John James Noonan

Unidentified man
Photographer: J. J. Noonan
Hickman, KY


Hickman (KY) Courier - 09 Jun 1893

Unfortunately there were at least three photographers named J. J. Noonan in the eastern part of the US during the cabinet card era. Two of them were born the same year and had wives with the same first name.

However, one of them was born in Columbus, Hickman County, KY, and lived in Obion, TN, from about 1897 to 1910. Obion is just over 20 miles from the city of Hickman, KY, the town on this cabinet card. The city of Hickman, KY, is not in Hickman County, KY but is just a short distance from the cities of Columbus, KY, and Paducah, KY, where this J. J. Noonan also lived at one time.

John James Noonan
(12 Feb 1860 - 20 Dec 1923)

Apparently J. J. Noonan lived in New Madrid County, MO, until he was about 17-20. He hasn’t been found it the US Census of 1880, which would be a great help in establishing his whereabouts at age 20.

According to his children’s birth dates and locations, the family was living in Obion, KY by 1895. They stayed there until at least 1910 then moving to Paducah, KY where he died in 1923.

This cabinet card could have been made in that brief period when he was still living in Hickman, KY, about 1880 to 1893 as the clipping at the left indicates.

Hickman (KY) Courier - 21 Apr 1893


Hickman (KY) Courier - 02 Jun 1893


Hickman Courier - 21 Jul 1893

photographer: unknown
contributed by G Cullen

reverse of card at left

enhanced version of card

enlarged area of medalion

The enlarged medallion design at the left is of an artist's palette with brushes and cut flowers.

Contributor G Cullen has pointed out that the medallion logo on this card appears identical to the one on the card by J J Noonan, at the top of the page. He says he has also discovered three other cards with the same medallion design.

Indeed, this may be a generic imprint found on stock cabinet card blanks sold by printers or photograph material suppliers.

photographer:J J Noonan
Cooperstown, KY
example from contributor
(The first inital and the state is illegible but this is probably the same photographer.)

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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Ozro H Mulvane

photographer: O H Mulvane
Hiatt Block, Bennet, NE
example from LOST GALLERY

photographer: Bennet Studio (O H Mulvane)
Hiat Block, Bennet, NE
example from LOST GALLERY

photographer: Mulvane
Hiatt Block, Bennet, NE
example from Vintage Dog Blog

Note three different imprint designs for the short time Mulvane would have been in Bennet, NE.

Also note the sloppy handling of the first example, with the imprint slanted on the card. This would result from not insuring the card was in the hand press straight before printing.

Ozro H Mulvane
(1860 - 1931)

Timeline
1860
Newcomerstown, OH, state records, Ozro H Mulvane is born to John Deane Mardis and Matilda F Mardis
1885 Jun 03
West Oak, Lancaster, NE, Nebraska state census, Ozro H Mulvane as resident
1885 Jul 19
(Eustis, KS) Sherman County Democrat, Ozro H Mulvane mentioned in legal notice of homestead
1887 Sep 22
Eustis, KS, Sherman County Democrat mentions O H Mulvane is visiting Wallace, KS,
1888 through 1899
No newspaper mentions
1899
Kansas City, MO, city directory, O H Mulvane as photographer for A D Mitchell; res 621 e Eighth
1900
Kansas City, MO, city directory O H Mulvane NOT listed
1899, 1900
Lincoln, NE, city directory, Mulvane NOT listed

1900 Nov 19
Lincoln, NE, State Journal classified ad says O H Mulvane photo gallery is for sale
Lincoln, NE, city directory O H Mulvane NOT listed
1901
Lincoln, NE, city directory “Oscar” H Mulvane as photographer for W L Prewett; res 145 S 11th
1903
Lincoln, NE, city directory O H Mulvane NOT listed
1903
Hastings, NE, city directory as photographer for G E Payne
1904
Cedar Rapids, IA, city directory O H Mulvane NOT listed
1905 Nov 18
(Deadwood, SD) Daily Pioneer Times item says O H Mulvane will spend holidays in old home at Lincoln, NE and then expects to leave for the coast
1905 Dec 26
(Cedar Rapids, IA) Gazette item says O H Mulvane of Lincoln, NE, has taken over the Studio Grand from Mr Manville

1906
Cedar rapids, IA, city directory O H Mulvane as photographer at 221 First av; rms 620 First av
1906 Dec 14, Dec 29
(Cedar Rapids, IA) Gazette small ads for Elite Studio at 116 s Second st
1907
Cedar Rapids, IA, city directory O H Mulvane as photographer at 105 First av; rms 620 First av
1907 Jan 04 thru Dec 20
(Cedar Rapids, IA) Gazette small ads for Elite Studio at 205 First av
1908 Jan 03, Jan 18
Cedar Rapids, IA Gazette small ad for Elite Studio at 205 First av
1908 Oct 23
(Deadwood, SD) Daily Pioneer Times item says Elite Studio has been taken over by O H Mulvane of Des Moines, IA
1908 Nov 24
Lead (SD) Daily Call small display ads run for Elite Studio operated by O H Mulvane
1909 Mar 28
Denver, CO, state records, O H Mulvane marries Jennie B Sinclair

1909 Jul 22
Lead (SD) Call item says O H Mulvane of the Elite Studio has done a group photograph of motormen
1910
Kansas City, MO, city directory, Ozro H Mulvane as photographer at 1023 Main
1910 Feb 05
Lead (SD) Call item says O H Mulvane has left for Lincoln, NE
1910 Apr 20
Kansas City, MO, US census Ozro H Mulvane as occupation unknown; res 1023 Main
1912
Kansas City, MO, city directory, O H Mulvane as photographer for J Rieger and Co; res 1417 Broadway
1912 Jul 12, Jul 19, Aug 23, Sep 06
Wathena (KS) Times item says O H Mulvane and Mrs are operating at 810 ½ Frederick av in St Joseph, MO
1912 Oct 11
Wathena (KS) Times item says O H Mulvane studio is at 810 ½ Frederick in St Joseph, MO
1913, 1914, 1915
St Joseph, MO, city directory, O H Mulvane as photographer at 810 ½ Frederick av; rms 319 s Tenth

1914, 1915, 1916
Various Missouri newspapers, Mrs O H Mulvane is active in social gatherings; no ads for Mulvane photography
1915 Jul 11
Lincoln (NE) State Journal item says Mrs Mulvane has returned home to St Joseph, MO
1919
Kansas City, MO, city directory, O H Mulvane as photographer for B Weatherwax; res 2932 Charlotte
1920 Jan 21
Kansas City, MO, city directory, O H Mulvane as artist; wife Jennie listed as “stenographer”; res 2944 Brooklyn av
1921 Jan
According to news article (see below) in Anaconda Newspaper, O H Mulvane begins residence in Butte, MT this year
1922 Jul 06
Anaconda (MT) Standard news item says Mrs O H Mulvane has arrived in Butte, MT to join her husband
1923
Butte, MT, city directory O H Mulvane as photographer for Schoettner Studio at 103 n Broadway

1923 Aug 03
Anaconda (MT) Standard new item says O H Mulvane was burned severely in a flashlight accident
1923 Sep 13
Anaconda (MT) Standard item says O W Middleton and O H Mulvane have taken over the Schoettner Studio at 206 w Park from Walter Thomas and Hugo Kenck
1924 Feb 24
Anaconda (MT) Standard Sun news item gives small bio of resident Mrs O H Mulvane
1926, 1927
No mention in newspapers
1930 Apr 04
Chicago, IL, US census, O H Mulvane as photographer; wife Jennie is real estate agent; res 2444 Michigan av
1930 Jun 16
Chicago, IL, state records, O H Mulvane dies at age 71


Ozro Mulvane moved around a lot. In tracing his whereabouts it was often necessary to settle only for where he wasn’t instead of establishing where he was.

Known locations as photographer
Kansas City, MO / 1899-1900
Lincoln, NE / circa 1900-1901
Hastings, NE / 1903 as photographer for G E Payne
Cedar Rapids, IA / 1905 - 1908 Jan 18
Deadwood, SD / 1908 Oct 12
Lead, SD / 1909 Jul 22 (Lead and Deadwood are only 3 miles apart)
Kansas City, MO, at 810 ½ Frederick / 1910 Feb to 1915
Kansas City, MO / 1919 (& possibly 1920) working for B Weatherwax
Butte, MT -/ 1921 - 1924
Chicago, IL / 1930 (probably working for someone else)

No documents have been found, so far, to fill in the gaps.

Nothing has been found to show when Mulvane was actually in Bennet, NE, but it was probably around the same time he was in Lincoln, N circa 1900. The towns are only 17 miles apart.

Also, the city directories for Lincoln, NE, in 1899 and 1900 do not list him. But those same years, two brothers, JD and Frank were living in nearby Raymond, NE, just 14 miles from Lincoln.

Note 19 Nov 1900 classified ad for sale of studio in Lincoln, NE.

Nebraska (Lincoln) State Journal - 19 Nov 1900


Deadwood (SD) Pioneer Times - 18 Nov 1905


Cedar Rapids (IA) - 26 Dec 1905

Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette -
29 Dec 1906


Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette -
18 Jan 1908

Daily Deadwood (SD) Pioneer Times -
23 Oct 1908


Lead (SD) daily Call -
24 Oct 1908

Lead (SD) Daily Call -
24 Nov 1908


Lead (SD) Daily Call -
22 Jul 1909


Lead (SD) Daily Call -
05 Feb 1910

Wathena (KS) Times Friday Troy Republican - 12 Jul 1912


King City (MO) Times - 23 Aug 1912


Wathena (KS) Times Friday Troy Republican - 06 Sep 1912

Wathena (KS) Times Friday Troy Republican -11 Oct 12


(Lincoln)State Journal - 11 Jul 1919


Lawrence (KS) Daily Journal World - 21 Oct 1919


Lincoln (NE) Star - 25 Jun 1922

Anaconda (MT) Standard - 09 Jul 1922


Anaconda (MT) Standard - 03 Aug 1923

Butte (MT) Miner Sun - 09 sep 1923

Anaconda(MT)Standard - 13 Sep 1923

Anaconda(MT)Standard - 24 Feb 1924

Lincoln (NE) Star News - 07 Jul 1931

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.

William C Williams

photographer W C WIlliams
Clayton, IL

William C Williams
(Nov 1846 - 28 Apr 1930)

There are no city directories or newspaper files available for Clayton, IL, at this time. The only records available for W C Williams were the US census for 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930. The 1870 US census shows a W Williams as farm laborer but it is not certain this is the same Williams.

W C Williams is shown as photographer in 1880 and 1900. By 1910 he is shown as a merchant of dry goods.

The 1920 and the 1930 show him as no occupation. He dies at age 83, seven days after being enumerated in the 1930 US census.

photographer: W C Williams
Clayton, IL
example from ancestry.com

Photographer: W C Williams
Clayton, IL
example from Lisby on Flickr

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.

William H Smith

photographer: Smith and Hooper
Washington, KS

See Henry Thomas Hooper page for timeline and biography.

W H Smith was a rather popular name around the northeast quarter of Kansas in the 19th century. Attorney, seed dealer, politician, cattleman, postmaster, sheriff and many other occupations were found. These may have been all one person or several. No connections have been made.

According to a Kansas tax roll, at least one of them was a photographer for a short time in Pardee, KS. Pardee, KS, became a ghost town about 1905, so unfortunately there is little information about the place.

What can be established is from two small advertisements in the Columbus (KS) weekly, 5 March 1885 and 12 March at the Southeast Corner of the Square. By April of the same year, the corner had been taken by D C Bacon, photographer. No earlier ads were found.

There were at least, two men named William H Smith in the right area and about the right time. Around the turn of the century, they both lived in the same town, Chanute, KS. One was a clerk for a drug company and the other was the husband of Mary Elizabeth Mater-Smith, photographer at Chanute, KS. Chanute is about 70 Miles from Columbus, KS. Chanute however is about 150 miles from Pardee, KS, where the tax roll says a William H Smith, photographer was working in 1865.

So no conclusions can be drawn about who the W H Smith was on the Kansas tax roll.

He was probably NOT the Smith in the partnership of Smith and Hooper.

The cabinet card at the left is by Hooper and Smith. Henry Thomas Hooper was found and documented fairly well. See Henry Thomas Hooper page.

But there were at least NINE photographers named Smith that could POSSIBLY have been in Washington, KS, for a brief stay, between the years of 1892 and 1909. This is a list:

Smith, Charles P, Topeka, KS (123 miles to Washington)
Smith, Eugene Warren, Pittsburg, KS (290 miles to Washington)
Smith, Gregory, Ottawa, KS (171 miles to Washington)
Smith, Mrs M E, Chanute, KS; AKA Mrs M E Smith AND Mrs Mary Elizabeth Maters-Smith
Smith, P S, Le Roy, KS (193 miles to Washington)(the same as Peter Smith?)
Smith, Peter, Seneca, KS (71 miles to Washington)(No information found on either)
Smith, R R, Larned, KS (191 miles to Washington)
Smith, Rodrigo Gilbert Leavenworth, KS (144 miles to Washington)
Smith, W H, Pardee, KS, (Pardee is now a ghost town in Atchison county, KS)(117 miles to Washington)

The photographer Smith, of Hooper and Smith, could be any one or none of these. In order to determine which, if any, of these photographers was possibly the one associated with Henry T Hooper in Washington, KS, a timeline or biography for each was developed.

The research above indicates that William H Smith was probably NOT the photographer in partnership with H T Hooper in Washington, KS.

After investigating all of the Smith photographers in this list, Rodrigo Gilbert Smith appears to be the photographer that was partners with
Henry T Hooper in Washington, KS,
around 1891.

photographer: Smith
Girard, KS
example from auction site
(which Smith is unknown)

photographer: Smith California Photo Car
Haddam, KS
excample from Flickr collection of mj aux
(which Smith is unknown)

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.

M E Mater-Smith

photographer: Smith and Hooper

This page is to determine whether Mary Elizabeth Starkey, Mater-Smith could be the SMITH of Hooper and Smith.

See Henry Thomas Hooper page for timeline and biography.

Mary Elizabeth Starkey, Mater, Smith
(29 Aug 1858 - 03 Jul 1934? )

1858 Aug
Illinois, US census Mary Elizabeth Starkey is born 1890-1893
1874 Dec 23
Douglas, KS, state records, M E Starkey marries Adolph G Mater
1875 Mar 01
Chanute, KS, state census, Mrs M E Mater has moved to Chanute, KS
1877
Chanute, KS, 1885 state census, son George is born
1879
Chanute, KS, 1885 state census, daughter Genie (Jennie) (Gertrude) is born
1880 Jun 19
Chanute, KS, US census, Mrs M Elizabeth Mater, no occupation shown
1883 Jan
Chanute, KS, state records, daughter Ada Mater is born

1885 Jan 29
Chanute, KS, state records, husband Adolphus Marion Mater dies
1885 Feb 10
Chanute, KS, state records, son Adolphus Marion Mater is born
1885 Mar 01
Chanute, KS, state census, M E Mater as no occupation, husband is not listed; four children
1893 Dec 08
Neosho, KS, state records, Mary Elizabeth Mater marries William H Smith
1895 Jan 07
Chanute, KS, local newspapers mention Mater-Smith rents rooms
1895 Jan 15
Chanute (KS) Blade, Jan 10 news item says E Ross Gregg takes possession of Mater-Smith Gallery
1895 Mar 01
Chanute, KS, state census M E Smith no occupation
1896
Chanute, KS, local newspapers run NO advertisements for the M E Mater studio

1897
Chanute, KS, local newspapers run multiple ads for M E Mater-Smith studio
1897 Oct 04
Chanute (KS) Daily Tribune classified ads for girl to do housework, rent furnished rooms about the Mater Art studio and rent the mater home property
1898 Aug 30
Chanute (KS) Sun, news item says Mrs M E Mater-Smith is attending a photographers meeting in Syracuse, NY
1898 Nov and Dec
Chanute, KS, local newspapers run multiple ads for M E Mater-Smith studio through Jan 1899
1899 Sep 04
Chanure (KS) Sun news item says Mrs Mater Smith will have a gallery on the fairgrounds, Howard Kinder will be operator
1900
Chanute, KS, US census, as photographer; res s Junction st
1900 Nov and Dec
Chanute, KS, local newspapers run about 30 small ads for the Mary E Mater-Smith studio

1901 Feb 17
Chanute (IS) Sun, news item says Mater-Smith gallery production has slowed because of inclement weather
1901 Sep thru Dec
Chanute, KS, local newspapers run about 50 small ads for the Mary E Mater-Smith studio
1902
Chanute, KS, local newspapers run about 70 small ads for the Mary E Mater-Smith studio
1903
Chanute, KS, city directory, listed at Smith, Mary E Mater, (Mrs William H) photographer 14 s Lincoln; listed in business pages also
1903 May 06
Chanute (KS) Daily Tribune classified ad says Mater-Smith has two building lots for sale
1903
Chanute newspapers, same ad runs nearly two hundred times in all papers
1903 Jun 11
Chanute (KS) Daily Tribune, news item says Mater-Smith studio special “cut” will end on Jun 20.

1904 Mar 11
Chanute (KS) Daily Blade AND Chanute (KS) Daily tribune AND Chanute (KS) Sun, small ad/news item says Mrs Mary E Mater-Smith will retire 15 Mar 1904; MULTIPLE ADS
1905
Chanute, KS, city directory, Mary E Smith NOT listed; William H Smith res 16 s Lincoln
1906
Chanute, KS, city directory, listed at Smith, Mary E Mater, (Mrs William H); res 305 n Forest av
1908
Chanute, KS, city directory, Mary E Smith, No occupation shown; A F Randolph, photographer, at 14 s Lincoln
1910
Chanute, KS, city directory, Mary E Smith, no occupation shown, res 16 s Lincoln
1912
Chanute, KS, city directory, Mary E Smith no occupation shown; res 16 s Lincoln
1914
Chanute, KS, city directory, Mary E Smith is NOT listed

1914 Mar 20
Chanute (KS) Weekly Tribune; obituary for Wm H Smith mentions Mrs Smith has been spending the winter in Kansas, City with her daughter Jessie
1916
Chanute, KS, city directory, Mary E Smith NOT listed; T C Newman at 14 s Lincoln av through 1922

It appears that Mary Elizabeth Mater-Smith ran a photography studio from about 1895 until she retired in March, 1904. She had at least two photographers working for her during that time: E Ross Gregg and Howard Kinder.

She liked to call herself Mater-Smith after her second marriage and it appears, except for a short presence in nearby Seneca, KS, that she seldom ventured outside of Chanute, KS.

From Chanute, KS, to Washington, KS, is 228 miles.

It is very doubtful that she was the Smith of Smith and Hooper. For more about Mrs M E Mater-Smith see:
Photographs, Pistols and Parasols.

photographer: Mater Art Studio
Chanute, KS
(M E Mater-Smith)
example from auction site

Chanute (KS) Daily Tribune - 07 Jan 1895


Chanute (KS) Blade - 10 Jan 1895


Chanute (KS) Daily Tribune - 10 Jan 1895

Chanute (KS) Daily Tribune - 15 Jan 1895


Burlington )KS) Democrat - 18 Jan 1895


Chanute (KS) Sun - 30 Sep 1897


Chanute (KS) Sun - 30 Aug 1898

Chanute (KS) Sun - 06 Jan 1899


Chanute (KS) Sun - 04 Sep 1899

Chanute (KS) Daily Tribune - 11 Dec 1901


Chanute (KS) Sun - 17 Feb 1902


Chanute (KS) Daily Tribune - 06 May 1903

Chanute (KS) Daily Tribune - 11 Jun 1903


Chanute (KS) Daily Tribune - 12 Jun 1903


Chanute (KS) Sun - 16 Jul 1903

Chanute (KS) Daily Blade - 11 mar 1904


Chanute (KS) Daily Tribune - 01 Feb 1904

The cabinet card at the left is by Hooper and Smith. Henry Thomas Hooper was found and documented fairly well. See Henry Thomas Hooper page.
But there were at least NINE photographers named Smith that could POSSIBLY have been in Washington, KS, for a brief stay, between the years of 1892 and 1909. This is a list:

Smith, Charles P, Topeka, KS (123 miles to Washington)
Smith, Eugene Warren, Pittsburg, KS (290 miles to Washington)
Smith, Gregory, Ottawa, KS (171 miles to Washington)
Smith, Mrs M E, Chanute, KS; AKA Mrs M E Smith AND Mrs Mary Elizabeth Maters-Smith
Smith, P S, Le Roy, KS (193 miles to Washington)(the same as Peter Smith?)
Smith, Peter, Seneca, KS (71 miles to Washington)(No information found on either)
Smith, R R, Larned, KS (191 miles to Washington)
Smith, Rodrigo Gilbert Leavenworth, KS (144 miles to Washington)
Smith, W H, Pardee, KS, (Pardee is now a ghost town in Atchison county, KS)(117 miles to Washington)

The photographer Smith, of Hooper and Smith, could be any one or none of these. In order to determine which, if any, of these photographers was possibly the one associated with Henry T Hooper in Washington, KS, a timeline or biography for each was developed.

The research above shows that M E Mater-Smith was probably NOT the photographer who was the Smith of Smith and Hooper.

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.