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

photographer: Wick
Norwich, NY
example from the Boyden Family Collection

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.

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