Joshua Willraham Oberholtzer

photographer: Oberholtzer
Paola, KS
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Joshua Willraham Oberholtzer
(1855-1946)

20 Apr 1855
Philadelphia, PA, state records, J W Oberholtzer is born to Jacob Oberholtzer and Harriet Wilbraham
1880 Jun 09
Fulton, IL, US census, J W Oberholzer as photographer
1885
Webster, Iowa, state census, J W Oberholtzer as photographer
1891
Kansas City, MO, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as photographer at 907 Main; res 1022 Harrison
1891 Jul 31
Paola (KS) Western Spirit newspaper, item says J W Oberholtzer, recently of Kansas City, has opened a gallery in Paola, KS
1891 Sep 17
Kansas City (MO) Star, classified ad for re-toucher in Paola, KS
1892
Kansas City, MO, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as photographer, “Moved To Paola, KS”

1894 Feb 16
Paola (KS) Miami Republican, glowing write-up about J W Oberholtzer photographer
1895 Mar 01
Paola, KS, state census, J W Oberholtzer as photographer
1895 Jul 05
Paola (KS) Western Spirit newspaper, J W Oberholtzer as photographer, mention
1897 Sep 30
Paola (KS) Times, notice of Lodge Meeting (regular posting) J W Oberholtzer, W M
1899
Salem, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer NOT listed
1903
Salem, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as photographer at 9 Maple
1904
Salem, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer NOT listed
1905
Salem, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as “Moved from Town”
1905 (no 1906)
Medford, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer NOT listed

1907, 1909
Medford, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as photographer at 19 Forest
1910 Apr 15
Medford, MA, US census, J W Oberholtzer as photographer at 19 Forest
1912, 1914, 1916
Medford, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as photographer at 19 Forest
1918
Medford, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer NOT listed
1920 Jun 24
Orange, NJ, US census, J W Oberholtzer as photographer (“phototypist”)
1932
Orange, NJ, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as no occupation shown; res 1 N Sterling
1935
East Orange, NJ, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as no occupation shown
1940
East Orange, NJ, US census, J W Oberholtzer as no occupation shown
1946 Aug 13
East Orange, NJ, state records, J W Oberholtzer dies at age 91

photographer: Oberholtzer
Webster City, IA
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Finished sometime between 1881 amd 1885

photographer: Oberholtzer
Webster City, IA
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Finished sometime between 1881 amd 1885

reverse of card at left

photographer: Oberholtzer and Carter
Paola, KS
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According to newspaper ads, J W Oberholtzer and Carter worked together in Paola, KS, from November of 1892 to February of 1894.
Oberholtzer continued in Paola until at least late 1897 before moving on.
Ernest Frank Carter was his step-son.

photographer: Oberholtzer and Carter
Paola, KS
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photographer: Oberholtzer and Carter
Paola, KS
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Paola (KS) Western Spirit -
31 Feb 1891

Miami (KS) Republican -
31 Jul 1891

Miami (KS) News -
31 Jul 1891

Miami (KS) Republican -
04 Sep 1891

Kansas City (MO) Star -
17 Sep 1891

Miami (KS) Republcan -
16 Feb 1894

Paola (KS) Western Spirit -
05 Jul 1895

Paola (KS) Times -
20 Feb 1896

photographer: Oberholtzer and Carter
Paola, KS
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photographer: Oberholtzer and Carter
Paola, KS
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photographer: Oberholtzer and Carter
Paola, KS
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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.

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F M Reynolds

Photographer
F. M. Reynolds
David City, Nebr.
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Francis Marion Reynolds
(11 Apr 1849 - 3 Mar 1934)

The earliest record found for F. M. Reynolds as a photographer is a mention in a news item in the Burlington (Iowa) Weekly, 9 Dec 1875. In 1883 and 1885 records show he is in Harlan, IA.

F. M. Reynolds then worked in David City, NE, as a photographer from about 1887 to sometime before 1917. He then moved his business to Omaha, NE. The family moved to Kansas City, MO about 1931. He died in Kansas City, MO, in 1934.

The cabinet card to the left must have been finished between 1887 and 1917.

photographer F M Reynolds
David City, NE
from the collection of KEN on Flickr

photographer F M Reynolds
David City, NE
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photographer: F M Reynolds
David City, NE
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Reverse of card at left

photographer: Reynolds
Beatrice, NE
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The example at the left is probably from F M Reynolds as Beatrice, NE, is only 40 miles from Reynolds, NE.

photographer: J H Reynolds
Burlington, IA
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photographer: J H Reynolds
Burlington, IA
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photographer: Reynolds
Burlington, IA
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The three examples at the left are by J H Reynolds. Thanks to a comment from a family member, J H Reynolds has been confirmed as Joseph H Reynolds, a brother of Francis M Reynolds.

photographerL Reynolds
Burlington, IA
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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.
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.

H R Brown

Photographer: H. R. Brown
Mo. Valley, Iowa

Reverse of the Cabinet Card on the left

Photographer:Brown
No. 19 West Main Street
Marshalltown, Iowa

photographer: Brown and Wait
413 Fourth St, Sioux City, IA
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(See timeline at 1889-1890)

Six Sioux City, IA, city directory listings were found for Henry R. Brown between 1884 and 1894. Beyond that the popularity of the name clouds any other connection. Many H. R. Brown entries were found with a wide variety of occupations but no positive connection could be made. Also there was an R. H Brown in Iowa about the same time.

As indicated on the reverse of this card he traveled to Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.

No biographical information has been found.

Timeline
1884
Sioux City, IA, city directory, as photographer at J H Hamilton, bds St Elmo Hotel
1889
Sioux City, IA, city directory, as photographer at 413th, res 1623 Pierce
1890
Sioux City, IA, city directory, as photographer (Brown and Wait) res 1512 Ingleside Ave
1892
Sioux City, IA, city directory, as Collector res Hedges Sta. MS

1893
Sioux City, IA, city directory, res N of Hedges Sta. MS
1894
Sioux City, IA, city directory, entry says “Moved back to Rock Valley, IA”
February 03, 1910, through July 07, 1911
A small one line ad for “Brown, Photographer, 19 West Main” runs in the Marshalltown, IA, Evening Times Republican
1911 Feb 25
Marshalltown evening Times-Republican, “Brown the photographer will move March 1, 1911 to corner over Abbot’s hardware store”

1911 Jun 12 - July 21
Evening Times Republican, Marshalltown, IA as says “Brown ‘the man behind the camera’ now located over Abbott’s hardware store” (Corner Main and Center Streets)
1912
No mention found in Iowa newspapers

The cabinet card above right was probably finished between February 1910 and July 1911.

No guess on when the cabinet card above left was made.

photographer: H R Brown
No 19 West Main, Marshalltown, IA
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photographer: H R Brown
No 19 West Main, Marshalltown, IA
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photographer: H R Brown
No 19 West Main, Marshalltown, IA
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photographer: H R Brown
No 19 West Main, Marshalltown, IA
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photographer: Brown
Gothenberg, NE

Could this be the same Brown?

Probably not. Gothenberg, NE, is over 400 miles from Marshalltown, IA.

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.

Frederick L Briggs of Iowa

Briggs
227 Main Street
Ottumwa, IA

Frederick Leonard Briggs
(1851 - 1903)

1851
North Wayne, ME, state records, Frederick L. Briggs is born in Michigan to Henry Briggs and Albina Farr
1856
Bloomfield. IA, state census F L Briggs as child living with parents
1880
Ottumwa, IA, US census,as photographer living at boarding house
1886
Ottumwa, IA, F L Briggs marries Harriet M Merwin
1887 Jul
Iowa, state records Fred L Brigs son Fred W Briggs is born
1895
Ottumwa, IA, state census F L Briggs no occupation known
1900 Jun 03
Ottumwa, IA, US census as photographer; res 128 e Court

1901
Ottumwa, IA, city directory F L Briggs as photographer at Leighton Block; res 128 e Court; Iowa Gazetteer as photographer at 108 s Market
1903
Ottumwa, IA, city directory F L Briggs as photographer at Leighton Block;
1903 Dec 01
Cedar Falls (IA) Gazette news item from Ottumwa on death of Frederick L Briggs

Frederick L. Briggs was in the photography business from about 1880 to his death in 1903. No documents so far show when Briggs operated at 227 Main Street as shown on the cabinet card in this collection.

Cedar Falls(IA)Gazette - 01 Dec 1903

Here is an interesting item that ran in several Iowa newspapers all around the same date.

Fitchburg (IA) Sentinel - 15 Aug 1900

Ottemwa (IA) Semi-Weekly Courier -
13 Dec 1900

photographer: Briggs
Southwest corner of square, Fairfield, IA
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photographer: Briggs
227 Main, Ottumwa, IA
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photographer: Briggs
The Ground Floor Studio
311 East Main, Ottumwa, IA
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The example at the right is by photographer Briggs at Minneapolis, MN. No documents have been found that places Frederick L Briggs in Minneapolis, MN, at any time. Since Ottumwa, IA, is more than 300 miles from Minneapolis, MN, it is quite unlikely that F L Briggs might have had a separate studio there. It would be about a five hour trip on a train.

Note also the logo imprint is quite dissimilar to the imprints from Ottumwa, IA.

photographer: Briggs
Clinton, MA
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(No connection has been made to Briggs of Iowa.)

photographer: Briggs and Co
ottumwa, IA
Example found at PhotoTree

photographer: Briggs and Co
ottumwa, IA
Example found at PhotoTree

photographer: Briggs
Humansville, MO
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The example at the left imprinted "Briggs, Humansville, Missouri."

No documents have been found showing that Frederick L Briggs ever ventured outside of Ottumwa, IA. Humansville, MO, is 270 miles from Ottumwa, IA.

Note, however, that the Humansville logo design is identical to the Ottumwa design. Also, in the general area, no OTHER photographer has been found named Briggs.

There are no city directories available for the two small towns. No newspaper items have been found about photographer Briggs in either city.

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.