John C McCahon

Photographer: J C McCahon
Newark, Ohio
example from LOST GALLERY

John C. McCahon
(1828 - 1896)

1828
Born in Ireland
1866
(Ohio Photographers) McCahan in Utica,
1870
(Ohio Photographers) Cottage Photograph Gallery in Roscoe and Utica
1870
(Ohio Photographers) McCahan, D Westerville
1877
(Columbus, OH, city Directory) Not in this directory
1878
(Columbus, OH, city directory) as photographer at Beal Block

1878-1879
(Ohio Photographers) I. Westerville
1880
(Ohio Photographers) Opened studio in Newark, OH
1893
Suffers stroke, wife Isabella and daughters Blanche and Bertha continue the studio
1896
John McCahon dies
1896 - 1918
Blanche carries on the business in Newark, OH, and then moves to Mansfield, OH
1920’s approx.
Blanche opens own studio
1938
Blanch ends operations.

The cabinet card at the left must have been done around 1880 to 1918 before Blanche moved to Mansfield, OH. While she maintained the studio after her father’s death, she probably used the printed cards in stock.

Newark (OH) Advocate
20 Jun 1894

Photographer: McCahon's Art Gallery
Upper Sandusky, Ohio
example from auction purchase

Photographer: McCahon's Art Gallery
Upper Sandusky, Ohio
example from auction site

Reverse of card at left

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