Fayetteville, TN
example from LOST GALLERY
probably finished around 1894-1895
Amos Wilson Judd
(1846-1929)
1846 Feb 27
Connecticut, state records, Amos Wilson Judd is born to Burritt Judd and Clarissa C Hull
1860 Aug 24
Franklin, TN, US census, A W Judd at age 14
1869 Oct 13
Nashville (TN) Union and American, newspaper item says A W Judd plans a Gallery in Murfreesboro;
Judd claims he has had experience in Canada and United States; no support for this claim has been found so far
1870 Aug 10
Murfreesboro, TN, US census, Amos Judd as photographer (possibly for another photographer)
1870 Oct 02
Nashville (TN) Union & American newspaper item says Judd has won a prize at a fair in Murfreesboro, TN
1873 Jan 02
Murfreesboro (TN) News, small ad for Judd gallery, east side of square
1873 Apr 25
Nashville (TN) Union and American, item in personals says A W Judd of Jefferson, Texas is registered at the Commercial Hotel (No evidence has been found to confirm that Judd was ever in Jefferson)
1875 Jan 07
Fayetteville (TN) Observer, small ad for A W Judd photography
1875 Feb 03
Pulaski (TN) Citizen, small ad says A W Judd will close his gallery in ten days (repeated threats that the gallery will be closing were apparently an advertising ploy to generate impulse business)
1875 Feb 25
Pulaski (TN) Citizen, multiple small ads say A W Judd has opened a gallery, Second and Main, for a “short time”
1875 Apr 01
Pulaski (TN) Citizen item says A W Judd Gallery will close last of April
1875 Jul 15
Pulaski (TN) Citizen, news item says A W Judd has moved his gallery to Athens, AL; (note the air of “I warned you, pay attention next time” in ad)
1875 Sep 16
Pulaski (TN) Citizen, news item says last winter, A W Judd spent about five months in Pulaski, TN; he is now en route to Columbia, TN for an indefinite stay; also adds that Judd took Four Thousand pictures during his five month stay
1875 Oct 08
Columbia (TN) Herald and Mail, item says A W Judd will have new “solar” camera in a few days
1876
Columbia, TN, city directory, A W Judd, as photographer (no address shown)
1876
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, A W Judd NOT listed
1876 Feb 11
Columbia (TN) Herald and Mail, small ad says Judd Picture Gallery and warns that the gallery will be open just four months
1876 Apr 14 and 21
Columbia (TN) Herald and Mail, small ad says Judd’s picture gallery will close in One Month
1876 May 05
Columbia (TN) Herald and Mail, small ad says Judd’s picture gallery will close in One Month
1876 Jun 01
Pulaski (TN) Citizen news item says A W Judd and bride will visit New York, London, Paris and Pulaski; (note the gentle threatening tone that Judd may not return)
1876 Jul 17
Pulaski (TN) Citizen, item says Judd has returned with his bride and will open gallery in Pulaski soon (He was “gone” apparently only a couple weeks)
1876 Aug 18
Columbia (TN) Herald and Mail, small item says visited “all the large cities of Europe” and is now ready to work again
1876 Aug 25
Columbia (TN) Herald and Mail, long, glowing tribute to A W Judd with excessive accolades on his abilities
1876 Aug 31
Pulaski (TN) Citizen item says Judd will reopen his photographic rooms on the 15th of September
1876 Sep 14
Pulaski (TN) Citizen, item says Judd will open his photographic rooms at “the old stand” Second and Main, Friday
1876 Oct 26
Pulaski (TN) Citizen item says Judd will close gallery in four weeks to reopen in Fayetteville
1877 May 24
Pulaski (TN) Citizen item says A W Judd has taken “permanent residence” and opened his gallery in Atlanta, GA
1877 Sep 06
Pulaski (TN) Citizen item says Judd has located in Chattanooga, TN
1877 Sep 09
Chattanooga (TN) Daily Dispatch, item says A W Judd’s photograph rooms are open
1877 Sep 12
Chattanooga (TN) Daily Dispatch item says Judd Gallery is located between Seventh and Eighth streets
1877 Oct 14
Chattanooga (TN) Daily Times, item says A W Judd new gallery is at 212 Market Street
1878
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, A W Judd as photographer at 212 Market
1878 Jan 27
Chattanooga (TN) Daily Times, small ad for A W Judd Art Gallery
1878 Aug 18
Chattanooga (TN) Weekly Commercial display ad for A W Judd at 212 Market St
1878 Sep 26
Fayetteville (TN) Observer item says A W Judd will be in Fayetteville for “two or three weeks”
1878 Oct 24
Fayetteville (TN) Observer says A W Judd’s gallery will close Nov 01
1879 Jan 17
Chattanooga (TN) Daily Times, item says A W Judd has gone to New York to learn the “Artotype” process; meanwhile his brother S C Judd is running the gallery
1879 Nov 20
Cleveland (TN) Weekly Herald ad says A W Judd is at 212 Market St in Chattanooga; using the new “Artotype” process
1880
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, Amos W Judd as “artotype” printer, portrait and landscape photographer at 212 Market; res appears to be the same
1880 Feb 01
Chattanooga (TN) Daily Times item says A W Judd has purchased the Prof Schleier Gallery and is now at 235-237 Market Street in Chattanooga
1880 Feb 08
Chattanooga (TN) Daily Times small ad for A W Judd Gallery at 235-237 Market Street
1881, 1882
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, Amos W Judd as photographer at 237 Market
1883 - 1892
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, Amos W Judd as photographer at 815 Market
1894
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, Amos W Judd NOT listed
1894 Apr 26
Lincoln, TN, state records, A W Wilson and Ida Eakin are married
1895 Apr 14
Fayetteville, TN, state records, Daughter Amie E Judd is born
1895, 1896
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, A W Judd NOT listed
1896 Jul 09
Nashville (TN) Banner small item says A W Judd has arrived and is “fitting up” his studio
1896 Oct 18
Chattanooga (TN) Daily Times item says A W Judd has returned to Chattanooga and is living on Cypress St
1897
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, A W Judd as proprietor of Schmedling Gallery, 828 Market
1897 Jan 08
Hamilton County, TN, state record, Son John Spencer Judd is born
1897 Oct 17
Chattanooga (TN) Daily Times, small ad for A W Judd at 828 Market Street
1898, 1899
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, A W Judd as photographer at 828 Market (2nd Fl)
1899 May 02
Chattanooga (TN) Daily Times, ad says A W Judd had been Leading photographer for over 20 years
1900 –
After 1900, A W Judd was found in the newspapers a number of times but mostly as social mentions not giving studio locations; apparently his studio remained at 828 Market until 1919 and then he moved to 36 Loverman Office Building. He also opened a branch studio in Chatanooga in 1909
1900 Jun 15
Chattanooga, TN, US census, Amos W Judd as photographer; res 668 “C” street
1902
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, Amos W Judd as photographer at 828 Market
1903 - 1909
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, Amos W Judd as photographer at 828 1/2 Market)
1905 Apr 14
Chattanooga (TN) News item tells of Judd studio at 828 Market Street
1907 Oct 30
Chattanooga (TN) Star, news item says A W Judd started in the photographic business 30 years ago this day
1909 Sep 03
Nashville (TN) Banner, news item says A W Judd of Chattanooga has opened a studio near the auditorium
1910 Apr 18
Chattanooga, TN, US census, Amos W Judd as photographer;
1911
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, Amos W Judd as photographer at 828 ½ Market (probably a misprint)
1912 - 1919
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, Amos W Judd as photographer at 826 ½ Market
1920 - 1923
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, Amos W Judd as photographer at 101 ½ E 8th : apparently the property was condemned to make way for a new city street. After some conflict with the city on compensation, Judd then moved to 36 Loverman Office Bldg
1923 Oct 24
Chattanooga (TN) Daily Times, small ad for A W Judd, old photograph copying at 101 ½ E 8th st
1923 Nov 13
Chattanooga (TN) News, item tells about dispute with city about condemnation of his studio building
1924 May 10
Chattanooga, (TN) News, small ad for A W Judd at 36 Loverman Office Bldg
1924 - 1928
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, Amos W Judd as photographer at 36 Loverman Office Bldg
1929
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, Amos W Judd NOT listed, his son, Sam M Judd is listed as photographer at 36 Loveman Office Bldg
1929 Apr 27
Fayetteville, TN, state records, Amos W Judd dies at age 83; Death Certificate lists photographer; see also the Huntsville (AL) obituary of 1929 Apr 28
So the foregoing timeline only gives a rough idea of the locations and dates for the A W Judd galleries as he or the newspaper editor were prone to exaggeration about the galleries. In later years Judd apparently kept a studio in Chattanooga, TN, and made frequent appearances in other nearby cities.
13 Oct 1869
02 Oct 1870
03 Jan 1873
25 Aor 1873
07 Jan 1875
03 Jun 1875
25 Feb 1875
25 Feb 1875
01 Apr 1875
15 Jul 1875
16 Sep 1875
08 Oct 1875
11 Feb 1876
14 Apr 1876
21 Apr 1876
05 May 1876
01 Jun 1876
17 Aug 1876
18 Aug 1876
25 Aug 1876
31 Aug 1876
14 Sep 1876
26 Oct 1876
24 May 1877
06 Sep 1877
09 Sep 1877
12 Sep 1877
14 Oct 1877
27 Jan 1878
18 Aug 1878
26 Sep 1878
24 Oct 1878
17 Jan 1879
20 Nov 1879
01 Feb 1880
08 Feb 1880
09 Jul 1896
18 Oct 1896
17 Oct 1897
02 may 1899
22 Mar 1903
14 Apr 1905
30 Oct 1907
31 Oct 1907
06 Mar 1908
03 Aug 1909
24 Oct 1923
13 Nov 1923
10 May 1924
828 Market, Chattanooga, TN
example from Chattanooga Historical
(finished between 1897 and 1919)
Chattanooga, TN
example from Chattanooga Photographers
Sewanee, TN,
example from auction site
(finished by son John Spencer Judd)
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