Frank E Musser

F E Musser
16 N 3rd st.
Harrisburg PA

reverse of card at the left

Frank E Musser
(1860 - 1956)

Timeline sources: all newspaper items as noted

1860 Sep 21
Millersburg, PA, Frank E Musser is born
1880
Harrisburg (PA) Daily Independent 1911 news item Musser family moves to Duncannon, PA, and F E Musser opens a studio in Harrisburg but soon begins working for D C Burnite and then Wilson C Fox
1889 Apr 03
Harrisburg (PA) Telegram from 1896 Jan 18 news item Musser opens first studio
1890
Harrisburg (PA) Daily Independent 1911 news item Musser purchases gallery from Wilson C Fox; Another account says he inherited the studio when D C Burnite died
1892 Dec 25
Harrisburg (PA) Daily Independent 1896 news item building burns destroying Musser studio; Musser opens temporary studio at 1221 Ridge av, Harrisburg, PA
1893 Jul 06
Harrisburg (PA) Daily Independent 1896 news item shows Musser moves back into the newly rebuilt studio at 16 n 3rd;

1893 Jul 12
Harrisburg (PA) Daily Independent news item says opening day at 16 n 3rd was Jul 12; also says that the temporary studio was 1221 n 6th instead of 1221 Ridge
1911 Feb 23
Harrisburg (PA) Daily Independent news item mentions Musser studio has been at 16 n 3rd since the fire in 1892
1914
Musser moves his studio to 2nd near Walnut (see mention in 1934 Sep 06 item)
1934 Aug 31
Harrisburg (PA) Telegraph news item mentions studio at 2nd st near Walnut since 1914 is now sold to Harvey L Ensminger
1934 Sep 06
Harrisburg (PA) Telegraph news item mentions Musser is retiring; selling studio at 2nd near Walnut opened in 1914 (1914 probably an error)
1943 Aug 10
Harrisburg (PA) Telegraph news item Mrs Frank E Musser has died
1944 Dec 27
Harrisburg (PA) Evening News item mentions Musser now living in Wilmington, DE
1956 Jan 09
After an illness of three months, Musser dies at age 95 in Wilmington, DE,

Newspaper accounts and city directories do not always agree exactly on dates and locations in the stories. Here is a best-scenario recap of locations:
1890 to 1892
Studio at 16 n 3rd
1892 Dec to 1892 Jul
temporary studio at 1221 n 6th or 1221 n Ridge (depending on which news item to believe)
1892 Jul to 1916 Sep
studio at 16 n 3rd
1917
Harrisburg, PA, city directory as photographer at 37 n 2nd
1917 to 1934
Studio at 2nd near Walnut, or 39 n 2nd (one account says since 1914 but it does not agree with several other news items)
1934 Sep
sells studio at 39 n 2nd to H L Ensminger
After that Musser does not appear to return to photography

Harrisburg (PA) Daily Independent - 28 Oct 1914

Harrisburg (PA) Telegraph - 17 Nov 1917

Harrisburg (PA) Telegraph - 31 Dec 1892

Harrisburg (PA) Telegraph - 31 Dec 1896






Note: news clippings are not in dating order

Harrisburg (PA) Daily Independent - 23 Feb 1911

Harrisburg (PA) Telegraph - 21 Sep 1916

Harrisburg (PA) Telegraph - 06 sep 1934

(Wilmington, DE)News Journal - 10 jan 1956

photographer: Musser Studio
16 North Third Street; Harrisburg, PA
example from auction site

photographer: Musser
16 N Third St, Harrisburg, PA
example from contributor

photographer: Musser
16 N Third St, Harrisburg, PA
example from contributor

photographer: Musser
16 Third Street, Harrisburg, PA
example from auction site

photographer F E Musser
16 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA
From the collection of Lauralemur on Flickr

Reverse of the card on the left
From the collection of Lauralemur on Flickr

photographer F E Musser
16 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA
From the collection of Lauralemur on Flickr

photographer: Musser Studio
16 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA
example from contributor

photographer Musser
16 N Third st, Harrisburg, PA
from the Flickr collection of
Beverly

photographer; Musser
Harrisburg, PA
example from contributor

photographer: Musser Studio
16 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA
example from contribtor

photographer: Musser Studio
16 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA
example from contribtor

reverse design for both cards at left

photographer: F E Musser
16 N Third
Harrisburg, PA
from the collection of CurtJ on Flickr

Reverse of the card at left

photographer: Musser Studio
16 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA
example from contributor

Reverse of card at left

photographer: Musser Studio
16 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA
example from contributor

reverse of card at left

photographer: Musser Studio
16 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA
example from contributor

reverse of card at left

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David Perry Barr

photographer: Barr
San Antonio, TX
example from Keven L Mackey

TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHER: David Henry Barr
Assembled History by Kevin L. Mackey,
President Grace Armantrout Museum
For more information see:
Museum Facebook Page

Barr, David Perry
1839-1925
Wife (3)
Cornelia "Nellie" Rose Barr (1846–1876) m Dec. 12, 1861
Tadrian E Barr (Dora Pratt Barr) (born July 1852 -) mrd c1880 20 years as of 1900 Census
Ella Thomas Barr 1903–1925
Children
Anne Barr (1865–1925)
Jennie L Barr (1865–1920)
D.P. Barr
David P. Barr
David Perry Barr
Born April 16, 1839 in Ohio, to John H. Barr & Mary Jane Allender Barr in Ohio.
1850 Census shows he lived in Lexington, Stark Co., OH — This census has limited information. David’s parents live with his paternal grandparents, David Barr age 68 & Mary Barr age 65. Also in the home is an Alexander Barr age 39, another son of David and Mary. David’s father is John age 27, and mother aged, David himself age 11, a twin sister Elizabeth age 11 and a younger sister Mary age 4. The census taker did not make the first “r” of Barr well. causing transcription to be typed as Baer. John is listed as female and David is as well, but when tallying the page the counter caught and corrected David to male but failed to catch John.

An Ancestry chart has the parents of David as Robert R. and Elizabeth Young, but David’s death certificate agrees with the 1850 census of John and Mary. Robert R. and Elizabeth were David’s uncle and aunt.

Grandfather — David Barr (Apr. 6, 1782 - Oct. 14, 1855) Find-A-Grave # 62502335
Grandmother — Mary Elizabeth Brown Barr (Dec 25, 1785 - Sep. 16, 1865) Find-A-Grave # 69940015
Uncle — Alexander Brown Barr (Feb. 4, 1811– Oct. 4, 1895) Find-A-Grave # 69352069
Parents — John Barr (no Find-A-Grave found)
Parents — Mary Barr (no Find-A-Grave found)
Twin — Elizabeth (Both David and Elizabeth are 11 years old in the 1850 census, meaning they are likely twins.
----------------Timeline----------------
EARLY (Pre-Texas) PHOTOGRAPHER HISTORY
Entered the photograph business at Effingham Co. IL
“Barr & Young (J.W. Young) Cincinnati, OH” -- NOTE: I found no image bearing that mark, but a reference to his having started and followed with Gen. U.S. Grant there, as well as references that seem to refer to known photographs that bear that mark.

1860’s
“Early,” “Barr & Rankin” Paducah KY listed as “early 1860’s”.
1860 Jul 05
Effingham, Co., IL, US census as D. P. Barr lists him as an Artist, boarding in
1861 Dec 12
Effingham Co., IL Barr married Cornelia "Nellie" Rose (1846-1876),
Circa 1861-1862
D. P. Barr Army Photographer, Paducah, Ky
Circa 1863
Ft Pickering, Memphis, TN, Barr and Young Army Photographers,
Circa 1863-1864
Vicksburg, MS. (c1863) Barr and Young Army Photographers, Palace of Art
1863 -1864
Vicksburg MS, Barr & Young
“Barr & Young Army Photographers” operator O. N. Tyner (Oscar Newton “Ock” Tyner) photographed “Uncle Jessie Grant” “Father of Lt. General U.S. Grant” in 1863 marking as such the photograph in dip pen ink
1864 Jun 17
Vicksburg, MS, Herald Photo “Barr & Young” dissolved, now just DP Barr

1864 Dec 20
Vicksburg, MS, Herald, Photography Barr & Young and DP Barr taken over by French & Co
1865 Jul 28
Newspaper record: Barr’s daughters Jennie and Annie Barr are born
Circa 1867
Paducah, KY, newspaper, Barr as photographer in evidence by photo of daughter Jennie age about 2 - and a lot of military CDVs
1870-1880
Houston, TX, Barr & Wright (Charles J. Wright)
1876 Oct 30
Houston, Harris County, TX, Find-A-Grave #74183705) Barr’s Wife, Cornelia, dies (Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX)
1880 Nov 30
San Antonio, TX, newspaper, D. P. Barr was in San Antonio when his rented home burned
1884-1886
D. P. Barr ran an weekly advertisement from at least May 7, 1884 to Dec. 31, 1886 showing he was the “sole agent” for “Dr. John Tripp’s Blood Purifier,” guaranteed to cure syphilis
1881
San Antonio, TX, City Directory Barr at 283 W. Commerce Residence same

1883
San Antonio, TX, City Directory Barr at 283 W. Commerce corner of Acequia, res Howard between Macon, Marshall
1885
San Antonio, TX, city directory Residence at 401 W. Commerce corner of Acequia, res Howard between Macon, Marshall
1889
Copyright photo back mark reads “N. W. Cor. Main Plaza, San Antonio, Texas”
1900 Jun 01
San Antonio, TX, US Census, Barr as photographer (lived with wife, "Tadrian E".)
1903 Feb. 10
San Antonio’s German language newspaper, San Antonio Freie Presse für Texas, item notes D P Barr Marriage to Ella Thomas
1906 Apr 28
Kansas City MO Times Barr & Cones studio Alamo Plaza (John “Jack” W. Cones)
1906 Oct 03
San Antonio Daily Express, Barr & Cones dissolved JW Cones Alamo Plaza (Jack W. Cones)
1908 Sep 06
San Antonio Daily Express, 10th Photo Convention D. P. Barr on reception committee

1909 Apr 17
San Antonio (TX) Daily Express, Daniel P. Barr 70th birthday - 30 year in SA and 10 in Houston. 47 years before associated with J. A. Barnes in business
1910 Apr 23
San Antonio, TX, US census, Barr as Photographer, 103 Main Ave., with wife, "Ella L. Burr")
1910
San Antonio, TX, City Directory Barr worked & lived at 103 Main Ave. San Antonio
1911 May 3
San Antonio (TX) Express Photographers meet in San Antonio
1912
San Antonio, TX, City Directory, Barr Worked & lived at 103 Main Ave
1912 Jul 14
San Antonio Express Tax assessment $16,960
1915 Oct 3
San Antonio (TX) Express Tax assessment $24,780
1916
San Antonio, TX, City Directory Barr Studio at 211 1-2 Ave C retired wife Ella

1920 Jan 05
San Antonio, Bexar Co. TX, US Census, Studio proprietor, (lived with wife, Ella T.)
1921
San Antonio, TX, City Directory 211 1-2 Ave C retired
1920 Nov 24
Find-A-Grave #179962497, Daughter, Jennie L. Barr Gillett, died in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX (buried: Anchor Masonic Cemetery;) - Member, Free and Accepted Masons
1921 Nov 4
Probate of Margaret W. Cones, D.P. Barr’s wife is Ella T. Barr -- Both Barr’s address is 211 1/2 Avenue C. San Antonio, Occupation Photographer
(Margaret W. Cones was the wife of D. P. Barr’s old partner John “Jack” W. Cones. Named are son John W. Cones and a daughter Mary E. Cones Fisher married to Sterling Fisher)
1925 Mar 10
Find-A-Grave #96509837, Barr dies at home, 211 Broadway, San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX (buried: Anchor Masonic Cemetery, San Antonio, TX)
1940 Apr 26
US Census, Widow, “Mrs. D. P Barr,” lived in Gray, White Co., AR, with H. W. Handerson, a nephew, and his wife, Francis T.

CDV examples below are all highly enhanced from poor original scans

photographer: Barr and Young
Fort PIckering, Memphis, TN
cdv example from Historic Memphis Site

reverse of card at left

Oddly, though the owner(s) of this card considered it very valuable, they did not hesitate to write all over it.

photographer: Barr and Young
Fort PIckering, Memphis, TN
cdv example from Historic Memphis Site

Reverse of card at left

photographer: Barr and Young
Fort PIckering, Memphis, TN
cdv example from Historic Memphis Site

photographer: D P Barr
San Antonio, TX
example from UTSA Library

reverse of card at left

Photographer: Barr and Wright
Houston, TX
example from auction site
(See 1870 to 1880 in timeline.)

photographer: Barr
Main Plaza, San Antonio, TX
example from SMU Digital Collection

photographer: Barr
Main Plaza, San Antonio, TX
example from SMU Digital Collection

photographer: Barr
San Antonio, TX
example from Kitchen Window blog

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.

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Henry A Doerr

photographer: Doerr and Jacobson San Antonio, TX example from Heritage Auctions (finished between 1876 and 1879)

TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHER: Henry A Doerr
Assembled History by Kevin L. Mackey,
President Grace Armantrout Museum
For more information see: Museum Facebook Page

Reverse of CDV at left

DOERR, HENRY A.
SAN ANTONIO
1822-1885
By Kevin L. Mackey
1822
Heinrich "Henry" A. Doerr was born in Prussia (German State prior to the unification of Germany).
1850
A 1867 Mar 23, San Antonio Ledger article mentions Mr. Henry Doerr as “the first gentleman who took photographs in San Antonio, and has been engaged in this business over 17 years.” The first photographer’s advertisement in the newspapers I could find was 1851 lending credence to that statement.
1865 Aug 29
An article in the "San Antonio Tri-Weekly Herald" (Aug,. 29, 1865) noted him with a partner Engle stating the Engle and Doerr photographic gallery was near Mr. Zorks store on Commerce Street. On Nov. 11, 1865 the location was detailed as being “directly opposite Robinson’s auction house, one door south Masonic Building.” That partnership did not last long having dissolved before January of 1866.

1866
In January of 1866 he had a photographers license operating with Russian born Maximillian T. Jesse (June 9, 1842). Doerr is noted for making stereograph cards from this time until at least 1880. Their work bore the print, “Doerr & Jesse San Antonio.” After leaving Doerr, Jesse was a traveling photographer in Mexico c1878 before returning to San Antonio and partnered with N. Winther in a studio c1881.
1867 to 1870
His photography license showed him as alone.
1871, January
Doerr’s studios were located in "Maverick's New Building over Gambel's Store.”
1872 December to 1875
Doerr’s studio location was on Commerce St. but no specific address given.
1874
Doerr was in partnership with Nicholas Winther with the title of Doerr & Winther Studios, San Antonio.
1875 Jul. 23 to around 1879
Doer was partnered to Samuel E. Jacobson, (aka Sammy E. Jacobson) with studios as 63 Commerce Street, San Antonio, Texas.

1877
Doerr and Jacobson in San Antonio directory at 63 Commerce
1879
Doerr & Jacobson most likely dissolved in 1879 as San Antonio city directory had the entry for Doerr and Jacobson printed in the listing, but with a strike through through the name.
1880-1883
Doerr was again alone in the photography business and his studio was at 233 W. Commerce St. In 1881 he was listed as a Photographer in the San Antonio directory his Commerce St. business address but in 1883 he was listed as a “landscape artist” at his residence address, 421 Travis.
1884-1885
Doer was operating from his own home 421 Travis, at the corner of Avenue C and Travis Street where in 1885 the San Antonio city directory had him listed as a “beer saloon, landscape artist.”

1885 Oct 25
Henry A. Doerr passed away Oct. 22, 1885 in San Antonio and is buried in the Saint John’s Lutheran Cemetery New, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas (Also known as Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery).

Henry married wife Bertha on Feb. 19, 1858 Fayette Co. Texas. She was born Feb, 1840 in Prussia and she died 1902 in San Antonio. Son Walter born c1867 in Texas and daughter Louisa c1872 in Texas. In the 1901 San Antonio city directory Bertha is shown as the widow of H. A. and living at 205 Upson with her son Walter who was a bookkeeper.

Partnerships with …
(?) Engle
Maximillan T. Jesse 1866
Nicholas Winther 1874
Samuel E. Jacobson 1876–1879

San Antonio (TX) Ledger - 23 Mar 1867 San Antonio (TX) Ledger - 23 Mar 1867

San Antonio (TX) Daily Express - 23 July 1875

photographer: Doerr
112th and Market St, Louisville, KY
Example from Portal to Texas History
(NOTE: This card is NOT by Henry A Doerr of San Antonio, TX. This is by J. Henry Doerr of Tennessee and Kentucky.)

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.