Photographer: Estabrook
711 Market Space
Washingto D. C.
Photographer: Estabrook
711 Market Space
Washingto D. C.
Photographer: Estabrook
711 Market Space
Washingto D. C.
There were at least eight photographers named Estabrook working in eastern US states during the cabinet card era. One of them spent his entire photographer career in Washington, DC, in primarily two locations, 711 Market Place and 1227 Pennsylvania Avenue. Fortunately, although the three cards here do not include the photographer’s first name or initials, they do include his studio address, 711 Market Space.
Charles Burton Estabrook grew up in Athens, PA apparently. He married Stella, A. Smith in 1882 also of Athens. He was baptized in his church at age 27 still in Athens. There are no city directory listings available for Athens, PA.
The next document found is a listing for C. B. Estabrook in Washington, DC, as photographer at 711 Market space northwest. If he was in the photography business before then, there seems to be no record.
Charles Burton Estabrook
(1856 - 1933)
1856 Apr 16
Athens, PA, state records, Charles Estabrook is born to George Estabrook and Susan McAfee
1860 Jun 12
Athens, PA, US census, Charles Estabrook at age 4
1880 Jun 07
Charles Estabrook was not found in the US census of 1880. His father, mother and siblings were found on page 20 of district 04, Athens, PA, census. A Charles “Eastbrook”, farm labor in Tippecanoe, IN, is probably not the photographer
1882 Jun 13
Athens, PA, North American Family Histories, 1900 US census, Charles Estabrook and Stella A. Smith are married
1883 Oct 07
Athens, PA, Presbyterian Baptism record, Charles Burton Estabrook is baptized
1885 & 1886 (1885 earliest available)
Bradford, PA, city directory Charles B Estabrook NOT listed
1885
Washington, DC, city directory, Charles Estabrook NOT listed
1886 Nov - 1890 Nov
Washington (DC) Bee, small ads for Estabrook photography location 711 Market
1887
Washington, DC, city directory, Charles B Estabrook as photographer at 711 Market sp nw
1890 through 1895
Washington, DC, city directory, Chas B Estabrook as photographer, 711 Market sp nw
1895 Mar 23
Washington (DC) Evening Star small news item about move to 1227 Pennsylvania
1896
Washington, DC, city directory, Charles B Estabrook, as photographer at 805 Market sp nw and 1227 Pennsylvania ab nw
1896 May - 1903 Apr
Washington (DC) Times, four small ads at 1227 Penn. Washington
1897, 1898, 1899
Washington, DC, city directory, Charles B Estabrook, 1227 Pennsylvania Av. nw
1900
Washington D C, city directory, Chas B Estabrook as photographer at 1227 Pa av nw
1900 Jun 14
Washington, DC, US census, C B Estabrook as photographer at 1227 Pennsylvania Avenue (wife listed as “S A”)
1901 through 1904
Washington D C, city directory, Chas B Estabrook as photographer at 1227 Pa av nw
At the end of 1904, Charles B Estabrook leaves the photograph business for the grocery business which was his father’s lifelong occupation
1905
Washington, DC, city directory, Charles B Estabrook, as grocer at res 1117 7th nw ; res 139 T nw
1910 Apr 21
Washington DC, US census as grocer; res 731 Market
1913
Washington, DC, city directory listing as grocer at 347 Market
1915 Nov
Family Tree records, C B Estabrook wife Stella A Smith dies in Athens, PA
1917 (approx)
Indiana, source: family tree on ancestry, C B Estabrook marries Hannah J MCafee
1920 Jun 20
Tippecanoe, IN, US census, Charles Estabrook, no occupation shown
1930 Apr 07
Tippecanoe, IN, US census, Charles Estabrook, as retired, retail grocer
1933 Jul 01
Towanda, Bradford, PA, FindaGrave Charles Burton Estabrook dies at age 77
So the cabinet cards here were done after his move in 1886 to 711 Market Space in Washington, DC, and before his move in March 1895 to 1227 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC. He apparently gave up photography sometime in late 1904 to become a grocer and never returned to the studio.
20 Nov 1886
Washington Bee - 7 Sep 1889
Washington Times - 04 Aug 1896
The Washington Post - 30 Nov 1903
Washington (DC) Evening Star -
13 Jul 1904
18 Aug 1904
22 Aug 1904
17 Sep 1904
12 Jan 1932
5 Jul 1933
Two more from 711 Market Space
photographer: Estabrook
711 Market Space, Washington, DC
Contributed by rfinch on Ancestry.com
reverse of card at left Contributed by rfinch on Ancestry.com
711 Market Space, Washington, DC
example from LOST GALLERY
photographer: Estabrook
1227 Pennsylvania Av, Washington, DC
Contributed by rfinch on Ancestry.com
photographer: Estabrook1227 Pennsylvania Av, Washington, DC
Contributed by rfinch on Ancestry.com
photographer: Estabrook1227 Pennsylvania Av, Washington, DC
Contributed by rfinch on Ancestry.com
Here is another example imprinted "Market Space".
Here is an example, face and reverse, imprinted “Market Space
Studio” with no photographer credit. At this point, no documents
have been found to show who the actual photographer was in this
example. It could be speculated that when Charles Estabrook abruptly
left the photograph studio business in late 1904 that possibly someone
else retained "Market Space" as the studio name for a period. The
style of the card indicates 1900 or after.
Photographer: Market Space
805 Pennsylvania Av
Reverse of card on the left
From rfinch on Ancestry.com
From contributor L Breyfogle
Hughes and Sarjeant worked together in Detroit, MI, from 1895 to 1904.
C B Estabrook studio was at 1227 Pennsylvania from March 1895 to December 1904.
It is possible that BOTH of these photographs are copies or reprints. There are parts missing in each that are present in the other.
1227 Pennsylvania Av, Washington, DC
Detroit, MI
The previous tenant of 1225 Pennsylvania in Washington DC was Frank Jordan. Unfortunately he ended his own life in October of 1888.
Thanks for a tip from Simon (see comment section)
The card at the right is by
Thomas Sherman Estabrooke of Houlton, ME, 1835-1921. This Estabrooke seems to have never left Houlton, ME, and worked as photographer until 1910.
No connection to Charles Burton Estabrook has been found.
Houlton, Maine
example from auction site
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I have photographs from this studio, both Market St. and Pennsylvania Ave. Any way of identifying the people in the photos? Any records kept by these businesses?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the question. Yes, most of the photographers of that era kept records. They retained the negatives and even advertised they would do duplicates at any time. Some had thousands of negatives stored. The bad part is, for much of the era, the negatives were glass. Many were lost through breakage. And the studios were prone to devastating fires. It is doubtful that many records have survived.
ReplyDeleteMost of the cabinet card format photographs are well over 100 years old. If they have no identification at all on them, the chance of finding a descendant who could supply names is pretty slim.
One way to try to identify the subjects in these old photographs is to scan them and post them on Flickr or a blog site like this one or Cabinet Card Gallery or several others. Many photographs have been identified this way and have been returned to family historians who recognized ancestors just by browsing these sites.
If you send good scans of your cards to the email address given in the profile they can be added to this page with a credit line to you as was done for rfinch.
Thanks again.
I have a cabinet card from this studio, but it doesn't make sense to me. I believe that the subjects of the photo are my great-grandparents with their first born son in front of their homestead in Scio Township (close to Ann Arbor), Michigan. It would have been taken in 1901, judging from the age of their child. The Estabrook name and address of 1227 Pennsylvania, DC are imprinted at the bottom. Was the brother, Charles Estabrook, who lived in the Michigan, known to be a photographer who would travel to peoples' homes, but print it with the DC studio information? Or might the photo have been reprinted by the studio? Or maybe it is NOT my ancestors? The back is plain black. I would be happy to upload the photo or share if helpful. Thank you for your thoughts and insight.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much for your note.
DeleteThat’s an interesting situation. It’s been five years since I posted that page. Let me look at that photographer again to see if I can turn up anything new. Give me a few days.
And yes I would be happy to add your example to the page. Check the yellow box just above for scanning hints. Send a copy to the email address found in the profile at the bottom-left of this page.
Thanks again!
I reviewed everything on this photographer and found nothing really new. I think your theory of the copy is quite plausible. That was done a lot. Those old camera were good at it. Send a scan and I will add it to the page.
DeleteThank you for investigating. Actually, since posting this, I have found the exact photo on a different photographer's card. However, the 2nd photographer (in Detroit--not far from Ann Arbor) appears to be a duplicate of the Estabrook photo. So I really think that the Estabrook was the first photo. I will submit the two photos.
DeleteHello! I came across your post while doing some small research on some recently discovered photos and noticed a previous tenant at 1227 Pennsylvania Ave, William K. Jordan (W. K. Jordan). Initially his studio was called Instantaneous Photo. Co. (https://www.charlestonmuseum.org/research/collection/unidentified-woman/8FB47228-D7CC-4EB9-9269-513443332121) but between 1883 and 1885 renamed it to just Jordan. It seems he photographed some famous people, including DeLancy W. Gill (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_DeLancey_W._Gill.jpg) and the sons and nephew of the legendary samurai Saigo Takamori (https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/kyushu/news/20230512-OYTNT50070/), which was found just 4 years ago. But sadly Jordan was suicidal, attempting to drown on Oct 29, 1885 in Georgetown, and shot himself the next day despite pleas from his wife and friends (https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86053573/1885-10-31/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1756&sort=date&rows=20&words=Jordan+photographer&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=4&state=District+of+Columbia&date2=1963&proxtext=Jordan+photographer&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1).
ReplyDeleteNot sure if many other photographs from his studio or more info about the man exists, but I think he could be an interesting subject to research!
Thanks for the extra information! My limits on the research for the blog include only photographers from my own collection of cards. The relating information on W K Jordan is certainly worth an addition to this page. Thanks again!
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