George Hagey Pratt

Pratt
Waxahachie, Texas
example from LOST GALLERY

Pratt
Waxahachie, Texas
example from LOST GALLERY

George Hagey Pratt
(10 Oct 1858 - 26 Apr 1932)

1858 Oct 10
Sterling IL, state records George Hagey Pratt is born to William Wert Pratt and Elizabeth Hagey
1880 Jun 05
Monroe Township, KS, US census George H Pratt, age 21, is living with parents, no occupation shown
No documents have been found to indicate exactly when Pratt moved from Kansas to Texas.
1891 Mar 01
Waxahachie, TX, state records, Geo H Pratt is married to Rheuanna T Long
1891 May 08
Garnet (KS) Journal item mentions George H Pratt and wife will return from Texas this week

According to one family narrative, there is some evidence that George H Pratt had a studio named “Elite” in Red Oak, IA, between late 1891 and early 1892, probably less than a year. No documents have been found.

1892 Nov 15
Waxahachie, TX, state records, son Geo Hagey Pratt JR is born
1900 Jun 07
Paris, TX, US census George H Pratt as photographer; res North Mill Street
1900 Jun 19
Paris, TX, state records, daughter Mary Elizabeth Pratt is born
1908 Aug 10
Paris, TX, state records son Joe Long Pratt is born

Garnett (KS) Journal - 13 Mar 1891

1908
Paris, TX, city directory George H Pratt as photographer at 217 n 20th; res 603 n 18th
1910 Apr 16
Paris, TX, US census, George H Pratt as proprietor of photo studio; res 603 n 18th
1911, 1913
Paris, TX, city directory, George H Pratt as photographer at 217 n 20th; res 603 n 18th
1914
Paris TX, city directory, George H Pratt as photographer at 217 n 20th; res 113 n 18th
1917
Paris, TX, city directory, George H Pratt as photographer at Perkins Building; res 113 n 18th
1919
Paris, TX, city directory, George H Pratt as photographer at 6 ½ ws Plaza; res 113 n 18th; (ws probably meant West Side of the Plaza)
1920 Jan 05
Paris, TX, US census George H Pratt as photographer; res 113 n 18th
1929
Paris, TX, city directory George H Pratt as photographer at Pratt’s Studio, 12 ½ Clarksville; res 113 n 18th
1930
Paris, TX, city directory Geo H Pratt; res 706 Alabama (NO photo studio listed)
1930 Apr 16
Paris, TX, US census George H Pratt and wife living with daughter Elizabeth and family, No occupation shown
1931, 1932
Amarillo, TX, city directory Geo H Pratt, no occupation shown; res 3703 Fountain Terrace; no studio listed
1933 Apr 26
Amarillo, TX, state records George H Pratt dies of stomach cancer at age 73

Garnet (KS) Journal - 08 May 1891

photographer: G H Pratt
Waxahachie, TX
example from RootsWeb

photographer: Pratt
Waxahachie, TX
example from RootsWeb

photographer: G H Pratt
Paris, TX
example from auction site

photographer: G H Pratt
Paris, TX
example from auction site

photographer: Pratt
Waxahatchie, TX
example from contributor

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.
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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Charles Menzies Cumming

Cumming and Son
Corsicana, TX

My Notes
Charles Menzies Cumming
(1836-1919)

Sources: Newspaper items as noted, city directories, state records, US census

1836 Sep 12
Tannadice, Angus, Scotland, C M Cumming is born to John Cummings and Elizabeth Stupard the youngest of 15 siblings
1851
Forfar, Angus, Scotland, at age 15 is working for father as a stationer’s apprentice
1857 Oct 19
Clyde, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, C M Cumming marries Louise Payne Allison
1859 May 3
New York, NY, arrive in US as printer (Obituary says 1869)
1860 Mar 06
Augusta, GA, son Edward Roger Cumming is born
1861-1865
C M Cumming serves in the Confederate Army during the US civil war

1863 Jan 26
Georgia, son Charles Cumming is born
1865 abt
Georgia daughter Louisa Cumming is born
1868 abt
Georgia, daughter Kate Cumming is born
1870 Jun 10
Bainbridge, Decatur, GA, US census as Photographic Artist
1873 Jul 06
Bainbridge, GA state records daughter Maggie Cumming is born
1874
Bryan, TX Eagle news obituary says Cumming moved to Bremond, TX, that year (probably a guess)
1875 Oct 28
Bainbridge, GA state records daughter Alice C Cumming is born
1883 Jul 28
Corsicana, TX , state records son William Hines Cumming is born
1891
Dallas, TX, city directory NOT listed
1894
Dallas, TX city directory as music teacher; son Ed R Cumming working as a photo-printer for Weatherington Bros.

1896
Dallas, TX, city directory as photographer, music teacher; res 206 s Harwood; Son Edward at same address as photographer
1897
Dallas, TX, city directory as photographer
1900 Jun 07
Dallas, TX, US census and city directory as photographer
1910 Apr 20
Dallas, TX, US census as bookkeeper for a plumbing company
1911 Nov 13
Dallas, TX, state records, wife Louisa Payne Allison dies
1914
Dallas, TX, city directory, no occupation shown, son Edward working as photographer for R T Jones
1917
Dallas, TX, city directory, no occupation shown
1919 Dec 14
Dallas, TX, state records, death certificate, Charles Menzies Cumming dies of arteriosclerosis at age 83

It appears that C M Cumming was a photographer off and on throughout most of his life. In the US he lived in Georgia and Texas. In Texas he lived in Corsicana and Dallas.

He lived in Bainbridge, GA, between 1860 and 1875.
He was living in Corsicana, TX, in 1883 when his son William is born but there is a records gap so he could have moved there any time after 1875.

By 1894 C M Cumming is living in Dallas, TX. The 1893 Dallas, TX, city directory does NOT include a listing for him so perhaps he is still living in Corsicana, TX, that year.

This cabinet card would have been done in that period between 1875 and 1891. It is somewhat speculative but, C M Cumming and son Edward probably worked together sometime between 1883 and 1893 in Corsicana, TX.

Charles Menzies Cumming was a “part time” photographer and not a “traveling” photographer. It is doubtful that he had more than one studio at a time. His interests in religion, politics, music, and newspaper publishing probably kept him quite busy.

The (Bryan, TX) Eagle newspaper - 17 Dec 1919

photographer: Weatherington Bros
Temple, TX
example from auction site
(Weatherington is mentioned
in the timeline at 1894)

photographer: Weatherington Bros
Temple, TX
example from auction site
(Weatherington is mentioned
in the timeline at 1894)

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.

G H Ford

photographer: G H Ford
(very faint)

Although there were at least, two other photographers named G H Ford during the cabinet card era, the G H Ford of Manchester, MI, seems the be the photographer for this card. No records found so far put him outside the Ann Arbor area.

There seems very few records available for the area around Ann Arbor, MI, but it can be said that George H Ford was photographer with his own studio from at least 1886 to 1910.

George Herbert Ford
(1859-1944)

1859 Dec 24
Medina MI, state records, George Herbert Ford is born to Harley Ford and Catherine Bennett
1880 Jun 11
Seneca, MI, US census, George Ford, age 20, living with parents as farm labor
1890
Ann Arbor, MI, city directory, George H Ford NOT listed (Is this where he might have been in ORegon?)
1890
LaGrange County, IN, state records, daughter Clara is born
1894
Ann Arbor, MI, city directory, Washita County, George H Ford NOT listed
1896
Ann Arbor, MI, city directory, George H Ford as photographer; Exchange Place, Manchester

1897, 1898, 1899
Ann Arbor, MI, city directory, George H Ford NOT listed
1900 Jun16
Manchester, MI, US census, George Ford and wife Blanche both listed as photographers
1910 Apr 28
Manchester, MI, US census, George Ford as photographer with own studio
1920 Jan 12
Manchester, MI, US census, Geo H Ford as FARMER
1930 Apr 28
Manchester, MI, US census, George Ford listed as farmer, living with daughter’s family
1940 Apr 15
Manchester, MI, US census, George Ford living with daugher’s family; no occupation shown
1844 May 13
Manchester, MI, state record, George Ford dies at age 84

Portland (OR) Portland Oregonian -
08 Oce 1891

Is this the right G H Fort? The locations seem to fit.

photographer: G H Ford
La Grange, IN
example from mj aux on Flickr
(La Grange, IN, is just 100 miles from Manchester, MI. Ford's daughter was born there in 1890.)

photographer: G H Ford
location not shown
example from mj aux on Flickrer

photographer: G H Ford
Manchester, MI
example from Wystan on Flickr

photographer: G H Ford
Manchester, MI
example from Wystan on Flickr

The following examples are by photographers named Ford. Perhaps one of these is the same as the example above.

photographer: Ford
Lyndon, KS
example from auction site

photographer: E L Ford
Lyndon, KS
example from mj aux on Flickr

photographer: E L Ford
Lyndon, KS
example from mj aux on Flickr

photographer: E L Ford
Lyndon, KS
example from mj aux on Flickr

photographer: J H Ford
Belleville, Ontario
example from auction site

photographer: J H Ford
Belleville, Ontario
example from Community Archives

photographer: J H Ford
Belleville, Ontario
example from monovisions

photographer: J H Ford
286 Queen Street W, Belleville, Ontario
example from auction site

photographer: B A Ford
Braidwood, IL
example from CurtJ on FLickr

photographer: E L Ford
Olivet, Michigan
example from mj aux on Flickr

photographer: E L Ford
Olivet, Michigan
example from mj aux on Flickr

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.
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.

Marion S Carpenter

Photographer:
Carpenter
Photographic Rooms
615 Main Street
Kansas City. Mo.

This is the reverse of the card on the left.

Marion Carpenter was photographer most of his life, taking out a decade from about 1870 to 1880 when he was in real estate.

There were many city directory listings for Marion Carpenter, photographer at 615 Main in Kansas City, MO. Most Kansas City, MO, directory listings show him as photographer. For at least the years 1892 and 1893 it appears the studio was named Margaret W Carpenter Photography, and the 1893 directory shows Marion as “manager of Margaret M Carpenter Studio”.

Marion S. Carpenter
(01 Sep 1829 - 11 Dec 1921)
Margaret Ward Carpenter
(22 Jun 1832 - 29 Mar 1906)

1829 Sep 01
Marion S. Carpenter born in Dayton, OH
1850
US census as daguerrian artist, age 21, living with parents in Dayton, OH
1854 May 04
Marriage to Margaret Ward in Ohio
1859
birth of Daughter Kate in Ohio

1860 Jul 19
US census as daguerreotypist in Hamilton, OH
1861
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as ambrotype and photographs, gallery 20 w 5th; res Mt Auburn; birth of son Marion in Ohio
1862
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as photgraphist at 22 w 5th; res Avondale
1863
Civil war draft registration as photographer; NOT in Cincinnati, OH, city directory
1864
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as photographer with J W Winder & Co; res Avondale
1865
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as photographer with J W Winder & Co; res Walnut Hills
1867 & 1868
Cincinnati, OH, city directory NOT listed in directory
1869
Cincinnati, OH, city directory as clerk at 67 w 3rd; res Walnut Hills
1870
US census as real estate agent in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH
---continued next row---

1871 through 1880
Cincinnati, OH, city directory NOT listed in directory
1882
Kansas City, MO, Times newspaper item, opens first gallery at 618 Main in Kansas City, MO (the 618 is probably a misprint as all other sources say it is 615)
1883 through 1893
Kansas City, MO, city directory - photographer at 615 Main, res same
1891
Kansas City, MO, city directory as photographer at 615 Main and 1404 Grand; res 307 Peery (307 probably a misprint, all other sources say 3017)
1892
Kansas City, MO, city directory as photographer at 615 Main; Margaret W Carpenter is also listed as a photographer at the same address and neither of them are listed in the business pages
1893
Kansas City, MO, city directory as manager of M W Carpenter photo studio 615 Main; res 3017 Peery
1894 through 1903
Kansas City, MO, city directory as photographer at 936 Main; res 3017 Peery
1904 through 1906
Kansas City, MO, city directory as Photographer at 27 ½ E 11th
1906 Mar 29
Margaret W Carpenter dies in Kansas City, MO
1908 & 1909
Kansas City, MO, city directory as photographer at 807 Walnut

1910
Kansas City, MO, city directory r 800 Walnut, no occupation shown and no business listing
1912
Kansas City, MO, city directory as photographer at res and bus - 618 Main
1913
Marion Carpenter dies of uremic poisoning at age 84

This cabinet card would have been finished in that period when he was at 615 Main between 1882 and 1892. Note that the 1912 city directory for Kansas City, MO, indicates he returned to the 618 Main studio the year before he died.

Note that James Thomas Bloomer worked as photographer in this studio from about 1891 to about 1897.

1888 Kansas City city directory
Note:both A C and Marion are listed

1889 Kansas City city directory

Kansas city Newspaper - 29 Mar 1906

photographer: Carpenter
615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from contributor

photographer: Carpenter
615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from contributor
This is Marion S Carpenter

photographer: Carpenter
615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from contributor

photographer: Carpenter
615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from contributor

reverse of card at left

photographer: Carpenter
615 Main Street, Kansas City, MO
example from auction site
(See timeline 1883 - 1893)

reverse of card at left

photographer: Carpenter
615 Main Street, Kansas City, MO
example from C Lindsay
(See timeline 1883 - 1893)

reverse of card at left

photographer: Carpenter
615 Main, Kansas City, MO
Example from an auction site
(badly cropped)

reverse of cabinet card on the left

photographer: Carpenter
615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from auction site
(restored)

reverse of card at left

photographer: Carpenter
615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from auction site

photographer: Carpenter
Kansas City, MO
example from nellieloweoldentime
(restored)

photographer: Carpenter
615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from UMKC Digital Collection

photographer: Carpenter
615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from auction site
(from about 1882-1893)

This cabinet card photograph was quite likely not originated by Marion S Carpenter. The original photographer was possibly D F Barry who was the artist behind many of the surviving portraits of Native American people in the late 19th century.

Many of the cabinet card era photographers with an established studio, kept a variety of cabinet card and cdv format photographs of famous people or events or just local scenes. They were called "Views". These were "impulse" items as we call them today. They were displayed in the lobby and entryway of the studio and sold for a few cents each. These were the predecessors of the collectible "Cigarette Cards" and "Bubble Gum Cards" in later years.

The copyright laws were not what they are today and photographers could easily copy a photograph, reprint as many copies as needed on their own card stock and resell them.

photographer: Carpenter
936 Main street, KCMO
example from CurtJ on Flickr
(finished 1893-1904)

photographer: Carpenter
Kansas City
example from auction site

photographer: Carpenter
Kansas City
example from auction site

photographer: Marion Carpenter
Kansas City
example from Langdon Road

photographer: Carpenter
936 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from auction site
(finished between 1894 and 1903)

photographer Carpenter
615 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from Cabinet Card Gallery

reverse of the card at left

photographer: Carpenter
936 Main, KCMO
example from auction site
(finished between 1894 and 1903)

photographer: Carpenter
936 Main, KCMO
example from contributor
(finished between 1894 and 1903

photographer: Carmpenter
936 Main, Kansas City, MO
example from pinterest

Following are examples from some of the many photographers named Carpenter
See also: Albert C Carpenter page

The cabinet card at the right is damaged and is a marginal scan but it appears to be from "The Carpenter Studio, 75 1/2 High Street, Columbus (OH).

This one seems to be Bruce Carpenter. Here is a brief timeline of his career as photographer in Columbus, OH.

1870 through 1884
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter NOT listed
1886
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter NOT listed; Laura L Carpenter as Artist, res 193 Hamilton
1887, 1888
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter NOT listed
1889
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter, no occupation shown, res 457 s 4th
1890
Columbus, OH, city directory, “Brude” Carpenter, no occupation shown, res 457 s 4th
1891
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter NOT listed

1892
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter no occupation shown, res 457 n 4th
1893, 1894, 1895
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter as photographer at Carpenter’s Art Gallery, 75 S High, res 457 s 4th
1896
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter as photographer at Carpenter’s Art Gallery, 75 ½ s High; res 121 E Livingston
1897
Columbus, OH, city directory, residential page 207 missing; NO listing for Carpenter Art Gallery in business pages
1898
Columbus, OH, city directory. Bruce Carpenter, no occupation shown, No gallery in business pages; res 121 E Livingston
1899
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter as clerk; res 121 E Livingston av
1900
Columbus, OH, city directory, Bruce Carpenter NOT listed

Clearly, Bruce Carpenter had a studio in Columbus, OH, from 1893 to 1896.

photographer: The Carpenter Studio
55 1/2 High St, Columbus, OH
(The scan is a bit blurry
but it appears that this is the address)
example from auction site

No connection has been made to
Marion S Carpenter.

The example at the right is by C C Carpenter of Collinwood, OH. So far no connection has been made to M S Carpenter.

photographer: C C Carpenter
Collinwood, OH
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

C H Devenny is reviewed on another page. So far the Carpenter in this partnership has not been identified.

photographer: Carpenter and Devenny
Louisville, KY

photographer: Carpenter and Devenny
Louisville, KY

photographer: Carpenter
Fort Bragg and Ukiah, CA
example from auction site

photographer: Carpenter
Ukiah, CA
example from contributor

photographer: T H Carpenter
Bowie, TX
example from mj aux on Flickr

photographer: T H Carpenter
Bowie, TX
example from contributor

The card at the right was comtributed by
C Trusler.
Grant City, MO, is just 114 miles north of Kansas City,MO. and probably on a rail line. Many photographes kept small studios in neighboring towns that they visited periodically, weekly or monthly, and by appointment.

photographer: Carpenter,
Grant City, MO
example from contributor D Trusler

photographer: Carpenter
Fort Bragg and Ukiah, CA
example from auction site

The card at the left was finished by
A D Carpenter.

So far no connection has been made to A C Carpenter.

photographer: Carpenter
31 NW Third, Newark, OH
example from auction site

photographer: Carpenter
31 NW Third, Newark, OH
example from auction site

photographer: Carpenter
31 NW Third, Newark, OH
example from auction site

photographer: Carpenter
31 NW Third, Newark, OH
example from auction site

photographer: Carpenter
Pocatello, Idaho
example from auction site

photographer: Carpenter
Cor Vine and Market, Panora, Iowa
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.

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.