Cabinet Card Photographers: July 2023

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

L Rice of Manchester, IN

photographer: L Rice
N Manchester, IN
example from LOST GALLERY

reverse of card at left

Lozier Don Rice was a photographer from about 1910, age 20, to sometime in the 1940’s, when he retired because of illness. The Cabinet Card example shown here is a rarity in that the cabinet card format was all but a novelty after about 1900.

He worked with his father, Arthur Phoenician Rice in Wabash, IN until opening his own studio in North Manchester, IN. According to one obituary, L D Rice was ill for nine years before his death in 1952.

Since it rather unusual to see a cabinet card from those years, there is little possibility of dating the card other than placing it as some time during his career. He was apparently active from about 1920 to about 1940.

If more information becomes available, it will be added here.

photographer: Rice
North Manchester, IND
example from T Conrad on Flickr

Other photographers that worked in Manchester, IN

photographer J J Martin
North Manchester, IN
example from anonymous doner

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.

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

All submissions should be free of glare and shadows.
Do not crop.
Leave a border around each card. The edges are sometimes an important clue to the age of the card.
Email to the address found in the profile at the bottom of this page.

Some examples on this page have been enhanced or restored for clarity and presentation here.

This page is free for educational and research purposes only but, as always, if the original owner of any of these examples objects to the use on this page, just let me know and they will be immediately removed.

Monday, July 24, 2023

F E Readman of Norwalk, CN

photographer: F E Readman
Gazette Building, Norwalk, CN
example from LOST GALLERY

Francis E Readman
(1840 - 1907)

1840 Oct
Canada, Francis E Readman is born
1850 Nov 29
Troy, NY, US census, F E Readman immigrates to US, age 12
1859
New York, NY, city directory, F E Readman NOT listed
1860 Jul 06
New York, NY, US census, F E Readman as Daguerean operator
1861
Troy, NY, city directory, Francis Readman as ambrotypist at 101 Second; res same
1862 – 1866
Troy, NY, city directory, Francis Readman NOT listed
1870 Jul 23
Tioga, NY, US census, Francis Readman as photographer;
1871
Norwalk, CN, city directory, Francis Readman NOT listed

1880 Jun 02
Norwalk, CN, US census, Francis Readman as photographer
1883 (last available to 1887)
Norwalk, CN, city directory, F E Readman as photographer with Readman Brothers at 334 Wall; with John B Readman; res Cross Hill
1887
Norwalk, CN, city directory, Francis Readman as photographer at Cross Hill Road; res 34 Wall
1889 (no 1890)
Norwalk, CN, city directory, Francis Readman as photographer at 4 Kellogg N; res 34 Wall
1891 to 1894
Norwalk, CN, city directory, Francis E Readman as photographer at 34 Wall; 22 Wilson N
1895
Norwalk, CN, city directory, Francis E Readman as photographer at 34 Wall; bds 98 East av, N
1896
Norwalk, CN, city directory, Francis E Readman as photographer at “24” Wall; bds 92 East av, N
1897, 1898
Norwalk, NC, city directory, Francis E Readman as photographer at 34 Wall; res 7 Harriet

1899
Norwalk, CN, city directory, Francis E Readman as photographer at 34 Wall; res 7 Harriet
1900 Jun 08
Norwalk, CN, US census, Frank Readman as photographer; res 7 Harriet st
1900 to 1906
Norwalk, CN, city directory, Francis E Readman as photographer at Gazette bldg, 34 Wall;
1907 Aug 19
Norwalk, CN, death records, Francis E Readman dies at age 66

Francis Readman, the photographer, did not change studio locations often.
Here is a known location recap. There are a few gaps but mostly early in his career.

1860 – New York, NY, as Daguerean
1861 – Troy, NY, as ambrotypist
1870 – Tioga, NY
1880 – No address found, Norwalk, CN
1883 – 334 Wall, Norwalk, CN
1887 – Cross Hill Road, Norwalk, CN
1889 – 4 Kellogg, Norwalk, CN
1891 to 1907 – 34 Wall, Norwalk, CN

photographer: "Elite" F E Readman
Gazette Building, Norwalk, CN
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: "Elite" F E Readman
Gazette Building, Norwalk, CN
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: Readman
Gazette Building, Norwalk, CN
example from auction site

Two unusual examples from contributor
K Rooney.

photographer: Readman
Gazette building, Norwalk CN
example from contributor K Rooney

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.

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

Ramsey's Galleries

photographer Ramsey's Galleries
Galletin, Linneus, Lawson,
Meadville, McFall, Pattersonburg
example from LOST GALLERY

This timeline was construction mostly from small newspaper ads and news items.

There seems to have been two photographers named Ramsey in the area, working about the same time. The whole names W. Y. Ramsey and O. M. J. Ramsey appear now and then but mostly the ads just say “Ramsey’s” gallery.

Wilson Y Ramsey newspaper items found are mostly from towns in Kansas and one from Hermitage, MO. All the census reports and other documents for that name, refer to him as “farmer” and civil war soldier.

Otis M J Ramsey ads appear mostly in the small towns of Missouri: Linneus, Gallatin, McFall, three of the towns listed on the cabinet card example here.

Photographer “Ramsey” might also have operated from a mobile studio. No confirmation of this has been found but this is one way he could have been in so many places within a short time. Passenger rail lines were much more common in those days. Although all the towns listed on thia cabinet card were in Missouri, they were NOT close together. Lawson is more than 60 miles from Lineus. Not an easy distance in those days, even by passenger train.

Ramsey’s Gallery
Oscar M J Ramsey
(1858 - )

1858 Jan
Denmark, 1900 US census, O M J Ramsey is born

1883
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Oscar M J Ramsey NOT listed
1884
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Oscar M J Ramsey NOT listed
1885
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Oscar M J Ramsey as artist, at 330 Grand Av; res 144 3rd; Note that 330 Grand is the address of Schultz Brother, artists and photographers; also the address of Northwestern View Co, Gustav Podoll, mngr
1886, 1887
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Oscar M J Ramsey NOT listed
1892 Sep 28
Linneus (MO) Bulletin, small item says Ramsey’s Gallery in Linneus will be open every day
1893 Jan 27
Gallatin (MO) North Missourian; news item says Ramsey Gallery in Pattonsburg, MO, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday
1893 Mar 29
Linneus, (MO) Bulletin, small item says Ramsey’s Photo Gallery at Linneus is open from the 15th to the last of each month
1893 May 12
Gallatin (MO) North Missourian, small notice for Ramsey’s Gallery in Gallatin MO
1893 May 17, May 19, May 26, Jun 09, Jun 16
Gallatin (MO) North Missourian, small at for Ramsey’s Gallery in Gallatin, MO
1893 Jun 26
Gallatin (MO) North Missourian, small notice for Ramsey’s Gallery at Gallatin, MO

1893 Jul 05
Linneus (MO) Bulletin, small ad says Ramsey’s Photo Gallery at Linneus is open from 15th to last of each month
1893 Aug 25, Sep 01, Sep 15, Oct 13, Nov 03
Gallatin (MO) North Missourian, small ad for Ramsey’s Gallery
1893 Nov 22
Linneus (MO) Bulletin, small ad says Ramsey’s Gallery at Meadville is run by “himself” from the 1st to the 15th of each month
1893 Dec 01, Dec 08
Gallatin (MO) Missourian, small ad for Ramsey’s Gallery
1893 Dec 13
Linneus (MO) Bulletin, small ad says Ramsey’s Gallery at Meadville is run by “himself” from the 1st to the 15th of each month
1894 Feb 16 to Jul 13 at least 20 times McFall (MO) Mirror, small ad says Ramsey’s Photo Gallery in McFall (MO) will be open from the first to the 15th of each month
1894 Jul 20, Jul 27, Aug 10, Aug 17
McFall (MO) Mirror, small ad for Ramsey’s Gallery
1894 Aug 24
McFall (MO) Mirror, Ad for “McFall” Gallery of O.M.J. Ramsey
1894 Aug 31
McFall (MO) Mirror, ad for Ramsey’s Gallery
1900
Karnes, TX, US census, O Ramsey as photographer, born in Denmark; partner Louis Dahl, photographer, born in Norway

No other biographical information has been found so far.

The following card is imprinted "OMJ" Ramsey. See timeline date 1894

photographer: O M J Ramsey
Gallatin, MO
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: O M J Ramsey
Gallatin, MO
example from auction site

The following cards have the name "Ramsey" but so far there is no known connection to O M J Ramsey of Missouri or W Y Ramsey of Kansas

photographer: Ramsey and Smith
Cloud Chief, OT
example from auction site

photographer: J F Ramsey
New Lisbon, WIS
example from auction site
(See J H Ramsey review here)

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.

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

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Proctor, J H, of Girard, Kansas

photographer" Proctor
Girard, KS
example from LOST GALLERY

James Henry Proctor and his son Edward were photographers in Girard and nearby towns for most of their careers. James moved to Omaha, NE, some time between 1896 and 1900. His son, Edward lived in Girard, KS, Omaha, NE, and Neosho, MO.

While they both lived in Girard, KS, the newspaper ads often only mentioned the studio by the name “Proctor” leaving it unknown if it was for James Henry or Edwin L Proctor. They both moved around the Girard town square a couple times, so ads place them, for example, at “North Side of square” or “East side of Square”

James Henry Proctor
(1831-1906)

1831 Jan 29
Philadelphia, PA, state records, James Henry Proctor is born to William Giles Proctor and Sarah Bodman
1863 May 05
Jackson, Indiana, state records, James Proctor and Mildred Comwell are married

1864 Aug 24
Girard, KS, civil war draft registration, James H Proctor as Artist drafted to army as paymaster
1865 Jun 12
Girard, KS, civil war draft registration, James H Proctor as artist discharge from army
1870
Hastings, MN, state records, Son Edwin L Proctor is born
1870 Jul 25
Hastings, MN, US census, J H Proctor as photographer
1875 May 01
Hastings, MN, Territorial and State census, J H Proctor of PA, no occupation shown
1880 Jun 11
Hastings, MN, US census, James Proctor as photographer
1881 May 19, 1881 Jun 02
Girard (KS) Press, news item says James H Proctor from Hastings, MN, is building a Photograph Studio in Girard
1882 Jan 12
Girard (KS) Press, news item lists two photographers in Girard: J C Sunderland and J H Proctor

1882 Aug 10
Girard (KS) Press, news item describes new location on south side of square
1883 Apr 26
Girard (KS) Western Herald, news item describes a post mortem portrait finished by Proctor Art Gallery
1884 Mar 27
Girard (KS) Press, news/ad item about the Photographic art gallery of J H Proctor, south side of square; mentions also his arrival from Hastings, MN, three years previous
1884 Dec 25,
Girard (KS) Press, small ad for Proctor’s Gallery, south side of square
1885 Mar 01
Girard, KS, state census, J H Proctor as Artist
1885 Mar 18, 1885 Oct 08
Girard (KS) Press, small ads for J H Proctor, photographer
1885 Dec 03
Girard (KS) Press, small item mentions J H Proctor’s son ED, is in charge of the photo gallery in Weir, KS
1886 Jan 07
Girard (KS) Western Herald, small item/ad describes the south side artist J H Proctor

1886 Jan 21, 1886 Fe 04
Girard (KS) Press, small item says E L Proctor has opened a gallery on the north-west corner of the square
1887 Sep 22
Girard (KS) Western Herald, item says J H Procor has put up a portable gallery in Hepler (KS) to be operated on Saturdays. (from the Walnut Journal)
1887 Dec 10
Girard (KS) Press, item/ad for Proctor at “South side, Girard”
1887 Dec 22
Girard (KS) Western Herald, item says J H Proctor has taken a partner, H M Brown

1888 Mar 03
Girard (KS) Press, item says partnership of Proctor and Brown dissolved 23 Feb 1888
1889 Sep 26
Girard, KS, Press, item mentions “Ed” Proctor the south side photographer
1889 Dec 12
Girard (KS) Press, item says Ed L Proctor has moved to Nevada, MO
1890 Dec 18, 1890 Dec 27
Girard (KS) Press, ads for Proctor’s South side Gallery
1891 Jan 10
Girard (KS) Western Herald, ads for South Side Gallery and East Side Gallery

1891 Oct 15
Girard (KS) Press, item says J C McFall has leased the J H Proctor Gallery
1892 Apr 21
Girard (KS) Press, item says Mrs J H Proctor joins her husband in Omaha, NE, who is in business there
1893 Jun 22
Girard (KS) Press, item says Proctor Photo Gallery, south side of square, is again open
1896 Aug 11
Girard (KS) Press, item mentions J H Proctor of Omaha, NE, daughter Mrs E W Arnold and son “L N” Proctor of Marshal County KS

1900 Jun 14
Omaha, NE, US census, James H Proctor as photographer; res 3316 Ruggles street
1901 Jan 24
Girard (KS) Independent, item says J H Proctor was in business in Girard, about eight years back
1906 Mar 01
Neosho (MO) Times, obituary for James H Proctor, dead at age 75 ; mentions son Edwin L Proctor of Neosho, MO, and daughter Mrs E W Arnold of Girard, KS

Girard (KS) Western Herald -
19 May 1881

Girard (KS) Press -
02 Jun 1881

Girard (KS) Press -
12 Jan 1882

Girard (KS) Press -
10 Aug 1882

Girard (KS) Western Herald -
22 Mar 1883

Girard (KS) Western Herald -
26 Apr 1883

Girarg (KS) Press -
27 Mar 1884

Girard (KS) Press -
03 Dec 1885

Girard (KS) Western Herald -
07 Jan 1886

Girard (KS) Press -
21 Jan 1886

Girard (KS) Western Herald -
22 Sep 1887

Girard (KS) Press -
03 Mar 1888

Girard (KS) Express -
26 Sep 1889

Girard (KS) Press -
12 Dec 1889

Girard (KS) Press -
18 Dec 1890

Girard (KS) Western Herald -
10 jan 1891

Girard (KS) Press -
15 Oct 1891

Girard (KS) Press -
21 Apr 1892

Girard (KS) Press -
22 Jun 1893

Girard (KS) Independent -
24 Jan 1901

Girard (ks) Press -
01 Mar 1906

Neosho (MO) Times -
01 Mar 1906

Neosho (MO) Miner and Mechanic -
03 Mar 1906

photographer: Proctor
Girard, KS
example from auction site

photographer: Proctor
Girard, KS
example from Ancestry
(also said to be the photographer himself)

photographer: J H Proctor
Girard, KS
example from auction site

reverse of card at let

photographer: E L Proctor (barely visible)
Girard, KS
example from auction site

Following cards are by J R Bell who also worked in Girard, KS

Photographer: Bell
Eastside Square, Girard, Kans.
probably finished between 1888 and 1896 by
James R Bell
example from LOST GALLERY

photographer" Howard and Bell
Girard, KS
example from Vernacular Photography

photographer: J R Bell
Girard, KS
example from auction site

photographer: C H Talbott
Girard, KS
(See also Paola and Spring Hill, KS)
example from Opening Doors in Brick Walls

Following are cabinet card photographers named Proctor.
No connection o J H Proctor of Girard, KS, has been made.

photographer: C B Proctor
S E corn of square, Indianola, IA
example from auction site

photographer: J Proctor
Corning, IA
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: J Proctor
Corning, IA
exanoke from auction site ">

photographer: J Proctor
Corning, IA
exanoke 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.

This is a work always in progress.

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