John H Ryder of Cleveland, OH

photographer: John H Ryder (very faint)
Cleveland, OH
example from auction site

James H Ryder
(1834-1898

1834<br/> Ithaca, NY, state documents, John H Ryder is born to John Ryder and Lucy Maria Ryder
1860 Jul 28
Cleveland, OH, US census, John H Ryder, occupation not noted but living with brother John F Ryder,
1861,1863
Cleveland, OH, city directory, John H Ryder as photographer (Not listed in business section)
1864, 1865
Cleveland, OH, city directory, John H Ryder NOT listed res or bus
1866
Cleveland, OH, city directory, John H Ryder as photographer at 171 Superior; res st Clair n Seneca
1867
Cleveland, OH, city directory, John H Ryder as photographer; res 45 Prospect
1868
Cleveland, OH, city directory, John H Ryder as photographer; res 27 Rockwell

1869
Cleveland, OH, city directory, John H Ryder as photographer
1869
Chicago, IL, city directory, John H Ryder NOT listed
1870
Cleveland, OH, city directory, John H Ryder NOT listed
1870 Jun 18
Chicago, IL, US census, John H Ryder as photographer
1870
Chicago, IL, city directory, John H Ryder as salesman for E L Brand (photographer); res 28 Washington (same as studio address)
1871
Cleveland, OH, city directory, John H Ryder NOT listed
1871, 1872
Chicago, IL, city and business directory, John H Ryder NOT listed
1872, 1874 Cleveland, OH, city directory, John H Ryder as photographer for J F Ryder; res Payne Block

1877 Oct 17
Cleveland, OH, state records, John H Ryder and Florence Hyman are married in Cleveland, OH
1878, 1880
Cleveland, OH, city directory, John H Ryder as photographer with J F Ryder;
1880 Jun 19
Cleveland, OH, US census, John H Ryder as photographer
1881, 1882, 1883, 1884
Cleveland, OH, city directory, John H Ryder as photographer with J F Ryder; res 414 Superior
1885
Cleveland, OH, city directory, J H Ryder of Ryder and Marceau, photographers
1886, 1887
Cleveland, OH, city directory, J H Ryder as photographer at 211 Superior
1886 to 1898
Cleveland, OH, city directory, John H Ryder as photographer at 211 Superior
1898 Jan 31
Cleveland, OH, John H Ryder dies at age 64

Recap:
1860-1869 – John H Ryder as photographer with brother, James F Ryder
1870 – John H Ryder as salesman for photographer E L Brand in Chicago
1871 – Unknown location
1872 – 1880 – John H Ryder as photographer with James F Ryder
1881 – 1884 – John H Ryder as photographer at 414 Superior, Cleveland
1885 – as Ryder and Marceau photographers, Cleveland
1886 to 1898 – at 211 Superior, Cleveland

Cleveland (OH) Leader - 01 Feb 1898

Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer - 01 Feb 1898

Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer - 12 Jul 1898

photographer: John H Ryder
211 Superior, Cleveland, OH
example from auction site
(finished between 1886 abd 1898)

reverse of card at left

photographer: John H Ryder
211 Superior, Cleveland, OH
example from auction site
(finished between 1886 abd 1898)

reverse of card at left

photographer: John H Ryder
211 Superior, Cleveland, OH
example from auction site
(finished between 1886 abd 1898)

reverse of card at left

photographer: John H Ryder
211 Superior, Cleveland, OH
example from auction site

photographer: John H Ryder
Cleveland, OH
example from auction site
(finished between 1886 abd 1898)

photographer: John H Ryder
211 Spencer, Cleveland, OH
example from auction site

photographer: Ryder
72 S Salina St, Syracuse, NY
(No connection has been made
to John H Ryder of OH

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.

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James Fitzallen Ryder

photographer: J F Ryder
Cleveland, OH
example from D Molchan

reverse of card at left

James Fitzallen Ryder
(1826 – 1804)

1826 Jan 01
Ithaca, NY, state records, James Fitzallen Ryder is born to John and Lucy Ryder
1860 Jul 28
Cuyahoga, OH, US census, James F Ryder as photographer
1861, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867
Cleveland, OH, city directory, James F Ryder as photographer at 171 Superior
1868
Cleveland, OH, city directory James F Ryder as photographer at 171 and 173 Superior
1869, 1870
Cleveland, OH, city directory, James F Ryder as photographer at 171 Superior
1871
Cleveland, OH, city directory, James F Ryder as photographer at 171 and 173 Superior
1872, 1873
Cleveland, OH, city directory, James F Ryder as photographer at 239 Superoir
1874
Cleveland, OH, city directory James F Ryder “Art Gallery” at 239 Superor

1880 Jun 10
Cleveland, OH, US census, James F Ryder as photograph artist; res 129
1881
Cleveland, OH, city directory, J F Ryder as photographer and dealer in Art Goods at 239 Superior
1886
Cleveland, OH, city directory, J F Ryder as photographer and dealer in Art Goods at 239 Superior
1891, 1892
Cleveland, OH, city directory, J F Ryder as photographer at 239 Superior; also as dealer in art goods and picture frames (Now called the James F Ryder Galleries of Fine art and Photography)
1893
Cleveland, OH, city directory. James F Ryder as photographer at 243 Superior Street
1894
Cleveland, OH, city directory, James F Ryder as photographer at 239 Superior Street; listing as James F Ryder, pres of the Hames F Ryder Co
1895
Cleveland, OH, city directory, James F Ryder as photographer at 243 Superior Street

1896
Cleveland, OH, city directory, James F Ryder as photographer at 243 Superior Street 1897, 1898
Cleveland, OH, city directory, James F Ryder as photographer at 243 Superior Street AND 121 Euclid Av, Garfield Building
1899
Cleveland, OH, city directory, James F Ryder as photographer at 121 Euclid Av., Garfield Building
1900 Jun 12
Cleveland, OH, US census, James F Ryder as photographer
1900
Cleveland, OH, city directory, James F Ryder as retired; res 1168 Euclid
1901, 1902, 1903, 1904
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Ryder Studio now listed as Chas Horton and co 1029 Garfield Bldg; James F Ryder NOT listed
1904 Jun 02
Cleveland, OH, state records, James F Ryder dies at age 78

Note also
a review of his brother, JOHN H RYDER

Recap:
James F Ryder had only five studio locations, all in Cleveland, during his 40 year career as a photographer.
1867 to 1871 – 171 Superior
1872 to 1894 - 239 Superior
1895, 1896 – 243 Superior
1897, 1898 – 243 Superior AND 121 Euclid
1899 – 121 Euclid

See the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
for more on Ryder.
See also "A Mirror with a History"
AND "A Mirror with a Memory"
And Hold History In Your Hand

Cleveland (OH) Leader - 10 Oct 1895

Cleveland (OH) Leader - 13 Dec 1895

Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer - 12 Mar 1899

Cleveland (OH) Leader - 01 Oct 1901

photographer: J F Ryder
Cleveland, OH
example from ancestry

Cleveland (OH) Leader - 03 Jun 1904

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.

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All submissions should be free of glare and shadows.
Do not crop.
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Franz Xavier Becker

photographer: F Becker
771 Lorain, Cleveland, OH
example from auction site
This card was finished between 1899 and 1905.

Franz Xavier Becker
(1865 - 1928)

1865 Mar 31
Germany, FindAGrave, US passport, F C Becker is born to Christian Beckar and Maria K Baum
1882
US census of 1900 – F X Becker arrives in US at age 17
1886
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Becker Brothers, Frank or William NOT listed
1886 Aug 01
Cuyahoga County, OH, state records, F K Becker and Anna M Schier are married
1887
Cleveland, OH, Becker Brothers as photographers, 783 Lorain; Franz X and William Becker res 739 Lorain
1888
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Becker Brothers as photographers, 738 (sic) Lorain; res 739 Lorain
1889
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer at 739 Lorain; res same
1890, 1891
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer 821 Lorain; res same

1892, 1893, 1894, 1895
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Becker Frank, bus 821 Lorain, res same
1896
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer, pictures and picture frames at 821 Lorain
1897, 1898
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer at 821 Lorain
1899
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer at 771 Lorain (Large Ground Studio)
1900
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer at 771 Lorain
1900 Jun 01
Cleveland, OH, US census Frank Becker is photographer at 771 Lorain
1901
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer at 771 Lorain res same
1902, 1903
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer at 772 (sic) Lorain res same
1904, 1905
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank Becker as photographer at 771 Lorain

1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Franz X Becker as photographer at 3252 Lorain
1910 Apr 28
Cleveland, OH, US census, Frank X Becker as photographer at 3252 Lorain
1911
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Franz X Becker as photographer at 3252 Lorain
1912
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Franz X Becker as photographer at 3253 Lorain; res same;

This is the last time Franz Becker is listed in the business pages.

1913
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank X Becker as photographer at 7033 Superior; res 2073 Lorain
1914
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank “H” Becker as photographer at 2926 Lorain; res 2073 W 38th SW
1915
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank X Becker res 2073 W 38th, “photographer” NOT mentioned

1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank X Becker as photographer, res 2073 W 38th
1920 Jan 07
Cleveland, OH, US census, Frank “C” Becker as photographer at 2073 38th St
1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Frank X Becker as photographer at 2073 W 38th
1927, 1928
Cleveland, OH, city directory, directory incomplete no listing available
1928 Oct 15
Cleveland, OH, FindAGrave, Franz Xavier Becker dies at age 63

Recap of locations for Franz X Becker
783 Lorain – 1887 (as Becker Brothers)
739 Lorain - 1888 to 1889
821 Lorain – 1890 to 1898
711 Lorain - 1899 to1905
3253 Lorain – 1906 to 1912
7033 Superior – 1913
2926 Lorain – 1913 to 1914
2073 38th – 1915 to 1928


Franz Xavier Becker is NOT the Becker in the partnership of Urlin and Becker, or Pifer and Becker. That was Jacob Becker, who lived in Cleveland, then moved to Massillon, OH, in 1896.

Ad from Cleveland, OH, city directrory 1887 Cleveland (OH) Wochenbla newspaper -
19 Jul 1913

photographer: Franz Becker
Ettlingen (Ger)
This is probably NOT the same Franz Becker

photographer: Frank Becker
821 LOraine St, Cleveland, OH example from contributor

reverse of card at left

photographer: Frank Becker
821 LOraine St, Cleveland, OH example from contributor

reverse of card 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.

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Edgar Decker

Photographer: E. Decker
143 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
example from LOST GALLERY
(finished between 1884 and 1901)

Edgar Decker
(1833-1905

Cleveland, OH, city directories were available for almost every year of Edgar Decker’s career in photography. The US census for 1870, 1880 and 1900 agreed in each detail.

1833
New York, Edgar Decker is born to David Decker and Hannah Van Aken
1853
Cleveland, HO, city directory, Decker NOT listed
1859 Feb 18, Mar 07
Cleveland (OH) Daily Leader small ad says Edgar Decker is an agent for Ashland Coal Oil
1856
Historic Camera, E Decker moves to Cleveland, OH
1860 Jul 06
Cleveland (OH) Daily Leader small item says Decker has taken the Fine art Hall in the Melodeon building
1860 Nov 15
Cleveland (OH) Daily Leader display ad for Cleveland Fine Art Hall photographs, 205 Superior, E Decker agent

1861
Cleveland, OH, city directory E Decker as agent photographic artist, 205 Superior, res 279 Prospect
1861 Jan 28, 1861 Jul 27
Cleveland (OH) Daily Leader display ad for Cleveland Fine Art Hall photographs, 205 Superior, E Decker
1861 Oct 28
Cleveland (OH) Daily Leader small item mentions Decker’s Gallery
1863
Cleveland, OH, city directory “Edgward” Decker as photographer: res 279 Prospect (could be employed at another gallery)
1864, 1865
Cleveland, OH, city directory Edgar Decker as photographer at 249 Superior; res 279 Prospect
1865 Oct 21
Cleveland (OH) Daily Leader small item mentions that C E Wilber is working for E Decker
1866
Cleveland, OH, city directory Edgar Decker as photographer at 241 Superior; res 278 Prospect
1867 to 1883
Cleveland OH, Edgar Decker as photographer at 243 Superior, res 279 Prospect

1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888
Cleveland, OH, city directory, E Decker as photographer with Decker & Wilbur (C E Wilbur) at 143 Euclid; res 531 Prospect
1889
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Edgar Decker as photographer with Decker and Wilber at 143 Euclid (business pages only)
1890
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Edgar Decker as photographer at 143 Euclid Av (bus pages only)
1891
Cleveland, OH, city directory, E Decker as photographer at 143 Euclid Av; res same
1892, 1893, 1894
Cleveland, OH, city directory, E Decker as photographer at 143 Euclid Av; res 878 Bolton
1895, 1896
Cleveland, OH, city directory, E Decker as photographer at 143 Euclid; res 415 Bolton
1897, 1898
Cleveland, OH, city directory, E Decker as photographer at The Decker Studio, 143 Euclid; res 415 Boulton

1899
Cleveland, OH, city directory, E Decker as photographer at The Decker Studio, 143 Euclid; res 1679 Lamont
1900
Cleveland, OH, city directory, E Decker as photographer at The Decker Studio, 143 Euclid; res 1679 Lamont; also listed with Decker studio is G M Edmondson, res 143 Euclid
1901
Cleveland, OH, city directory. E Decker as photographer at Decker and Co, ; res 1679 Lamont; Geo M Edmondson is now at Edmondson studio
1902
Cleveland, OH, city directory, E Decker as photographer at Decker and Co, 721 Hough Av; res 1679 Lamont; also listed in ad J C Clark res 210 Crawford

1903
Cleveland, OH, city directory, E Decker as photographer at Decker and Co. 721 Hough Av; res 1679 Lamont; also listed in ad, J C Clark, res 721 Hough Av; E Decker also listed as vice president of the B A Brigden Co, photographers 990 The Arcade; res 1679 Lamont; No evidence in directory that the Decker studio carried on under his name beyond this year
1904
Cleveland, OH, city directory, E Decker as vice president The B A Brigden Co, photographers, 990 The Arcade; res 1679 Lamont; Frank C Wells is at 721 Hough
1905
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Edgar Decker as retired; res 9902 Lamont (same building, number change only from 1679)
1905 Dec 05
Cleveland, OH, FindAGrave, Edgar Decker dies at age 72

photographer Decker
Cleveland, OH
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

From Historic Camera website:
E. (Edgar) Decker was born in New York to David and Hannah Van Aken Decker in 1833. His childhood was spent on the family farm and he attended public schools until age 13, when he became a mercantile clerk to help support his family. After seven years, he went into business for himself, enjoying some success as a merchandiser.

After relocating to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1856, Mr. Decker resumed his interest in photography, which began during his years as a teen merchant. He married Julia English in February 1857, and two years' later he felt sufficiently confident enough in his artistic abilities and business prowess to open his own photographic studio at 249 Superior Street, in a partnership with Thomas T. Sweeny.

Mr. Decker's Civil War portraits of Ohio's Western Reserve regiments cemented his reputation as an excellent portrait photographer. He would later photograph famed ornithologist and John James Audubon biographer

Francis Hobart Herrick, Union General Philip Sheridan and Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, James Garfield, Rutherford B. Hayes, and William McKinley.

By 1870, the successful business was selling 1800 dozen photographs and had expanded to include four assistants. As Mr. Decker's business grew, so too did his need for a larger studio.

After his partnership with Mr. Sweeny ended, he established another successful alliance with gifted retoucher and crayon artist Charles E. Wilber (or Wilbur). The Decker & Wilber Studio, which later moved to 143 Euclid Avenue, became one of the most illustrious portrait galleries in Ohio.

Following Mr. Wilber's retirement, Mr. Decker - whose establishment was renamed simply the Decker Studio - maintained the highest aesthetic and moral standards believing one could not be sacrificed without adversely affecting the other. He was one of the first photographers to infuse humanity into the often austere daguerreotypes and ambrotypes.

He later applied the same uncompromising expertise to his oil crayon and watercolor works, copying, and photographic enlargements. With Mr. Decker's success came increasing professional and civic responsibilities. He became a member, director, and later president of the National Photographic Association, and also served on the Cleveland city council. In 1889, Mr. Decker was awarded the Photographers' Association of America's prestigious Eastman cup for his impressive bromide enlargements.

In July of 1900, failing health forced Mr. Decker into retirement. Thankfully, he left his business in the capable hands of his latest partner George Mountain Edmondson, who was at the time Vice President of the Photographers' Association of America, and would become himself one of the Midwest's finest photographers. Pioneering photographic trailblazer E. Decker died on December 1, 1905.

Cleveland (OH) Daily Leader - 18 Feb 1859


Cleveland (OH) Daily Leader - 07 Mar 1859

Cleveland (OH) Daily Leader - 06 Jul 1860

Cleveland (OH) Daily Leader - 15 Nov 1860


Cleveland (OH) Daily Leader - 27 Jul 1861


Cleveland (OH) Daily Leader - 28 Oct 1861

City Directory ad from 1864


Cleveland (OH) Daily Leader - 17 Nov 1865

Cleveland (OH) Daily Leader - 03 Jul 1865


Cleveland (OH) Daily Leader - 21 Oct 1865

Photographer: E Decker
Cleveland, OH
example from LOST GALLERY

Considering the style of the card at the left, it was probably done around 1878-1880.

Photographer: Decker
Cleveland, OH
example from auction site

Photographer: The Decker Photo. Co., Nos. 141, 143, 145 and 147 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.
From the collection of KEN on Flickr

Edgar Decker was at Euclid Avenue in Cleveland after about 1880

photographer: Decker and Wilbur
Cleveland
example from CurtJ on Flickr

reverse of card at left

An example sent by D Molchan prompted a display of the few reverse designs found for Decker and Wilbur.

Decker and Wilbur reverse
contributed by D Molchan

Decker and Wilbur reverse
example from Google (poor scan)

Decker and Wilbur reverse
Example from auction site

Decker and Wilbur reverse
example from Biblio
(Badly treated, but added here because it includes an additional stamp showing the card was finished after the Decker/WIlbur partnership ended.)

photographer: Decker and Wilder
Cleveland, OH
example from pinterest
(A really odd example: Wilder instead of Wilber)

photographer: E Decker
249 Superior Street. Cleveland, OH
CDV example from James Agnew on Flickr

reverse of CDV at left
(If the man in the photo was about 40, then this cdv would have been finished about 1865)

photographer: Decker
Cleveland, OH
Example from auction site
(Note: Owner dated 1874)

photographer: E Decker
Cleveland, OH
example from Library of Congress

reverse of card 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.