Cabinet Card Photographers: July 2020

Friday, July 31, 2020

Charles Winslow Miner

Photographer: Miner & Dexter
44 Calhoun, Fort Wayne, Ind.
example from LOST GALLERY

Charles Winslow Miner
(26 Jan 1865 - 22 May 1912)

1865
born in Columbia City, IN
1879 - 1890
Ft. Wayne, IN, city directory Not in these directories
1887
(Ft. Wayne (IN) Sentinel obit) arrives in Fort Wayne, IN
1891 - 1893
Ft. Wayne, IN, city directory as photographer for Felix Shanz, 112 Calhoun;
1894 May 09
(Ft. Wayne (IN) Sentinel newspaper) ad for Miner and Dexter
1895
Ft. Wayne, IN, city directory as photographer (Miner and Dexter) with William G. Dexter, 44 Calhoun;

1895
(Ft. Wayne Sentinel obit) opens own photograph studio
1896
Ft. Wayne, IN, city directory as photographer 44 Calhoun (Dexter gone)
1897 - 1901
Ft. Wayne, IN, city directory as photographer at 23 Wayne
1902 - 1911
Ft. Wayne, IN, city directory as photographer at 121 w Wayne
1912
(FindAGrave) dies, age 47 years

Very little was found about the life of William G Dexter except that his stay in Fort Wayne, IN, was short, apparently just over a year. This cabinet card appears to have been made in that brief period that C. W. Miner was partnered with William G. Dexter, in 1894-1895.

Fort Wayne News
04 Mar 1911

Fort Wayne Journal
12 May 1894

photographer: Miner and Dexter
Fort Wayne, IN
example from auction site
(finished in 1894 or 1895)

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.

Some examples on this page have been enhanced or restored for clarity and presentation here.

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Merritt Craig Stanton

Photographer: Stanton
Ground Floor Studio, Fort Wayne, Ind.
example from LOST GALLERY
(This cabinet card must have been finished between 1891 and 1894.)

Merritt Craig Stanton
(25 Jul 1870 - Feb 1959)

1870
Rebssekaer, NY, state records, M C Stanton is born
1886
Amsterdam, NY, city directory, M C Craig as clerk at 62 E Main
1887
Amsterdam, NY city directory, Merritt C Stanton as photographer at 70 E Main, working for George H Norton
1888
Amsterdam, NY city directory M C Stanton as printer, bds at 68 e Main
1891
Sioux City, IA, state record, Marriage License states that Merritt C Stanton is a photographer
1891
Fort Wayne, IN, city directory, Merritt C Stanton as photographer at 164 Calhoun, res same
1891 Aug 18
Fort Wayne, IN, Sentinel, ad says M C Stanton is at Ground Floor 164 Calhoun

Great coverage of Merritt Craig Stanton can be found at "Photographs, Pistols and Parasols"

1893 Jul 21
Fort Wayne, IN, Sentinel, as says M C Stanton is at 164 Calhoun
1894 Mar 27
Fort Wayne (IN) Sentinel, Item says M C Stanton has moved to the corner of Columbus and Calhoun streets; now under management of Ed Perrey
1896 Jan 15
Port William, Clinton, OH; Daughter Ruby Stanton born
1900 Jun 01
Springfield, OH, US census, Merritt C Stanton as photographer at 26 ½ Fountain
1901, 1902
Springfield, OH, city directory, M C Stanton as photographer at 26 ½ S Fountain; Stanton Portrait Co
1904, 1905, 1907, 1909
Springfield, OH, city directory, M C Stanton as proprietor of Stanton Studio and Stanton Printing Co; 26 ½ S Fountain
1910 Apr 16
Springfield, OH, U S census; Merritt C Stanton as PRINTER, Rosetta Stanton as photographer

1913, 1915
Springfield, OH, city directory, M C Stanton as proprietor of Stanton’s Studio, 26 ½ S Fountain
1918 Nov 25
Springfield, OH, passport; Merritt Craig Stanton as photographer
1920, 1925, 1927
Springfield, OH, city directory; M C Stanton as photographer at 23 ½ Fountain
1928
Springfield, OH, city directory, M C Stanton is NOT in directory, Stanton Studio is managed by W A Biddle, 26 ½ S Fountain
1930 Apr 23
Marysville, OH, US census; Merritt Stanton as photographer at 128 s 4th st, Marysville, OH
1940 Apr 01
Marysville, OH, US census, Merritt Stanton; no occupation at 310 w 4th st, Marysville, Union, OH
1949
Somerville, NJ, city directory, M C Stanton; res 249 Altamont pl (no occupation shown; NOT in bus section
1959 Feb
State documents, M C Stanton dies in New Jersey at age 88

Fort Wayne (IN) Sentinel -
18 Aug 1891

Fort Wayne (IN) Sentinel -
21 Jul 1893

Fort Wayne Sentinel
27 Mar 1894

Fort Wayne Sentinel
24 Aug 1894

photographer: Stanton
Opp Cathedral, FT Wayne, IN
example from auction site
(This cabinet card must have been finished between 1891 and 1894.)

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.

Cabinet cards typically have the photographer’s name and address printed on the bottom edge or the reverse of the card. 19th century photographers moved around a lot. The basic idea here is to find WHEN a photographer was WHERE, which will help date an unidentified CABINET CARD from your family album.

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.

George Robert Gamble

Photographer
Gamble,
21 Main Street, Champaign, Ill

George Robert Gamble
(Mar 1845 - 29 Nov 1928)
The available records are a bit sketchy for this photographer. Documents seem to indicate more than one George Gamble is involved because he appears to have moved around a lot and was married at least three times. But the records indicate a George R. Gamble working seven years as a photographer in Champaign, IL, and that seems fairly accurate.

The 1870 US Census lists George Gamble as a Farmer living in Limestone, Kankakee, Illinois
The 1880 US Census lists no occupation and living in Center, Indiana.
Documentation shows that from 1883 to 1900 he is listed as photographer in Champaign, IL.
In 1911 he is in San Diego as photographer until his death in 1928

At first it seemed that there might have been at least three men named George R. Gamble. But then some unusual ties began to develop.

Timeline
Some of the items below may not apply to the photographer here but, then again, maybe they do.
1845 Mar
G R Gamble was born
1860
US census both parents dead, living with Albert Chipman family in Yellowhead ,IL
1868 Dec 03
marries Elizabeth L Kratz
1869
news ad as grocer in Coshocton, OH
1870
US census as farmer in Limestone, Kankakee, IL
1870
son Roma Gamble born in Ohio
1871
daughter Marilla born in Ohio

1878 Jan 02
marries Ella A Anthony in Delaware, IN
1880
US census as no occupation in Center, IN
1881
wife Ella Anthony dies
1883
US Census of 1900 shows Gamble married Sarah Elizabeth Davis this year
1888
news item from the Girard (KS) Press, divorce suit by Sarah H. Gamble
1884 Mar 27
son Frederick Grant Gamble born in Frankfort, IN
1890 Apr 24
Democrat Standard (OH) Mrs George Gamble mention in Newark, OH
1891 Apr 18
Salem (OH) Daily News item mentions George Gamble is ill with la grippe
1891 Dec 29
Salem (OH) Daily News item mentions George Gamble is off work
1892 Feb 08
Salem (OH) Daily News item mentions George Gamble is back at work
1892 May 24
Oakland (CA) Tribune Mrs Maria Gamble of Alameda sues for separation
1895 Jul 04
New Philadelphia OH Daily Times news item marriage license for George R Gamble and Carrie E. Gray
1900 Jun 05
US census as photographer at 103 n University av, Champaign, IL

1903 May 09
Tuscola, IL Mattoon Daily Journal George R Gamble sells hotel that had two fires
1906 Nov 20
New Philadelphia, OH Daily Times news item about arrest of George R Gamble and speculates that it is the same person that once lived in New Philadelphia, OH
1908 Jun 15
Las Angeles Herald news item George R. Gamble arrested in CA on arson charge in Toledo, OH
1908 Jul 28
Indianapolis, IN News item George R. Gamble in Bellfontaine, OH, sentenced to three years imprisonment in State Penitentiary
1908 Oct 04
Chicago Inter Ocean news story on George R. Gamble mentions photography and burned studios in Champaign, IL
1909 Mar 24
Cincinnati, OH, Enquirer news item says wife of George R Gamble has died from grief
1910 Apr 12
US census as photographer, inmate at Columbus, Ohio Penitentiary
1920 Jan 05
US census as no occupation in San Diego, CA; now claiming to be from Scotland
1928 Nov 28
dies age 83 in San Diego, CA

The cabinet card here was probably done around 1900.

For a large readable version just click on the image here to go to Flickr. Then click on the image again for largest size.

photographer Gamble
Champaign, IL
Example from auction site

photographer: Gamble
Champaign,IL
example from

Photographer: Gamble
Champaign, IL
example from auction site

Monday, July 27, 2020

William White Dames

Photographer: Dames
911 Broadway, Oakland
(1885-1891)

William White Dames
(1841 - 1907)

Timeline US census, city directories and newspaper items ( there are some date inconsistencies in the documents found about the Danes Studios)
1841
Canada, US Census of 1900, born in Canada
1851
US Census of 1900, Dames arrival in US
1868
San Francisco, CA, city directory Dames as photographer, 26 Montgomery
1969
San Francisco, CA, city directory, Dames partners with Alexander Edouart
1871
San Francisco, CA, city directory, Dames partners with Sylvester M. Williams at 26 Montgomery, San Francisco, CA
1872, 1873, 1874
San Francisco, CA, city directory Dames working for Carleton E Watkins
1875
San Francisco, CA, city directory, Dames as photographer with William Shew; res 618 Taylor

1876
San Francisco, CA, city directory, Dames partners with Hector W. Vaughn in San Francisco, CA
1878
San Francisco, CA, city directory Dames operating as Dames and Hayes (Henry C. Hayes) at 715 Market, San Francisco, CA
1879
Oakland, CA, city directory, US Census, Dames operating as photographer
1880 - 1881
San Francisco, CA, city directory, US Census as Dames and Hayes (Henry C. Hayes) at 715 Market, San Francisco, CA
1882 - 1883
San Francisco, CA, city directory as Dames and Butler (Charles A. Butler) 715 Market, San Francisco, CA
1884
Alameda, CA, voter registration, Dames living in Alameda, CA
1884, 1885, 1886
San Francisco, CA, city directories not available
1885
Oakland (CA) Tribune newspaper item Dames opens Gallery (studio) at 911 Broadway in Oakland, CA

1889 - 1891
Oakland, CA, city directory Dames as photographer at 911 Broadway
1899
Oakland, CA, city directory as Dames and Co. (with wife) 222 12th, Oakland, CA
1899
Oakland, CA, Wiki Dames with two other photographers Fred H. Dorsaz and Frank E. Smith, 2517 Central, Alameda, CA
1903
Oakland, CA, Wiki William Arrowsmith, W. W. Dames, A. C. Dames (wife) as Dames and Arrowsmih,
1903 Nov 13
Oakland (CA) Tribune, news item, Dames sells his half of the studio at 1116 Washington to William H. Arrowsmith
1907 Jul 12
San Francisco (CA) Call newspaper item Dames dies in San Francisco, CA

Several interesting newspaper items reprinted below -

photographer: Dames & Hayes
715 Market Place, San Francisco, CA
example from auction site

Photographer: Dames & Hayes
715 Market St. San Francisco, CA
(1878-1881)
example from auction site

Photographer: Dames & Hayes
715 Market St.
San Francisco
(1878-1881)

reverse of cabinet card at left

photographer Dames
911 Broadway, Oakland
(1885-1891)
example from LOST GALLERY

Reverse of the card on the left

photographer: Dames
911 Broadway, Oakland, CA
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: Dames & Butler
715 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: Dames & Butler
715 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
example from auction site

reverse of the card at left

Photographer: Dames
916 Market, San Francisco, CA
From the Flickr collection of
John Van Noate

No documents were found confirming this address, 916 Market, San Francisco, CA.

Dames seems nearly always partnered with another photographer, but these show only his name.

A good guess for the date would be around late 1883, shortly before his move to Oakland, CA.

photographer: Dames
911 Broadway, Oakland, Ca
example from auction site
(low resolution scan)