Albert Goss

photographer: Albert Goss
Auburn Photogrph Rooms, North Auburn, NE
example from LOST GALLERY

reverse of card at left

Albert Goss
(1844-1923)

1844 Aug 11
Indiana, state records, Albert Goss is born to Cyrus Goss and Elizabeth Bullion
1860 Jul 14
Union, IN, US census, Albert Goss as farm labor at age 16
1865 Feb 07
Terre Haute, IN, civil war records, Albert Goss enlists
1870 Aug 23
Union, IN, US census, Albert Goss as farmer
1880 Jun 22
Todd Creek, NE, US census, Albert Goss as farmer
1882
Nemaha County Granger (of 1891 Oct 23), news Item says Albert Goss begins photography business in NE
1882 Jun 29
Brownville (NE) Republican, news item about Albert Goss and taking pictures

1885 Jun 01
Auburn, NE, US census, Albert Goss as photographer
1891 Oct 23
Nemaha County Granger, news item says Albert Goss has left to live in Missouri
1900 Jun 23
Porter, MO, US census, Albert Goss as farmer
1910 May 04
Nixa, MO, US census, Albert Goss as “own income”
1920 Jun 02
Nixa, MO, US census, Albert Goss occupation as “none” 1923 Aug 09
Nixa, MO, state records Albert Goss dies at age 78

It appears that Albert Goss went into the photography business in Auburn, NE, late in 1881 and left the business in October of 1891. He went back to farming and apparently never returned to photography.

Brownville (NE) Republican -
29 Jun 1882

Auburn (NE) Post -
29 Apr 1885

Auburn (NE) Republican -
29 Apr 1885

Auburn (NE) Republican -
10 Jun 1885

Auburn (NE) Republican -
19 Sep 1885

Nemaha (NE) County Granger -
27 Aug 1886

Auburn (NE) Evening Post -
10 Jun 1887

Nemaha (NE) County Herald -
23 Mar 1888

Brownsville (NE) News -
24 Oct 1890

Nemaha (NE) County Granger -
23 Oct 1891

Nemaha (NE) County Herald -
20 Apr 1894

The Auburn (NE) Granger -
17 Jan 1905

The (Auburn, NE) Granger -
08 Jun 1909

Nebraska State Journal -
10 Aug 1923

These four examples were printed through a mask. A mask is an additional negative, placed between the negative and the print paper when it is exposed.
Note that the mask can be inverted or reversed as needed.

photographer: Goss
Nebraska
example from Flickr

photographer: Goss
Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Nebraska
example from GenWeb

Here is an interesting find.

This is a tintype. A tintypes is actually a negative because it is the image as it comes directoy from the camera. Tintypes, originally known as or ferrotypes or melainotypes, were invented in the 1850s and continued to be produced into the 20th century. The photographic emulsion was applied directly to a thin sheet of iron coated with a dark lacquer or enamel, which produced a unique positive image.

All of which is to say that when this one is reversed ("corrected" if you prefer) it turns out to be the same backdrops and props as the cabinet cards on the right.

The original tintype

The tintype reversed

photographer: Goss
Auburn, NE
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

Note the same back drop in the next four examples

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb
(same backdrop as above)

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

Note the same chair and backdrop in these examples.

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

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.

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