Wyley J Layton of Brookhaven, MS

photographer: W J layton
Brookhaven, MS
example from A Lemke

imprint detail

Wylie J Layton
(1865-1929)

1865 Jul 25
Georgia, Clay County, near Fort Gaines, GZ; Wyley Layton is born
1902 Sep 03
Brookhaven (MS) Weekly Leader; item says W J Layton, photographer, has sent up a tent
1902 Dec 10
Brookhaven (ME) Semi-Weekly Leader; display ad for “The Tent”
1903 Mar 11
Brookhaven (ME) Semi-Weekly Leader; display ad for the tent
1904 Jan 02
Brookhaven (ME) Semi-Weekly Leader; item says a new building will be occupied by photographer Layton
1905 Aug 30
Brookhaven (ME) Semi-Weekly Leader; display ad for W J Layton, photographer
1905 Nov 15
Brookhaven (ME) Semi-Weekly Leader; display ad for W J Layton, photographer
1906 Dec 12
Brookhaven (ME) Semi-Weekly Leader;, large display ad for W J Layton, photographer
1907 Mar 08
Brookhaven (ME) Semi-Weekly Leader; item says W J Layton has purchased new equipment

1910 Apr 16
Brookhaven City, MS, US census, first mention found for Wyley J Layton as photographer; res 130 W Chicopee St in Brookhaven City, MS
1914
Brookhaven, MS, city directory (only year available); Wiley J Layton as photographer; res 205 n First
1919 Jun 25
Brookhaven (ME) Semi-Weekly Leader; item describes W J Layton career in Brookhaven
1920 Jan 13
Brookhaven, MS, US census; Wyley Layton as photographer
1921 Nov 23
Brookhaven (ME) Semi-Weekly Leader; small ad for W J Layton Studio
1929 Jan 28
Brookhaven, MS, state records, Wyley J Layton dies at age 63

Wyley J Layton advertised in the newspaper very often. There are hundreds of newspaper ad examples available from the period of 1902 to 1929.

His origins as a photographer are still a bit cloudy. He apparently started out just as the Cabinet Card was nearly over. Due to new materials available to the photographers at the turn of the century, the popularity of the Cabinet Card format gave way to fancy folders and slip-in, embossed mats.

Brookhaven (MS) Weekly Leader -
03 Sep 1902

Brookhaven (MS) Weekly Leader -
10 Dec 1902

Brookhaven (MS) Weekly Leader -
18 Mar 1903

Brookhaven (MS) Weekly Leader -
02 Oct 1904

Brookhaven (MS) Weekly Leader -
30 Aug 1905

Brookhaven (MS) Weekly Leader -
15 Nov 1905

Brookhaven (MS) Weekly Leader -
12 Dec 1906

Brookhaven (MS) Weekly Leader -
08 Mar 1907

Brookhaven (MS) Weekly Leader -
25 Jun 1919

Brookhaven (MS) Weekly Leader -
23 Nov 1921

Brookhaven (MS) Weekly Leader -
unknown date

photographer: W J layton
Brookhaven, MS
example from A Lemke
(not a cabinet card)

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.
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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.

W H B Hardy of Wesson, Mississippi

photographer: W H Hardy
Wesson, MS (probaby based in Jackson)
example from contributor A Lemke

W H B Hardy
(1864-1906)

1864 Aug 05
Mississippi, Find a Grave, William Henry Hardy is born to James and Mirah Hardy
1870 Jun 23
Mississippi, “North East Beat” Jasper County, Wesley at age 4
1880 Jul 03
Mississippi. Jasper County, W Hardy as farm hand
1885 Feb
From 1900 census, W H Hardy and S. Jane Hardy are married
1891 Apr 25
Wesson (MS) Mirror, item says W H B Hardy, photographer, is building an addition to his home
1891 Sep 20 to 1893 Feb 13
Wesson (MS) Mirror newspaper, same ad runs at least 25 times, almost monthly

1892 Feb 13
Wesson (MS) Mirror newspaper, small item says W H B Hardy visited Hazlehurst
1892 Feb 13
Wesson (MS) Mirror newspaper, item says W H Hardy has sold his gallery to a gentleman in Hazelhurst
1900 Jun 26
Copiah Co, “beat 2”, MS, US census, W H B Hardy as photographer
1901
Meridian, MS, city directory bus sect: Hardy NOT listed ..Elite Studio 2315 4th
1904
San Jose, CA, city directory, W H Hardy NOT listed
1905
San Jose, CA, city directory, W H Hardy as photographer e Main
1906
San Jose, CA, city directory, W H Hardy as photographer e Main
1906 Dec 09
W H B Hardy dies at age 42 (location was either San Jose, CA or Wesson, MS)

Not much is known about W H Hardy of Wesson, MS. No other cabinet card examples have been found.

Here is a collection of other works by Hardy from Mississippi Dept of Archives and History (MDAH)

Wesson (MS) Mirror -
27 Sep 1890

Wesson (MS) Mirror -
25 Apr 1891

Wesson (MS) Mirror -
21 Nov 1891

Ads almost identical to this one ran 25 times between 20 Sep 1891 and 13 Feb 1893

Wesson (MS) Mirror -
13 Feb 1892

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.