John Blue Tooley

Photographer: J. B. Tooley
Easton, Kansas
example from LOST GALLERY

John Blue Tooley
(02 May 1840 - 1914)

J. B. Tooley appears to have based his operations in Concordia, KS, for many years but travelled a lot to smaller towns in the area, staying in hotels for months at a time and then moving on.

The records show him as farmer in 1880 and then as “artist” in 1885, possibly indicating when he began his photography career. The following timeline may help to show where Tooley was working and help date cabinet cards that are imprinted with that town.

Timeline - All data from US census, newspaper blurbs and city directories
1840 May 02
born in Chariton, MO
1860 Aug 24
As farmer in Chariton, MO
1862
marriage to Susan Marian Henderson
1863 - 1875
birth of 5 children in Salt Springs, MO

1876
death of son in Silver Creek, MO
1880 Jun 18
US census as farmer in Silver Creek, MO
1881
birth of son in Silver Creek, MO
1885 Mar 01
Kansas census as artist in Lyndon, KS
1887 May 13
newspaper item in Concordia, KS
1888
death of daughter in Concordia, KS
1888 May 01
newspaper item as photographer in Concordia, KS
1889 May 24
newspaper item as photographer in Glasco, KS and Concordia, KS
1891 Mar 26
newspaper item as photographer in Concordia KS
1892 Apr 08
newspaper item as photographer in Concordia, KS
1895 Mar 01
Kansas Census as photographer in Concordia, KS

1896 Feb 25
newspaper item as photographer in Leavenworth, KS
1896 May 01
newspaper item as photographer in Potter, KS
1898 June 24
newspaper item as photographer in Teboo, KS (unknown town)
1900 Jun 05
US census as photographer in Rock Creek, KS
1901 Nov 04
newspaper item as photographer in Atchison, KS, moving that week to Potter, KS
1904
death of son in Center, KS
1910 Apr 15
US census as no occupation in Greenleaf, KS
1914
death in Greenleaf, KS at age 74

No clues turned up documenting when Tooley was in Easton, KS. Easton is a very small community even today. He probably visited there during his stay in Leavenworth, KS, as it is very near.

Concordia(KS) Blade -
12 Mar 1886


Concordia(KS) Blade -
13 May 1887


Concordia(KS) Blade -
01 May 1888


Concordia(KS) Blade -
24 May 1889

Concordia(KS) Blade -
26 May 1891


Concordia(KS) Blade -
08 Apr 1892


Leavenworth (KS) Weekly -
27 Feb 1896

Leavenworth (KS) Weekly -
16 Apr 1896


Atchison (KS) Daily -
19 Apr 1896


Atchison (KS) Daily Champion
07 May 1896


Concordia(KS) Blade -
24 Jun 1898

Photographer: Tooley's Studio
Miltonville, KS
example from auction site

photographer: J B Tooley
Randolph, KS
example from auction site

photographer: Elite Studio
J B Tooley, mngr
(The Concordia Elite Studio was operated also by Art B Caudle. See example on page KANSAS PHOTOGRAPHERS - CITIES - T)

photographer: Elite Studio, J B Tooley
Concordia, KS
example from contributor

photographer: Tooley
Thornburg, KS
example from contributor
(it is not known when Tooley worked in this small town on the Northern exge of Kansas.

photographer: R M Tooley
Miltonvale, KS
example from contributor

Rollo M Tooley was the oldest son of John Blue Tooley. All records found for Rollo show him as "Farmer". His career in photography was probably short,
sometime after 1885 when he turned 20.

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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George Robert Ward

Photographer: Ward & Robar
North Side Public Square, Tecumseh, Oklahoma
example from LOST GALLERY

George Robert Ward was born 23 Feb 1858 in Rutherford Obion, TN. There is some evidence that he opened a studio in about 1880.

The earliest record of his presence in Oklahoma Territory is 12 Oct 1889, when his daughter Violet M. Ward is born.

There was no city directory for Tecumseh, OK, so it is impossible to tell what years his studio was operating in Oklahoma, but according to the US census of 1910 he is still a photographer in Tecumseh.

A page by page search of the 1920 US census of Pottawatomie County, OK, did not find George Robert Ward but found wife Nina and son George E. Ward. George may have been traveling with his camera to neighboring towns.

1930 finds George Robert widowed, in Shamrock, OK, a small town north of Tecumseh, closer to Tulsa, OK.

George was not found in the 1940 US census. So far, there is no evidence of when he partnered with James J. Robar. Only one US census has found Robar, living in Stillwater, OK in 1900.

The best scenario would put them together between 1899 and 1910.

photographer: Gurney E Ward
Abilene, TX
example from auction site
(so far no connection has been made
to George Robert Ward)

photographer: Gurney E Ward
Abilene, TX
example from contributor
(so far no connection has been made
to George Robert Ward)
For more information on Gurney E Ward
follow THIS LINK

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.
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Alfred Baer

Photographer: Baer
Baraboo, Wis

reverse of the card at the left

Photographer: Baer
Baraboo, Wis

Photographer: Baer
Barraboo, Wis

Photographer: Baer
Barraboo, Wis

Alfred Baer
(1853 - 1934)

Sources: City directories, US and State census, BarabooPublicLibrary.com, Ancestry.com

Timeline
1853 Feb 07
Horgen, Zurich, Switzerland, Alfred Baer is born to Carl Baer and Barbara Gattiker
1870
Arrival in the US according to US census 1900 and 1910
1870
Baraboo, WI, US census Alfred Baer at 17, living with Gattiker family
1873 Mar 04
Janesville (WI) Daily news item says J A Tice has opened a gallery in Watson’s new block on West Milwaukee street
1875 Nov 17
Janesville (WI) Daily Gazette, news item mentions Alfred Baer is working at Tice’s gallery; J A Tice was a “photographist” in Janesville, WI, from about 1870 to 1880
(see Tice timeline at bottom of this page)

1880
Baraboo, WI, (from LacrossHistory.org) Baer worked at William Lathrop studio, La Crosse, WI; no confirmation on this fact could be found
1880 May 25
Sauk County, WI, state records, Alfred Baer and Emily Bosshard are married
1880 Jun 08
La Crosse, WI, US census, Alfred Baer as photographer, living with in-laws
1880 Oct
Baraboo, WI, Baraboopubliclibrary.com, (see below) Alfred Baer opens gallery at 323 Oak st
1885 Jun 20
Baraboo, WI, state census, Alfred Baer no occupation shown
1892 Oct
Baraboo, Wi, Baraboopubliclibrary.com (see below) Alfred Baer sells gallery at 323 Oak to Arthur T Johnson
1895 Jun 03
West Concord, MN, state census, Alfred Baer as photographer (Wife and three children listed)
1897 Dec 03
Date of naturalization in US

1900 Jun 01
Kenyon, Goodhue, MN, US census, Alfred Baer as photographer; res Main st
1905 Jun 26
Kenyon, Goodhue, MN, Minnesota Territorial census, as photographer
1907
Red Wing, MN, city directory Alfred Baer as photographer; NOT listed in business pages
1909
Red Wing, MN, city directory Alfred Baer as photographer, Opera House blk, Kenyon; res 3 south of 5th
1910 Apr 25
Kenyon, MI, US census, Alfred Baer as “Own income”; res Forest st (Baer has probably retired about this year)
1911
Kenyon and Red Wing, MN, city directory, Alfred Baer NOT listed in res or business section
1924
Red Wing, MN, city directory, under Kenyon, Alf Baer, no address or occupation shown
1934 Mar 21
Kenyon, MI, state records, Alfred Baer is dead at age 81

There were many references to an Alfred Baer, physician, and an Alfred Baer, clergyman, but no connection could be made to the photographer.

No guess on the age of this cabinet card. If further information turns up it will be added here.

Janesville (WI) Daily Gazette - 17 Nov 1875


Minneapolis (MN) Star - 11 Feb 1924

Wisconsin State Journal - 09 Feb 1924


Wisconsin State Journal - 03 Mar 1925

Minneapolis (MI) Star Tribune - 23 Mar 1934

Minneapolis (MI) Star - 23 Mar 1934

Alfred Baer
(Note: there are buttons on both sides of the coat so that it can be buttoned right over left or left over right.)

page image from Baraboo Public Library .com

photographer: ALfred Baer
Baraboo, WI
Examples from the collection of Kay Kirkland Martin, Alfred Baer’s great-great granddaughter.
Note he is wearing the same coat in he photo just above, buttoned left over right.

reverse of card at left
Very faint imprint says:
ALFRED BAER,
PHOTOGRAPHER
EAST SIDE SQUARE
MONROE, WIS.

The cabinet card at the left is presented in this unusual cross-stitched mat and folder.
(actual size 7.5 X 10 inches)


Written on reverse: "Grandpa Baer, about 20 -?"

A note from contributor Kay Kirkland Martin:

"I inherited my personal collection of Alfred Baer’s photographs from my father, Kenneth Clayton Kirkland, Jr. He is Alfred’s great grandson. The collection spans the period from 1873 to 1908 and includes numerous photos of Alfred and his wife Emily Bosshard Baer, sons Louis and Homer, daughter Gertrude, parents Karl and Judith Gattiker Baer, and Alfred’s many Baer siblings and their families. The collection contains examples of photographic work done in Monroe and Baraboo, Wisconsin, as well as West Concord and Kenyon, Minnesota."

photographer: Alfed Baer
Baraboo, WI
example from Kay Kirkland Martin

written on reverse of above card

photographer: A Baer
West Concord, MN
example from Kay Kirkland Martin
Baer was in West Concord, MN, in 1885 (see timeline)

A note from Kay Martin to help date the photograph at the left:

"I wonder if these might be a group of graduating senior girls? The reason I say this is because the girl pointing to the butterfly resembles Alfred’s daughter-in-law, Zella Charlton. Zella later became Louis Baer’s wife. Both Zella and Louis were born in 1881, and would have been 17 years old In 1898. There’s no writing on the back of the card. I’m just guessing that it may be Zella, based on the physical resemblance I see to a later picture I have of her. Louis and Zella married in 1906."

photographer; Alfred Baer
example from auction site
Really poor scan

photographer: Baer
Baraboo, WI
example from annonymous contributor

Jacob Tice

Brief timeline for
Jacob Tice

1876
Janesville, WI, city directory, J A Tice as photographer at 14 W Milwaukee; res 42 Academy; Jacob Tice Jr also bds at 42 Academy
1884
Janesville, WI, city directory, J A Tice as photographer at 16 W Milwaukee; res 42 s Academy;
1889
Janesville, WI, city directory Jacob A Tice photographer at 26 W Milwaukee; res 203 s Academy
1892
Janesville, WI, city directory, J A Tice as photographer at 26 W Milwaukee; res 203 s Academy
1894
Janesville, WI, city directory, J A Tice as photographer at 18 W Milwaukee; res 203 s Adams
1903
Janesville, WI, city directory, J A Tice NOT listed; Frances Tice as widow of Jacob A; res 203 S Academy

photographer: J A Tice
16 w Milwaukee st, Janesville, WI
example from pinterest, no source shown

photographer J A Tice
Janesville, 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.

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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