Cabinet Card Photographers: May 2023

Monday, May 29, 2023

Charles A Doane

photographer: C A Doane
Carrollton, MO
example from LOST GALLERY

Charles A Doane
(1851-1925)

1851 Jan 15
Amboy, IL, state records, Charles A Doane is born to Joseph H Doane and Anna Hale
1880 Jun 15
Brookfield, MO, US census, Charles A Doane as railroad worker
1900 Jun 04
Carrollton, MO, US census, Charles A Doane as photographer with studio; wife Mary listed as artist; nephew Thomas McNish as photographer; all same residence. West First St

1910 Apr 15
Chariton (MO) Courier, news items shows C A Doane possibly had a studio in Chariton, MO
1910 Apr 16 Carrollton, MO, US census, Charles a Doane as photographer; wife Mary as photographer; res 204 S Locust St
1920 Jan 09
Carrollton, MO, US census, Charles A Doane as photographer; res 501 W Helde
1925 Feb 17
Carroll County, MO, state record, Charles A Doane dies at age 74

No city directory and scant few newspaper items leaves a rather uninformative timeline for Charles Doane. At this time all that can be said about Charles Doane is that he was photographer from 1900 to his death in 1925. He MAY have been photographer a few years earlier but nothing has been found to support this.

Here is some additional material on Charles A Doane at Cabinet Card Gallery

There was also a cabinet card photographer by the name Charles A Doane, working in New Bedford, MA. Examples below.

Brookfield (MO) Gazette -
06 Oct 1887

Brookfield (MO)Gazette -
02 Mar 1895

Chariton (M) Courier -
15 Apr 1910

Springfield (MO) News Leader -
09 Nov 1920

Braymer (MO) See -
25 Feb 1925

Doane of New Bedford, MA
No connection to Doane of Missouri has been found.

photographer: Doane
New Bedford, MA
example from auction site

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.

This is a work always in progress.

Additional information and new examples are always welcome. Any additional information will help narrow the time that these precious antiques were made.

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Sunday, May 28, 2023

Edmond Daggett of Nunda, NY

photographer: E Daggett
Nunda
example from LOST GALLERY

reverse of card at left

photographer: E Daggett, Artist
Nunda
example from LOST GALLERY

reverse of card at left

Edmund Daggett of Nunda, NY
(1827-1899)

1827 Apr 09
Vernon, NY, state records, Edmond Daggett is born to Elisha Daggett and Caroline Waterman
1850 Oct 22
Allen, NY, US census, Edmund Daggett as farmer
1855
Granger, NY, state census, Edmond Daggett (not legible copy)
1860 Jul 31
Allegany, NY, US census, Edmund Daggett as Ambrotype Artist

1865 Jun 29
Nunda, NY, state census, Edmund Daggett as photographer
1870 Jun 01
Nunda, NY, US census, Edmund Daggett as Dagg-Artist
1875 Jun 12
Nunda, NY state census, E Daggett as artist
1880 Jun 04
Nunda Station, NY, US census, Edmond Daggett as photographer
1899 Jan 17
Nunda, NY, state records, Edmond Daggett dies at age 71

With no city directories or newspaper files available for that part of New York, a clear description of the photography life of Edmond Daggett is not possible.

It can be said that Daggett was photographer from about 1860 to 1899. He worked with the Ambrotype and Daguerreotype processes early on. Cabinet cards would have come from the later part of his career, perhaps the last 15 years.

And in general, the cabinet card format began around 1865.

Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle -
18 Jan 1899

photographer: E Daggett
Nunda, NY
example from contributor P. O'Neill

reverse of card at left

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.

This is a work always in progress.

Additional information and new examples are always welcome. Any additional information will help narrow the time that these precious antiques were made.

Saturday, May 27, 2023

Crandall Brothers

photographer: Crandall Brothers
Canandaigua, NY
example from LOST GALLERY

William D Crandall
(1845 - 1910)

1845 Mar 10
West Bloomfield, NY, state records, William Crandall is born to Horatio N Crandall and Melissa Wood
1865 Jun 26
West Bloomfield, NY, state census, Willie Crandall at age 19 as farmer
1870 Jun 18
Canandaigua, NY, US census, William Crandall as photographer
1875
Canandaigua, NY, state census, William Crandall as photographer; brother Fred Crandall at same boarding house
1881
Canandaigua, NY, Ancestry obituary, W D Crandall purchases interest in Findley Galleries and continues as “Findley and Crandall” for two years
1883
Canandaigua, NY, Ancestry obituary, W D Crandall ends association with Findley Galleries and forms partnership with his brother Fred D Crandall and opens gallery on Hubble Block in Canandaigua, NY, continuing for 20 years
1903
Canandaigua, NY, Ancestry obituary, W D Crandall retires from the photography business and turns to real estate

1904
Canandaigua, NY, city directory, Wm D Crandall as real estate dealer; res 46 Main
1906
Canandaigua, NY, city directory, Wm D Crandall as real estate; res 46 Main
1910 Apr 18
Canandaigua, NY, US census, Will D Crandall as real estate; res 46 Main Street North
1910 May 30
Canandaigua, NY, state records, William D Crandall dies at age 63
1911
Canandaigua, NY, city directory, Julia, widow of W D Crandall; res 46 Main

Frederick Daniel Crandall
(1857-1921)

1857 May 20
West Bloomfield, NY, state records, Frederick Crandall is born to Horatio N Crandall and Melissa Wood
1875 Jun 01
Canandaigua, NY, state census, Fred Crandall, age 18, as photographer; (brother William as photographer, at same boarding house)

1880 Jun 14
Canandaigua, NY, US census, Fred Crandall as artist; (living with brother Croydon)
1883 Feb 26
Clifton Springs, NY, state record, Frederick Crandall and Ella C Sanger are married
1894 Sep 23
Masonville, NY, state record, Frederick Crandall’s father Horatio Crandall dies at age 83
1900 Jul 26
Canandaigua, NY, US census, Fred Crandall as photographer
1904, 1906 (78)
Canandaigua, NY, city directory, Fred D Crandall as photographer at 30 Main; res 120 W Gibson
1910 Apr 23
Canandaigua, NY, US census, Fred D Crandall as Artist with “own office”
1911
Canandaigua, NY, city directory, Fred D Crandall as “landscape” artist, studio 30 Main; res 120 Gibson; - also listed: Crandall Studio, photography, 30 Main, J L Crocker prop
1915
Canandaigua, NY, state census, Fred D Crandall as Artist, res 120 w Gibson
1920 Jan 12
Canandaigua, NY, US census, Fred D Crandall as Artist; res 120 w Gibson
1921 May 05
Canandaigua, NY, FindaGrave, Fred D Crandall dies at age 63

Recap
1865 – William Crandall works for Finley Galleries
1881 – William Crandall Purchases interest in Finley Gallery
1883 – William Crandall wnds association with Finley Gallery and goes into partnership with his brother Frederick Crandall
1903 – Partnership with his brother Frederick Crandall ends; William Crandall goes into real estate business
1904 – 1911 – Frederick Crandall continues with studio at 30 Main, in Canandaigua, NY
1912 – 1921 – Frederick Crandall as “artist” apparently working for other studios

Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle - 31 May 1910

Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle - 20 Jan 1948

photographer: Finley and Crandall
Canandaigua, NY
example from auction site
(finished between 1881 abd 1883)

photographer: Crandall Brothers
Canandaigua, NY
example from auction site

photographer: Crandall Brothers
Canandaigua, NY
example from pinterest

photographer: Crandall Brothers
Canandaigua, NY
example from the
Flickr collection of John Mathew Smith

photographer: Crandall Brothers
Canandaigua, NY
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: Crandall Brothers
Canandaigua, NY
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: Crandall Brothers
Canandaigua, NY
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: Crandall Brothers
Canandaigua, NY
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

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.

This is a work always in progress.

Additional information and new examples are always welcome. Any additional information will help narrow the time that these precious antiques were made.

Monday, May 22, 2023

Thomas Barnett Carver

photographer T B Carver
Vandalia, MO
example from LOST GALLERY

reverse of card at left
(identification stamp barely visible without enhancement)

Very little was found on the life of Thomas B Carver. No advertisements, no newsworthy items, not even an obituary. No city directories followed his activity. His photography career was mentioned only twice, in the 1900 and 1910 US census.

One of T B Carver’s children was William Cecil Carver. According to the death certificate of William Cecil Carver (1888-1964), he was “during most of his life” also a photographer. However all other records found show him as general farmer or poultry farmer. (See certificate below.)

Thomas Barnett Carver
(1870-1964)

1870 Aug 21
Cuivre, MO, US census, Thomas Carver age 6
1880 Jun 10
Cuivre, MO, US census, Thomas Carver age 16
1887 Dec 25
Benton, MO, state record, Thomas Carver and Alice Miller are married
1900 Jun 04
Vandalia, MO, US census, Thomas Carver as photographer
1910 Apr 26
Vandalia, MO, US census, Thomas B Carver as photographer
1919
Vandalia, MO, Find a Grave, Thomas Barnett Carver dies at age 56
1964 May 04
Ralls, Mo, death certificate, son William Cecil Carver, as photographer, dies at age 75

Mexico (MO) Weekly Ledger - 11 Feb 1897

Laddonia (MO) Herald - 09 Apr 1903

Windsor (MO) Review - 08 Aug 1907

New London (Mo) Ralls County Record -
31 May 1918

Warrenton (MO) Banner - 07 Jun 1918

Broken Arrow (OK) Ledger Democrat - 30 Jan 1919

Death Certificate for William Cecil Carver
Son of Thomas Barnet Carver
See notation above

photographer: Carver
Vandalia, MO
example from auction site

Photographer: Carver
Vandalia, MO
example from auction site

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.

This is a work always in progress.

Additional information and new examples are always welcome. Any additional information will help narrow the time that these precious antiques were made.

Friday, May 19, 2023

John Buell

photographer: Jno Buell
Genesco, IL

Records are scarce and conflicting for John Buell, photographer. Newspaper accounts do not always agree with the US census and other information sources.

John Buell
(1856 - 1924)

1856 Jul 27
Genesco, IL, state records, John Buell is born to Christian Buell and Christene Meyer
1870 Aug 02
Genesco, IL, US census, John Buell at age 14
1873-74 (approx.)
Genesco (IL) Dispatch, from 1924 obituary; John Buell works as apprentice for N D Davis, Genesco photographer
1876
From Moline (IL) Dispatch obituary; John Buell at age 20 spent 4 years as photographer in Jackson, MI
1880
From Moline (IL) Dispatch obituary; spent three months as photographer in Ottawa, IL
1880 Jun 16
Genesco, IL. US census, Noah Davis as photographer (line by line search found NO Buell)

1880
From Moline (IL) Dispatch obituary; returns to Genesco, purchases the Davis Gallery
1880 Jun 19
Troy, IL, US census, John Buell as servant and farm hand for Michael Myers; (possibly not the right John Buell, but no other has been found in the 1880 census)
1883 Oct 11
Rock Island, IL, state records John Buell and Sarah Oltman of Hampton are married
1888 Mar 15
Genesco, IL, state records, daughter Edith Buell is born
1890 Nov 18
Genesco, IL, state records, son Charles Albert Buell is born
1895 Jul 16
Rock Island (IL) Argus, news item says Mr and Mrs John Buell of Genesco, are visiting in Rock Island
1900 Jun 12
Genesco, IL, US census, John Buell as photographer; res College st
1910 Apr 16
Genesco, IL, US census, John Buell as photographer

1911
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, John Buell as photographer; res 268 Pearson
1912 Jul 27
Moline (IL) Dispatch, item says John Buell has sold his gallery to Miss Sewell of Wapello, IA
1916 Oct 20
Moline (IL) Dispatch, item says John and Sarah Buell are visiting in Genesco, IL
1919
From Moline (IL) Dispatch obituary; after spending “several years” in Iowa, Buell returns to Genesco
1920 Jan 08
Nevada, IA, US census, John Buell as no occupation
1924 Nov 07
Moline (IL) Dispatch, item says John Buell has died that morning in Genesco, IL
1924 Nov 07
Genesco, IL, Find A Grave, state records, John Buell dies at age 68

It appears that John Buell was a photographer with his own gallery from 1880 to July of 1919. He apprenticed for other photographers for a short time before that.

Rock Island (IL) Argus - 16 Jul 1895

Moline (IL) Dispatch - 27 Jul 1912

Moline (IL) Dispatch - 20 Oct 1916

Rock Island (IL) Argus - 19 Jun 1925

Moline (IL) Dispatch - 07 Nov 1924

Photographer: Jno Buell
Genesco, IL
example from auctin site

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.

This is a work always in progress.

Additional information and new examples are always welcome. Any additional information will help narrow the time that these precious antiques were made.