John Jacob Unbehaun

photographer: Unbehaun
Deshler, NE
(heavy stock, embossed, bevel edge)
example from LOST GALLERY

John Jacob Unbehaun
(1875-1959)

1875 Dec 29
Mokena, IL, state records, John Jacob Unbehaun is born to John Unbehaun and Carolyn Werner
1880 Jun 18
Frankfort, IL, US census John J Unbehaun at age 4
1900 Jun 04
Frankfort, IL, US census, John J Unbehaun, age 25, as no occupation shown, living with parents on farm
1909
Thayer, NE, state record, John J Unbehaun and Amanda Eitzman are married
1909 Apr 16
Deshler (NE) Rustler, news item says John J Unbehaun, photographer, is now located in Deshler, NE
1910 Feb 02 plus repeats through May
Hebron (NE) Champion, display ad says John N Unbehaun has opened gallery in Deshler, NE
1910 Apr 16
Deshler, NE, US census, John J Unbehaun as photographer with own studio

1911 Jan 16
Deshler (NE) Rustler, small item says Unbehaun is building a home and Gallery east of city hall, Deshler, NE
1911 Nov 30
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item tells of Unbehaun studio in Deshler
1912 May 06
Deshler (NE) Rustler, small ad for John J Unbehaun, photographer of Deshler, NE
1912 Nov 12
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item says Unbehaun is photographer and inventor in Deshler, NE
1913 Apr 17
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item tells of new additions to Unbehaun Art Studio
1914 Apr 09
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item tells of increase in business at Unbehaun photographer
1914 Jun 04
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item tells of death of the father of John J Unbehaun, photographer
1915 Mar 08
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item says John J Unbehaun, photographer, was in Beatrice, NE, the previous week

1915 Jul 08
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item says J J Unbehaun has purchased some new photograph equipment
1916 Jun 29
Deshler (NE) Rustler, ad says John J Unbehaun is now selling "real"cameras
1917 Jan 25
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item says Unbehaun has pictures of the Deshler Skating Pond for sale
1917 May 31
Deshler (NE) Rustler, Item indicates John J Unbehaun has turned his attention to real estate
1917 Jun 14
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item says John Unbehaun, photographer, receives word of mother’s illness
1917 Nov 22
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item shows John Unbehaun is not in investments business
1917
Omaha, NE, state gazetteer, John J Unbehaun as photographer in Deshler, Omaha, Nebraska
1918 Mar 07
Deshler (NE) Rustler, ad for John J Unbehaun, about land investments
1918 Jul 25
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item calls John Unbehaun the “busy photographer and land man”

1918 Sep 12
Deshler, NE, draft registration John Jacob Unbehaun as photographer and farmer
1919 May 08
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item tells of John J Unbehaun investments in Yuma and Kit Carson, CO
1920 Jan 20
Spring Creek, NE, U S Census, John Unbehaun as photographer with own gallery
1920 Apr 22
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item tells of customers of John J Unbehaun, photographer
1923 Jul 11
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item says John J Unbehaun “photographer” has purchased a car
1924 Mar 03
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item tells of business at Unbehaun the photographer

1925 Aug 02
Lincoln (NE) State Journal, item says John J Unbehaun and real estate and now getting back to photography
1927 Apr 13
Deshler (NE) Rustler, picture and caption of John J Unbehaun, photographer of Deshler, NE
1929 Aurora, IL, city directory, John J Unbehaun as Illinois Art Studio; res 217 Main
1929 Jul 03
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item tells of farewell party for Mrs John J Unbehaun, planning to move to Aurora, IL with family;
same date, small item invites customers to continue to patronize the Deshler Art Studio, indicating the studio continued to operate under that name after John J Unbehaun moves away

1930 Apr 10
Aurora, IL, US census, John J Unbehaun as photographer
1935
Aurora, IL, from 1940 US census, John Unbehaun at same address as 1940
1940 Apr 04
Aurora, IL, US census, John Unbehaun as photographer
1941 Jun 25
Deshler (NE) Rustler, item says John J Unbehaun, ”former photographer here” tells of his son, Werner
1950 Apr 20
Aurora, IL, US census, John J Unbehaun, no occupation shown

1959 May 09
Aurora, IL, state records, FindaGrave, John J Unbehaun dies at age 83
1959 May 13
Deshler (NE) Rustler, notice that John J Unbehaun former photographer of Deshler, NE, has died at his home in Aurora, IL

John J Unbehaun was a lifelong photographer working basically in only two states.

Brief recap of locations:
Deshler, NE – 1909 to 1929
Aurora, IL - 1929 to 1950 (studio continues after Unbehaun retires)

Although the cabinet card format would be the choice in the earlier years, before 1900, they could be used occasionally in later years.

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
16 Apr 1900

Hebron (NE) Champion -
20 May 1910

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
05 Aug 1910

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
29 Sep 1910

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
16 Mar 1911

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
08 Dec 1910

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
16 Feb 1911

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
09 Feb 1911

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
23 Feb 1911

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
06 Apr 1911

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
30 Nov 1911

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
14 Dec 1911

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
09 May 1912

Byron (NE) Blade -
17 May 1912

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
11 JAN 1912

Hebron (NE) Register -
28 Feb 1913

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
17 Apr 1913

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
25 Dec 1913

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
08 Jan 1914

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
09 Apr 1914

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
04 Jun 1914

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
08 Jul 1915

Deshler (NE) Rustler - 29 Jun 1916

Deshler (NE) Rustler - 25 Jan 1917

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
31 May 1917

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
14 Jun 1917

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
22 Nov 1917

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
07 Mar 1918

Deshler (NE) Rustler - 22 Aor 1920

Deshler (NE) Rustler - 02 Aug 1925

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
13 Apr 1927

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
03 Jul 1929

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
03 Jul 1929

Deshler (NE) Rustler -
13 May 1959

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.

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George F Gale

Photographer: G. F. Gale
Joliet & Aurora, Ill
example from LOST GALLERY

1843
Birth according to Civil War Registration
1844 Apr
Birth according to the 1900 US census
1863
Civil War registration lists him as artist at 20 years old
1865
Joliet, IL, US IRS tax assessment George F Gale as photographer with Gale and Curtis photographers (Charles L Curtis)
1965 (no 1864 available)
Memphis, TN, city directory George F Gale as photographer at 239 Main; Note Gale is not listed in the business section which probably means he was working for another photographer
1866, 1867
Memphis, TN, city directory George F Gale NOT listed
1883
Dallas, TX, city directory, George F Gale as photographer at 609 Elm; res same
1884
Dallas, TX, city directory, George F Gale NOT listed

1884
Joliet, IL, city directory as Gale Brothers with John G. Gale, photographers
1885
Joliet, IL, city directory George F Gale as photographer at 109 Jefferson: res same
1886
Joliet (IL) Evening Herald issue 22 MAR 1907, article says G F Gale was photographer at 109 Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL
1887
Joliet, IL, city directory G F Gale as photographer at 109 Jefferson; res same
1888-1893
Joliet, IL, city directory George F Gale as photographer at Barber Building, 114-116 Chicago St
1894 Apr 02
Joliet (IL) Daily Republican small ad for G F Gale at Barber Building
1894 Sep 21
Joliet (IL) News item says G F Gale is photographer at the Barber Building
1895
Joliet, IL, city directory George F Gale as photographer at Barber Building, 114-116 Chicago St.; bds St Nicolas Hotel

From the 1887 Joliet, IL, city directory

1896
Joliet, IL, city directory George F Gale as photographer at Barber Building, residence Aurora, IL
1898
Joliet, IL, city directory, as photographer at Barber Building, residence same building
1899, 1900, 1901
Joliet, IL, city directory, G F Gale NOT listed residential or business section
1899
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, G F Gale NOT listed
1900 Jun 04
Earth, MN, US census, George F Gale as photographer; Roomer at South Trout street
Moved to Indianapolis?
1900 to 1909
Indianapolis, IN, city directory George F Gale NOT listed
1910
Indianapolis, IN, city directory George F Gale as mfg agt (vacuum cleaners) at 314 Board of Trade Bldg; res 540 n Illinois

1911
Indianapolis, IN, city directory George F Gale as mfg agt at 314 Board of Trade Bldg; res boards at 20 w Walnut
1912
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, George Gale as photographer 2, 157 n Illinois; res same
1913
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, George “S” Gale as photographer; res 20 w Walnut; NOT is business pages
1914
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, George F Gale as photographer; res 20 w Walnut
1915
Indianapolis, IN, city directory George F Gale NOT listed
1917
Hamilton, OH, G F Gale as photographer at 102 N 2nd; NOT listed in business section

If all these documents are correct, George F Gale was photographer most all of his life, but not always with his own studio. All documents and newspaper items found list him as a photographer except for a couple newspaper ads in 1909 showing he was in the vacuum cleaner business for a while. There are big gaps in his timeline, from 1868 to 1883 and from about 1901 to 1909 when his location and activity remain unknown. He shows up as photographer again in 1912 through1917.

So far, the date of his death is unknown.


Another example at
Amelia Island Museum
A good example of a reverse at
Luminous Lint

Joliet (IL) Daily Republican - 02 Apr 1894


Joliet (IL) Daily Republican - 02 Apr 1894

Joliet (IL) News - 21 Sep 1894

Indianapolis (IN) Star Sun - 23 May 1909

Indianapolis (IN) Star Sun - 11 Jul 1909

photographer: Gale
Joliette and Aurora, IL
example from auction site

photographer: Gale
Joliette and Aurora, IL
example from auction site

photographer: Gale
114-116 N Chicago, Joliet, IL
exam0le from auction site

photographer: G F Gale
Joliete, Il
example from contributor D Brekke

photographer: G F Gale
Joliete, Il
example from contributor D Brekke

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.

DeWitt Clinton Pratt

Photographer
D C Pratt
Aurora, Illinois.
(enhanced example)

It is difficult to believe but there were at least three people in eastern US, in the 19th century, named DeWitt Clinton Pratt; a constable, a carpenter and a photographer. There were even more named DeWitt Pratt, D. Pratt and D. C. Pratt.

D. C. Pratt spent most of his career working in Aurora, IL. When he died in 1903 his son, Edmund carried on the profession with a few interruptions until his death in 1924.

The timeline here shows a few variances in the studio address which should help date a card when the address is included in imprint.

DeWitt Clinton Pratt
(1823 - 1903)

Births of children included in lieu of other unavailable documents to show the location of D. C. Pratt
1823 Aug 14
D. C. Pratt born in Homer, Cortland, NY
1847 Jul 13
marries Mary M Burdick
1850 Jan
daughter Florence Mary Pratt born in Aurora, IL
1856 Feb 14
daughter Eveline Estelle Pratt born in Lake Forest, IL
1860 Jan
daughter Francis Eugenia Pratt born in Aurora, IL
1860 Jun 14
US census as “Artist” in Aurora, IL

1863 Jul 01
Civil War draft registration, as artist
1864
Aurora, IL, city directory as photographer
1866 Oct 16
son Edmund C. Pratt born in Aurora, IL
1867
Aurora, IL, city directory as photographer at 48 Broadway
1870 Jul 20
US census as photographer
1880 Jun 12
US census as photographer at 48 s Broadway
1885
marries Charlotte A. Pratt in Aurora, IL
1900 Jun 01
US census as photographer; res at 19 so Lincoln
1902
Aurora, IL, city directory as photographer; res 19 so Lincoln
1903 Aug 24
dies in Aurora, IL at age 80

So DeWitt Clinton Pratt was an active photographer from about 1850 to 1902. From the physical appearance of the card, it was probably done early in the decade following 1890.

full page ad from the 1880 Aurora, IL, city directory

Interocean Sun - 31 Dec 1893

photographer: D C Pratt
Aurora, IL
example from Elstonology

reverse of card at left

photographer: D C Pratt
Aurora, IL
example from contributor

photographer: Pratt
Broadway, Aurora, IL
CdV example from James Agnew on Flickr

reverse of CdV at left

photographer: C D Pratt
48 Broadway, Aurora, IL
CDV example from Elstonology

Reverse of CDV at left

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.