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
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.
Great Bend (KS) Register - 02 Sep 1886
photographer: Miss Sallie Garrity
According to newspaper items, Sallie E Garrity worked as photographer on her own and with partners Cook or Wollett. She definitely ran her own studio in Louisville, KY, from about 1887 to 1890 according to city directories.
example from Photographs, Pistols and Parasols
Louisville, KY
example from pinterest
Chicago, IL
Is this the same Miss Garrity?
example from pinterest
Louisville, KY
example from pinterest
photographer: Addie M Gendron
Tremont Row, Boston, MA
example source unknown from pinterest
Cedar Falls (IA) Gazette - 04 Feb 1875
Example pending
Johnsbury, VT
Grand Rapids, MI
exaple from Tempe Museum
Grand Rapids, MI
exaple from Tempe Museum
Rose A Goodwin
(Nee Rosetta Young Aldrich)
Rose Goodwin's experience as a photographer
appears to have been very brief, if ever.
No document or newspaper account of any kind has been found crediting her as a photographer.
Example pending
Johnsbury, VT
Example pending
Lacon, IL
18 Mar 1897
Beloit, KS
Ella and Sarah were sisters
Example pending
Lockport, NY
Example pending
Waseca, MN
Great Bend, KS
example from auction site
Great Bend, KS
example from auction site
Great Bend, KS
example from annonymous contributor
Great Bend, KS
example from contributor
To date, NOTHING has been found about photographer Jones of Great Bend, Kansas.
At the present, it looks like photographer Jones must have been in business only a short time.
But, wait now, there's something very familiar about the wall in that setting.
Great Bend, KS
example from contributor
So, it looks like the "Jones", might have been Mrs W P Jones, once partnered with
Lida Loomiller.
Great Bend, KS
examle from auction site
Misses Ocie C Smith and Lida Loomiller were partners with a photograph gallery in Great Bend, Kansas, from about August of 1893 to at least July of 1894. No mention of the partners has been found after that date.
Great Bend (KS) Weekly Tribune - 01 Sep 1893
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.
Cabinet cards typically have the photographer’s name and address printed on the bottom edge or the reverse of the card. 19th century photographers moved around a lot. The basic idea here is to find WHEN a photographer was WHERE, which will help date an unidentified CABINET CARD from your family album.
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.
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