George W Gordon

Photographer: ...Gordon
Montesano, WN
(Should be Montesano, WA)

George W. Gordon
(May 1855 - 10 Mar 1823)

Evidence is clear that George W. Gordon was a photographer from 1900 to 1910 in Montesano, WA, but the records are uncertain before that. Nothing has been found about George Gordon’s whereabouts between 1880 and 1900.

The 1920 US Census lists him as “No Occupation” at 65 and he dies three years later.

Timeline
1854 or 1855
Michigan State records, George Gordon is born
1870 Jul 19
Bloomfield, MI, US census, George Gordon at age 15, no occupation
1880 Jun 11
Bloomfield, MI, US census, George Gordon at age 25 as farmer

1900 Jun 04
Montesaro, WA, US census, George Gordon as photographer
1903 May 28
Aberdeen (WA) Herald News Gordon goes to Seattle for purchase of photography equipment
1903 Aug 02
Aberdeen Herald, Gordon who sold photo gallery last fall to J A Griffin has leased the business and is again in charge.
1904 Sep 19
Aberdeen (WA) Herald news Item mentioning attendance at the funeral of G. W. Gordon is actually for his wife Alice who died of cancer
1910 Apr 21
Montesano, WA, US census, George Gordon as photographer
1920 Jan 13
Montesano, WA, US census George Gordon as no occupation
1923 Mar 10
Montesano, WA, state records, George Gordon dies at age 67

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Benjamin Arthur Gifford

Photographer: Gifford
Chetopa, Kans.

Benjamin Arthur Gifford
(11 Aug 1859 - 05 Mar 1936)

B. A. Gifford’s life is well documented in several places. He spent much of his photographic career in Portland, OR, and Vancouver, WA. He gained fame photographing Native Americans and the landscape in the Pacific North West. He lived and worked in Fort Scott and Chetopa, KS, for only a short time, 1883 and 1884.

Extensive coverage of Gifford's life at
Archives West
and
Historic Photo Archive
and
The Oregon Explorer
and
Old Oregon
and
Buckingham Books

Photographer: Gifford
Chetopa, KS
example source Pinterest unknown credit

The following three examples are NOT cabinet cards.

Photographer: Gifford
The Dalles, Oregon
example from auction site

Photographer: Gifford
The Dalles, Oregon
example from auction site

Photographer: Gifford
The Dalles, Oregon
example from auction site

photographer: Gifford
Dunkirk, NY
example from Reverb Site
(No connection has been made to Gifford of Kansas and Oregon)

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George F Gale

Photographer: G. F. Gale
Joliet & Aurora, Ill
example from LOST GALLERY

1843
Birth according to Civil War Registration
1844 Apr
Birth according to the 1900 US census
1863
Civil War registration lists him as artist at 20 years old
1865
Joliet, IL, US IRS tax assessment George F Gale as photographer with Gale and Curtis photographers (Charles L Curtis)
1965 (no 1864 available)
Memphis, TN, city directory George F Gale as photographer at 239 Main; Note Gale is not listed in the business section which probably means he was working for another photographer
1866, 1867
Memphis, TN, city directory George F Gale NOT listed
1883
Dallas, TX, city directory, George F Gale as photographer at 609 Elm; res same
1884
Dallas, TX, city directory, George F Gale NOT listed

1884
Joliet, IL, city directory as Gale Brothers with John G. Gale, photographers
1885
Joliet, IL, city directory George F Gale as photographer at 109 Jefferson: res same
1886
Joliet (IL) Evening Herald issue 22 MAR 1907, article says G F Gale was photographer at 109 Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL
1887
Joliet, IL, city directory G F Gale as photographer at 109 Jefferson; res same
1888-1893
Joliet, IL, city directory George F Gale as photographer at Barber Building, 114-116 Chicago St
1894 Apr 02
Joliet (IL) Daily Republican small ad for G F Gale at Barber Building
1894 Sep 21
Joliet (IL) News item says G F Gale is photographer at the Barber Building
1895
Joliet, IL, city directory George F Gale as photographer at Barber Building, 114-116 Chicago St.; bds St Nicolas Hotel

From the 1887 Joliet, IL, city directory

1896
Joliet, IL, city directory George F Gale as photographer at Barber Building, residence Aurora, IL
1898
Joliet, IL, city directory, as photographer at Barber Building, residence same building
1899, 1900, 1901
Joliet, IL, city directory, G F Gale NOT listed residential or business section
1899
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, G F Gale NOT listed
1900 Jun 04
Earth, MN, US census, George F Gale as photographer; Roomer at South Trout street
Moved to Indianapolis?
1900 to 1909
Indianapolis, IN, city directory George F Gale NOT listed
1910
Indianapolis, IN, city directory George F Gale as mfg agt (vacuum cleaners) at 314 Board of Trade Bldg; res 540 n Illinois

1911
Indianapolis, IN, city directory George F Gale as mfg agt at 314 Board of Trade Bldg; res boards at 20 w Walnut
1912
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, George Gale as photographer 2, 157 n Illinois; res same
1913
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, George “S” Gale as photographer; res 20 w Walnut; NOT is business pages
1914
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, George F Gale as photographer; res 20 w Walnut
1915
Indianapolis, IN, city directory George F Gale NOT listed
1917
Hamilton, OH, G F Gale as photographer at 102 N 2nd; NOT listed in business section

If all these documents are correct, George F Gale was photographer most all of his life, but not always with his own studio. All documents and newspaper items found list him as a photographer except for a couple newspaper ads in 1909 showing he was in the vacuum cleaner business for a while. There are big gaps in his timeline, from 1868 to 1883 and from about 1901 to 1909 when his location and activity remain unknown. He shows up as photographer again in 1912 through1917.

So far, the date of his death is unknown.


Another example at
Amelia Island Museum
A good example of a reverse at
Luminous Lint

Joliet (IL) Daily Republican - 02 Apr 1894


Joliet (IL) Daily Republican - 02 Apr 1894

Joliet (IL) News - 21 Sep 1894

Indianapolis (IN) Star Sun - 23 May 1909

Indianapolis (IN) Star Sun - 11 Jul 1909

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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Erikson

photographer: Erickson, East Rockford

photographer: Erikson
Rockford, Illinois

Erikson
Rockford, Illinois
In searching for Erickson of East Rockford, IL, a 19th century photographer, an Erickson of Rockford, IL, a CONTEMPORARY photographer was found. This muddled searches somewhat.

In the decades of the cabinet card, there were a dozen or more photographers named Erickson.

According to the 1910 US census alone there were 6 photographers at that time named Erickson, in north eastern US:
Frank C Erickson, Peabody, MA
Charlie Erickson, Minneapolis, MN
Charles Erickson, Minneapolis, MN
Charles L Erickson, Chicago, IL
Charles J Erickson, Chicago, IL
Erick Erickson of Chicago, IL
And one in Delta, CO named Charles A Erickson.

The three most likely to be the Erickson who worked in Rockford, IL, were the photographers in Chicago: Charles J, Charles L and Erick. There were no records placing any of the three in Rockford, IL, at any time. But there are gaps in the Chicago and Rockford records that would allow any of the three to be located Rockford temporarily.

Charles L Erickson is most often listed as “Commercial Photographer” so it is possible that he never did any portrait work.

Charles J Erickson records are few.

The best candidate seems to be Erick Erickson. Erick appears steadily as a photographer in Chicago city directories except for a two year drop out in 1898 and 1899. Possibly he worked in Rockford, IL, at that time. There are no records to prove this.

But any of these three could have made the 70 or so mile trip over to Rockford, IL, to spend a few days or weeks or months in a rented studio, making cabinet card portraits. The available Rockford city directories never list an Erickson, photographer.

No conclusions based on the location of the photographer can be made to date the cabinet cards shown here. The style of the cards would suggest 1886 - 1895.

Dixon (IL) Evening Telegraph - 01 Aug 1903

Dixon (IL) Evening Telegraph - 16 Jul 1907

Dixon (IL) Evening Telegraph - 31 Jul 1907


Dixon (IL) Evening Telegraph - 01 Jan 1914

The (Chicago IL) Pantograph - 03 Jan 1914

photographer: Erickson
330 E State Street, Rockford, IL
example from auction site
(greatly enhanced)

photographer: Erickson
330 E State Street, Rockford, IL
example from auction site
(greatly enhanced)

Again is it unknown at this time if this is the same photographer Erickson as the Charles Erickson of Dixon, IL, shown at the top.

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Paulina Josephine Hildebrandt

Photographer: Miss Hildebrandt
Elite Studio
Mar?
(Note the same prop is used in the example from UMKC, below)

Paulina Josephine Hildebrandt was a photographer as “Miss Hildebrandt” in Marysville, KS, for only a short time. The 1 Mar 1895 Kansas census lists her as photographer. The following year, 1896, in December, she marries Dorrance F. Butler, also a photographer.

The nearest record of Paulina Hildebrandt before 1895is the Kansas census of 1885 when she was 14 and still living with the family on the farm. The earliest that can be assumed she began business as “Miss Hildebrandt” would be when she was about 20 years old or in 1891.

Dorrance Butler, Paulina’s future husband, had a photograph studio in Clay Center, KS for several years. According to a small news item in the Clay Center Times, 9 Mar 1893, he sold the studio and apparently moved to Marysville, KS.

This photograph must have been finished in the 6 years between 1891 and December of 1896 and most likely later in that period than earlier.

Butler (KS) Times - 08 Jan 1891

(Clay Center,KS) Times - 24 Dec 1891

Clay Center (KS) Times - 09 Mar 1893

Clay Center(KS) Times - 08 Nov 1894

Dorrance is now living in Marysville, KS

Clay Center (KS) Times - 01 Jul 1909

photographer: Miss Hildebrandt
Opposite Turner Hall, Marysville, KS
example from UMKC library
(Note the same prop is used in the card at the top.)

photographer: Miss Hildebrandt
Marysville, KS
example from auction site
(Note same chair again)

photographer Hildebrandt
New Braunfeld, TX
example from auction site
So far no connection has been made to the Hildebrandt of Marysville, KS

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Daniel Calvin Conley

The Conley Brothers were not easy to trace at first. Then another cabinet card turned up on a web site credited to photographer D. C. Conley and Brother, Celina, Ohio. Considering it is the same name and the same city, it must be the same photographer. Working with a couple first initials easily turned up a large family of Conley’s living in Ohio. D. C. Conley became Daniel Calvin Conley (1857-1942) listed in many US Census and city directories as “Photographer.”

The 1880 US Census shows Daniel Calvin living in Celina, Ohio. All of his brothers are still living at home on the farm in Van Pelt, Ohio. The rest of the family is all tagged with “farmer” so it is difficult to tell which or how many of Daniel Calvin’s eight brothers he considered his partner at the time of this photograph.

Note that in all examples on this page, the actual photo is not squarely mounted on the card.

Photographer: Conley Bros.
Celina, O

The earliest mention as a photographer is the 1870 US Census when he was 23. All records of him after that designate him as photographer except the 1910 US Census which says he is a farmer. In a 1927 City Directory listing and in the 1930 US Census he is photographer again and he and his wife Emma C. have moved to 128 So Charles, Lansing, Michigan.

In 1940 he and Emma C. are still living in Lansing Michigan at 128 So Charles but the census taker leaves the “Occupation” column blank and enters his name as Donald instead of Daniel. Daniel is now 83.

He was an active photographer in Ohio from 1880 to 1910. The “farmer” designation in 1910 was quite possibly an assumption on the part of the census taker. Daniel Calvin’s whereabouts in 1920 have not been established.

Through all the years Daniel Calvin is listed as photographer as occupation or profession, there is no evidence he ever had a studio.

The 1880 US Census is the only documentation of his residence in Celina, Ohio, a town about 80 miles north of Dayton, Ohio. So this photograph was made around then. It would be one of his earliest prints.

photographer: Conley Bros
Celina, OH
example from The Old Days

photographer: D C Conley and Brother
Celina, OH
example from The Old Days

photographer: D C Conley and Brother
Celina, OH
example from The Old Days

reverse of card at left

photographer: Conley Bros
Celina, OH
example from auction site
(note same gate in the card just above)

reverse of card at left

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Madison Wright Wade

No example found

M. W. Wade (Madison Wright Wade) lived from 1866 to 1943. Wade developed his interest in photography while attending college at Ohio Northern University. The first recorded instance of Wade as a photographer was under the employ of Chas. T. Pomeroy in Kansas City, MO in the 1890’s. Wade was most well-known for inventing the “Ping Pong” in 1897. A photographic technique whereby the photographer would print multiple small images of a subject and print them on a single strip of photo paper.

Following his employment with Chas. T. Pomeroy, Wade opened his first studio in Leavenworth, Kansas and then in Denver, Colorado. In 1901, Wade moved to Ohio and opened five galleries. Of these, the main gallery was located in Akron on 207 E. Market St. Two were opened in Columbus, and one was opened in Canton and one in Massilon.

In 1904 Wade closed down all his galleries, moved to Youngstown, Ohio and opened a single studio named “Wade’s Studio”. He practiced his profession in Youngstown for the next 35 years until retiring in 1939. Wade was a regular speaker at photograph conventions across the country many times speaking on how to photograph babies which was one of his specialties. At one time he was crowned the best baby photographer in the United States by delegates at a national photographic association convention.

Biography from contributor R Fricks

Youngstown Vindicator - 10 Aug 1905

Youngstown Vindicator - 13 Apr 1907

Hope (KS) Dispatch -
26 Oct 1893


Hutchinson (KS) News -
31 Oct 1898

Akron OH daily Democrat -
16 Nov 1900

American Photographer - Vol 02

St Louis and Canadian Photographers, Vol 06

St Louis and Canadian Photographers, Vol 06


Akron (OH) Beacon Journal - 22 Feb 1902

Stark County (Canton OH) Democrat -
29 Jan 1904

Youngstown (OH) Vindicator -
10 Aug 1905


New Castle (PA) Herald -
27 Nov 1908

New Castle (PA) Herald -
07 Jun 1919


Pittsburgh (PA) Daily Post -
12 Sep 1919


Mansfield (OH) News Journal -
23 Mar 1923

Bulletin of Photography - vol 32

Indiana (PA) Gazette -
09 Oct 1924

Pittsburgh (PA) Post Gazette -
26 Apr 1925

Pittsburgh (PA) Post Gazette -
05 May 1926

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.

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This page is free for educational and research purposes only but, as always, if the original owner of any of these examples objects to the use on this page, they will be immediately removed.