Cabinet Card Photographers

Saturday, March 25, 2023

North H Losey

photographer: Losey
Oklahoma City, OT
example from LOST GALLERY

North H Losey
(1865-1944)

1875 Dec 25
Indiana, state records, North H Losey is born to Marquis D Losey and Frances Ella Wright
1891 Nov 07
Chandler (OK) News, item says Marquis Losey, County Superintendent, has arrived in Chandler, OT
1893 Nov 30
Guthrie (OK) Daily Leader, item says North Losey of Chandler is in Guthrie, OK
1893 Nov 30
Guthrie (OK) Daily Leader, item says North Losey is taking photographs
1894
From 1900 US census and newspaper obituary, North H Losey and Letha Amanda Knapp are married
1895 Mar 15
Lincoln County, OK, North Losey as working at Sac and Fox Agency, Oklahoma
1896 Apr 17
Chandler (OK) News, item says North Losey has resigned his position with J B Charles and will move to Oklahoma City, Ok

1898 Apr 15
Chandler (OK) News, item says North Losey is moving back to Chandler
1899 Apr 07
Chandler (OK) News, item says North Losey has bought Kelsey’s Gallery and will operate it along with the one in Oklahoma City; family now apparently living in Oklahoma City
1899 Apr 07
Chandler (OK) News, item says North Losey has opened a studio in Haycraft’s old stand (does not agree with item just above
1899 Sep 15
Chandler (OK) News, item advertises Losey’s Novelty Photo Co
1900 Jun 25
Oklahoma City, OK Territory, US census, North Losey as photographer; res 209 Main (according to the 1959 obituary for Mrs Letha Knapp Losey, they lived in OKC for nine years)
1900 Oct 13
Oklahoma City (OK) Daily Oklahoman, item says Losey has been operating in Oklahoma City for a little over a year
1900 Oct 17
Oklahoma City (OK) Daily Oklahoman, small ads for Losey photography at 202 Main, OKC

1901 Mar 23
Oklahoma City (OX) Daily Times, item says Losey has taken back over the management of the studio in OKC no known as Oklahoma Photo Co
1902
Oklahoma City, OT, city directory, North Losey as photographer with Losey and Bowen (P J Bowen) at 220 ½ w Main; res 317 W 5th
1902 Oct 03
Oklahoma (OT) Labor Signal, small ad for the Cottage Studio on S Robinson st, operated by North Losey
1902 Oct 03
Oklahoma City (OK) Labor Signal newspaper, ad says North Losey is now proprietor of the Cottage Studio on South Robinson st
1903
Oklahoma City, OK, city directory, North Losey as photographer; res 313 W 5th; in business section as photograph at 501 N Broadway
1904
Oklahoma Daily Globe classified ad shows Losey is selling household goods
1905
Oklahoma City, OK, city directory, North Losey NOT listed res or bus

1905
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, North Losey NOT listed res or bus; Emma Losey is listed as artist, bds at 2518 College ave with John Losey and William S Losey
1906, 1907
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, North Losey as Artist Photographer at 8 ½ E Washington; res 11 The Delmar, 221 W Vermont
1906 Oct 18
Chandler (OK) News, item says Mrs North Losey has arrived in Indianapolis, IN, for a visit
1908
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, North Losey as photographer for Charles F Bretzman; res 231 W 29th (according to the obituary for Mrs Letha Knapp Losey, they lived in Indianapolis, IN, for eight years)
1909
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, North Losey as photographer for Indianapolis Photo Co; res 231 E 29th
1910
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, North H Losey as photographer for Charles F Bretzman; res 231 W 29th

1910 Apr 15
Indianapolis, IN, US census, North Losey as photographer at own studio; res 231 29th
1911
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, North H Losey as photographer; res 231 W 29th ;Not in bus section
1912
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, North H Losey as photographer at 36 ½ W Washington; res 231 W 29th
1913, 1914, 1915, 1916
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, North H Losey as photographer at 539 N Meridian. Res same
1917
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, North H Losey as photographer AND motion pictures; 539 N Meridian
1917
Chattanooga, TN, city directory, Holman Losey, photographer; res: 216 ½ E 9th; NOT in business pages so probably working for another photographer
1918
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, North H Losey as photographer, res 539 N Meridian; business section also

1918
Akron, OH, city directory, North Losey NOT listed
1919
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, North Losey NOT listed
1920
Akron, OH, city directory, North H Losey (Cora B) as photographer at 21 S Main; res same
1920 05 Jan
Akron, OH, US census, North H Losey as Commercial Photographer; res 21 S Main
1922
Akron, OH, city directory, North H Losey (Cora B) as photographer at 21 S Main; res 297 Market
1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934
Akron, OH, city directory, North H Losey as propr of Quality Photo Shop; res 179 Oakdale Av
1930 Apr 07
Akron, OH, US census, North Losey as Commercial Photographer
1935
Akron, OH, residence as noted from 1940 US census,

1938
Akron, OH, city directory, Quality Photo Shop, 179 Oakdale Av. (NO residential section)
1940 Apr 05
Akron, OH, US census, North Losey as photographer; res 74 South Portage Path
1941, 1943
Akron, OH, city directory, North H Losey, Quality Photo Shop, res 74 s Portage
1942, 1943
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, North Losey NOT listed
1944 April May and June
Barberton, OH, from Akron Beacon Journal, (1944 Jul 03) death notice, item says North H Losey operated a studio in Barberton, OH the last three months
1944 Jul 01
Akron, OH, state records, North H Losey dies at age 68; NOTE: Akron, OH, obituary mentions he has been working in Barberton the past three months.

The cabinet card at the top was probably finished between 1900 and 1904 while North H Losey had a studio in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Chandler (OT) News -
07 Nov 1891

Chandler (OT) -
23 Jun 1893

Guthrie (OT) Daily Leader -
30 Nov 1893

Chandler (OT) Daily Leader -
15 Mar 1895

Chandler (OT) News -
17 May 1895

Chandler (OT) News -
17 Apr 1896

Chandler (OT) News -
15 Apr 1898

Chandler (OT) Publicist -
07 APr 1899

Chandler (OT) News -
07 Apr 1899

Chandler (OT) Publicist -
07 Apr 189p

Chandler (OT) News -
14 Apr 1899

Chandler (OT) News -
15 Sep 1899

Lincoln County (OT) Democrat and Telegram -
17 May 1900

Daily Oklahoman (OT) -
25 Aug 1900

Daily Oklahoman -
13 Oct 1900

Daily Oklahoman -
17 Oct 1900

Oklahoma City (OT) Daily Times Journal -
23 Mar 1901

Oklahoma City Labor Signal -
03 Oct 1902

Daily Oklahoman -
15 Dec 1904

1906 Indianapolis (IN) City Directory ad

Chandler (OK) News -
18 Oct 1906

1916 Indianapolis, IN City Directory -

1917 Indianapolis, IN City Directory -

Akron (OH) Beacon Journal -
03 Jul 1944

Tulsa (OK) Tribune -
10 apr 1959

Tulsa (OK) Daily World -
11 Apr 1959

These obituaries added here
because of the dating information it suppies.

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.

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

Jones of Weir City, Kansas

photogrqapher: Jones
Weir City, KS
example from LOST GALLERY

As one might predict, there were several photographers named Jones working near the south-east corner of Kansas during the cabinet card era. So far, establishing which one was responsible for this cabinet card has been impossible.

All clues are welcome.

One possibility is Mrs W P Jones who worked in Weir City, KS, and once partnered with
Lida Loomiller of that city. This is only a remote possibility however. Weir City is over 250 miles from Great Bend, KS.
See "Women of the Cabinet Card era" and Kansas Cabnet Cards

Monday, March 20, 2023

C L Harris and A M Garrison

phhotographer: Harris and Garrison
Parsons, Kansas
example from LOST GALLERY

All the data and clues point to a very short relationship with Harris and Garrison. Neither of the names produced air tight profiles or lifelines. From what can be found, the photography partnership of Harris and Garrison lasted from February 1885 to 31 July 1886. It appears that Garrison was not in the photograph business before or after that period. C Lynn Harris continued on in photography off and on, with his galleries in Indiana and Missouri until about 1920.

The documents for the small town of Parsons, Kansas were few, but a fairly clear picture of the partners is shown in newspaper items and other sources.

C Lynn Harris
(1865-1944)

Addison Milton Garrison
(1861-1949)

1861 Jul 23
Hamilton, OH, state records, Addison Milton Garrison is born to James Rankin Garrison and Susan Jane Bigham
1865 Mar 24
Coffey County KS, state records, Calvin Lineous Harris is born
1878 and 1880
Parsons, KS, city directory, Harris and Garrison NOT listed
1880 Jun 12
Lincoln, KS, State census, Addison M Garrison at age 17 living with parents
1882
Parsons, KS, city directory, Calvin Harris as butcher; res bet 15th and 16th (boarding with Stephen Harris
1882
Parsons, KS, city directory, Harris and Garrison NOT listed

1883
Ottawa, KS, state records, Addison Garrison and Hattie F Martin are married
1884 May 13
Parsons (KS) Daily Eclipse, news item says J Standiford, photographer is moving to north side of Johnson Av
1884 (earliest available)
Ottawa, KS, city directory, Harris and Garrison NOT listed
1885 Feb 07
Parsons (KS) Daily Sun, news item says Harris and Garrison have taken over the business of J F Standiford and have completed the remodel of the studio; OMJ Ramsey has been hired to assist
1885 Mar 01
Ottawa, KS, state census, Calvin S Harris (age20) as photography student
1886 Feb 18
Parsons, KS, state records and Parsons (KS) Daily Sun, news item says C Lynn Harris of Harris and Garrison, has married Miss Lizzie Martin, sister of Mrs Garrison; mentions also that they are all from Ottawa

1886 Feb 25-26
Parsons, KS, Daily Eclipse, small ad for Harris and Garrison Photo-Art Rooms on West Johnson av
1886 Mar 03
Parsons (KS) Daily Sun, small ad for Harris and Garrison gallery at Johnson av
1886 Mar 15
Parsons, KS, state records, Hattie F (Martin) Garrison dies at age 27
1886 Apr 11
Parsons (KS) Daily Sun small ad for Harris and Garrison gallery
1886 Apr 12-13
Parsons (KS) Daily Eclipse, display ad for Harris and Garrison gallery with O. M. I. Ramsey artist
1886 Apr 17
Parsons (KS) Daily Eclipse, small ad for young man with capital to go west to start a business, enquire at Harris and Garrison (nothing further was found on this venture)
1886 Apr 21
Parsons (KS) Daily Eclipse, display ad for Harris and Garrison gallery on west Johnson Av

1886 Jul 30
Parsons (KS) Daily Eclipse, small item says Palmatier and Bollander have bought the art rooms of Harris and Garrison
1886 Jul 31
Parsons (KS) Daily Sun, news item says Harris and Garrison have sold the studio to E A Palmaties (Palmatier) and J W Bolander; Harris will return to Ottawa (KS) and Garrison will move to Waverly to join in business with his father in law
1886 Aug 02
Parsons (KS) Daily Eclipse, display ad for Harris and Garrison Gallery (probably run in error); in same issue is another notice that Palmiaier and Bolander have taken over the gallery
1888
From the 1900 census, Addison M Garrison and Jennie T Tilton are married
1895 Mar 01
Emporia, KS, state census, C L Harris as photographer
1900
Kansas City, MO, US census, Calvin L Harris, as dairy farmer

1903, 1905, 1906, 1908<br/> Parsons, KS, city directory, Harris and Garrison, photographers are NOT listed
1910 Apr 18
Center Point, IN, US census, Lynn Harris as photographer, own shop
1910 Apr 20
Galena, MO, US census, A M Garrison as merchant of Retail General Store
1912 May 04
Carthage, MO, State records, Lynn Harris and Leta Pearl Wilson are married
1912
Carthage, MO, city directory, C Lynn Harris as photographer at 125 e 3rd; res 830 Howard
1920 Jan 08<br/> San Benito, TX, US census, A M Garrison as merchant at Grocery Store; wife Jennie as bookkeeper
1920 Jan 23
Jasper, MO, US census, C Lynn Harris as photographer with own studio
1925 Feb 25
San Benito, TX, state records, A M Garrison wife Jennie T Tilton dies at age 63

1930 Apr 09
Carthage, MO, US census, Calvin L Harris as manager of retail grocery
1930 Apr 30
San Benito, TX. US census, A M Garrison and sons as merchant in grocery store
1935
Joplin, MO, from 1940 US census, Calvin L Harris residence
1937
Joplin, MO, city directory, Calvin L Harris, (no occupation shown) at 614 ½ Main
1940 Apr 30
Webb City, MO, Calvin L Harris as no occupation
1944 Oct 13
Webb City, MO, state record, Calvin L Harris dies at age 79, certificate shows photographer as usual occupation
1946 Oct 19
Texas, Find A Grave, Addison M Garrison dies at age 88

THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Parsons (KS) Weekly Eclipse -
29 Nov 1883

Parsons (KS) Daily Gazette -
13 Sep 1884

Parsons (KS) Daily Sun -
07 Feb 1866

Parsons (KS) Daily Sun -
20 Feb 1996

Parsons Daily Eclipse -
26 Feb 1886

Parsons (KS) Daily Sun -
03 Mar 1886

Parsons (KS_ Daily Eclipse -
26 Feb 1886

Parsons (KS) Daily Sun -
03 Mar 1886

Parsons (KS) Palladium -
313 Mar 1886

Parsons (KS) Daily Sun -
11 Apr 1886

Parsons (KS) Daily Eclipse -
12 Apr 1866

Parsons (KS) Daily Eclipse -
17 Apr 1886

Parsons (KS) Daily Eclipse -
21 Apr 1886

Parsons (KS) Daily Eclipse -
30 Jul 1886

Parsons (KS) Daily Sun -
31 Jul 1886

Parsons (KS) Daily Eclipse -
02 Aug 1886

Thursday, March 16, 2023

James Louis Gray

photographer: J L Gray
Van Alstyne, TX
example from LOST GALLERY

Photographer: Gray - Button
124 North Travis, Sherman, TX
example from LOST GALLERY

Records for J L Gray are scarce so some personal information has been added in the timeline to show location and dates.

James Louis Gray
(1862-1936)

1862 Jan 14
Bridgeport, IL, state records, James Louis Gray is born to Philo Gray and Nancy Miller
1880 Jun 04
Hunt, TX, US census, J L Gray as farmer, living with parents at age 18
1892 Jul 06
Grayson, TX, state records, J L Gray and Lizzie Pearl Arnspiger are married
1893 Aug 28
Van Alstyne, TX, state records, son Jimmie Fay Gray is born
1895 Sep 09
Van Alstyne, TX, state records, son John V Gray is born
1897 Jun 25
Van Alstyne, TX, state records, son Dave Evans Gray is born

1900 Jun 04
Van Alstyne, TX, US census, James L Gray as photographer
1905
Sherman, TX, city directory, J L Gray as labr Car Shops; res 312 W Herron (It is quite possible that this is not the photographer, although the entry does add “Lizzie” as his wife. And other entries, before and after show James L Gray in Van Alstyne as photographer)
1907 Jul 07
Van Alstyne, TX, state records, son Neland I Gray is born
1910 May 21
Van Alstyne, TX, state records, wife Lizzy Pearl Arnspiger dies a age 48
1910 Apr 19
Van Alstyne, TX, US census, James L Gray as photographer with own studio
1912 Apr 04
Van Alstyne, TX, state records, James Gray and Amanda Elizabeth Spears are married
1912 Sep 22
Tarrant, TX, state records, child born to James Gray and Amanda Spears

1920 Jan 09
Van Alstyne, TX, US census, Jim L Gray as photographer; res Jefferson St
1930 Apr 07
Van Alstyne, TX, US census, James Louis Gray as photographer, res 3 West Jefferson St
1936 Jun 23
Van Alstyne, TX, state records, James Lewis Gray as photographer, dies at age 74

James Louis Gray lived in Van Alstyne, TX, just about 16 miles from Sherman, TX. There are no city directories for Van Alstyne available. Only a few Sherman city directories are available between 1876 and 1935 but James Gray was not in any of them as a photographer in the business pages. Only about a half dozen city directories for that period, were available for Denison, TX, also. Dennison is just fifteen miles north of Sherman.

He is in the 1880 US census, living in Van Alstyne with his parents, at age 18.

J L Gray appears in the US census for 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 as photographer. Of course, for at least some of those years, he might have been working for another photographer and not running his own gallery.

The name was not uncommon in Texas. There was a James L Gray, prominent businessman mentioned in the newspapers of several cities in Texas. He was in the lumber and building materials business.

The card imprinted Gray-Button may have been James Gray’s attempt to expand by taking on a partner who would operate a studio in another town. No information has been found to confirm any facts about a photographer named Button. Of course, Button may have lived at a rural address so he was not included in city directory listings. Still, no Gray-Button listings were found in the available business sections of either Sherman or Denison, TX.

So, the association of Gray and Button in a photograph gallery in Sherman, TX, was probably brief and simply was not caught in any census or other document at the time.

Dennison (TX) Daily Herald - 29 Mar 1907

This is the only area newspaper mention of
J L Gray that has been found.

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.