George Edmonson Hutchison

This is a special page for a cabinet card by a very interesting photographer from the collection of rfinch on Ancestry.com

Photographer: Hutchison
Lincoln, Kansas
from the collection of
rfinch on Ancestry.com

George Edmonson Hutchison
(1865 - 1949)

1865 Mar 21
G E Hutchison is born in Gentry, MO
1888
Hutchison marries Sarah Elizabeth Young
1890 Apr 2
daughter Margeretta Hutchison is born in Lincoln, KS
1895 Mar 01
Kansas census Lincoln, KS, as “photo”
1900 Jun 07
US census Lincoln, KS, as photographer
1910 Apr 26
US census Lincoln, KS, as county register of deeds
1920 Mar 01
US census Lincoln, KS as abstractor
1930 Apr 11
US census Lincoln, KS as abstractor
1940 Apr 09
US census Lincoln, KS as abstractor
1949 May 12
G E Hutchison dies age 84 in Lincoln County, KS

There are no Lincoln, KS, city directories available so the timeline is a bit sketchy. It shows that G E Hutchison was in Lincoln, KS, from about 1890 until his death in 1949. Photography is mentioned only twice, 1895 and 1900. By 1910 it looks as if he has retired from photography and never returns.

The following two items clear things up a bit. These are from GenWeb: Photography Studios in Lincoln County
transcribed from the Lincoln Sentinel-Republican, March 14, 1935
HEAD: Photo Gallery Here Since '88 Will Be Abandoned April 1
“G.W. Phegley, photographer in Lincoln the past 24 years, is planning to move his studio from its present quarters over the Model Cash Grocery to the building now occupied by the Allen Plumbing company. Mr. Phegley purchased the plumbing building some time ago and plans to make it into one of the finest photograph studios in central Kansas. It will make him an ideal location, easily accessible and with splendid natural light.

The rooms being vacated by Mr. Phegley have been used as a photograph studio since 1888, when the first "gallery" was opened in Lincoln by G.E. Hutchison, now bonded abstractor. For 19 years, Mr. Hutchison was busy taking pictures of Lincoln residents, For in those days it was considered the proper procedure to have a picture made of the flowers banked against the casket.
After 19 years in the business, Mr. Hutchison was nominated and elected to the county office of Register of Deeds and sold his photograph equipment and supplies to James Shipley.”



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And this:
“George Hutchison opened a studio in Lincoln in 1888, immediately after his marriage, and remained in the photography business until 1906, when he was elected Register of Deeds. He worked at a variety of professions after his term expired but apparently never returned to photography. He died in 1949.”

So, in summary, G E Hutchison was in Lincoln, KS, from about 1888 until his death in 1949. Photography is mentioned only two actual records, 1895 and 1900. By 1906 it looks as if he has retired from photography and never returns

The Kansas newspapers have lots of items about George Hutchison, unfortunately there was at least three men by that name in Kansas around the last half of the 19th century. Besides our photographer, there was another in politics and another was a petit criminal, so they made the papers often.

Following are two minor items that are fairly certain to be about the photographer Hutchison.

Salina Journal - 17 Apr 1919


Salina Journal - 04 Mar 1921

photographer Hutchison, Lincoln, KS

Reverse of the card at the left

Here is an additional cabinet card by photographer George Hutchison from the LOST GALLERY collection.
This photograph is dated on the reverse by a family historian: Feb 1890.

photographer: Phegley
Alton, KS
example from pinterest

photographer: F O Shipley
Lincoln, KS
example from auction site
(Shipley purchased the
Hutchison Gallery around 1907)

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Frank Rufus Barrows

This is a special page presenting a cabinet card not in LOST GALLERY. It's by a very interesting photographer from the collection of rfinch on Ancestry.com

from the collection of
rfinch on Ancestry.com

Star Gallery was located at 16 w Berry st in Fort Wayne, IN, from about 1884 to about 1891. The cabinet card shown here was probably done then.

Frank Rufus Barrows
(1854 - 1920)

1854
Frank Rufus Barrows is born in Sturgis, MI
1877
Marriage to Abbie H. Johnson
1880
US census Fort Wayne, IN, as photographer; res 132 Madison st
1884 May 10
Fort Wayne (IN) Daily News item from Felix Schanz about opening the Star Gallery
1884
Fort Wayne, (IN) Daily News 26 small ads for Star Gallery, 16 w Berry st
1885 Jul 29
Fort Wayne, (IN) Daily News small item about artist Phillipe De Vaane visiting at Gallery, 16 w Berry st
1886 Oct - Dec
Fort Wayne (IN) Daily News 7 small ads for Star Gallery at 16 w Berry
1887 - 1889
Fort Wayne (IN) Daily News and Sentinel many small ads for Star Gallery at 16 w Berry
1889 Mar 01
Fort Wayne (IN) Sentinel news item Frank Barrows’ brother, Charles V Barrows marries Nellie Hollister

1890 Jan 28
Fort Wayne (IN) Sentinel news item about Charles Barrows, proprietor of Star Gallery (address not given)
1891 Aug 21, 27
Fort Wayne (IN) Sentinel and Fort Wayne (IN) Weekly Journal news item Star Gallery in Sturgis, MI, burns down
1893
Waterloo (IN) Press item says G J Parrot is takes over studio at Berry and Calhoun on 11 Sep
1893
Fort Wayne, IN, city directory Barrows as photographer at 62-64 Calhoun and 21-23 w Berry
1896
Fort Wayne (IN) Journal-Gazette item mentions Barrows owns x-ray tube
1897 - 1899
Fort Wayne, IN, city directory as photographer at 23 w Berry
1898 Feb 20
Fort Wayne (IN) Journal-Gazette item about Barrows studio at 23 Berry st, Fort Wayne, IN
1900
US census Fort Wayne, IN, as photographer
1901 March
Fort Wayne (IN) Sentinel item says F R Barrows is leaving Ft Wayne; George Parrot is to take over gallery

1901 Mar 25
Fort Wayne (IN) Sentinel item says F R Barrows home at 11 Edgewater is for sale
1902 Aug 14
Fort Wayne (IN) Journal-Gazette item says F R Barrows is now resident of Boston, MA
1902 -1904
Boston, MA, city directory as photographer at 1873 Dorchester av; res 2 Lombard
1903
Indianapolis (IN) Journal item mentions F R Burroughs of Boston
1902 - 1904
Boston, MA, city directory as photographer at 1873 Dorchester
1905
Boston, MA, city directory as photographer at 1330 Beacon
1909 Jul 19
Vicksburg (MI) American news item about photographers convention in New York, F R Barrows as president, article mentions he is from Boston.
1920 Jan 05
US census Eugene, OR, as no occupation living with daughter and her husband
1920 Jul 29
Eugene, Lane, OR, Frank Rufus Barrows dies at age 65

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The Star Gallery was a business owned and operated by Frank Rufus Barrows. There was a Star Gallery located in at least two cities, Fort Wayne, IN, and another about fifty miles north in Sturgis, MI. Barrows had several photographers operating in these studios over the years. His brother Charles Barrows worked in both studios at times and was operating the one in Sturgis when it burned down in August of 1891.

Star Gallery was located at 16 w Berry st in Fort Wayne, IN, from about 1884 to about 1891. The cabinet card shown here was probably done then.

Felix Schanz operated the Star Gallery in Fort Wayne from about May of 1884 to Oct of 1886 when there was apparently a rather acrimonious separation. Schanz then opened his own gallery at 60 Calhoun st in Fort Wayne.

In April of 1895, Miss Marguerite Hanns went to work for Barrows at the Fort Wayne

Between 1893 and 1898 Barrows operated galleries at 62 64 Calhoun and 21-23 Berry but the name “Star Gallery” seems to have been dropped from the advertising and news items.

Fort Wayne (IN) Daily Gazette -
10 May 1884

Fort Wayne Sentinel - 28 Oct 1886


Fort Wayne Sentinel - 20 Nov 1886

Fort Wayne (IN) Journal-Gazette -
24 May 1890


Fort Wayne (IN) Sentinel - 21 Aug 1891

Fort Wayne (IN) Sentinel - 20 Jul 1894

Waterloo (IN) Press - 09 Nov 1893

Fort Wayne (IN) Sentinel - 27 Apr 1895


Fort Wayne (IN) Sentinel 02 Mar 1901

Fort wayne (IN) Journal-Gazette -
02 Mar 1902

photographer: Barrows
62 and 64 Calhoun St, Ft Wayne, IN
example from auction site

Examples of phootographer F Schanz

photographer: F Schanz
112 Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne, IN
example from Rescued Photo
(see mention above)

photographer: F Schanz
112 Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne, IN
example from auction site

photographer: F Schanz
112 Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne, IN
example from auction site

photographer: F Schanz
112 Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne, IN
example from auction site

photographer: Star Gallery (Felix Schanz)
16 West Berry Street, FT Wayne, IN
example from auction site

photographer: F Schanz
112 Calhoun St, Fr. Wayne, IN
example from contributor:
Melissa Hicks
melissa_hicks66@yahoo.com

photographer: F Schanz
112 Calhoun St, Fort Wayne, IN
example from facebook

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.

Additional 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.

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Jesse Orville Johnson

This is a special page for three cabinet cards by a very interesting photographer from the collection of rfinch on Ancestry.com

from the collection of
rfinch on Ancestry.com

from the collection of
rfinch on Ancestry.com

from the collection of
rfinch on Ancestry.com

Jesse Orville Johnson
(1833-1915)

Timeline
1833 Jul 18
Hancock, NH, J Orville Johnson is born
1857 Feb 27
Evening Star (DC) item Johnson Gallery at 809 Pennsylvania; res 447 M st nw
1860 Jul 11
US census Essex MA as House of Correction as “Dague Artist” for “Passing Counterfeit Money”
1862
cabinet card information “Established 1862” 467 & 469 Pennsylvania
1863
Civil War registration as Artist
1864 Nov 07
Evening Star newspaper Washington DC marriage to Emma Amanda Austin
1869 Jan 11
Washington DC birth of son Frank Elmer Johnson
1870 Aug 10
US census Washington DC as photographer; brother Frank at same address

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1872 Nov 03
Washington DC birth of daughter Ella Mae Johnson
1875 Feb 27
Washington DC Evening Star classified ad shows residence as 447 M street nw
1878
Washington DC city directory as photographer at 809 Market Space nw
1880
US census Washington DC as photographer at 809 Market Space nw; brother Frank at same address
1900
US census Washington DC as photographer at 469 Pennsylvania ave
1910
US census Washington DC as proprietor of studio at 467 Pennsylvania ave
1915 Mar 11
J Orville Johnson dies in Washington DC

The US census for 1870 and 1880 show Orville and his brother Frank living at the same address. During this period was probably when the operated as “Johnson Brothers” gallery. The cabinet cards here were probably done after this when Orville appears to be operating alone at 467-469 Pennsylvania ave.

Washington DC, Evening Star - 07 Nov 1864


News Journal - 12 Nov 1896

Evening Star - 27 Feb 1875


News Journal - 12 Nov 1896

National Republican - 2 Dec 1874


Washington Times - 12 Mar 1915

photographer: Johnson Brothers
467-469 Pennsylvania Av
Washington, DC
from Cabinet Card Gallery

Slightly smaller than a cabinet card
photographer: J. Orville Johnson
467&469 Penn Ave
Washington, DC
Sent to LOST GALLERY by contributor GGC

photographer: Johnson Brothers
467-469 Pennsylvania Av
Washington, DC
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: Johnson Brothers
467-469 Pennsylvania Av
Washington, DC
example source unknown

photographer: Johnson Brothers
467-469 Pennsylvania Av
Washington, DC
example from auction site

photographer: J Orville Johnson
457-459 Penn Av. washington, DC
example from auction site

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Mrs R M Brown

Photographer: Brown
Belleville, Kansas
From the collection of
rfinch on Ancestry.com

The Belleville (KS) Telegram carries several items about Dr Brown and Mrs R M Brown documenting their stay in that town in 1897 to 1899.

One item, 17 Sep 1897, mentions Dr and Mrs Brown and daughter proposing to locate in Belleville, KS, from Alma, NE.

Belleville (KS) Telescope - 17 Sep 1897

The following month, there was this very descriptive item in the same newspaper.

Belleville (KS) Telescope - 08 Oct 1897

In December 1897, there is this descriptive item in a feature about new businesses in Belleview.

Belleville (KS) Telescope - 10 Dec 1897

Following this, over 70 small ads and items were found in the Belleville (KS) Telescope between the dates of 08 Oct 1897 and 19 May 1899. Examples:

Belleville (KS) Telescope - 10 Dec 1897

Belleville (KS) Telescope - 17 Dec 1897

Belleville (KS) Telescope - 04 Feb 1898

Belleville (KS) Telescope - 18 Feb 1898

Belleville (KS) Telescope - 15 Apr 1898

Belleville (KS) Telescope - 06 May 1898

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In 1899 this item appeared:

Belleville (KS) Telescope - 21 Apr 1899

On 02 Jun 1899, there appears a short item in the Belleville (KS) Telegram which seems to indicate that Jun 23 and 24 will be customer’s last chance to pick up their orders.

Belleville (KS) Telescope - 22 Jun 1899

Unfortunately nothing has been found so far that documents their travels before or after their stay in Belleville, KS.

Further leads have been inconclusive owing to the fact that there were at least three doctors named Brown in the area. Though there are mentions in area newspapers of the activities of Dr Brown, there is nothing to indicate that it is the same Dr Brown that resided in Belleville, KS, in 1897 to 1899.

It is also unclear whether the initials "R M" belong to Mrs Brown or her husband. Some ads end with “Mrs R M Brown” and others with “R M Brown”

It is fairly conclusive however that the cabinet card here was finished between Oct of 1897 and June of 1899.

photographer Brown
Belleville, KS
example from the LOST GALLERY collection

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.

New examples and additional information 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.

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.