Photographer: E. R. Curtiss
Madison, Wis.
1) ANOTHER
by Curtiss
4) WOMAN'S PORTRAIT
by Curtiss
6) FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
by Curtiss
Edwin Rodney Curtiss (1836 - 1911)
E. R. Curtiss was a lifelong, full time photographer, his studio at
times employing as many as five assistants. His surviving
photographs are quite plentiful
including some stereo views.
His portraits often included dignitaries of New York and
Wisconsin.
Timeline:
1836 May 06
Southington, Hartford, CN, state records, Edwin Rodney Curtiss is
born to Samuel Ellery Curtiss and Mary Bidwell Andrews
1855
Broadalbin, NY, state census, Edwin R Curtiss as Leather Dresser
(age 19)
1859
New York, state records, Edwin R Curtiss and Eva L Lingenfelter are
married
1859
Some records show that this is the year that E R Curtiss moved to
Madison, WI
1860 Jun 05
Madison, WI, US census, Edward R Curtiss as “Daguer Artist)
1866
Madison, WI, city directory “Edward R Curtis” as photographer at
Badger Block, Pinckney; res West Canal n Mifflin
1868
Madison, WI, city directory, E R Curtiss as photographer at 42
Pinckney, res 31 w Canal
1870 Jul 09
Madison, WI, US census Edwin R Curtiss as
Artist in Madison WI
1871
Madison, WI, city directory, E R Curtiss as photographer at 42
Pinckney, 3rd fl, res 31 w Canal
1873
Madison, WI, city directory, E R Curtiss as photographer at Pinckney
near Main; res w Canal cor Mifflin
1875, 1877, 1880
Madison, WI, city directory, E R Curtiss as photographer at 41
Pinckney, res 31 w Canal
1880 Jun 08
Madison, WI, US census, “Edward Curtis” as photographer; res West
Canal
1883
Madison, WI, city directory, Edwin R Curtiss as photographer at
Bowman’s Block. Pinkney; res w Canal, s w cor Mifflin
1885, 1886
Madison, WI, city directory, Edwin R Curtiss as photographer and art
material dealer at 27 e Main; res 22 Hancock
1888, 1890
Madison, WI, city directory, Edwin R Curtiss as photographer at
Vilas Block, res 22 Hancock
1894
Madison, WI, city directory, Edwin R Curtiss as photographer at
Pioneer Block, res not known (pages missing)
1896, 1898, 1900,
Madison, WI, city directory, Edwin R Curtiss as photographer at
Pioneer Block, 1, 3, 5, e Main; res N Hancock
1900 Jun 11
Madison, WI, US census Edwin R Curtiss as Photographer in Madison,
WI
1902, 1904
Madison, WI, city directory, Edwin R Curtiss as photographer at
Pioneer Block, 1, 3, 5, e Main; res N Hancock
1905 Jun 01
Madison, WI, state census as Photographer in Madison
1906 Oct 22
Madison, WI, state records and city directory, Edwin R Curtiss noted
as dying that year in the directory
It is quite likely that the Curtiss studio carried on under his name
for some time after the death of Edwin R Curtiss. His son Frederick
William Curtiss was also a photographer and some accounts say there
were as many as five other employees at the studio.
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