Cor First and Main, Fort Scott, KS
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William T D’ole opened a photograph/artist gallery in Fort Scott, KS, Feburary of 1889. He and his brother Sam also manufactured emulsion photo paper. They moved back to Michigan in October of 1891.
W T D'Ole died in 1936 at the age of 79.
23 Feb 1890
30 Sept 1891
27 Feb 1890
04 May 1890
28 Aub 1893
William T D'Ole had a studio in Kansas City, MO, in 1887 and 1888.
936 Main Street, Kansas City, MO
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936 Main Street, Kansas City, MO
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936 Main Street, Kansas City, MO
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936 Main Street, Kansas City, MO
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(Note error in spelling of name)
In the early days of photography, the copyright laws were not what they are today. Many established galleries had racks of cabinet cards for sale, with photographs of local buildings and landmarks, local dignitaries, and famous personalities. These “Views” as they were called, were often copies of photographs made at other galleries by other photographers. (Those old bellows portrait cameras made excellent copiers.)
One such “celebrity” photograph was the portrait of Robert McGee who had been severely injured and survived.
Following are two examples, of this portrait. Possibly, neither of the photographers shown on the cards, were the original artists.
26 Apr 1893
The cards at the right have been
GREATLY ENHANCED and RESTORED. Use here is only to illustrate how some photographs of well known people were copied and sold by more than one photographer.
The origial photographer might have been either or neither of the two shown.
KCMO
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Kansas City, MO
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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.
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sometimes an important clue to the age of the card.
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