Cabinet Card Photographers: March 2024

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Women Photographers of the Cabinet Card era - A

These pages are to develop a catalogue of the woman photographers during the Cabinet Card Era (about 1865 to 1900) in America. This is an ongoing project, adding names and examples as they are found. A work always in progress.

The central purpose in these pages is to help place a date on cabinet cards done by various photographers in various places. Here’s hoping you spot a card design or imprint that will help you date and identify that card in your collection.

Note that the examples here are not always cabinet cards, but the aim here is to collect female photographers who worked in the cabinet card era and cabinet card examples might be found.

These pages are for educational and informational purposes only. Any helpful suggestions are welcomed.

Links to additional information will be added when known.

One excellent resource is
The Classic: Women in the Dark, by Katherine Manthorne
EXAMPLES ARE FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Women who chose photography for their occupation during the
CABINET CARD ERA 1865 to 1900

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E - F
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I - J
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P - Q
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W - X
Y - Z

Promoting the care, understanding and collection of this unique format of 19th century photography. They are more than 100 years old. Handle with care.

Do not write on the reverse!

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 leave a comment and they will be immediately removed.

Sarah C Allison
Worthington, IN
example from LOST GALLERY

Kate Aplington
Council Grove, KS
example from the fine collection of
mj aux on Flickr

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.

Women Photographers of the Cabinet Card era - B

Links to additional information will be added when known.

One excellent resource is
The Classic: Women in the Dark, by Katherine Manthorne
EXAMPLES ARE FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Women who chose photography for their occupation during the
CABINET CARD ERA 1865 to 1900

A
B
C
D
E - F
G
H
I - J
K
L

M
N
O
P - Q
R
S
T
U - V
W - X
Y - Z

Promoting the care, understanding and collection of this unique format of 19th century photography. They are more than 100 years old. Handle with care.

Do not write on the reverse!

photographer: Mrs Baker
Kerryville, TX
example from auction site

Example pending

Elma Bamberg
Topeka, KS
circa 1918

Photographer: Bell
Eastside Square, Girard, Kans.
probably finished between 1888 and 1896 by

Mrs H M Berglof
Concordia, KS
example from Ancestry.com

Ella Berry
Meridian, MS
example from the collection of S Pearson

Example pending
Misses Bissell of Wichita, KS

Miss Bissell
Wichita, KS
example pending

Potos (MO) Journal - 02 Dec 1895

example pending

photographer: Mrs Black
Potosi, Mo

Example pending

P P Bliss,
(no known location)
Possibly not a photographer

Mrs Brockway
Wellsville, Kansas
example from LOST GALLERY

photographer: Mrs Brockway
Wellsville, KS
example from auction site

photographer: Mrs R M Brown
of Belleville, KS
example from the LOST GALLERY collection
(also see example at right)

photographer: Barton Gallery
Artist: Mrs Mary Brown
Caineville, MO
example from auction site
(Cainesville, MO is actually only a short distance from Belleville, KS)

photographer: Ella L Buck
Anderson, WI
example from auction site

photographer: Olia Burger
Granby, MO
example from auction site

Example pending

Excellent coverage of Belle Bybee Chase at Photographs, Pistols, and Parasols

Miss Belle Bybee
Harper, KS

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.

Women Photographers of the Cabinet Card era - C

Links to additional information will be added when known.

One excellent resource is
The Classic: Women in the Dark, by Katherine Manthorne
EXAMPLES ARE FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Women who chose photography for their occupation during the
CABINET CARD ERA 1865 to 1900

A
B
C
D
E - F
G
H
I - J
K
L

M
N
O
P - Q
R
S
T
U - V
W - X
Y - Z

Promoting the care, understanding and collection of this unique format of 19th century photography. They are more than 100 years old. Handle with care.

Do not write on the reverse!

photographer: Rose Campbell
Erie, KS
example from auction site

photographer: Mary Carnell
1315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
esample from auction site
(Mary A Carnell was photographer at 1314 Chestnut from 1903 to 1912 according to Philadelphia city directories.)

photographer: Kay Chandler
McConnelville, Oh
example from auction site

photographer: Arabella Chapman
Albany, NY
Chapman Albums
Wikipedia Review

photographer: Miss Luella Cheever
Dighton, KS
example from auction site

photographer Julia O Child
Salamanca, NY
example from auction site

photographer: Martha Clizbe
Reedsburg, WI
example from Classic Photo Mag

photographer: Miss Carrie Clizbe
Elroy, WI
example from Cabinet Card Gallery

photographer: Clizbe Sisters
Reedburg, WI
example from Flickr collection of Kraushaar
(Note the same chair is used in the photo at the right)

photographer: Miss Carrie Clizbe
Elroy, WI
example from Flickr collection of Kraushaar

photographer: Miss Martha Clizbe
Reedburg, WI
ecxample from Reedsburg Library

photographer: Clizbe Sisters
Reedsburg, WI
example from auction site

photographer: Clizbe Sisters
Reedsburg, WI
example from Ephemera Obscura

photographer: Clizbe Sisters
Reedsburg, WI
example from Reedsburg Library

photographer: Mrs L Condon
28 1/2 Whitehall, Atlanta, GA
example from Georgia Photographres.Com

photographer: Mrs E J Cook
Utica, KS
example from auction site

photographer: Mrs Sarah Cummings
Scott City, KS
example from auction site

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.

Women Photographers of the Cabinet Card era - D

Links to additional information will be added when known.

One excellent resource is
The Classic: Women in the Dark, by Katherine Manthorne
EXAMPLES ARE FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Women who chose photography for their occupation during the
CABINET CARD ERA 1865 to 1900

A
B
C
D
E - F
G
H
I - J
K
L

M
N
O
P - Q
R
S
T
U - V
W - X
Y - Z

Promoting the care, understanding and collection of this unique format of 19th century photography. They are more than 100 years old. Handle with care.

Do not write on the reverse!

Example pending

photographer: Mrs A G DaLee (Martha)
Lawrence, KS
Great coverage at Photographs, Pistols and Parasols

Example pending

photographer: Mary Devens
(1868–1937) Cambridge, Massachusetts
Wikipedia

Example pending

photographer: Beverly Bennet Dobbs
(1857-1920) Bellingham, WA
Wikipedia

photographer: Harriet Drum
Kansas
example from LOST GALLERY

photographer: M Duquette
Merril, WI
example from Classic Photo Mag

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.

Women Photographers of the Cabinet Card era - E and F

Links to additional information will be added when known.

One excellent resource is
The Classic: Women in the Dark, by Katherine Manthorne
EXAMPLES ARE FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Women who chose photography for their occupation during the
CABINET CARD ERA 1865 to 1900

A
B
C
D
E - F
G
H
I - J
K
L

M
N
O
P - Q
R
S
T
U - V
W - X
Y - Z

Promoting the care, understanding and collection of this unique format of 19th century photography. They are more than 100 years old. Handle with care.

Do not write on the reverse!

photographer: H B Ellsworth
La Cygne, KS
example from auction site

Example pending

photographer: Susan McDowell Eakins
(1851-1938)
Philadelphia, PA
Wikipedia

Example pending

photographer: Chansonetta Stanley Emmons
(1858—1937)
Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Wikipedia

photographer: lara Ensminger
Yuma, CO
example from Beinedke Rare Books

Example pending

photographer: Dulah Marie Evans
(1875-1951)
CHicago, IL
Wikipedia

Example pending

Miss Everhart
Leavenworth, KS

Example pending
Cabinet card example is doubtful

photograpaher: Emma Justine Farnsworth
(1860-1952)
New York
Wikipedia

photographer: Mrs J H Fitzgibbon
927 Olive Street, St Louis, MO
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: Jennie Flemming
Concil Bluffs, IA
CDV example from mj aux on Flickr

Example pending
Cabinet card example is doubtful

photograpaher: Mary Edith Fly
(known as Mollie Fly)
(1847-1925)
Tombstone, AZ
WIkipedia

Example pending

photograpaher: Maud Frink
Ottawa, KS
circa 1911

photographer: Folsom
Danbury, CN
example from auction site
(very poor scan)

Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle
- 14 Jul 1927

There has been no method found to show whether these examples were finished by J H Folson before his death in 1883 or by his wife Mrs J H Folsom, active 1884 to 1897.

J H Folsom conducted a photograph studio in Danbury, CN, from 1872 until his death in 1883. Mrs J H Folsom (Sarah Lockwood) is listed in available city directories from 1885 to 1897 as photographer with her own studio in Danbury, CN.

In 1897 she retires, moves to Albion, New York, and apparently gets out of the photography business. Her studio in Danbury, CN, was taken over by Frank Allen. She lives with her daughter Jenny and Jenny’s husband, photographer James Lent in Albion, New York. Sarah Lockwood (Folsom) dies in 1927 at age 84.

The partnership of Folsom and Moffitt was quite possibly between Arthur L Moffet and Joseph H Folsom, not with Sarah Folsom, unless it was a very short business arrangement. No mention of A L Moffitt was found in Albion, NY, city directories during Mrs Folsom’s active years. If that is so, this card would date the partnership some time before J H Folsom died in 1883.

photographer: Folsom
Danbury, CN
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: Mrs R F Frush
New Hampton, IA
example from auction site

photographer: Jennie Funk
Effingham, IL
example from Effingham Daily News

Photographer: Lou Fullerton
Stanberry, Missouri
example from LOST GALLERY

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.