Wallace Burton Stage

photographer: Stage
North Grand, Rochester, NY
example from LOST GALLERY

Wallace Burton Stage
(1878-1921)

1878 Oct 18
Jersey City, NJ, state records, Wallace Burden Stage is born to Benjamin Franklin Stage and Caroline R Robertson
1898 Apr 29
New York, NY, military records, Wallace B Stage leaves service, noted as photographer
1900 Jun 11
New York, NY, US census, Wallace B Stage as photographer, living with parents
1902
New York, NY, city directory, Wallace B Stage NOT listed (business section Only)
1903 Jul 04
New York, NY, city records, Wallace B Stage and Helen B Grady are married; license lists as photographer
1903
New York, NY, city directory, Wallace B Stage as photographer at 122 E 59th
1905 Jun 01
New York, NY, state census, Wallace Stage as photographer; res 402 East 52 Street

1906
New York, NY, city directory, Wallace Stage as photographer at 122 E 59th
1910
New York, NY, city directory, Wallace B Stage as photographer; res 122 E 59th
1912
New York, NY, city directory, Wallace B Stage as photographer; res “120” E 59th
1913
New York, NY, city directory, Wallace B Stage as photographer; res 122 E 59th
1914, 1915
New York, NY, city directory, W Burden Stage as photographer at 630 5th av
1915 Jun 01
New York, NY, state census, Wallace Stage as photographer; res 575 Minnieford Ave
1916
New York, NY, city directory, W Burden Stage as photographer at ?30 5th; res 515 Minneford ab
1917
New York, NY, city directory, W Burden Stage as photographer at 753 5th av; 515 Minneford av

1917 Sep 17/18
Bronx NY, registration card for WW I service. Wallace Burden Stage as photographer; res 515 Mineford Ave, City Island, NY
1918 New York, NY, city directory, Some “S” pages missing
1918
Mount Vernon, NY, city directory, Wallace B Stage NOT listed
1919
Mount Vernon, NY, city directory, “Walter” Stage as photographer in NYC; res 11 N 7th av
1920
Mount Vernon, NY, city directory, Wallace B Stage as photographer; res 11 N 7th
1921 Sep 38
City Island, NY, state records, Wallace B Stage dies at age 42

Nothing has been found so far placing W B Stage in Rochester NY. It is just a guess but the card shown here was probably done early in the career of W B Stage. Cabinet cards were fast losing favor after 1900.

Mt Vernon (NY) Daily Argus - 25 Aug 1916

New York (NY) - 28 Jun 1921

Pittsburgh (PA) Daily Post - 03 Oct 1926

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Marcellus M DeWitt

photographer: DeWitt
406 Lack'a Av, Scranton, PA
example from LOST GALLERY
(finished between 1882 and 1886)

Marcellus DeWitt
(1856-1903)

1856 Jan
New York, NY, state records, Marcellus M DeWitt is born to John Sammons DeWitt and Harriet C Calkins
1880
New York, NY, city directory, Marcellus DeWitt is NOT listed; Albert P Whiteman is listed as photographer with Whiteman and (Ray D) Chapman at 116 Bowery
1880 Jun 08
New York, NY, US census, Marcelus DeWitt as photographer; same residence as John Siewer, Albert Whiteman and Nathaniel Abraham, photographers;
1881
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt NOT listed
1882
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer at 406 Lack av;
1883
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer at 406 AND 321 Lack av;

1883 Sep 22
Scranton (PA) Evening Times, Small ad for DeWitt studio at 406 and 321 Lackawanna
1883 Nov 25
Scranton (PA) Republican newspaper ad for DeWitt photos at 406 Lackawanna av
1884, 1885, 1886
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer at 406 Lack av;
1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer at 316 Lack’a av;
1892
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer at 316 Lack av; also as jeweler at 203 Lack (as operated by his brother William;)
1893, 1894
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer at 316 Lack av,
1884 Apr 13
Scranton (PA) Republican newspaper ad for DeWitt studio at 406 Lackawana
1894 Oct 20
Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune newspaper ad says DeWitt studio is at 435 Spruce St

1895
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt, as photographer at 435 Spruce Av.; res
1896 (NO 1897)
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M Dewitt as photographer at 435 Spruce; also listed under artists’ materials, same address
1886 April 27
Pittston (PA) Evening Gazette item says DeWitt has opened a branch gallery in Pittston
1898 Sep 01
Scranton (PA) Republican newspaper item mentions DeWitt’s “Penny Gallery” in Wilkes-Barre, PA
1898 Nov 05
Scranton (PA) Tribune newspaper ad says DeWitt studio is at 134 Wyoming (possibly a miss-print)
1898 Nov 24 and 1898 Dec 15
Scranton (PA) Republican newspaper ad says DeWitt Gallery is at 435 Spruce st, corn of Washington av
1898 (no 1897 0r 1899)
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer at 435 Spruce; NOT listed under artist materials
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1899 Mar 22
Scranton (PA) Republican newspaper ad says DeWitt studio is at 435 Spruce
1899 Apr 14
Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune newspaper ad says DeWitt studio is at 110-116 Wyoming
1900 Jun 01
Newspaper item: J B Schreiver takes over the De Witt studio at 10 Wyoming
1900
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt; res 1341 Capouse ,(occupation not shown); and NOT listed in Bus Section

1901
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as photographer; res 1345 Capouse av; NOT in bus pages
1902
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M DeWitt as bkkpr, 1345 Capouse av; NOT in bus pages
1903
Scranton, PA, city directory, Marcellus M Dewitt as photographer; res 1345 Capouse av
1903 Nov 20
Scranton, PA, newspaper obit, state records, Marcellus M DeWitt dies at age 47

As a studio location recap:
(All are Scranton except as noted) 406 Lack Av – 1882-1886
406 Lack and 321 Lack – 1883
5 N Main, Pittston - 1886 to 1890
316 Lack Av - 1887-1893
435 Spruce – 1895-1898 (and early 1899)
Wilkes-Barre "Penny Gallery" - 1898
110 Wyoming - April 1899 up to April of 1900
1341 Capouse – 1900 - 1903 (also his residence)

(yes, “Lack” is short for “Lackawana”)

Typical City Directory ad (1883)

Scranton (PA) Evening Times -
22 Sep 1883 Scranton (PA) Repbulican -
25 Nov 1883 Pittston (PA) Evening Gazette -
01 May 1884

Pittston (PA) Evening Gazette -
27 Apr 1886 Scranton (PA) Republican -
10 Oct 1886

Scranton (PA) Republican -
23 Jan 1887 Scranton (PA) Republican -
10 Mar 1890 Pittston (PA) Gazette -
27 Jun 1890

Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune -
29 Oct 1894 Scranton (PA) Tribune -
11 Nov 1895

Scranton (PA) Republican -
01 Sep 1898 Scranton (PA) Tribune -
05 Nov 1898 Scranton (PA) Republican -
24 Nov 1898 Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune -
15 Dec 1899

Scranton (PA) Republican -
22 Mar 1899

Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune -
14 Apr 1899

Scranton (PA) Times-Tribune -
04 Jun 1900

Scranton(PA) Times-Tribune -
20 Nov 1903

Scranton (PA) Republican -
21 Nov 1903

Tampa Bay (FL) Times -
17 May 1939

photographer: DeWitt
406 Lackawana, Scranton, PA
example from auction site

photographer; DeWitt
406 Lackawana, Scranton, PA
example from auction site

photographer: DeWitt
Scranton, PA
example from auction site

photographer: DeWitt
Scranton, PA
example from auction site

photographer: DeWitt
316 Lackawana, Scranton, PA
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: DeWitt
316 Lack Ave, Scranton, PA
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: DeWitt
Scranton, PA
example from auction site

photographer; DeWitt
Scranton, PA
example from auction site

photographer: DeWitt
Opp. Wyoming House, Scranton, PA
example from auction site (unfortunately trimmed at bottom)

photographer: DeWitt
Opp. Wyoming House, Scranton, PA
example from auction site

photographer: DeWitt
Scranton, PA
example from pinterst

photographer: DeWitt
Scranton, PA
example from mj aux on Flickr

photographer: M M De Witt
Opposite Wyoming House, Scranton, PA
example from auction house

reverse of card at left

photographer: DeWitt
406 Lacka Ave, Scranton, NY
example from annonymous contributor

photographer: DeWitt
406 Lacka Ave, Scranton, NY
example from annonymous contributor

Following are examples from photographer G H DeWitt of Madison and Plattsburg, NY.

No connection to M M DeWitt of Scranton, PA, has been found.

photographer: G H DeWitt
Madison, NY
example from auction site

photographer: DeWitt
Madison, NY
example from auction site

photographer: DeWitt
Madison and Plattsburg New York
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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David Ehrlich

Photographer: Prof. Ehrlich
New York
example from LOAT GALLERY

The name Ehrlich occurs quite often in records from New York and the east coast of the US in the late 1800’s. It doesn’t help research on the photographer Professor Ehrlich when the famous scientist who produced the first diphtheria vaccine went by the same name, Professor Ehrlich.

Support has been found in newspaper and magazine articles and ads to confirm that “Prof.” Ehrlich had a photograph studio at 160 E. 66th street in New York City, from 1892 to 1902. Only one article was found in the New York World, 01 March 1894 which shows him as Prof. D. Ehrlich at that address.

In the 1902 New York City, NY, city directory, there appears in the business section, a David Ehrlich, photographer, at 157 E. 75th and in the residential section, David Ehrlich is an “artist” at 160 E 66th street. The 157 E 75th address is probably at or near 75th and Lexington.

David Ehrlich
(Very little biographical information has been found. The 1922 city directory shows that a brother Martin has apparently moved in with David but that is the only clue.)


1874, 1878, 1879, 1880
New York, NY, city directory, David Ehrlich NOT listed
1881
New York, NY, city directory not available
1882, 1883
New York, NY, city directory David Ehrlich as artist at 184 E 76th
1884
New York, NY, city directory David Ehrlich as artist at 200 E 61st
1886
New York, NY, city directory David Ehrlich as artist at 200 E 61st
1888, 1889, 1891,1892
New York, NY, city directory David Ehrlich as artist at 160 E 66th
1892
New York, NY, Photographic Times David Ehrlich at Studio at 66th between Lexington and 3rd

1893 Jun 29
Evening World (NY) newspaper ad Ehrlich photograph studio at 160 E 66th
1894
New York, NY, city directory David Ehrlich as photographer; res 160 e 66th
1894 Feb 03
Evening World (NY) newspaper classified ad for “agent” for Prof. Ehrlich elite gallery at 160 E 66th
1894 Mar 05
New York World newspaper ad for Prof. Ehrlich studio at 160 E 66th
1895, 1896
New York, NY, city directory incomplete
1895 Mar 04
New York World newspaper ad for Ehrlich studio at 160 E 66th
1897 Jun 27
New York World newspaper ad for Ehrlich studio at 160 E 66th
1897, 1898, 1899
New York, NY, city directory David Ehrlich as photographer at 160 E 66th

1902
New York, NY, city directory David Ehrlich as “Artist” at 157 E 75th
1902
New York, NY, city directory, (same issue as above) Davie Ehrlich listed in business section under photographers at 175 E. 75th street (note transposition in numbers)
1902 Jun 27
New York Tribune item says Ehrlich is at 861 Park Av, cor of 77th
1903
New York, NY, city directory, David Ehrlich as photographer at 1380 3rd av
1906
New York, NY, city directory, David Ehrlich NOT listed
1910
New York, NY, city directory, David Ehrlich as artist, res 7 E 11th

1911
New York, NY, city directory, David Ehrlich as music; res 51 w 116th
1912
New York, NY, city directory, David Ehrlich as music; res 49 w 116th
1913
New York, NY, city directory, David Ehrlich as artist; res 1281 3rd av
1914, 1915
New York, NY, city directory, David Ehrlich as teacher; res 519 w 138th; also as Operator; res 8 ave B
1916, 1917, 1918, 1920
New York, NY, city directory, David Ehrlich as teacher; res 519 w 138th
1922, 1925
New York, NY, city directory, David Ehrlich as “Ehrlich Flute Studio” at 519 w 138th; brother Martin Ehrlich (mgr) is now at same address

1925 Jun 01
New York state census, David Ehrlich as music teacher; res 519 West 138th; brother Martin at same address
1926, 1927
New York, NY, city directory, business only, David Ehrlich not listed in musicians, teachers
1928, 1931, 1932,
New York, NY, city directory, bus only, incomp.
1933
New York, NY, city directory, incomplete, begins at “L”; business section Ehrlich not under music teachers category
No other city directories available from 1934 to 1947

Portrait of Prof Ehrlich found at NYC library

New York World
01 Mar 1894

New York World - 04 Mar 1895

New York World - 27 Jun 1897

New York (NY) Tribune - 08 Jun 1902


New York (NY) Tribune - 27 Jun 1902

Photographer: Professor Ehrlich
160 E 66th Street, New York, NY
from the collection of William Creswell on Flickr

Reverse of the card at the left

Photographer: Professor Ehrlich
New York, NY
From the collection of KEN on Flickr

Unfortunately the source on this example has been misplaced. If you can identify it please let me know.

photographer: Prof. Ehrlich
unknown location
example from auction site

photographer: Prof Ehrlich
New York, NY
example from contributor M Brubaker

photographer: Prof Ehrlich
Lexington Av cor 71st, New York, NY
example from contributor Lisanne Lange

reverse of card at left
Ehrlich studio
1380 3rd Av

photographer: Prof Ehrlich
New York, NY
exampe from auction site

photographer: Prof Ehrlich
New York, NY
example from contributor M Brubaker

This card is a self portrait of David Ehrlich

reverse of both cards 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.

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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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