J B Dettmer

Photographer: J B Dettmer
Walnut and Howard sts
Muncie, IND.

written on reverse:
Minnie Laudig

J B Dettmer

The life of photographer J B Dettmer was difficult to follow. Not only was Dettmer a rather popular name in the 19th century, there were two or three people with the name J B Dettmer in that era, living in the vicinity of Muncie, IN. There was also a street in Ohio, a hospital and a baseball player with the name.

To further complicate matters, the photographer J B Dettmer moved around a lot, had several partners and kept himself out of the newspapers. Judging from his business activities by 1880, it must be assumed that photographer J B Dettmer was born about 1860. It also appears that he never married so the photographer John B Dettmer Jr that appears in some 1920’s San Francisco, CA, city directories was probably from another family line of Dettmers.

Here then is a timeline following the Ohio photographer J B Dettmer including many notations of where he wasn’t to help establish where he could have been in some of the record gaps.

Timeline
1860
Cincinnati, OH, according to Artists in Ohio, John Dettmer is born
1875 - 1879
Cincinnati, OH, city directory NOT listed
1880
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as photographer 100 w 4th
1881
Cincinnati, OH, city directory NOT listed
1882
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as photographer; bds 489 w 6th
1882
Covington, KY, city directory NOT listed; Mamie Dettmer listed at 163 Madison
1883
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as photographer with J D Skewes at 102 w 5th
1884
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as photographer with J D Skewes; Skews also has gallery in Covington, KY, at 222 W 5th
1884
Covington, KY, city directory as photographer at 163 Madison; Mamie Dettmer at same address

- continued in next row -

1885
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as photographer with Heckle and Dettmer (William S Heckle) at
1886
Cincinnati, OH, city directory missing pages 181-826
1886
Covington, KY, city directory as photographer (Dettmar); res Jos. Heckle’s; Mamie Dettmer at same address; Business pages as Heckle and Dettmer, 402 Freeman av
1887
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as photographer with Heckle and Dettmer (William S Heckle) at
1888
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as photographer at 402 Freeman; res same
1888
Covington, KY, city directory NOT listed
1889
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as photographer at 1047 w 8th; res same
1889
Muncie, IN, city directory NOT listed in res pages or bus pages (earliest available)
1890
Cincinnati, OH, city directory NOT listed in res pages or bus pages
1890 Jul 12
Richmond (IN) Item, news item as photographer at 18 s 13th st; formerly with M H Watts

1890 Jul
Richmond, (IN) Item, four small ads for studio at 18 s 13th
1890 Nov 08
Muncie (IN) Evening Press news item “50 years ago today” says Dettmer had studio at cor of Howard and Walnut
1891 Jan 25
Muncie (IN) Evening Press news item “50 Years Ago Today” says Dettmer had studio on Walnut opposite the National Hotel (which was at 500-506 s Walnut)
1897 - 1899
Muncie, IN, city directory NOT listed
1903
Richmond, IN, city directory as photographer (Dettmar)
1908
Cincinnati, OH, city directory NOT listed in res pages or bus pages
1909
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as photographer (Dettmar) at swc Vine and Liberty; res 940 Findlay; not shown in business pages
1910
Cincinnati, OH, city directory NOT listed


The cabinet card example at the top must have been finished in that period around 1890 - 1891 when he was found in Muncie, IN, city directories.

Richmond (IN) Item - 12 Jul 1890

Richmond (IN) Item - ad ran four times in July, 1890

The (Muncie, IN) Star Press - 27 Apr 1913

and below, apparently a sideline ...
The Indianapolis Star Sun - 11 May 1913

The Muncie (IN) Evening Press - 08 Nov 1940
50 years ago is 08 Nov 1890

Muncie (IN) evening Press - 25 Jan 1941
50 years ago would be 25 Jan 1891

Artists In Ohio - Jeffery Weidman

Although this birth date is probably accurate, no documents have been found for support

photographer: J B Dettmer
402 Freeman Av, Cincinnati, OH
Example frin auction site

photographer: J B Dettmer
Walnut and Howard streets, Muncie, IN
example from Conkle Family Collection

photographer: J B Dettmer
Walnut and Howard, Muncie, IN
example source unknown

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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Additional 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.
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Clench and Hart

photographer: Clench and Hart
location not shown
example from auction site

photographer" Clench and Hart
location not known
CDV example from auction site

Here are two lovely examples of photography from the 19th century. One is a cabinet card and the other is a Carte De Viste. The photographers printed on the front of the card are “Clench and Hart”. There is no location or date shown on either card.

When were they made? Just find out when Clench and Hart were partners.

But there were during the cabinet card era, at least nine photographers by the name of Clench and at least a dozen by the name Hart.

After a great deal of research, two likely candidates were found. In the city of Lockport, New York, between the years of 1889 and 1890, both Frank Bernard Clench and William J Hart were living and operating in the same town. No documents have been found so far that positively shows them together but this is the only pair found by those names together in the same locale at the same time.

Timelines provided here will touch on the careers of both. It is fairly clear that the two must have worked together late in the 1880’s.

Here is an example showing the location on the reverse.

photographer: Clench and Hart
Lockport, NY
example from auction site
finished about 1889-1890

Reverse of card at left

William J Hart

photographer: W J Hart
39 East Ave, Lockport, NY
example from auction site

photographer: W J Hart
39 East Ave, Lockport, NY
example from auction site

William J Hart
(1863 - 1946)

1888
Lockport, NY, city directory, William J Hart NOT listed
1889
Lockport, NY, city directory, William Hart as picture framer
It would be at this point that Clench and Hart worked together. The following year, they both moved away from Lockport
1890
Niagara Falls, NY, city directory, William J Hart NOT listed
1892
Niagara Falls, NY, city directory, W J Hart as photographer at Lewiston ave c South ave
1893, 1894 (135)
Niagara Falls, NY, city directory. W J Hart as photographer at 1805 Main
1895 to 1907
Niagara Falls, NY, city directory, W J Hart as photographer at 1921 Main
1908, 1909
Niagara Falls, NY, city directory, W J Hart NOT listed
1910, 1911,
Niagara, Falls, NY, city directory, W J Hart as photographer at 703 Ashland Ave
1946 Jan 19
Find a Grave, Newspaper Obituary. W J Hart dies at age 82

Unknown New York newspaper -
1946 Jan 19

Frank B Clench

Frank B Clench
(1838 - 1914)

1838 Jul 17
Canada, province record, Frank Bernard Clench is born to Ralph Clench and Katherine Daly
1863
Lockport, NY, Historic Camera, F B Clench is licensed as a photographer and establishes studio
1866
Lockport, NY, city directory, Frank “F” Clench as photographer at 76 Main (probably a misprint)
1868
Lockport, NY, city directory, F B Clench as photographer at 76 Main
1870
Ontario Canada, city directory, Frank B Clench as photographer at St Paul st
1871
Lockport, NY, city directory. F B Clench NOT listed
1871, (1876 not listed)
Ontario, Canada, city directory, Frank B Clench as photographer at St Paul st; bds at Duke st

1874
Lockport, NY, city directory, F B Clench as photographer at 39 East Ave; res 39 East av
1874-1875
Lockport, NY, city directory, F B Clench as photographer at 39 East ave; res 41 East av
1875 Jun 01
Lockport, NY, state census, Frank B Clench as photographer at “42” street not shown
1876
Lockport, NY, city directory, F B Clench as photographic artist at 41 East Ave; res same
1878
Lockport, NY, city directory, Frank B Clench as photographer at 39 East ave; res 41 East ave
1884
Lockport, NY, city directory, Frank B Clench as ; res 41 East Ave; no business listing; Note that photographer Ores N Ranney is photographer at 39 East Av (next door to 41 East Av)
1887
Lockport, NY, city directory, Frank B Clench as photographer; res 41 East Ave; Business Pages missing

1888
Lockport, NY, city directory, Frank B Clench NOT listed res or bus
1889
Fairport, NY, Historic Camera, Frank B Clench moves to Fairport, NY, and opens a gallery on the Deal Block of North Main
1900 Aug 11
Syracuse (NY) Post Standard, classified ad, Clench Fairpost, NY, photo studio for sale
1900
Fairport, NY, Illuminating History, F B Clench sells his studio in Fairport to William McQuivey and moves to Madison, GA
1901
Madison, GA, Historic Camera F B Clench moves to Madison, GA, and sets up a studio.
1914 Jul
Fairport, NY, Illuminating History F B Clench closes the studio in Madison and returns to Fairport, NY
1914 Nov 01
Fairport, NY, state record and FindaGrave, Frank B Clench dies at age 76

Rochester (NY) News - 02 Nov 1914

This is said to be a photograph of F B Clench himself.

photographer: F B CLench
39-41 East Ave, Lockport, NY
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: F B CLench
39-41 East Ave, Lockport, NY
example from auction site

photographer: F B CLench
39-41 East Ave, Lockport, NY
example from auction site

photographer: F B CLench
39-41 East Ave, Lockport, NY
example from auction site

reverse design of all three cards at the left

photographer: F B Clench
Tonawanda, NY
example from auction site

photographer: F B Clench
Tonawanda, NY
example from auction site

photographer: F B Clench
Tonawanda, NY
example from auction site

photographer: F B Clench
Tonawanda, NY
example from auction site

Syracuse (NY) Post Standard -
11 Aug 1900

photographer: Clench Fairport, NY
example frpm auction site
Finished about 1889

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.

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.

Charles S Hart

Photographer: Charles S Hart
over post office
Watertown, NY
example from rfinch

Charles S Hart
(1836 – 1915)

1936 Sep 01
Charles S Hart is born in Quebec, Canada
1855
Watertown, NY, state census, Chales S Hart as daguerreotype artist in Watertown, NY (Boarding at same address as Charles P Wescott , 27, also a “daguerreotype artist”; shows place of birth for both as “Oneida”)
1860 Jun 11
Watertown, NY, US census, Charles S Hart as Daguerrian artist
1862
Charles Hart Marries Elizabeth M Hass
1863
Watertown, NY, city directory, Charles S Hart as photographer at 13 and 15 Arcade, 2nd floor
1867
Watertown, NY, city directory, Charles S Hart as photographer at 13 and 15 Arcade; bds 04 Ten Eyck
1872
Watertown, NY, city directory, Charles S Hart as photographer at 13 and 15 Arcade,

1875
Watertown, NY, state census, Charles S Hart as photographer
1880 Jun 11
Watertown, NY, US census, Charles S Hart as photographer
1880, 1882, 1884, 1885
Watertown, NY, city directory, Charles S Hart as photographer at 8 Paddock Arcade; res 4 Ten Eyck
1887
Watertown, NY, city directory, Charles S Hart as photographer at
1888
Watertown, NY, city directory, Chas S Hart as photographer res 04 Ten Eyck; NOT listed in Business Pages
1889 Watertown, NY, city directory, Charles S Hart as photographer; res 04 Ten Eyck; (Chas Hart NOT listed in business pages)
Wm E Hart as photographer; res 18 Paddock; Business pages: Will E Hart as photographer at 15 Washington
1891, 1892
Watertown, NY, city directory, C S Hart as photographer at 13 Paddock Arcade

1893
Watertown, NY, city directory, Hart, Beach and Hart, at 13 Paddock Arcade
Charles S Hart as photographer, res 4 TenEyck Will E Hart as photographer at 15 Washington (Marble Block), res 18 Paddock
Fred K Hard as photographer; res bds 18 Stone
1895, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1904
Watertown, NY, city directory, C S Hart and Son as photographers at 13 Paddock Arcade
Wm E Hart as photographer at 15 Washington
1907, 1908
Watertown, NY, city directory, Charles S Hart as photographer at 13 Paddock; res 4 Ten Eyck,
1909
Watertown, NY, city directory, Charles S Hart as photographer at 13 Paddock; res 134 Ten Eyck
1910 Apr 20
Watertown, NY, US census, Charles S Hart of Ten Eyck street, as “own income”
1910, 1911 Watertown, NY, city directory, Charles S Hart as photographer at 13 Paddock; res 134 Ten Eyck 1915 Dec 23
Watertown, NY. state records, Charles S Hart dies at age 79

City directory at from 1897

Syracuse, NY, Post Standard - 29 Dec 1909

photographer: Hart
Watertown, NY
CDV example from LOST GALLERY

photographer: Charles Hart
Watertown, NY
example from auction site

photographer: Charles Hart
Watertown, NY
example from auction site

photographer: Charles Hart
Watertown, NY
example from auction site

photographer: Will Hart
15 Marble Block, Watertown, NY
example from auction site
Will Hart is currently believed to be a brother of Charles Hart
research is ongoing.

Not the one you were looking for? Here's the photographer's INDEX by name.
ONLY Cabinet Card photographers found in
LOST GALLERY
are reviewed here.

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.

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.

Central Gallery of Mississippi

Photographer: Central Gallery
405 23rd Ave, Meridian, MS

Keep in mind that 403 and 405 23rd addesses may not be different locations at all but merely a re-numbering of the same building, brought about by new construction in that block of the city.

Also it looks very much like the 405 addess may have preceeded the 403 address.

403-405 23rd today

In the Cabinet Card era, say 1865 to about 1920, there are only nine city directories available for Meridian, Mississippi. In 1899, 1904, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1918 and 1921 there was NO photograph Gallery listed for 405 23rd av. For all of those years there was a photographer listed in the 400 or 500 block of 23rd. Sometimes there was more than one. Several years there was a photographer at 403 ½ 23 but it was not listed as “Central Gallery.”

Meridian Mississippi
CITY DIRECTORY LISTINGS FOR PHOTOGRAPHER

1888 (Incl in 1899 issue, pg 101)
Barnes, A S, 2319, 4th St
Berry, Miss Ella, 2316 ½ 2nd St
Brookshire Matthews & Co, 405 23rd Av

1899 (pg 205)
Brookshire Matthews & Co, 403 23rd Av
Clark J B, 2315 4th
Lewis W P, 517 34th Av
Thompson, J Mrs, 2208 ½ 5th

1901
Brookshire and Thames 403 23rd Av
Elite Studio, 2315 4th
Thompson’s Studio 2210 5th

1904
Clark’s Studio, 2313 ½ 4th
Phelps, J P, 2210 ½ 5th
Thames, B C, 403 23rd av

1908
Clark’s Studio, 601 23rd av
Clark C F, 1108 4th
Phelps, J P, 2210 ½ 5th
Southworth T, 501 ½ 23rd
Thames & Brookshire, 403 ½ 23rd av

1910
Clark’s Studio, 5th st & 23 av
Phelps, J P, 2210 ½ 5th st
Thames, B C, 403 ½ 23rd

1911
Clark, J B, 501 23rd av
Hammond-Cockrell Studio, 2205 ½ 5th
Thames Studio, Brookshire bldg
Phelps Studio, 2210 ½ - 2212 ½ 5th

1913
Blanks, Edward, 2410 5th
Clark, J B, 501 ½ 23 av
Elite Studio, 2205 ½ 5th
Hammond Cockrell Studio, 2210 ½ 5th
Thames Studio, Brookshire bldg.

1915
Clark J B, 501 ½ 23rd av
Hammond Studio, 2210 ½ 5th
Rayner Studio, 403 ½ 23rd av
Stokes Studio, 2205 ½ 5th

1918
Clark J B, 403 ½ 23rd av
Hammond Studio, 2210 ½ 5th
Stokes Studio, 403 ½ 23rd av

1921
Clark, John B, 403 ½ 23rd av
Hammond, J A, 710 23rd av
Stokes, W E, 404 23rd av
Van Dyke Studio, 208 Arky bldg.

1923
Clark J B, 403 ½ 23rd av
Hammond Studio, 710 23rd, av
Lattanner, E M, 403 ½ 23rd, av
Lindsay, C L, 2505 5th
Stokes, W E, 404 23rd av

There are more beyond this but they would be well past the cabinet card era.

Following William Carroll Brookshire and James T Matthews turned up a few more records.

William Carroll Brookshire
(1830-1910)

1830 Nov 15
Pickens, Al, state records. US census, W C Brookshire is born to Thomas F Brookshire and Matilda Giles
1850
Lowndes, MS, US census Brookshire as Planter
1866 Jan
Mississippi, tax list, Brookshire as photographer
1867 Jul 02
Sumner AL, state records, W C Brookshire marriage to Mary C “Mollie” Crane
1870 Jul 18
Meridian, MS, US census Brookshire as photographer
1880 Jun 07
Meridian, MS, US census Brookshire as photographer
1888(incl in 1899 issue)
Meridian, MS, city directgory, Brookshire and Mathews as photographers at 405 23rd 1899
Meridian, MS, city directory W C Brookshire as photographer with Brookshire and Mathews at 403 23rd av
1900, 1902, 1903, 1905-1907, 1909
Meridian MS, city directory not available; 1899 is the earliest
1900 Jun 04
Meridian, MS, US census Brookshire as photographer
1901
Meridian, MS, city directory Brookshire as photographer with Brookshire and Thames at 403 23rd
1904
Meridian, MS, city directory Wm C Brookshire listed with no occupation shown; Central Gallery NOT listed
1908
Meridian, MS, city directory Brookshire no occupation shown
1910 Apr 23
Meridian, MS city directory, US census, Brookshire no occupation shown
1910 Sep 24
Meridian, MS, state records, William Carroll Brookshire dies at age 79

The only record found for Brookshire and Matthews together was in the 1899 Meridian, MS, city directory.

Matthews is listed only in that year at a rural address. He is listed in the city directory probably only because of his business association in the city. Brookshire continued on as photographer in Meridian, MS, but Matthews disappears.
1899
Meridian, MS, city directory W C Brookshire as photographer with Brookshire and Matthews at 403 23rd av
1899
Meridian, MS, city directory, James T Matthews as photographer with Brookshire and Matthews; res 1 Mile ne of city

And the listing still does not match the address on the cabinet card example here. Is the 405 address on the cabinet card a miss-print? Perhaps so. No other card found so far, from this partnership bears that address.

More likely it was a re-numbering by the city to accomodate new construction on the block.

It’s a good bet that the cabinet card featured here was done in 1899 or very near that year.

There were several examples found showing Brookshire and Matthews in the imprint. Note that NONE of them are exactly like the card at the top of the page. ALL of them list 403 23rd as the studio address not 405 Twenty-third. Some cards call the business “Central Gallery” while others call it “Central Art Gallery”.

So Brookshire and Matthews were together long enough to change their imprint at least four times.

photographer: Central Art Gallery
Brookshire, Matthews and Co
403 23rd Avenue, Meridian, Miss
example from BasseT Branches

photographer: Central Gallery
Brookshire, Matthews and Co
403 23 Avenue, Meridian, Miss
example from Geni.com

photographer: Central Art Gallery
Brookshire, Matthews and Co
403 23rd Avenue, Meridian, Miss

photographer: Central Art Gallery
Brookshire, Matthews and Co
403 23rd Avenue, Meridian, Miss

photographer: Central Gallery
405 23rd Avenue, Meridian, Miss
example from pinterest

photographer: Central Gallery
Brookshire, Matthews and Co
403 23 Avenue, Meridian, Miss

photographer: Central Gallery
Brookshire, Matthews and Co
403 23 Avenue, Meridian, Miss
example from auction site

photographer: Central Gallery
Brookshire, Matthews and Co
403 23 Avenue, Meridian, Miss
example from auction site

Following are examples contributed by S Pearson

photographer: Brookshire and Matthews
No. 12 Commerce Street, Merridian, MS
From contributor S Pearson

The card at the left is unique in that it shows the partnership of Brookshire and Matthews at No. 12 Commerce Street, before they were located at 403 or 405 23rd Street as the "Central Gallery"

The card at the right is imprinted with the 403 23rd Av address which is believed to be after they were located at 405, early on in their partnership.

photographer: Brookshire, Matthews and Company
403 23rd Av, Meridian, MS
example from S Pearson

photographer: Central Gallery
405 23rd Av, Merridian, MS
From contributor S Pearson

photographer: Central Gallery
405 23rd Av, Merridian, MS
From contributor S Pearson

photographer: Central Gallery
405 23rd Av, Merridian, MS
From contributor S Pearson

photographer: Central Gallery
405 23rd Av, Merridian, MS
From contributor S Pearson

photographer: Central Gallery
405 23rd Av, Merridian, MS
From contributor S Pearson

photographer: Central Gallery
405 23rd Av, Merridian, MS
From contributor S Pearson

photographer: Central Gallery
405 23rd Av, Merridian, MS
From contributor S Pearson

Note that the number “405” is a bit dimmer than the rest of the imprint in some of these seven examples. This could mean that it was a later addition to an original printing plate. Perhaps it was amended after the address number was changed from “403” to “405”.

Perhaps the four head-and-shoulders portraits above might even have been done the same day.

Following are examples are by Ella Berry, not known to be associated with the Central Gallery but a contemporary photographer

In the same album as the above examples from Brookshire and the Central Gallery, there are two standing portraits done by Ella Berry of Meridian, MS. Since this photographer is not listed in any of the available Meridian city directories, except 1899, it could be assumed that the two cards were made 1899 or before. It is doubtful they were done after 1921 as the cabinet card format was almost extinct by then. (See listings at top of this page.)

Note the backdrops are the same in both photographs but, the aging discolorations of the cards are different. They were probably NOT done at the same time. They could be weeks, even years apart.

The photographer’s imprints at the bottom of the cards are different designs. The imprint apparatus would be an expense and only the busiest photographer would need more than one at a time.

As an additional note, cabinet card mounts were imprinted as needed, not ahead of time as one might assume. In many cases, the front of the card was imprinted even after the photo had been mounted. (The reverse designs, if any, were usually done ahead at a print shop.)

Ella Berry was also among a rare collection of women photographers. There were thousands of photographers in the cabinet card era. Relatively few of them were women. So far, no trace of her has been found in available documents.

At the same time in Mississippi, there was a soap maker brand named "Miss Ella Berry" based in New Orleans.

Or was it the same person? We don't know because of the lack of city directories.

Eutaw (AL) Whig and Observer - 10 May 1888

Eutaw (AL) Whig and Observer - 10 May 1888

Meridian, MS, 1899 City Directory listing,
business section

Meridian, MS, 1899 City Directory listing,
residential section

Biloxi (MS) Daily Herald - 26 Jan 1899

But probably not the same Ella Berry.

photographer: Ellen Berry
Meridian, MS
example from S Pearson

photographer: Miss Ellen Berry
Meridian, MS
example from S Pearson

At the right is an interesting detail. Another photograph from Miss Ella Berry was found elsewhere, but this card has something in common with the two at the left. It is the same backdrop, just a little further to the left.

photographer: Miss Ella Berry
Meridian, MS
example from auction site

Additional examples of photographers from Meridian, MS, contributed by S Pearson
Since so little information has been found about the photographers in Meridian, MS, the following are examples from the same album are added here to perhaps help make connections to the Central Gallery photographs.
(These photographers are NOT part of the LOST GALLERY or Cabinet Card Photographers collections. )

photographer: A S Barnes
Meridian, MS
example from contributor S Pearson

reverse of card at left

photographer: A S Barnes
2319 Fourth St, Meridian, MS
example from contributor S Pearson

From the owner, S Pearson: "Photographs by A.S. Barns, who was murdered by one of his employees on September 25, 1896. So I think those are very good odds that the pictures were taken before he was murdered."

Jackson, MS, Clarion Ledger - 25 Sep 1896

photographer: A S Barnes
2319 Fourth St, Meridian, MS
example from contributor S Pearson

reverse of card at left

And last from the S Pearson collection: J T Phelps and W A Sigler.
Since so little information has been found about the photographers in Meridian, MS, the following are examples from the same album are added here to perhaps help make connections to the Central Gallery photographs.
(These photographers are NOT part of the LOST GALLERY or Cabinet Card Photographers collections. )

photographer: J T Phelps
Meridian, MS
example from contributor S Pearson
(Seen in Meridian city directories 1904 thru 1911)

The Phelps example seems an example of later day cabinet cards. Straight, beveled, gilt edge. And possibly not exactly 4.25 X 6.5 inches.

The Sigler card is owner-dated at before 1906.
The gentleman in the photograph died February, 1906.

photographer: W A Sigler
Waynesboro, MS
example from contributor S Pearson

reverse of card above

Just for a little added completeness, here are a couple cabinet cards from the Thompson Studio, mentioned in the city directories as a comtemporary to the Central Gallery.

Photographer: Thompson
Mobile, AL and Meridian MS
example from auction site

Not the one you were looking for? Here's the photographer's INDEX by name.
ONLY Cabinet Card photographers found in
LOST GALLERY
are reviewed here.

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.

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.