Welch

Welch's Lightning Studio

Charles A Welch had a studio in a railroad car and moved it around Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, very often, between 1879 and about 1905. Newspaper ads trace his locations with his studio until 1905 when he and his family moved to Los Angeles, CA, to become a walnut farmer. It is not believed that he ever returned to photography after that.

Subject identification on reverse indicates it was taken in Michigan
(From Rescued Family Photographs)

Ness City (KS) County News - 28 May 1892

photographer: Welch Lightning Studio
example from Oldcabinetcards.com

photographer: Welch
Lightning Studio
example from auction site

photographer F E Welch
Bay City, MI
example from contributor:
Melissa Hicks
melissa_hicks66@yahoo.com

photographer F E Welch
Bay City, MI
example from contributor:
Melissa Hicks
melissa_hicks66@yahoo.com

photographer F E Welch
Bay City, MI
example from contributor:
Melissa Hicks
melissa_hicks66@yahoo.com

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