St Paul, MN
example from LOST GALLERY
Charles A Zimmerman was a photographer from his late teens to his death in 1909. His portrait studio was at 99-101 E 6th in St Paul, MN for the longest period.
Note that the name is often spelled “Zimmermann” in directory listings and other sources but “Zimmerman” is used here because that is how it appears on the cabinet cards.
Charles A Zimmerman
(1844-1909)
1844 Jun 22
France, FindAGrave, Charles A Zimmerman is born to Edouard Zimmerman and Anna Barbara Schoettelle
1866 - 1867
St Paul, MN, city directory, J E Whitney, photographers at 174 Third, cor Cedar; Combs and Whitney Photo supplies also at 174 Third; Charles A Zimmerman not shown
1869
St Paul, MN, city directory, Chas A Zimmerman as photographer at 174 Third; brother E O Zimmerman as salesman at 116-118 Third; Whitney photograph gallery at 174 Third
1871
St Paul, MN, city directory, O G Zimmerman as photographer at 174 Third (Business pages); in residential pages, Charles A Zimmerman as photographer at 174 Third
1873
St Paul, MN, city directory, C A and E O Zimmerman Bros photographic materials at 216 Third; also Charles A Zimmerman as photographer at 216 Third
1874
St Paul, MN, city directory, C A Zimmerman as photographer at 8 and 10 W Third; Zimmerman Brothers at 8 W Third
1876, 1877, 1878, 1879
St Paul, MN, city directory, C A Zimmerman as photographer at 8 W Third
1878 May 06
St Paul (MN) Daily Globe, item says photographer Zimmerman is the “Third Street” photographer
1880 Mar 05
St Paul (MN) Daily Globe, item lists C A Zimmerman at 8 West Third
1880 Jun 07
ST Paul, MN, US census, Charles Zimmermann as photographer
1880
St Paul, MN, city directory, Charles A Zimmerman as photographer at 8 W Third; also Zimmerman Brothers as Photographer’s Supplies at 8 W Third
1881
St Paul, MN, city directory, Charles A Zimmerman as photographer at (misprint) “9 E Seventh”; Zimmerman Brothers at 9 W Third; NOTE: this is a numbering change not a location change
1882
St Paul, MN, city directory, Charles A Zimmerman as photographer at 9 W Third
1883, 1884, 1885
St Paul, MN, city directory, Charles A Zimmerman as photographer at 9 W Third; Edward O Zimmerman (Zimmerman Brothers) photographic materials 371 and 373 Sibley
1885 Jul 19
St Paul (MN) Daily Globe, small ad says C A Zimmerman photographer is at 9 West Third St
1886
St Paul, MN, city directory, Charles A Zimmerman as photographer at 9 W Third; Edward O Zimmerman (Zimmerman Brothers) photographic materials 371 and 373 Sibley
1887 Sep 14
St Paul (MN) Daily Globe, ad for Zimmerman Brothers photo supplies at 371, 573 Sibley Street
1887, 1888, 1889, 1890
St Paul, MN, city directory, Zimmerman and Whitstruck as photographer at 9 W Third; (Fred H Whitstruck); Zimmerman Bros as photographic materials at 371 and 373 W 34th
1889 May 02
St Paul (MN) Daily Globe, item says Zimmerman Bros are closing a gallery at 328 Main in Red Wing, MN
1891 (NO 1892)
St Paul, MN, city directory, Zimmerman Portrait Gallery at 9 W 3rd; Zimmerman Brothers photographer supplies at 371-373 Sibley
1893
St Paul, MN, city directory, C A Zimmerman as photographer at 9 W Third; Zimmerman Brothers Supplies NOT listed
1894 Mar 18
St Paul (MN) Daily Globe, display ad for C A Zimmerman Gallery at 9 West Third
1894
St Paul, MN, city directory, C A Zimmerman as photographer at 9 W Third; Zimmerman Brothers photographer supplies at 375 Minnesota
1895 Aug 02
St Paul (MN) Daily Globe, display ad for C A Zimmerman Gallery at 99 and 101 East Sixth St
1895
St Paul, MN, city directory, C A Zimmerman as photographer at 101 E Sixth; Zimmerman Brothers photographic materials at 375 Minnesota
1896
St Paul, MN, city directory, C A Zimmerman as photographer at 99 E Sixth; Zimmerman Brothers photographic materials at 375 Minnesota
1896 Apr 13
St Paul (MN) Daily Globe, display ad for C A Zimmerman at 99 and 101 E Sixth
1897, 1898
St Paul, MN, city directory, Zimmerman Photo Gallery at 101 E Sixth; Zimmerman Brothers photographic supplies, 375 Minnesota
1898 Mar 06
St Paul (MN) Globe, small ad for C A Zimmerman at 99 E Sixth
1899
St Paul, MN, city directory, C A Zimmerman as photographer and C A Zimmerman Photographic Supply House at 101 E Sixth; Zimmerman Brothers photographic supplies at 101 E Sixth
1900, 1901, 1902
St Paul, MN, city directory, C A Zimmerman as photographer at 99 – 101 E Sixth; Zimmerman Brothers photographic supplies at 375 Minnesota; C A Zimmerman supplies at 101 E Sixth
1903
St Paul, MN, city directory, cuts off at “Olsen” page 648
1904, 1905, 1906
St Paul, MN, city directory, C A Zimmerman as photographer at 99 E Sixth; C A Zimmerman photographer supplies ad 101 E Sixth
1907, 1908, 1909
St Paul, MN, city directory, C A Zimmerman as photographer and supplies at 99-101 E Sixth; Zimmerman Brothers supplies at 380-384 Minnesota
1909 Sep 23
Mound, Hennepin County, MN, state records, Charles A Zimmerman dies at age 65
1909 Sep 24
Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune, story tells of death of Charles A Zimmerman
1910 pages missing
1911, 1912, 1913
St Paul, MN, city directory, C A Zimmerman NOT listed (NOTE: Metropolitan Photo Studio now at 101 E Sixth); Zimmerman Brothers photography supplies at 380 – 384 Minnesota
Basic locations and time periods
1866 to 1871 – 174 W Third
1873 – 216 Third
1874 to 1880 - 8 and 10 W Third
1881 to 1894 – 9 W Third
1895 to 1909 – 99 to 101 East 6th
06 May 1878
15 Feb 1884
23 Nov 1885
14 Sep 1887
29 Jan 1888
02 May 1889
18 Mar 1894
02 Aug 1895
13 Apr 1896
06 May 1898
17 Dec 1899
24 Sep 1909
St Paul, MN
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