Christopher C Cook and "Bergeron"

photographer: Bergeron
Fort Smith, AR
example from LOST GALLERY

Here is a scarce card.

There was no trouble finding the Bergeron name along the US east coast, Maine to Florida but it is very scarce in Arkansas.

There is an 1882 newspaper item that says Cook and Bergeron, photographers in Fort Smith are planning to establish in Little Rock, AR. (See below)

Available city directories for Fort Smith begin at 1907 and none earlier.

The earliest Fayetteville, AR, city directory available is 1939.

There is no Little Rock city directory available for 1882.


The life of photographer Christpoher Cook is reviewed here because that is the only place photographer Bergeron is mentioned. The ONE mention of Bergeron is highlighted. NO other information has been found.

Another example from Langdon’s List

Christopher C Cook
(1846-1910)

1846
Kentucky, Census, Findagrave, Christopher Cook is born to Christopher Cook and Alice Yeakley
1950 Sep 18
Graves, KY, US census, C C Cook at age 4
1876 Jul 15
Fayetteville (AR) Weekly Democrat, small ad says photographer Cook as received stock of picture frames
1876 Jun 10
Fayetteville (AR) Weekly Democrat, small ad for C C Cook photographer; apparently remaining in Fayetteville only a short time
1878
Little Rock, AR, city directory, C C Cook as photographer at Dardanelle; not listed in res pages Bergeron NOT listed
1880
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Bergeron or Cook NOT listed; only one photographer shown, T W Bankes, 106 E Markham

1881
Little Rock, AR, city directory, C C Cook NOT listed; NO listing in the business pages
Bergeron NOT listed
1882
Little Rock, AR, city directory NOT available
1882 Oct 1- Oct 21
Little Rock (AR) Democrat newspaper item says Cook and Bergeron, photoraphers are planning to relocate to Little Rock soon
1883
Little Rock, AR, no information, only four pages available
1883 Aug 16
Little Rock Daily Gazette, news ad (repeated many times) for Cook – the photographer
1883 Oct 13
Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette, item says photographer Cook will move to 205 Main street on Oct 15, 1883 (also called “cor of 2nd and Main)
1884 Mar 06
Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette news/ad tells of Cook’s Gallery
1884 Nov 09
Fort Smith, AR, state records C C Cook and Ella A Black are married

1886
Little Rock, AR, city directory, C C Cook as photographer at 205 Main, res same
Bergeron NOT listed
1887
Little Rock, AR, city directory, C C Cook NOT listed
Bergeron NOT listed
1890
Little Rock, AR, city directory, C C Cook NOT listed (NO photographers listed in Business Section)
Bergeron NOT listed
1900 14 Jun
Fort Smith, AR, US census, Christopher Cook as photographer at 916 ?
1907
Fort Smith, AR, city directory, Charles C Cook as photographer 322 S Towson
1908 Mar 08
Fort Smith (AR) Times newspaper mentions photographer Cook is running for the office of Police Judge
1910 Apr 05
Fort Smith, AR, FindAGrave, C C Cook dies at age 64

Fayetteville Weekly Dempcrat - 10 Jun 1876

Fayetteville Weekly Dempcrat - 15 Jul 1876

Little Rock (AR)Gazette - 27 Jun 1882
(ONLY MENTION FOUND OF BERGERON)
Little Rock (AR) Dempcrat - 21 Oct 1882
Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 16 Aug 1883

Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 17 Aug 1883
Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 10 Oct 1883
Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 10 Oct 1883

Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 12 Oct 1883 Little Rock (AR) Democrat - 23 Oct 1883 Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 06 Mar 1884

Daily Arkansas Gazette - 23 Jul 1884 Fort Smith (AR) Times - 08 Mar 1908

photographer: C C Cook
Little Rock, AR
example from Arkansas Heritage
sent in by contributor A Franklin

reverse of card at left

photographer: Cook
Little Rock, Ar
example from mj aux on Flickr

photographer: C Cook
Fort Smith, AR
example from Smithsonian

photographer:Cook
Fort Smith, AR
example from pinterest

Young and Son

Here is another rare one from Fayetteville, AR. Nothing has been found on the photographer of this card: Mrs Young and Son, Fayetteville, AR.

photographer: Mrs Young and Son
Fayetteville, AR
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.

This is a work always in progress.

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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.
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Davies and Rayburn

photographer; Davies and Rayburn
Southwest corner Fifth and Main
Little Rock, AR

Thomas Boldregard Rayburn
(1861-1938)

1861 Aug 13
Arkadelphia, AR, state records, T B Rayburn is born to Elisha Turner Rayburn and Lucinda Johnson
1864 Aug 23
Rock Island, IL, state records, T B Rayburn’s father Elisha Turner Rayburn dies as a confederate soldier
1871
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Lucinda Rayburn, Thomas Raburn’s mother is listed as widow at 206 Gaines
1872
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Lucinda Rayburn, Thomas Raburn’s mother is listed as widow; res e of Arsenal nr 11th
1873
Little Rock, AR, city directory, no Rayburn is listed
1874-1875
directories are not available
1876, 1877, 1878, 1880
Little Rock, AR, city directory, T B Rayburn NOT listed; no Rayburn is listed

1880 Jun 11
Little Rock, Ar, US census, Rayburn as photographer; at 18, living with his sister Julia and husband
1881, 1883
Little Rock, AR, city directory NO Rayburn listed
1882,1884, 1885
Little Rock, AR, city directory not available
1886, 1887
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Thomas B Rayburn as photographer with Davies and Rayburn at 500 Main; res 14th and Bishop
1886 Feb 28
(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette, item mentions partnership of Davies and Rayburn
1886 Dec 22
Macon, IL, family trees, T B Rayburn marries Sylvia Shaffer; there is some question whether this marriage actually occurred, sources do not all agree
1887
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Thomas B Rayburn as photographer with Davies and Rayburn at 500 Main ;res: same;
1887 Jun 15
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat, item says Davies and Rayburn have purchased the Banks Gallery

1887 Dec 25
(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette, item mentions Davies and Rayburn at 120 Main st
1888 Jan 08
(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette, item says Rayburn and Davies are at 120 Main st
1888 Nov 04
(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette, item says “Reyburn” and Davies worked for Lou Mabb
1889 Apr 17
(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette, item says Davies and Rayburn are dissolving partnership; Davies will continue at the old address and Rayburn is moving to 5th and Main
1889 Jul 13
Osceola (AR) Times, item mentions Thomas B Rayburn is in custody for his child
1890
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Thomas B Rayburn as photographer; res 715 Arch; M C Davies as photographer at 120 ½ Main; no listing for Davies and Rayburn
1891 Oct 05
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat, item says Rayburn will be at Elite studio on 2nd st

1892
city directory not available
1893
Little Rock, AR, city directory, T B Rayburn NOT listed; his mother Lucinda (Widow of Elisha) is listed at 715 Arch
1894
Little Rock, AR, city directory not available
1895
Little Rock, AR, city directory; M C Rayburn NOT listed; his mother Lucinda (Widow of Elisha) is listed at 715 Arch
1896
Little Rock, AR, city directory not available
1897
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Thomas B Rayburn as photographer at 101 w 6th; res 322 w 21st
1898
Little Rock city directory not available
1898 Dec 12
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat, item mentions Rayburn and Roberts studio at 612 Scott st

1899
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Thomas B Rayburn as photographer with Rayburn and Roberts (George H Roberts) at 612-615 Scott; res 1901 Gaines; Lucinda, his mother now boarding at same address
1899 Sep 14
(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette, item mentions T B Rayburn of 612 Scott, is dissolving partnership with G H Roberts
1900
Little Rock, AR, city directory, T B Rayburn as photographer at 612 Scott; res 1604 Scott; Lucinda Rayburn same address
1900 May 18
(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette, item mentions Rayburn studio at 612 Scott st
1901 Jul 18
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat, item mentions Rayburn studio at 612 Scott st
1903 Apr 09
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat, item mentions Rayburn’s move from 612 Scott st to 618 ½ Main st

1906, 1907, 1908, 1910
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Thomas B Rayburn as photographer at 814 Main; res 119 McGowan
1911, 1912
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Thomas B Rayburn as photographer at 823 Center; res same (Dora B Rayburn as artist same address
1913
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Thomas B Rayburn as photographer at 604 ½ Main; res:406 Johnson
1914
Little Rock, AR, city directory, T B Rayburn NOT listed
1914, 1915
San Antonio, TX, city directory, T B Rayburn NOT listed
1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
San Antonio, TX, city directory, Tom B Rayburn as photographer at Barr’s Studio
1921
San Antonio, TX, city directory, Tom B Rayburn as photographer at Smith Studio

1922
San Antonio, TX, city directory, T B Rayburn as photographer, no studio listed
1924
San Antonio, TX, city directory, T B Rayburn as photographer with Rayburn and Smithers, 211 ½ Broadway
1926, 1927, 1929
San Antonio, TX, city directory, thos B Rayburn as photographer at Rayburn’s studio 1109 Main av; res Same
1931, 1934
San Antonio, TX, city directory, Thos B Rayburn ; res 735 Bailey av; NOT listed in business pages
1936, 1937
San Antonio, TX, city directory, missing pages
1938 Nov 18
San Antonio, TX, death certificate, Thomas B Rayburn dies at age 77

It appears that Rayburn and Davies worked together only from 1886 to 1889.

photographer Davies
120 1/2 Main, Little Rock, AR
example from mjaux on Flickr

photographer Rayburn
Fort Smith, AR
example from Langdon Road

Monte Christo Davies
(1859 - 1920)

The life of M C Davies was a little harder to follow. His name was often misspelled in many documents. The sparse records found so far show his photographic career seems to span only from 1886 to 1893. He disappears from Little Rock, AR, records in 1893. He probably just moved to another town or perhaps had a rural address, but he left no trail.

About the time M C Davies disappears from Little Rock, AR, another Davies, photographer, shows up in records in Portland, OR. The Oregon Davies is G W Davies and not Monte Christo Davies. No connection has been made.

1859 Jul
Decatur, IL, Monte Christo Davies is born to Lemuel Guy Davies and Mary Cyrena Johannsen (if some family trees are to be believed)
1876
Little Rock, AR, city directory Monte Davies with A Davies and Bro; bds College 3d of Dodge

1879
Arkansas Democrat (of Little Rock) news item mentions M C Davies appointed as first free delivery postman
1881
Little Rock, AR, register of civil, military service; Monte C Davies as postal clerk
1882, 1884, 1885 Little Rock, AR, city directory not available
1883 Mar 28
Marion County, IN, county records, Monte Christo Davies marries Adda M Inglis
1886
Little Rock, city directory, Monte C. Davies (Davies and Rayburn and Davies & Sons) Money Order Clk at post office; res 1008 College; Note: there is some question in whether he was all three. Davies & Sons is listed as Horace, MC, L and L Davies, Jr; Davies and Rayburn was M C Davies and T B Rayburn; was he also money order clerk at the post office? The following year he is listed as associated only with Davies and Rayburn
1886 Feb 28
(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette, item mentions partnership of Davies and Rayburn

1887
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Monte C Davies as photographer with Davies and Rayburn at 500 Main; res apparently same
1887 Dec 25
(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette, item mentions Davies and Rayburn at 120 Main st
1888 Jan 08
(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette, item says Rayburn and Davies are at 120 Main st
1888 Nov 04
(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette, item says “Reyburn” and Davies worked for Lou Mabb
1889 Apr 17
(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette, item says Davies and Rayburn are dissolving partnership; Davies will continue at the old address and Rayburn is moving to 5th and Main
1890
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Monte C Davies as photographer at 120 ½ Main; also listed with Davies and Sons (A & MC Davies); no listing for Davies and Rayburn

1893
Little Rock, AR, city directory Monte C Davies is NOT listed; Davies Photograph Gallery is still at 120 ½ Main, operated by C R Johnson; in the same book ads proclaim C R Johnson is the proprietor at 120 ½ Main;
1895
Little Rock, AR, city directory; M C Davies NOT listed;
1896
Little Rock, AR, city directory not available
1897, 1899, 1900, 1906, 1907, 1919
Little Rock, AR, city directory, M C Davies NOT listed
1920
Undocumented estimate based on family trees on Ancestry. Monte Christo Davies dies at age 62

Nothing has been found on M C Davies after 1895.

(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette - 28 Feb 1886


(Little Rock)Arkansas Democrat - 03 Dec 1886


(Little Rock)Arkansas Democrat - 15 Jun 1887

Little Rock Daily Arkansas Gazette - 17 Nov 1887

Little Rock (AR) Democrat - 17 Dec 1887

Little Rock Daily Arkansas Gazette - 04 Nov 1888


Little Rock Daily Arkansas Gazette - 17 Apr 1889


Osceola Bark Times - 13 Jul 1889

Little Rock, Arkansas Democrat - 03 Oct 1891

Little Rock, Arkansas Democrat - 05 Oct 1891


Typical city directory ad 1893


Little Rock, Arkansas Democrat - 08 Aug 1898


Little Rock, Arkansas Democrat - 06 Dec 1898

Typical city directory ad for 1899


Little Rock Daily Arkansas Gazette - 14 Sep 1899


Little Rock Daily Arkansas Gazette - 18 May 1900


Little Rock, Arkansas Democrat - 21 Aug 1900

Little Rock, Arkansas Democrat - 18 Jul 1901


Little Rock, Arkansas Democrat - 27 Dec 1902

Little Rock, Arkansas Democrat - 09 Apr 1903

OTHER photographers named Davies

photographer: Davies
Corner of First and Taylor Sts, Portland, OR
example from auction site

reverse of card at left
Note: No connection to Davies of Little Rock, AR, has been found

photographer Davies
12th and Grand, Kansas City, MO
Note: No connection to Davies of Little Rock, AR, has been found
example from mjaux on Flickr

photographer: Davies Studio
NW Cor 3rd and Morrison streets, Portland, OR
Note: No connection to Davies of Little Rock, AR, has been found
example found on pinterest

Not the one you were looking for? Here's the photographer's INDEX by name. Listed here are all the Cabinet Card photographers of the 19th century found in LOST GALLERY. This is a work in progress. For a look at the original postings go to LOST GALLERY.

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, they will be immediately removed.

Robert Wolstenholme Dawson

Photographer
Dawson
Little Rock

This is a slightly enhanced version. To see the original, click on this picture and then in the resulting page, scroll down.

Robert Wolstenholme Dawson
(1833 - 1910)

1833 Nov 03
Lankashire, England, death certificate, R. W. Dawson born in Nuttall Lane, Lancashire, England
1843 or 1844
US census 1900 and 1910: arrives in US at age 10 or 11
1860 Mar 22
Vienna, WI, Family records, marries Lucy M Freeman
1861
Elgin, IL, state records, daughter Elva E. born
1865
Elgin, IL, state records, son Robert Henry born
1866
Woodstock, IL, son Charles Henry born
1880 Mar 5
(Little Rock) Daily Arkansas Gazette news item, studio at 106 Main
1880 Jun 10
Little Rock, AR, US census as photographer studio at 203 ½ s Main
1882 Oct 15
Daily (Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette item Wm Cooper at Dawson studio 205 Main st
1883 May 26
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat item new studio almost complete

1883 Jun 04
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat news item open house at new studio at 424 ½ Main
1883 Jun 06
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat news item opens new studio at 424 ½ Main
1883 Nov 29
(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette daughter Elva marries B W Butler in Little Rock, AR
1884 Apr 03
Little Rock, AR, state records, wife Lucy M dies
1884 Jan 9, 12, 15, 18, 21
Arkansas Democrat classified ads property for sale; studio at Main & 5th
1885 Jun 23, 24, 25
(Little Rock) Daily Arkansas Gazette classified ad property for sale
1885 Jul 11, 31
(Little Rock) Daily Arkansas Gazette small ad for gallery but address not shown
1885 Jul 23
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat item Dawson present at death of U S Grant
1885 Aug 2
(Little Rock) Daily Arkansas Gazette display ad for studio
1886
Little Rock, AR, city directory as photographer at 422 ½ Main; both sons Nelson and Charles works at gallery

1886 Mar 28
(Little Rock) Daily Arkansas Gazette small ad Wm. Cooper artist at Dawson studio
1886 Apr 29
Arkansas state records R W Dawson marries Laura Eldridge Hamilton
1886 Jun 09, 10,
(Little Rock) Daily Arkansas Gazette new item studio at Main and 5th
1887 Jan 17, 19
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat Dawson has 8 room house for rent
1887 Mar thru 1888 Feb
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat, many small classified ads for studio at 424 ½ Main
1888 Jan 31
Little Rock, AR, state records, R W Dawson’s second wife Laura Eldridge Robins dies giving birth to daughter Irene; Irene Dawson dies in August of 1890 (error corrected, thanks to an alert commenter)
1888 Nov 20
(Little Rock) Daily Arkansas Gazette describes building owned by Dawson burns
1889 Dec 13
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat item religious group no longer meeting at Dawson studio
1890
Little Rock, AR, city directory as photographer at 424 ½ Main; son Nelson working at studio

1890 Aug 31
(Little Rock) Daily Arkansas Gazette news item about infant Irene memorial
1890 Nov 14
(Little Rock) Daily Arkansas Gazette item Dawson purchases four head of cattle
1892 Jan 19
Little Rock, AR, state records son Nelson marries Lollie E Stillwell in Little Rock, AR
1892 May 24
(Little Rock) Daily Arkansas Gazette item Dawson sells property to Charlie Simmons
1891 Dec 22
(Little Rock) Daily Arkansas Gazette item R W Dawson administrator of estate of Laura E Dawson
1892 Jan 25
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat son Nelson R Dawson to marry Lollie E Stillwell
1892 Jun 3
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat small ad 8 room house for rent
1892 Feb 17, Mar 9, 11
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat item real estate transactions
1892 Jun 1
(Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat classified ad to rent house at 11th and Gains sts

1893
Little Rock, AR, city directory as photographer at 422 ½ Main; son Nelson working at studio; (Address is possibly a typo, probably 424.)
1893 Dec 9, 12, 19
(Little Rock) Daily Arkansas Gazette small ad, studio at 5th and Main
1894 Feb 4
Los Angeles (CA) Times lists license to marry Sue V Neal in CA
1895
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Dawson Gallery remains open at 424 ½ Main now operated by Nelson R Dawson
1895 Aug 7
Los Angeles (CA) Times item R W Dawson now living in Glendora, CA
1896
Los Angeles, CA, city directory as rancher
1897
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Dawson Gallery no longer listed
1897 Apr 09
Los Angeles (CA) Times item R W Dawson now living in Alamitos, CA
1900 Jun 21 US
Long Beach, CA, census Dawson as farmer

1908 Feb 02
Los Angles (CA) Times news item says Dawson has had a stroke
1910 Apr 26
Long Beach, CA, US census, no occupation shown in Long Beach, CA
1910 May 18
dies at age 76 in Long Beach, CA

It appears that Robert W. Dawson was photographer in Little Rock, AR, from 1880 through 1893 mostly at 424 ½ Main. There is no address on the cabinet card at the top, so it could have been done at any time during that period.

There are no records found so far that indicate he was in the photography business before that time, in Illinois or Wisconsin.

Arkansas Democrat - 06 Jun 1883

Daily (Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette - 05 Mar 1880


Arkansas Democrat - 25 Jul 1881


Daily (Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette - 24 Jan 1883

Arkansas Democrat - 06 Jun 1883

Arkansas Democrat - 03 Apr 1884


Arkansas Democrat - 05 Apr 1884

Daily Arkansas Democrat - 04 Aug 1885


Daily Arkansas Democrat - 29 Apr 1886

Daily Arkansas Democrat - 18 Jun 1887


Arkansas Democrat - 27 Aug 1890


Daily Arkansas Democrat - 09 Dex 1893

Daily Arkansas Gazette - 14 Dec 1893


Los Angles (CA) Times - 04 Feb 1894


Arkansas Democrat - 03 Jul 1903

Los Angles (CA) Times - 02 Feb 1908


Arkansas Democrat - 20 Nov 1908


The Canyon (CA) News - 18 Dec 1908


Los Angeles (CA) Times - 18 May 1910

Daily Arkansas Gazette - 24 Aug 1910

photographer: Dawson
imprint on reverse
example from auction site

photographer: Dawson
Little Rock, AR
example from auction site

photographer: Dawson
imprint on reverse
example from auction site

photographer: Dawson
Little Rock, AR
example from mj aux on Flickr

The cabinet cards at the right are probably NOT by R W Dawson. R W Dawson was in Vienna, Wisconsin in 1860 when he and Lucy M Freeman were married. But the card style, elaborate printing and deckle edge seem more from about 1900, long after he had moved to California from Little Rock, AR.

photographer: Dawson Studios
Oshkosh, New London, Hortonville, Seymour, WI
example from auction site

photographer: Dawson
Seymour, Hortonville, Lintonville
example from auction site

photographer: Dawson
Oskosh, New London, Hortonville, WI
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.

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.