Christopher C Cook and "Bergeron"

photographer: Bergeron
Fort Smith, AR
example from LOST GALLERY

Here is a scarce card.

There was no trouble finding the Bergeron name along the US east coast, Maine to Florida but it is very scarce in Arkansas.

There is an 1882 newspaper item that says Cook and Bergeron, photographers in Fort Smith are planning to establish in Little Rock, AR. (See below)

Available city directories for Fort Smith begin at 1907 and none earlier.

The earliest Fayetteville, AR, city directory available is 1939.

There is no Little Rock city directory available for 1882.


The life of photographer Christpoher Cook is reviewed here because that is the only place photographer Bergeron is mentioned. The ONE mention of Bergeron is highlighted. NO other information has been found.

Another example from Langdon’s List

Christopher C Cook
(1846-1910)

1846
Kentucky, Census, Findagrave, Christopher Cook is born to Christopher Cook and Alice Yeakley
1950 Sep 18
Graves, KY, US census, C C Cook at age 4
1876 Jul 15
Fayetteville (AR) Weekly Democrat, small ad says photographer Cook as received stock of picture frames
1876 Jun 10
Fayetteville (AR) Weekly Democrat, small ad for C C Cook photographer; apparently remaining in Fayetteville only a short time
1878
Little Rock, AR, city directory, C C Cook as photographer at Dardanelle; not listed in res pages Bergeron NOT listed
1880
Little Rock, AR, city directory, Bergeron or Cook NOT listed; only one photographer shown, T W Bankes, 106 E Markham

1881
Little Rock, AR, city directory, C C Cook NOT listed; NO listing in the business pages
Bergeron NOT listed
1882
Little Rock, AR, city directory NOT available
1882 Oct 1- Oct 21
Little Rock (AR) Democrat newspaper item says Cook and Bergeron, photoraphers are planning to relocate to Little Rock soon
1883
Little Rock, AR, no information, only four pages available
1883 Aug 16
Little Rock Daily Gazette, news ad (repeated many times) for Cook – the photographer
1883 Oct 13
Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette, item says photographer Cook will move to 205 Main street on Oct 15, 1883 (also called “cor of 2nd and Main)
1884 Mar 06
Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette news/ad tells of Cook’s Gallery
1884 Nov 09
Fort Smith, AR, state records C C Cook and Ella A Black are married

1886
Little Rock, AR, city directory, C C Cook as photographer at 205 Main, res same
Bergeron NOT listed
1887
Little Rock, AR, city directory, C C Cook NOT listed
Bergeron NOT listed
1890
Little Rock, AR, city directory, C C Cook NOT listed (NO photographers listed in Business Section)
Bergeron NOT listed
1900 14 Jun
Fort Smith, AR, US census, Christopher Cook as photographer at 916 ?
1907
Fort Smith, AR, city directory, Charles C Cook as photographer 322 S Towson
1908 Mar 08
Fort Smith (AR) Times newspaper mentions photographer Cook is running for the office of Police Judge
1910 Apr 05
Fort Smith, AR, FindAGrave, C C Cook dies at age 64

Fayetteville Weekly Dempcrat - 10 Jun 1876

Fayetteville Weekly Dempcrat - 15 Jul 1876

Little Rock (AR)Gazette - 27 Jun 1882
(ONLY MENTION FOUND OF BERGERON)
Little Rock (AR) Dempcrat - 21 Oct 1882
Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 16 Aug 1883

Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 17 Aug 1883
Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 10 Oct 1883
Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 10 Oct 1883

Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 12 Oct 1883 Little Rock (AR) Democrat - 23 Oct 1883 Little Rock (AR) Daily Gazette - 06 Mar 1884

Daily Arkansas Gazette - 23 Jul 1884 Fort Smith (AR) Times - 08 Mar 1908

photographer: C C Cook
Little Rock, AR
example from Arkansas Heritage
sent in by contributor A Franklin

reverse of card at left

photographer: Cook
Little Rock, Ar
example from mj aux on Flickr

photographer: C Cook
Fort Smith, AR
example from Smithsonian

photographer:Cook
Fort Smith, AR
example from pinterest

Young and Son

Here is another rare one from Fayetteville, AR. Nothing has been found on the photographer of this card: Mrs Young and Son, Fayetteville, AR.

photographer: Mrs Young and Son
Fayetteville, AR
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.

Collins

Photographer: Collins
Broadway, Schuylerville, N. Y.
example from LOST GALLERY

Collins seems a very common name in New York State around the turn of the 20th century.

One Collins found connected with photography was Henry A. Collins in Courtlandville, New York in the 1880 US Census. He is listed there as 21 years old and his profession described as “works for photographer”. He is a lodger in the same house as Irving C. Page, photographer. He was born in New York and his parents came from England.

This however, is the only item found of photography with any Henry Collins.

This Henry A. Collins also had a son named Henry A. Collins.

The 1870 US Census lists four Henry A. Collins living in New York State. No photographers. The 1900 US Census shows there were at least two Henry A. Collins living in New York State. Again no photographers. Their professions mentioned were engineer, marine engineer, plumber, maintenance and shipping yard.

If the photographer was Henry Collins, it appears he was only in the business for a short time.

Another possible choice is Harry S. Collins. (1862-)
Harry S. Collins emigrated from England in 1887 and lived in New York State for the rest of his life, always as a photographer. But there is no documentation saying he was ever in Schuylerville, New York.

photographer: Collins
Broadway, Schuylerville, NY
Example from auction site

Following are examples from photographers named Collins.
No connection has been made to Collins of Schulerville, NY.

photographer: E M Collins
104 E First, Oswego, NY
example from auction site

photographer: Collins
Paola, KS
example from auction site

photographer: L A Collins
Rochester, NH
example from auction site

photographer: Collins
Kakota BLock, 7th St, Rapic City, SD example from ebay

photographer: Collins
Huntsville, AL
example from auctioin site

photographer: Collins
Huntsville, AL
example from auctioin site

photographer: Collins
Huntsville, AL
example from Flickr

photographer R B Collins
Dallas, OR
example from Cabinet Card Gallery

photographer R B Collins
Dallas, OR
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.

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.

John A Pfeifer

photographer: Pfeifer
288-232 High Street, Columbus, OH
example from auction site

John Adam Pfeifer
(1859 – 1932)

1859 Dec 11
Ohio, state records, John A Pfeifer is born to Casper Pfeifer and Margaretta Pfeifer
1877, 1878
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer NOT listed
1879
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer for G C Urlin;
1880, 1881
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer at 235 S H igh;
1880 Jun 09
Columbus, OH, US census, J A Pfeifer as photographer;
1882
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer at 235 S High;
1883, 1884
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer at 228 S High;
1885
Columbus, OH, city directory, (incomplete)

1886, 1887
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer at 228 and 232 S High;
1887
From 1900 US census, John A Pfeifer and Etta C Pfeifer are married
1888
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer 268 ½ to 267 ½ High;
1889
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer with Urlin and Pfeifer and “Columbus Door Bell Co”; 266 ½ S High;
1890
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer, as photographer with Urlin and Pfeifer;
1890
Cleveland, OH, city directory, Urlin and Becker at 95 – 100 Wilshire bldg, 209 Superior (first mention of Urlin in Cleveland)
1891
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer with Pfeifer and CO ( Louis F Smith, Patrick J and Terrance A Mulligan) at 262 S High;
Mulligan Bros: Bernard, Patrick J, Terrance A.

1893
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer with Pfeifer and Mulligan Bros (Mulligan Bros: Bernard A , Patrick J, Terry A)
Columbus, OH, city directory, Henry Pfeifer as photographer;
1894
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer with Pfeifer and Mulligan, 262 S High, AND Urlin and Pfeifer, 20 N High;
Columbus, OH
Mulligan Bros: Patrick J and Terry A
See examples below
1894, 1895, 1896
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer with Urlin and Pfeifer, 20 N High;
1897
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer with Urlin and Pfeifer, 20-22 N High:
1898
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer with Pfeifer and Ross (James Ross) bicycles and supplies;
1899, 1900
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer at 276 ½ S High;

1901, 1902
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer at 245 S High;
1903
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as proprietor of Pfeifer’s Art Gallery 245 S High;
1904, 1905, 1906
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer at 245 S High ;
1907, 1908, 1909
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer at Pfeifer Art Gallery, 245 S High;
1910, 1911, 1912
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as proprietor of Pfeifer Art Gallery, 245 S High;
1913, 1914
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer at 245 S High;
1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer, no studio address shown ;
1919
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer NOT listed 1920 Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as Coml Photog at 245 S Wall (sic);


(This page is under construction)

1922, 1923, 1924
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as photographer 245 S High;
1925
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as Pres The Olentangh Club in res section; bus section shows photographer J A Pfeifer, rear 245 S High
1926
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer as Photo Baker (sic) Art Gallery, Pres The Olentangy Club; res 24 ½ E Main; Bus section: J A Pfeifer NOT listed
1927, 1929
Columbus, OH, city directory, Jno A Pfeifer, res 24 ½ E Main; no occupation shown
1929 Oct 16
Columbus, OH, state records, John A Pfeifer and Sophia Gigax are married
1930
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer NOT listed
1931
Columbus, OH, city directory, John A Pfeifer, res 24 ½ E Main, no occupation listed
1932 Jan 21
Columbus, OH, FindaGrave, John A Pfeifer dies at age 72

photographer: Pfeifer
Columbus, OH
example from auction site

photographer: Pfeifer
222,228 & 232 High Street, Columbus, OH
example from auction site

photographer: Pfeifer
228-232 High Street, Columbus, OH
example from picklick

photographer: Pfeifer
228-232 High Street, Columbus, OH
See this one and other great examples
at Cabinet Card Gallery

photographer: Pfeifer New Gallery
228 and 232 South High St, Columbus, OH
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: J A Peifer and CO
Mammouth Art Palace, Columbus, OH
example from contributor

photographer: Pfeifer
228 - 233 S High St, Columbus, OH
example from contributor

photographer: Pfeifer
228 - 233 S High St, Columbus, OH
example from contributor

Urlin and Pfeifer Examples

photographer: Urlin and Pfeifer
Mammouth Art Palace, Columbus, OH
example from auction site
(finished about 1889-1890)

photogrpaher: Urlin and Pheifer
Mammoth Art Palace, Columbus, OH
example from auction site
(Note: In small print on the left just above the imprint, it says "Pfeifer and Mulligan Bros" then somethin illegible)

photographer: Urlin and Pfeifer
Mammouth Art Palace, Columbus, OH
example from auction site
(finished about 1889-1890)

reverse of card at left

photographer: Urlin and Pfeifer
Art Palace, 20 and 22 North High, Columbus, OH
example from dispatch.com

reverse of card at left

photographer: Urlin and Pfeifer
Columbus, OH
example from auction site

photographer: Urlin and Pfeifer
Mammoth Art Palace, Columbus, OH
example from Cabinet Card Gallery

photographer: Urlin and Pfeifer
Mammoth Art Palace, Columbus, OH
example from Tiffers.com

photographer: Urlin and Pfeifer
Columbus, OH
example from Nick Heckathorn on Flickr

photographer: Urlin and Pfeifer
Columbus, OH
example from auction site

Pifer and Becker Examples

photographer: Pifer and Becker
Wilshire Bldg, Cleveland, OH
Example from auction site

photographer: Pifer and Becker
Cleveland, OH
Example from auction site

November 22, 2024:
A very informative comment from John Dale

"Just to help out, the Pifer in Cleveland is most definitely not the same Pfeifer in Columbus. The spelling is not the same and the records do not show him as practicing in Cleveland. Additionally, there are two John Pfeifers working in Columbus at this time. One, John A Pfeifer, is the son of Casper Pfeifer and is working as a photographer. The other is the son of Mathias Pfeifer and is working in the printing and publishing business. Casper and Mathias are both sons of Peter Pfeifer, and the two John's would be cousins."


Thanks for the help John!

(Columbus OH)Raven Democratic Press -
29 Jun 1892

Ravenna Democratic Press -
22 Mar 1893

Elyria Republican -
15 Dec 1892

Mulligan Bros Examples

photographer: Mulligan Bros
172, 175, 177 North High Street
example from auction site

photographer: Mulligan Bros
172, 175, 177 North High Street
example from auction site

photographer: Mulligan Bros
172, 175, 177 North High Street
example from Flickr member Heckathorn

typical reverse design for Mulligan Bros cards

Pfeifer and Mulligan Bros

photographer: Pfeifer and Mulligan Bros
Columbus, OH
example from Digital Commons of Otterbein Unv

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.