photographer: H R Marks
Austin, TX
example from auction site
reverse of card at left
This page is under construction for contributor C Lind.
Harvey Roberts Marks
(1821-1902)
There is an excellent accounting of the life of H R Marks in the fine
book, “Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Great Divide”, by
Peter E. Palmquist and Thomas R. Kailbourn,
so only a brief timeline will be shown here.
Sources include: Pioneer Photographers (as above), city directories,
US census
1821 Jan 06
New York City, NY, Harvey Roberts Marks is born
1849 Apr 28
Centerville (MD) Times, news item says Shew and Marks studio is at 117
Baltimore Street (see ad below)
1849 Jun 16
Maryland, county records, H R Marks marries Emily H Bassan
1850 Jul 19
Baltimore, MD, US census Marks as Daguerreotypist
May 1849 - 1851
Baltimore, MD, partners with Jacob Shew, Shew and Marks Gallery at 117
Baltimore Street; mostly Daguerreotypes
1851
San Francisco, CA, apparently only a brief visit of a few months but
takes some historically significant photographs while there
1851 - May 1853
Baltimore, MD, Marks has studio but no address found
1855 - 1856
Mobile, AL, Marks gallery at se cor of Royal and Dauphin streets
1858 Feb 03
Montgomery, AL, Weekly Advertiser item says Emily Marks is granted
divorce from Harvey Marks
1857 - 1859
Mobile, AL, Marks gallery at 57 Dauphin Street
1860 Oct 12
Houston, TX, US census, H R Marks as “merchant”
1865 spring
Houston, TX, H R Marks opens studio
1866
Houston, TX, H R Marks gallery is on Main St between Preston and
Prairie
1867
Houston, TX, H R Marks gallery is on Main Street corner of Congress
1870 - 1871
Austin, TX, H R Marks is has moved to Austin but no studio address has
been found
photographer: H R Marks
Austin, TX
example from auction site
reverse of card at left
1872 - 1873
Austin, TX, H R Marks gallery on Congress av between Pecan and Pine
1877-1883
Austin, TX, H R Marks gallery at 706 Congress
1883, 1884
Austin, TX, city directory, H R Marks at 705 Congress
1884, 1885
Austin, TX, city directory, H R Marks studio at 703 Congress
1885 - 1889
Austin, TX, city directory, H R Marks studio at 705 Congress
1900, 1901
Austin, TX, city directory, H R Marks studio at 612 Congress
1902 Mar 12
Austin, TX, H R Marks dies at age 81 after a long illness, apparently
from pneumonia complications
Baltimore (MD) Sun - 19 Jun 1849
Baltimore (MD) Sun - 11 Oct 1856
Montgomery (AL) Weekly Advertiser - 03 Feb 1858
Galveston (TX) Daily News - 29 Dec 1867
Austin (TX) American Statesman - 19 Dec 1871
Austin (TX) American Statesman - 17 Dec 1872
Austin (TX) American Statesman - 03 Aug 1876
Austin (TX) American Statesman - 22 Nov 1876
Austin (TX) American Statesman - 27 Jul 1878
Austin (TX) American Statesman - 10 Apr 1879
Austin (TX) American Statesman - 14 Oct 1881
Austin (TX) American Statesman - 08 Nov 1881
Austin (TX) American Statesman - 20 Dec 1882
Austin (TX) American Statesman - 03 Mar 1887
Austin (TX) American Statesman - 28 Dec 1894
Austin (TX) American Statesman - 21 Feb 1895
Austin (TX) American Statesman - 12 Dec 1901
Austin (TX) American Statesman - 01 Dec 1903
Austin (TX) American Statesman - 26 Apr 1914
The popularity and "Brand" recognition of the Marks Studio is shown
in ads more than a decade after his death.
Apparently saying "Marks Old Place" was better than giving an actual
address.
photographer: H R Marks
Austin, TX
example from auction site
reverse of card at left
photographer: H R MarksAustin, TX
example from auction site
reverse of card at left
photographer: H R MarksAustin, TX
example from auction site
photographer: H R MarksAustin, TX
example from auction site
photographer: H R MarksAustin, TX
example from auction site
reverse of two cards at left
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I have just discovered I have 2 photos that were taken by H. R. Marks. The photos were in a box from my grandfathers estate. One of the photos must be him as an infant born in Austin TX in 1883. The other is very likely his sister who was born in Austin in 1881. How grateful I am for Marks and his work that has preserved life during the late 1800s.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. I hope the research on this page was useful and helped you date your discovery. I know what a thrill it is to make those connections.
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