Jarvis White

photographer Jarvis White Art Co
320 Brady, Davenport, IA

reverse of card at left

1869
Milford, MA, city directory, Jarvis White with A and J White, “Fancy Goods” 136 Main, res So Main near Grove; bds with Asa White
1870
Milford, MA, city directory, Jarvis White, Pictures and Picture Frames, 100 Main, bds Mansion House
1871 Jan 28
New England Farmer, newspaper item says Jarvis White was included in fire loss at Milford Mass
1872, 1874
Milford, MA, city directory, Jarvis White as Fancy Goods, 100 Main, bds School, School, corner of Pine
1876
Davenport, IA, city directory, Jarvis White as photographer with Hastings, White and Fisher, 320 Brady Street
1877
Davenport, IA, city directory, Jarvis White as photographer with Hastings, White and Fisher, 324 Brady Street (probably a misprint)

1878, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1885
Davenport, IA, city directory, Jarvis White as photographer with Hastings, White and Fisher, 320 Brady Street
1888, 1890
Davenport, IA, city directory, Jarvis White as photographer with Jarvis White and Co, 320 Brady
1892, 1894, 1896
Superior, WI, city directory, Jarvis White as Jarvis White and Co, (paints, oils, wallpaper and pictures) “n s 58th-1 e of Tower Av.; res e s Cumming av 1 n of Stinson av
1897, 1899
Superior, WI, city directory, Jarvis White and Co, (paints, oils, wallpaper and pictures) “n s 58th-1 e of Tower Av.; Does NOT appear as a resident

Meanwhile, back in Davenport…
1892
Davenport, IA, city directory, Jarvis White as photographer at Jarvis White Art Co, 320 Brady St; res S Superior, Wisconsin ( as president of Jarvis White Art Co.)
1894, 1896, 1898
Davenport, IA, city directory, Jarvis White Art Co, John B Hostetler, President 320 Brady
1900
Davenport, IA, city directory, Jarvis White Art Co, John B Hostetler, President, M L Hostetler, sec and Treas, 320 Brady
1901, 1902, 1906 Davenport, IA, city directory, no photograph gallery at 320 Brady; John B Hostetler, photographer is at 210 Brady

The documents on Jarvis White are rather scarce but the Davenport, IA, studio “Jarvis White Art Co.” operated under that name from about 1890 to 1900. Jarvis White might actually have operated the place from about 1890 to 1892, and then he returned to Superior, WI, and acted only as “president” of the company. It was about an 8 hour trip by train.

In 1894, John B Hostetler took over as president at the same location and kept the name “Jarvis White Art Co” until 1900.

So, any cabinet cards with the imprint of only, “Jarvis White Art Co, could have been done at any time during that decade from 1890 to 1900. Other imprints might narrow it down a bit.

Boston (MA) New England Farmer -
28 Jan 1871

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Addie M Gendron

Photographer: A M Gendron
#1 Hubbard Block, Watertown, NY
example from D Maxie

reverse of CdV at left

Addie M Gendron
(1855 – 1904)

Canada, church records, Addie M Gendron is born to Joseph Gendron and wife
1861
Canada, Canadian census, Adee Gendron at age 7
1868 - 1869
Syracuse, NY, city directory, Addie Gendron NOT listed
1870
Syracuse, NY, city directory, Addie Gendron as photographer; 12 Gertrude
1871
Syracuse, NY, city directory, Addie Gendron as clerk; bds 26 Seymour
1872
Syracuse, NY, city directory, Addie Gendron NOT listed
1880
Boston, MA, city directory, NO Gendron listed
1881, 1884
Westerly, RI, city directory Miss A M Gendron as photographer at 70 High; bds 45 High
1882, 1883
Boston, MA, city directory, Addie M Gendron NOT listed
1884
Boston, MA, city directory, (business pages only) A M Gendron NOT listed

1885
Westerly, RI, city directory Miss A M Gendron as photographer at 70 High; bds 45 High
1885
Boston, MA, city directory, Miss Addie M Gendron (Gendron and Co) at 24 Tremont; bds 26 Lynde
1886
Boston, MA, city directory, pages missing
1888
Westerly, RI, city directory, Entry says that A M Gendron has removed to Boston, MA
1889, 1890
Boston, MA, city directory, A M Dendron as photographer at 13 Tremont row; res same
1892, 1893
Boston, MA, city directory, A M Gendron and Co, photographers at 13 Tremont; res 91 Court
1894
Boston, MA, city directory, A M Gendron and Co, photographers at 13 Tremont
1895
Boston, MA, city directory, A M Gendron as photographer at 13 Tremont Row; res 556 Temple
1896, 1897
Boston, MA, city directory, A M Gendron as photographer at 13 Tremont Row; rms 28 Cedar
1898
Boston, MA, city directory, A M Gendron NOT listed
1904
Stoneham, MA, state records, Addie M Gendron dies at age 49; Stoneham is just 10 miles north of Boston.

It is a good guess that the CdV example here, was done between 1872 and 1885. There are some other gaps in documenting the life of Addie M Gendron, but this period seems the most logical. Once moving to Massachusetts about 1885, it does not appear she ever left.

In the 1870 Syracuse, NY, city directory she is listed as a photographer. She was probably working for another photographer’s studio and started her own studio soon after that. In 1870 Addie would have been only 15. In the Rhode Island State census of 1875 she is listed as a photographer at age 25, while birth records show she would have been only 20. She may have had to “adjust” her age to get past some business regulations.

Westerly, RI city directory indicates she had a studio there between 1885 and 1888.

Addie Gendron ran her own studio as Gendron and Company, in Boston, until at least 1895 when she apparently moves to Stoneham, MA.

Several examples may be seen at WIKIComons

AND in the collection of mjAux on Flickr

See also KEN on Flickr

Watertown, NY - 1872

Watertown, NY - 13 Jun 1872
Boston (MA) Globe - 04 Nov 1887

Cambridge (MA) Chronicle - 1891
Boston (MS) Globe - 15 Feb 1898

Photographer: Gendron
Westerly, RI
example from auction site

photographer: Gendron
Tremont Row, Boston, MA
example from Harvard Art Museum Collection
(note bottom edge has been trimmed)

photographer: Gendron
13 Tremont Row, Boston, MA
example from Empty Branches website

photographer: Gendron
13 Tremont Row, Boston, MA
example from Daguerreian Dandy

photographer: Gendron
Tremont Row, Boston, MA
example source unknown from pinterest

photographer: Gendron
13 Trenton Row, Boston, MA
example from auction site

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James A McFadden of Boston

Photographer: McFadden
6 Winter St,. Boston

The sketchy story of photographer James A. McFadden was even made more difficult because there was another James McFadden living in the same town, at the same time, with fathers with the same first name, John. The two James A. McFaddens even lived in the same boarding house one year. The second James McFadden was just two years younger worked making window shades and Venetian blinds.

James A. McFadden
(1857 - 1894)

1857 Apr 13
Lawrence, MA, state records, James A McFadden is born to John M McFadden and Rachel J Orr
1877
Boston, MA, city directory, J A McFadden NOT listed
1878
Boston, MA, city directory, Jas A. McFadden as photographer, rms 149 Shaw ave; not in bus sect

1879
Hudson, MA, town records, James A. McFadden and Martha J. Maiteland are married
1880
Boston, MA, city directory, J. A. McFadden as photographer, bds 19 Buckingham;
1880 Jun 11
Boston, MA, US census, James A McFadden as photographer; wife “Mattie G” (millinery); brother John A, as window curtains
1881
Boston, MA, city directory not available
1881 Jun 20
Boston (MA) Post, news item, Fire burns out McFadden Millinery at Green Bay, WS
1882
Boston, MA, city directory James A. McFadden, photographer at 6 Winter, bds 41 Buckingham (also in bus sect);
Note: the 1882 Boston, MA, city directory also lists at 41 Buckingham: John McFaden as Mason, J Otis McFadden prop Boston Shade co; Mrs J A McFadden (Barry & McFadden millinery)

1883
Boston, MA, city directory, James A. McFadden, photographer at 6 Winter, bds 41 Buckingham (also in bus sect)
1884
Boston, MA, city directory, (No residential section, bus sect only) James A. McFadden, photographer at 6 Winter; wife Martha NOT listed in Millenry
1885
Boston, MA, city directory, J. A. and Mrs. Martha McFadden are not in this directory; brother J Otis, prop Boston Shade is listed, bds Berkley cor Columbus Av
1886
Boston, MA, city directory, J. A. McFadden, res 55 Appleton, bus sect as McFadden and Shaw, photographers at 913 Washington with William F. Shaw;
1887, 1888
Boston, MA, city directory not available
1889
Boston, MA, city directory, James A. McFadden rms 55 Appleton, listed as working at 122 Elliot but does not say what business; NOT listed in Business Section; Wife M J McFadden is NOT listed
William F. Shaw listed as photographer in the business section;
A. A. Glines is photographer at 6 Winter

1890
Boston, MA, city directory, James A. McFadden, rms 55 Appleton, no occupation shown; Neither McFadden nor Shaw are listed in the business section
1891
Boston, MA, city directory not available
1892
Boston, MA, city directory, James A. McFadden NOT listed in res or bus sect; Mrs M J McFadden, Millinery Goods at 591 Washington; res 8 Hollis
1893
Boston, MA, city directory, J. A. McFadden NOT listed; Mrs M J McFadden as Millinery Goods at 546 and 591 Washington, res 130 Dartmouth
1894
Boston, MA, city records, notation of death of James McFadden at West Bridgewater and James McFadden at Bridgewater
1894, 1895
Boston, MA, city directory Mrs. M. J. McFadden, millinery goods, 546 and 591 Washington, h 2 E Brookline

Boston, MA, city directories and the US Census of 1880 find James McFadden in Boston as a photographer from about 1878 to 1890. He appears to have been located at 6 Winter, Boston, MA, only one time, in 1882.

Efforts to document the actual date of death for James A McFadden have been unsuccessful. He does not appear in the photograph business, in Boston, after 1889.

Boston Globe
21 Jun 1881

Boston Globe
03 Aug 1894

Example of Glines, mentioned in timeline at 1889

photographer: Arthur A Glines
6 Winter St, Boston, MA
Example from auction site (See mention at 1889 in timeline

reverse of card at left

photographer: McFadden
6 Winter St, Boston, MA
example from contributor
(finished about 1882-1883)

photographer: McFadden
6 Winter St, Boston, MA
example from LOST GALLERY
(finished about 1882-1883)

photographer: McFadden
6 Winter St, Corner of Washington, Boston, MA
example from contributor
(finished about 1882-1883)

reverse of card at left

photographer: McFadden
913 Washington, Boston, MA
example from auction site
(finished about 1886)

photographer: McFadden
913 Washington, Boston, MA
example from contributor
(finished about 1886)

McFadden of Bath, ME

Bath, Maine is only 150 miles from Boston, MA. It is quite possible that J A McFadden had a studio there but no documentation has been found. There is no similarity in the imprints.

photographer: McFadden
Bath, ME
example from auction site

photographer: McFadden
Bath, ME
example from auction site

McFadden of Millersburg, OH
No connection has been found to McFadden of Boston so far.

photographer: J J McFadden
Millersberg, OH
example from auction site

So far no connection has been made to J A McFadden of Boston.

reverse of CDV at left

McFadden of Buffalo, NY
No connection has been found to McFadden of Boston so far.

photographer: McFadden
Buffalo, NY
example from auction site

McFadden of Paducah, KY
No connection has been found to McFadden of Boston so far.

photographer: McFadden
Paducah, KY
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.

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.

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Holland

Charles E Holland (1869-1949)
Henry Fisk Holland (1862 -)
Sadie M Holland (1881- )
Thomas Holland (1848-1908)
William A Holland Sr (1814-1901)
William A Holland Jr (1845 - 1930)

Brothers Charles, Henry, Thomas and William were all photographers in and around Boston between about 1892 and 1901.

Charles E Holland began in photography with his father William A Sr 1892 through 1895. It appears that he became a leader in a religious cult for most of the rest of his life.

In 1886 Henry F entered into partnership with George P Roberts forming Holland and Roberts photography at 10 Temple Place, in Boston. The partnership does not last long. By 1889, Holland is running the studio alone, assisted by his brother Thomas. In March of 1890, Henry files for bankruptcy and the studio at 10 Temple Place is closed. Henry goes into the electric business and does not return to photography. Any cabinet cards imprinted “Holland and Roberts” would be from about 1886 and 1887. If they are imprinted just “Holland” then they would be from about 1888 to 1990.

Thomas Holland continues on in photography with his father, William A Sr, in a studio at 611 Washington until about 1896. He then moves to Wakefield, MA, but continues to work at 611 Washington in Boston that year. By 1898 the studio at 611 Washington in Boston has closed and he has a studio in Wakefield, MA, on Main at the corner of Crystal and Montrose. His home address is 257 Albion.

Sadie (in some records, Sarah) M Holland, daughter of Thomas, was also listed as photographer in records from 1900. By 1910 she is working in a cotton mill.

William A Holland Sr, after working with son Thomas at 611 Washington, works for other studios until 1900. The 1900 US census shows he is working as a frame maker. He dies in 1901

William A Holland Jr apparently never married and followed several professions in his lifetime, from bell boy to frame maker. No records exactly place him as photographer but it is not hard to imagine working in one of the studios with his brothers and father at least for a short time. He often lived at the same address as his father in later years.

There is a nice biography on Henry F Holland at
Broadway Photographers

Below is a recap of the research on these six people.

1883 Boston MA, city directory
Charles E not listed;
Henry listed as painter, res 322 Hanover;
Thomas not listed
William A Sr no occupation shown, res Howard;
William A Jr as “glider” at 14 Washington, bds 5 Knapp

1885Boston, MA, city directory
Charles E not listed;
Henry F as clerk at 493 Washington, res Howard;
Thomas not listed
William A Sr no occupation shown, res Howard;
William A Jr as glider at 14 Washington, bds 5 Knapp

1886 Sep 09 Boston (MA) Globe
news item says Henry F Holland and George P Roberts have formed a partnership in a photograph studio, Holland and Roberts

1886 Boston, MA, city directory
Charles E as express agent at 36 Court sq. res 163 Chelsea;
Henry F as photographer with Holland and Roberts (H F Holland and George P Roberts) at 10 Temple pl; res Howard, Dor;
Thomas not listed
William A Sr no occupation shown, res Howard;
William A Jr as glider at 14 Washington, bds 5 Knapp

1886 Nov 19 Boston (MA) Globe
news item says The Mounted Lancers were photographed by Holland and Roberts of 10 Temple Place

1888 - A copy of the Holland Roberts ad is on Wikimedia

1889 Boston, MA, city directory
Charles E as clerk at 17 Mason bldg., bds at Wayland;
Henry F is a photographer at 10 Temple Place, res Wayland (display ad shows Holland only);
Thomas is a photographer at 10 Temple Place, res Wayland cor Magnolia;
William A Sr no occupation shown, res Howard;
William A Jr as glider at 16 Washington, bds 5 Knapp

1889 Jul 19 Boston (MA) Globe
news item mentions photographer Henry F Holland

1890 Boston, MA, city directory
Charles E as clerk at 17 Mason bldg., bds at 9 Wayland;
Henry F is photographer at 10 Temple Place; res 11 Hamilton;
Thomas is a photographer at 10 Temple Place; res Wayland cor Magnolia;
William A Sr no occupation shown, res 9 Wayland;
William A Jr as “glider” at 16 Washington, res 5 Knapp

1890 Mar 20 Boston (MA) Globe
news item says Henry F Holland has filed for bankruptcy; Thomas Holland is mentioned in same article

1892 Boston, MA, city directory
Charles E as photographer 611 Washington, res 9 Wayland;
Henry F listed as Electrician with Freeman and Holland co, 53 State; res 67 Beacon;
Thomas as photographer at 611 Washington; res 9 Wayland;
William A Sr as photographer at 611 Washington; res 9 Wayland;
William A Jr as a frame maker, res 73 union

1893 Boston, MA, city directory
Charles E as photographer at 611 Washington, res 9 Wayland;
Henry F not listed;
Thomas as photographer at 611 Washington, res 5 Wayland;
William A Sr as photographer at 611 Washington; res 9 Wayland;
William A as frame maker res 73 Union

1894 Boston, MA, city directory
Charles E as photographer at 611 Washington, res 9 Wayland;
Henry F not listed;
Thomas as photographer at 611 Washington, res at Wakefield;
William A Sr as photographer at 611 Washington, res 9 Wayland;
William A Jr not listed

1895 Boston, MA, city directory
Charles E as photographer, rms 59 Warren av;
Henry F not listed;
Thomas as photographer 611 Washington, res Wakefield;
William A Sr as photographer at 611 Washington, res 9 Wayland;
William A Jr not listed

1896 Boston, MA, city directory
Charles E not listed;
Henry F as electrician, res 234 Mass av;
Thomas as photographer with Frees & Holland at 611 Washington, res Wakefield;
William A Sr as photographer at 611 Washington, res 9 Wayland;
William A Jr not listed

1897 Boston, MA, city directory
Charles E not listed,
Henry F as electrician, res 65 Federal, Hull;
Thomas not listed;
William A Sr as photographer, res 9 Wayland, but NO studio
William A Jr not listed

1898 Boston, MA, city directory
Charles E not listed,
Henry F not listed,
Thomas not listed;
William A Sr as photographer res 9 Wayland; no Holland studio listed;
William A Jr as watchman 55 Tremont, res 12 Carver

1898 Wakefield, MA, city directory
Thomas as photographer on Main at Crystal and Montrose, res 257 Albion

1899 Boston, MA, city directory,
Charles E not listed,
Henry F not listed,
Thomas not listed;
William A Sr as photographer. res 9 Wayland; no Holland studio listed;
William A Jr as frame maker, 55 Tremont, bds 15 Alston

1900 Boston, MA, city directory,
Charles E not listed,
Henry F as clerk res Ashford,
Thomas not listed;
William A Sr as Frame Maker at 55 Tremont, res 15 Allston;
William A Jr not listed

1900 Wakefield, MA, US census
Thomas Holland as photographer;
daughter Sadie as photographer;
father William A as retired; res 207 Albion

1901 Boston, MA, city directory,
Charles E not listed,
Henry F as mngr of Tremont Bldg, res Hull;
Thomas not listed;
William A Sr as Frame Maker at 55 Tremont, res 15 Allston;
William A Jr not listed

1902 Boston, MA, city directory,
Chares E (page missing);
Henry F as mngr of Tremont Bldg, res Hull;
Thomas not listed;
William A Sr as frame maker, 55 Tremont, bds 15 Allston;
William A Jr as bellman, Clark’s hotel, rms 36 Common

1903 Boston, MA, city directory,
Charles E not listed;
Henry F as mngr of Tremont Bldg, res Hull;
Thomas not listed;
William A Sr as Frame Maker at 55 Tremont, res 15 Allston;
William A Jr not listed

1904 Boston, MA, city directory,
Charles E not listed;
Henry F as mngr of Tremont Bldg, res Hull;
Thomas not listed;
William A Sr as Frame Maker at 55 Tremont, res 15 Allston;
William A Jr as steward, rms 15 Allston
1905 Boston, MA, city directory
Charles E as clerk, rms 39 Parkman Dor;
Henry F not listed;
Thomas not listed;
William A Sr not listed;
William A Jr as steward, rms 15 Allston

Note: “Not Listed” means there was no entry that could be positively identified as the correct subject.

The Boston (MA) globe - 09 Sep 1886

Boston (MA) Globe - 19 Nov 1886


Typical ad from Boston, MA, city directory 1886

The Boston (MA) Globe - 20 Mar 1890

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