J T Richardson

Photographer: J T Richardson
Celeste, Texas
(Original is HERE)

James Thomas Richardson
(1867-1943)

1867 Jun 02
Tennessee, state records, FindAGrave, James Thomas Richardson is born
1880 Jun 01
Franklin, TN, US census, James T Richardson at age 07
1900 Jun 02
Leonard, TX, US census, James T Richardson as photographer
1910 Apr 12
Fannin, TX, US census, J T Richardson and Alice as general farm
1920 Jan 26
Lamero, TX, US census, James Richardson as farmer
1925
Dennison, TX, city directory, J T Richardson NOT listed

1927
Dennison, TX, city directory, Jas T Richardson as Ins agt (wife Alice) res; 917 Shepherd
1929
Dennison, TX, city directory, Jas T Richardson as mgr Union News Co News Store; res 807 Shepherd
1930 Apr 18
Dennison, TX, US census, James T Richardson as clerk at news stand
1934
Dennison, TX, city directory, Jas T Richardson and Alice, (no occupation shown); res 1110 S Mirick Av
1938, 1940
Dennison, TX, city directory, Jas T Richardson and Alice, (no occupation shown); res 831 Crawford
1943
Dallas, TX, state records, J T Richardson dies at age 75

Only a few records were found outlining the Life of James T Richardson, the photographer. The photography profession is mentioned only once, in the 1900 US census. By 1910 he is farming. So there is a gap in the information between about 1898 when he turned 21 to 1909 just before the 1910 US census.

He could have been photographer all of that time of just June 02, 1900, the day of the US census. No newspaper mentions or ads were found.

Elbridge Walter Packard
(21 Apr 1870 - 16 Jul 1949)
E. W. Packard was a photographer only briefly around 1893 when he was 23. He had just married Ida Richardson, so Joseph Richardson, a multifaceted businessman became his father in law. By 1896 Packard is working as a salesman and no record after that lists him as photographer.

Joseph Taylor Richardson
(21 Jan 1843 - 23 Sep 1904)

J. T Richardson was the partner of E. W. Packard in 1893 in the photography business. Richardson was also in the shoe, boot and harness business at the same time, partnered with Fordyce C. Farr and George H. Farr, apparently his in-laws.

Photographer: Richardson & Packard
Lewiston, ME.

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Frederick L Briggs

Briggs
227 Main Street
Ottumwa, IA

Frederick Leonard Briggs
(1851 - 1903)

1851
North Wayne, ME, state records, Frederick L. Briggs is born in Michigan to Henry Briggs and Albina Farr
1856
Bloomfield. IA, state census F L Briggs as child living with parents
1880
Ottumwa, IA, US census,as photographer living at boarding house
1886
Ottumwa, IA, F L Briggs marries Harriet M Merwin
1887 Jul
Iowa, state records Fred L Brigs son Fred W Briggs is born
1895
Ottumwa, IA, state census F L Briggs no occupation known
1900 Jun 03
Ottumwa, IA, US census as photographer; res 128 e Court

1901
Ottumwa, IA, city directory F L Briggs as photographer at Leighton Block; res 128 e Court; Iowa Gazetteer as photographer at 108 s Market
1903
Ottumwa, IA, city directory F L Briggs as photographer at Leighton Block;
1903 Dec 01
Cedar Falls (IA) Gazette news item from Ottumwa on death of Frederick L Briggs

Frederick L. Briggs was in the photography business from about 1880 to his death in 1903. No documents so far show when Briggs operated at 227 Main Street as shown on the cabinet card in this collection.

Cedar Falls(IA)Gazette - 01 Dec 1903

Here is an interesting item that ran in several Iowa newspapers all around the same date.

Fitchburg (IA) Sentinel - 15 Aug 1900

The example below shows the studio was at 227 Main Street

(internet source)

Example found at PhotoTree

Example found at PhotoTree

Below is a cabinet card reverse side showing the studio when at 311 Main Street.

photographer: Briggs and Co.
311 East Main, Ottumwa, IA
example from auction site

photographer: Briggs
Humansville, MO
example from auction site

The example at the left is imprinted "Briggs, Humansville, Missouri."

No documents have been found showing that Frederick L Briggs ever ventured outside of Ottumwa, IA. Humansville, MO, is 270 miles from Ottumwa, IA.

Note, however, that the Humansville logo design is identical to the Ottumwa design. Also, in the general area, no OTHER photographer has been found named Briggs.

There are no city directories available for the two small towns. No newspaper items have been found about photographer Briggs in either city.

The example at the right is by photographer Briggs at Minneapolis, MN. No documents have been found that places Frederick L Briggs in Minneapolis, MN, at any time. Since Ottumwa, IA, is more than 300 miles from Minneapolis, MN, it is quite unlikely that F L Briggs might have had a separate studio there. It would be about a five hour trip on a train.

Note also the logo imprint is quite dissimilar to the imprints from Ottumwa, IA.

photographer: Briggs
Minneapolis, MN
example from pickclik

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Willard Ward Smith

W W Smith
corner of Sunbury and Second streets
Minersville, PA

reverse of cabinet card at the left

In the late 19th century and general location, there were at least seven people named W W Smith, a railroad brakeman, a school director, an undertaker, a doctor, an attorney/senator, a carpenter and a man on trial for murder. The newspapers are not always clear about which of these is which.

Another photograph is credited to a W W Smith (1832 - 22 Jan 1892) who had studios in Lykens and Williamstown, both of which are towns located in norther Dauphin County, PA. This is probably not the same photographer as the Willard Ward Smith on the example card here.

It appears that the photographer Willard Ward Smith lived and worked mostly in Oswego, NY, and later in State College, PA.

Timeline
1860 Jun 10
Willard Ward Smith is born in Oswego, NY
1880 Jun 10
Mexico, NY, W W Smith marries Harriet Estella Hamilton

1881
Mexico, NY, Son Charles Hamilton Smith is born
1888
Oswego, NY, city directory as photographer at 182 w 1st; res 69 e Cayuga
1892 - 1893
Oswego, NY, city directory as photographer at 182 w 1st
1900 Jun 07
State College, PA, US census as photographer; res 212 College av; note that Mary E Daniels, photographer is boarding at this residence
1901 Feb 15
State College, PA, son Guy Malcolm Smith is born
1906 Jan 12
Harrisburg (PA) Telegraph news item from Belafonte (a suburb of State College) college students lodged at the home of W W Smith, photographer
1910
State College, PA, US census as photographer; res 212 College

1920
State College, PA, US census as photographer; res 410 w Fairmont
1936 May 27
Willard Ward Smith dies in State College, Center County, PA, of chronic myocarditis at 45 years. His death certificate mentions that he had been retired for 10 years.

Smith, the photographer, operated a boarding house for college students in the last years after about 1925. To confuse matters more, W W Smith the undertaker and furniture salesman also took in boarders, but he died around 1900..

No documents have been found that indicate when photographer Smith was in Minersville, PA. It is possible however that he never actually lived there and just kept a studio there while living in State College, PA, less than a hundred miles west. In the late 19th century, the towns were quite likely connected by rail as they are today.

The cabinet card here was probably done between 1900 and 1926.

Harrisburg (PA) Telegraph - 12 Jan 1906

Several family trees on Ancestry.com credit this photograph as being of Willard Ward Smith.

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Perry Daniel Werts

photographer: Werts and Company
Iowa City, Iowa

Perry Daniel Werts
(1859 - 1952)

Sources: US census, city directories, newspaper items as noted, Directory of Early Michigan Photographers, David V. Tinder

1859 Feb 23
Ohio, city and state records, P D Werts born to Daniel Rex Werts and Julia Sarah Burk
1886 Jul & Aug
New Ulm (MN ) Review - ads for Werts studio at Broadway near Union Hall; taking over studio of E E Seiger
1889 - 1891
Iowa City, IA, city directory as photographer with Werta and Company at 18 ½ Clinton st
1891 Jun 01
Johnson, Iowa, state records, Werts marries Nellie Alice Payne, registration says he is photographer
1892 Oct 14
Iowa City (IA) Press news item mentions P D Werts is looking for a new location
1892 - 1893
Iowa City, IA city directory as photographer with University Studio at 18 1’2 Clinton st
1893
St Joseph, MO, city directory as photographer with W L Prewitt
1893 Feb 14
Iowa City (IS) Daily Citizen Werts buys old gallery of Blair and Effington

1895
Iowa City, IA, city directory no occupation shown
1895 - 1896
Iowa City, IA, city directory as photographer
1897 - 1899
Iowa City, IA, city directory as photographer with Werts and Springer, 22 Clinton st
1899 Feb 23
Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen news item says Werts has sole University Studio to T W Townsend
1900
Iowa City, IA, US census, as photographer; res 231 Clinton
1901
Iowa City, IA, city directory as photographer; res 226 s Dubuque
1901 Apr 15
Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen news item says Werts is connected with Windrem Funeral Parlor
1901 Oct 16
Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen news item says F W Sies has taken over the James Winderm funeral business and P D Werts will remain on as assistant
1903 Jul 22
Iowa City, (IA) Press Citizen news item says that Werts is temporarily working with Townsend Gallery
1903 Oct 29
Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen news item says Werts is leaving for Lincoln, NE, to work with Alva Townsend studio in Lincoln

1903 Nov 03
Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen news item says Werts is now in Wisconsin
1904 - 1905
Cassopolis, MI, city directory as photographer
1905
Iowa City, IA, city records, Nellie and P D Werts divorce
1906
Iowa City, IA, city records, P D Werts marries Cora Eleanor Tharp
1906 Feb 09
Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen news item about elopement of Werts and Thorp
1906 - 1907
Niles, MI, city directory as photographer
1910
Syracuse, IN, US census, as photographer; res Main st
1920
Belding, MI, US census as Basket Maker; res 115 Leward
1925 Oct 30
Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen news item mentions Werts at studio in Cassopolis, MI
1930
Belding, MI, US census as laborer in basket factory
1935
Cassobolis, MI, state records, wife Cora Tharp dies
1935
Belding, MI, US census (1940) residence

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1939 Oct 27
Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen news item mentions Werts visit to city from Belding, Mi
1940
Belding, MI, US census as photographer with own studio: res 121 May
1945
Belding, MI, city records, Werts marries Maggie B Davenport
1952
Greenville, MI, state records, P D Werts dies and is buried In Ionia, MI

P D Werts moved around a lot. It appears that he operated as “Werts and Company” only in 1889-1891. This cabinet card must have been finished then.

New Ulm (MN)Review - 11 Aug 1886

Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen - 14 Oct 1892

Iowa City (IA) Daily Citizen - 13 Feb 1893

Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen - 23 Feb 1899

Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen - 15 Apr 1901

Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen - 16 Oct 1901

Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen - 22 Jul 1903

Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen - 29 Oct 1903

Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen - 03 Nov 1903

Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen - 09 Feb 1906

Iowa City (IA) Press Citizen - 27 Oct 1939

Is this the same Prewitt mentioned in 1893?

photographer Prewitt
Lincoln, NE
from History in Photos blog

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Lewis M Townsend

Photographer L M Townsend
West Liberty, IA

Reverse of card on the left

Lewis M Townsend
(1853 - 1910?)

Lewis M Townsend is probably related to photographer Timothy Westley Townsend but very remotely. They are perhaps very distant cousins. Following both photographers back through their generations revealed very large families at each generation but no connection was spotted.

1853 Jul
Ohio, L M Townsend is born to Levi Kennard Townsend and Abigail Stanton
1879
Muscatine, IA, L M Townsend marries Albia J Moore
1880
Muscatine, IA, US census, L M Townsend as painter
1883
Wilton Junction, Muscatine, IA, son Harry Leroy Townsend was born
1885
West Liberty, Muscatine, IA, Iowa state census L M Townsend as artist
1888
West Liberty, Muscatine, IA, US census and state records, daughter Lulu Bell Townsend is born

1889
Muscatine, IA, city directory, NOT listed
1891
Muscatine, IA, city directory, L M Townsend as photographer
1893
Muscatine, IA, city directory, L M Townsend as Salesman for Singer Sewing Machine
1900
Chicago, IL, US census as photographer; res 502 w 61st
1910 Apr 21
Benton Lake, IL, US census, NO documents have been found to confirm exactly when Lewis M Townsend died but this census lists his wife, Albia, as a widow.

It looks like Lewis M Townsend was a photographer, at least part time, most of his adult life. In 1883 and 1885 he was actually living in West Liberty, IA. Documents before that period say he was living it Wilton, IA and documents after that period say he was living in Muscatine, IA. Note that all three towns are less than 15 miles apart, all three in Muscatine County. Wilton and West Liberty were connected by a rail line.

Considering this, the cabinet card here could have been finished at about any time from 1885 to 1893. Most probably it was done between 1885 and 1888.

photographer: Townsend
Hastings, NE
example from auction site

The card at the left was probably done by Alva Townsend also. Hastings, NE, is only about 100 miles from Lincoln, NE.

photographer: UNKNOWN Townsend
Unknown location
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

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.

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.

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Edgar Daru Carr

photographer: E D Carr
Riverside, Iowa

Reverse of the card at the left

Edgar Daru Carr
(1860-1936)

Sources US census, Iowa state census, city directories

1860 Nov 08
Edgar Daru Carr born to Giles Carr and Hannah Stone
1880 Jun 01
Iowa City, IA, US census as farm labot
1891 Sep 24
Iowa City, IA, state records E D Carr marries Harriet Price
1895
Franklin, IA, Iowa state census no occupation shown, not in business pages
1901
Waterloo, IA, city directory as photographer at 126 n Dubuque
1904
Iowa City, IA, city directory as photographer at 126 n Dubuque; res 125 Madison
1905
Iowa City, IA, Iowa state census no occupation shown; res 125 Madison
1909
Iowa City, IA, city directory as photographer at 126 n Dubuque
1911
Iowa City, IA, city directory NOT listed
1915
Iowa City, IA, city directory as auto mechanic; res 12 w Market
1918
Iowa City, IA, city directory no occupation shown; res 12 w Market
1920
Iowa City, IA, US census no occupation shown; res 12 w Bloomington

1922
San Diego, CA, city directory as auto mechanic; res 1350 10th
1926
Iowa City, IA, city directory no occupation shown; res boarding at 505 S Van Buren; ALSO listed in the San Diego, CA, city directory as auto mechanic; res 1350 10th (both entries include wife Harriet)
1928
San Diego, CA, city directory no occupation shown; res 1350 10th
1930
Iowa City, IA, city directory, US census as auto mechanic; res 504 Bowery
1932
Iowa City, IA, city directory, as mechanic; res 504 Bowery
1934 - 1936
Iowa City, IA, city directory no occupation shown; res 504 Bowery
1936 Aug 11
Iowa City, IA, cemetery records, E D Carr died at 504 Bowery

Records show E D Carr was in the photography business only a relatively short time, from about 1901 to 1909 or 1910.

There is a period 1910 to 1914 when Carr is not in the Iowa City, IA, city directory. It is suspected that this is when he was working in Riverside, IA. But there is no city directory available for Riverside, IA, so it cannot be confirmed.

By 1915 he is back in Iowa City, IA, but now he is an auto mechanic and his residence has changed to 12 w Market. He never returns to photography.

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W R Wheeler

W R Wheeler
Williamsburg, Iowa

reverse of cabinet card on the left

William Wheeler
(b abt 1866 - d?)

William R Wheeler was a brother of
Ross Smith Wheeler the photographer at What Cheer, IA.

The Cass, Iowa marriage register lists W R Wheeler as photographer, 20 Feb 1890. This is the only document found so far that confirms that W R Wheeler was a photographer.

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.

New examples and additional information 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.

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.

C O Nichols

photographer:
C O Nichols
Villisca, IA

As of 02 Feb 2018 nothing has been found on photographer C O Nichols.

From the Bulletin of Photography, Volume 16 - 1915:
A photograph studio in Villisca, IA, was purchased by J W Noel and M R Sullivan in 1915

From several newspaper accounts:
Photographer J W Noel, committed suicide in 1917 midst a murder trial at which he was a witness.

If C O Nichols worked as photographer in Villisca, IA, it would have to be before or after these dates.

There are no city directories available for Villisca, IA so businesses there are impossible to trace at this time.

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