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: 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 auction site
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

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