photographer: Kleckner
409 Commercial Street, Atchison, KS
example from auction site
photographer: Kleckner
409 Commercial Street, Atchison, KS
example from auction site
Moulton A Kleckner
(1843 - 1923)
1843 Aug
Pennsylvania, state records, Moulton A Kleckner is born to Peter
Kleckner and Caroline George
1860
Bethlehem, PA, US census, M A Kleckner as clerk
Between 30 June 1864 and 01 August 1866
A commenter (see below) has a CDV by M A Kleckner, studio at 61 Broad,
Bethlehem, PA, with a Civil War tax stamp affixed. This means the card
was produced between those dates or slightly after. A good article on
the tax stamps is at
“Are You My Cousin?”
web site.
1868
Pennsylvania State Business Directory, Bethlehem, PA; Molton A
Kleckner, 63 Broad, Bethlehem, PA, as photographer
1870
Bethlehem, PA, US census, M A Kleckner as stereoscopic photographer
1880
Atchison, KS, city directory M A Kleckner NOT listed
1880 Jun 24
Osborne, KS, US census M A Kleckner as photographer
1882
Atchison County, KS, city directory, M A Kleckner as photographer at
409 Commercial
1884
Easton PA city directory, M A Kleckner not listed
1884, 1885
Atchison, KS, city directory, M A Kleckner as photographer at 409
Commercial; res 512 s Fifth
1889
Atchison, KS, civil war registry, M A Kleckner as resident of
Atchison, KS
1895
Atchison, KS, State census, M A Kleckner as photographer
1898
Easton PA, city directory, M A Kleckner NOT listed
1900 Jun 17
Atchison, KS, US census, M A Kleckner as photographer; res 601 s
Fourth
1903
Atchison, KS, city directory, M A Kleckner NOT listed
1905 Mar 01
Osborne, KS, state census, M A Kleckner as photographer
1910 Apr 25
Osborn, KS, US census, M A Kleckner as photographer
1915 Mar 01
Osborn, KS, state census, M A Kleckner as photographer
1916 through 1919
Many news items about Kleckner and wife, but they are mostly about
hunting and fishing license and vacations
1919 Mar 01
Osborne, KS, state city-county census M A Kleckner no occupation
shown
1920 Jan 21
Osborn, KS, US census, M A Kleckner as photographer
1923 Mar 24
Osborne, KS, state records, M A Kleckner dies at age 76
Moulton A Kleckner appears to have been a lifelong photographer. He
started out in about 1868 in Bethlehem, PA, until about 1870. He moved
to Osborn, KS, for a short time and then to Atchison, KS, remaining
until about 1903. He then moved back to Osborn, KS, where he continued
in photography until he died in 1923.
There are several mentions of the people who worked with him or for
him in his studio. They include
Perkins
Conklin (sometimes spelled Conkling)
J J Donnell
Oscar Kuhns
Mrs A G Roys
George Cross
George H Snyder
Dr C L Hixon (as a dentist apparently leasing space in the photo
studio)
Rosa F Rochford (Kleckner’s wife)
Atchison (KS) Daily Champion - 25 Apr 1879
Atchison (KS) Daily Globe - 10 Apr 1882
04 may 1882
Atchison Daily Champion -
06 Oct 1882
10 Jun 1883
Weekly (Atchison (KS) Champion -
12 Sep 1885
19 Sep 1885
Atchison (KS) Daily Champion
27 Sep 1885
04 Apr 1886
09 Jun 1887
Atchison (KS) Daily Globe - 03 Mar 1888
25 Aug 1889
Atchison (KS) Daily Champion -
02 Feb 1890
Atchison (KS)Daily Champion -
13 Jun 1891
19 Jul 1890
Atchison (KS) Weekly Champion
24 Jul 1890
Atchison (KS)Daily Champion
21 Jan 1891
15 Mar 1892
Atchison (KS)Daily Globe
24 may 1892
10 Dec 1892
Atchison (KS) Daily Globe
10 Dec 1892
Atchison (KS) Daily Champion
03 Dec 1893
16 Jul 1894
Lithograph said to be of M A Kleckner
13 Dec 1897
Atchison (KS) Daily Globe
14 Feb 1899
Atchison (KS) Daily Globe
29 Aug 1899
11 dec 1899
30 Nov 1900
Atchison (KS) Daily Globe
21 Nov 1902
Atchison (KS) Daily Globe
09 Jul 1904
Atchison (KS) Daily Globe
06 Oct 1914
24 mar 1922
30 Mar 1922
06 Jul 1922
11 Dec 1922
08 Nov 1923
At the right is an example of one of the photographers that was associated with Kleckner as noted in bio above. This is by Oscar Kuhns.
PHotographer: KuhnsEldorado, KS
example from auction site
Atchison, KS
example from auction site
Atchison, KS
example from auction site
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I have a CDV image by M.A. Kleckner at 61 Broad St., Bethlehem, Pa. with a 2 cent tax stamp on the back. I thought you would be interested in this information which helps to date when he was operating a photo studio.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment! Yes, the civil war tax stamps are significant markers to date a card. The stamps, issued to help fund the war effort, were required on each CDV sold between 30 June 1864 and 01 August 1866. I have added a notation to the timeline.
DeleteThanks again!
Thank you for the post. It helps me narrow down the dates of an unknown photo from Kleckner.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. Glad this page helped.
DeleteDoes anyone know what company or person inherited the photos,glass slides or negatives after Kleckner?
ReplyDeleteIn many cases, the negatives were passed on to another photographer supposedly "taking over" the business. If any still exist they are probably in the hands of a local historical society or museum.
DeleteI have checked the historical societies and the museums. No one knows where the photos went.
DeleteThat's disappointing. Perhaps they will turn up one day in a private collection.
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