Christopher C Cook and "Bergeron"

photographer: Bergeron
Fort Smith, AR
example from LOST GALLERY

Here is a scarce card.

There was no trouble finding the Bergeron name along the US east coast, Maine to Florida but it is very scarce in Arkansas.

There is an 1882 newspaper item that says Cook and Bergeron, photographers in Fort Smith are planning to establish in Little Rock, AR. (See below)

Available city directories for Fort Smith begin at 1907 and none earlier.

The earliest Fayetteville, AR, city directory available is 1939.

There is no Little Rock city directory available for 1882.


The life of photographer Christpoher Cook is reviewed here because that is the only place photographer Bergeron is mentioned. The ONE mention of Bergeron is highlighted. NO other information has been found.

Another example from Langdon’s List

Christopher C Cook
(1846-1910)

1846
Kentucky, Census, Findagrave, Christopher Cook is born to Christopher Cook and Alice Yeakley
1950 Sep 18
Graves, KY, US census, C C Cook at age 4
1876 Jul 15
Fayetteville (AR) Weekly Democrat, small ad says photographer Cook as received stock of picture frames
1876 Jun 10
Fayetteville (AR) Weekly Democrat, small ad for C C Cook photographer; apparently remaining in Fayetteville only a short time
1878
Little Rock, AR, city directory, C C Cook as photographer at Dardanelle; not listed in res pages Bergeron NOT listed
1880
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Bergeron or Cook NOT listed; only one photographer shown, T W Bankes, 106 E Markham

1881
Little Rock, AR, city directory, C C Cook NOT listed; NO listing in the business pages
Bergeron NOT listed
1882
Little Rock, AR, city directory NOT available
1882 Oct 1- Oct 21
Little Rock (AR) Democrat newspaper item says Cook and Bergeron, photoraphers are planning to relocate to Little Rock soon
1883
Little Rock, AR, no information, only four pages available
1883 Aug 16
Little Rock Daily Gazette, news ad (repeated many times) for Cook – the photographer
1883 Oct 13
Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette, item says photographer Cook will move to 205 Main street on Oct 15, 1883 (also called “cor of 2nd and Main)
1884 Mar 06
Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette news/ad tells of Cook’s Gallery
1884 Nov 09
Fort Smith, AR, state records C C Cook and Ella A Black are married

1886
Little Rock, AR, city directory, C C Cook as photographer at 205 Main, res same
Bergeron NOT listed
1887
Little Rock, AR, city directory, C C Cook NOT listed
Bergeron NOT listed
1890
Little Rock, AR, city directory, C C Cook NOT listed (NO photographers listed in Business Section)
Bergeron NOT listed
1900 14 Jun
Fort Smith, AR, US census, Christopher Cook as photographer at 916 ?
1907
Fort Smith, AR, city directory, Charles C Cook as photographer 322 S Towson
1908 Mar 08
Fort Smith (AR) Times newspaper mentions photographer Cook is running for the office of Police Judge
1910 Apr 05
Fort Smith, AR, FindAGrave, C C Cook dies at age 64

Fayetteville Weekly Dempcrat - 10 Jun 1876

Fayetteville Weekly Dempcrat - 15 Jul 1876

Little Rock (AR)Gazette - 27 Jun 1882
(ONLY MENTION FOUND OF BERGERON)
Little Rock (AR) Dempcrat - 21 Oct 1882 Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 16 Aug 1883

Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 17 Aug 1883 Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 10 Oct 1883 Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 10 Oct 1883

Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 12 Oct 1883 Little Rock (AR) Democrat - 23 Oct 1883 Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 06 Mar 1884

Daily Arkansas Gazette - 23 Jul 1884 Fort Smith (AR) Times - 08 Mar 1908

photographer: C C Cook
Little Rock, AR
example from Arkansas Heritage
sent in by contributor A Franklin

reverse of card at left

photographer C Cook
Fort Smith, AR
example from Smithsonian

Young and Son

Here is another rare one from Fayetteville, AR. Nothing has been found on the photographer of this card: Mrs Young and Son, Fayetteville, AR.

photographer: Mrs Young and Son
Fayetteville, AR
example from auction site

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