John N Lutz

Photographer: Lutz & DeVol
Sullivan, Ind
(listed under DeVol also)

Photographer: Lutz & DeVol
Sullivan, Ind

There was no scarcity of the Lutz name in the 19th century. There were several living in Ohio and four in Cincinnati. Three of them migrated from Baden, Germany. They otherwise seem unrelated. John N. Lutz seems the most likely. He lived in several cities in Ohio and Kentucky before settling somewhat in Portsmouth, OH.
John N Lutz
(1842 – 1891)

1842 Oct 04
John N Lutz, US census, state records, John N Lutz is born Bavaria Germany to Michael Lutz and Mary Catherine
1868
Cincinnati, OH, city directory. John N Lutz as photographer working for J W Winder at 142 W 4th ; also listed John Lutz at 175 W Liberty
1869
Cincinnati, OH, city directory, the name John Lutz appears five times, a porter, a saddler, two “saloon” and one at 175 Liberty, with no occupation shown
1869
Newport, KY, city directory, J N “Lute” as photographer; res 2 Rickey

1870
Cincinnati, OH, city directory, the name John Lutz appears four times, a “cutter”, a printer and a stone cutter and one at 175 Liberty, with no occupation shown
1870
Akron, OH, city directory, John Lutz NOT listed
1870 Jun 07
Newport, KY, US census, John Lutz as photographer (Married and two children) wife name illegible
1871 Oct 29
Akron, Ohio, Summit County Beacon, news item says man named John Lutz of Liverpool, attempted suicide
1872
Pomeroy, OH, city directory, John Lutz as photographer at Front Street
1873
Portsmouth, OH, city directory, John Lutz NOT listed
1873 Nov 15
Portsmouth (OH) Daily Times, small ad for J N Lutz ground floor gallery on Second Street, east of Court

1873 Nov 22
Portsmouth (OH) Daily Times, small ad for J N Lutz, gallery on Second Street east of Court
1874 Feb 07
Portsmouth (OH) Daily Times, small item mentions J N Lutz as photograph on Second Street
1878 Nov 09
Portsmouth (OH) Daily Times, Small ad for J N Lutz on Second Street
1880 Jun 01
Portsmouth, OH, US census, John N Lutz as photographer at 23 S 7th, wife and five children
1882 Jul 29
Portsmouth (OH) Daily Times, small item says J N Lutz is in Atlantic City

1889 May 01
Akron (OH) City Times, small item mentions John Lutz at 513 S Main (only a possible connection)
1891 Jan 07
Stark County (OH) Democrat, small item mentions J N Lutz has committed suicide
1891 Jan 08
Lima News item mentions the suicide of J N Lutz
1894 Mar 23
Cincinnati (OH) Inquirer, classified ad, photo gallery for rent, see Mrs J N Lutz, 88 W 2nd

DeVol

Only one document was found that might relate to the Devol of this partnership. In the 1866 Omaha, Nebraska, city directory there is listed G. C. Devol, photographer. This would mean that G. C. DeVol would have been born in the 1840’s or earlier. The possibility is strengthened only by the fact that most likely photographer found was J N Lutz who was born in 1842, making them possibly of similar age.

However, neither of the two can be documented as being in Sullivan, IN, so it is mostly speculation.

Summit County (KY) Beacon - 29 Mar 1871

Portsmouth (OH) Daily Times - 15 Nov 1873

Portsmouth (OH) Daily TImes - 22 Nov 1873

Portsmouth (OH) Daily Times - 07 Feb 1874

Portsmouth (OH) Daily Times - 09 Nov 1878

Akron City (OH) Daily Times - 29 Jul 1882

Akron City (OH) Times - 01 May 1889

Stark County (OH) Democrat - 07 Jan 1891

Lima (OH) News - 08 Jan 1891

Cincinnati (OH) Enqirer - 23 Mar 1894

photographer Lutz
Portsmouth, OH
from the collection of KEN on Flickr

photographer: Lutz
Portsmouth, OH
example from Portsmouth Public Library

photographer: Lutz
788 West Second Street, Portsmouth, OH
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: Lutz and DeVol
Sullivan, IN
example from LOST GALLERY

photographer: Lutz
38 W Second, Portsmouth, OH
example from auction site
(probably finished between 1873 and 1878)

photographer: Lutz
38 W Second, Portsmouth, OH
example from auction site
(probably finished between 1873 and 1878)

photographer: George DeVoll
Cor Genesee and Lafayette Sts, Utica, NY
example from auction site

This is the only photographer DeVoll found to date. No connection to the DeVoll of Ohio has been made. This DeVoll was photographer at 190 Genesee, Utica, NY, from 1884 to 1898. Locations before and after that are unknown.

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L D Judkins

photographer: L D Judkins
Third Street, Bismark, D T
example from LOST GALLERY

Lorenzo Dow Judkins
(1833-1890)

1833 Feb 17
Chesterville, ME, state records, Lorenzo Dow Judkins is born to Joseph Judkins and Abigail Knowles
1850 Sep 18
Chesterville, ME, US census, Lorenzo Dow, age 17, living with parents, no occupation shown
1857
Haverhill, MA, city directory, Lorenzo D Judkins NOT listed
1858 (one page only on ancestry)
Charlestown, ME, city directory, Lorenzo D Judkins as carpenter; bds 5 Prescott
1859 May 05
Lowell, MA, state records, Lorenzo Judkins and Maria A Ward are married; Lorenzo is listed as “artist”
1859
Haverhill, MA, city directory, Lorenzo D Judkins as Daguerrian artist; bds t 2 Currier Crt
1860
Haverhill, MA, city directory, L D Judkins as Daguerrian artist, Portland

1860 Jun 30
Haverhill, MA, US census, Lorenzo D Judkins as laborer (census taker may not have been able to spell “Daguerrian” or perhaps just didn’t know what it meant)
1863 Jul 01
Haverhill, MA, civil war draft registry, Lorenzo D Judkins as artist
1865
Haverhill, MA, city directory, Lorenzo D Judkins as artist at 10 Main, res Vestry
1865 Aug 11
Haverhill, MA, Massachusetts state census, Lorenzo Judkins as artist
1867, 1869
Haverhill, Ma, city directory, Lorenzo D Judkins NOT listed
1868, 1869
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, Lorenzo D Judkins NOT listed
1868
From newspaper obituary, Judkins moves to Indianapolis
1870, 1871
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, Lorenzo D Judkins as photographer at 16 ½ E Washington; res same

1870 Dec 03
Indianapolis (IN) News, small ad for L D Judkins photographer at 16 ½ E Washington
1872
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, Lorenzo D Judkins as photographer at 16 ½ and 36 ½ E Washington; res 16 ½ E Washington
1872 Sep 21
Indianapolis (IN) News, news item says L D Judkinsa has opened new photograph rooms at 36 ½ E Washington, to be know as “Academy of Art”; “Art Chambers” at 16 ½ E Washington
1874, 1875, 1876
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, Lorenzo D Judkins as photographer at 16 ½ E Washington; res same
1877
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, Lorenzo D Judkins as photographer at 16 ½ E Washington; res 85 Broadway
1878
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, missing res pages; business section: Lorenzo D Judkins as photographer at 16 ½ E Washington
1879
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, Lorenzo D Judkins as photographer (NO studio listed); res 74 E Pratt; note that W J and J A Schroy, photographers, are at 16 1/5 E Washington

1879 Dec 13
Indianapolis (IN) News item says L D Judkins and F C Whippey will re-open the gallery at 16 1/5 E Washington (probably means that Judkins and Whippey had formed a partnership and will operate in the location established by Judkins)
1880
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, Lorenzo D Judkins as photographer with Judkins and Whippey (Fred C Whippey) at 16 ½ E Washington
1880 Jun 18
Indianapolis, IN, US census, Lorenzo D Judkins as photographer
1881
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, Lorenzo D Judkins as photographer at 16 ½ E Washington
1882
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, Lorenzo D Judkins as photographer at 16 ½ E Washington; res 126 W Fifth
1882 Sep
From newspaper obituary, Judkins moves to Bismarck and opens “Tent” studio on Main Street

1882 Nov 03
Bismarck (ND) Tribune, small news item says Judkins and Finn, photographers, are occupying a tent on Main Street
1882 Dec 15
Bismarck (ND) Tribune, small ad for Judkins and Finn, the “tent” photographers, to close for the winter
1883 thru 1890
Emmons County (ND) Record, small display ad runs monthly, sometimes twice monthly, for seven years
1883 May
From newspaper obituary, Judkins moves into studio on Third Street, later destroyed by fire
1883 May 04
Bismarck (ND) Tribune, small item says L D Judkins has parlor on Third Street
1883 Jun 15
Bismrck (ND) Tribune, small item says Judkins is taking views of streets and buildings to be for sale
1884
Bismarck, ND, city directory, Lorenzo D Judkins NOT listed

1888 Nov 09
Bismarck (ND) Weekly Tribune, Public Notice, Lorenzo D Judkins makwa land claim in ND
1889 Apr 26
Emmons (ND) County Record, news item says Carl Goodrich is assisting L D Judkins at the gallery
1889 Oct 25
Bismarck (ND) Weekly Tribune, news item tells of losses by fire of the Anderson Building on 3rd Street; Judkins Gallery was on upper story, loss was approx. 1000 dollars in negatives
1889 Nov 01
Bismarck (ND) Weekly Tribune, news item says the October fire was started by firebugs
1890 Mar 21
Emmons County (ND) Record, small ad for L D Judkins of Bismarck
1890 Mar 29
Burleigh, North Dakota, General Land Office record, Lorenzo D Judkins
1890 Aug 14
Bismarck, ND, state records, Lorenzo D Judkins dies at age 57

page from 1865 Havehill, MA, city directory

Indianapolis (IN) News - 03 Dec 1870

Indianapolis (IN) News - 21 Sep 1872

Indianapolis (IN) News - 15 Dec 1879

Bismarck (ND) Tribune - 03 Nov 1882

Bismarck (ND) Tribune - 15 Dec 1882

Emmons County (ND) Record - 1883 - 1890

This same ad ran at least monthly, usually three times a month for seven years.

Bismarck (ND) Tribune - 04 May 1883

Bismarck (ND) Tribune - 15 Jun 1883

Bismarck (ND) Weekly Tribune - 09 Nov 1888

Emmons County (ND) Record - 26 Jul 1889

Bismarck (ND) Weekly Tribune - 25 Oct 1889

Bismarck (ND) Weekly Tribune - 01 Nov 1889

Emmons County (ND) Record - 21 Mar 1890

Bismarck (ND) Weekly Tribune - 28 Mar 1890

Bismarck (ND) Weekly Tribune - 08 Aug 1890

Bismarck (ND) Weekly Tribune - 22 Aug 1890

photographer: L D Judkins
Bismarck, ND
example from North Dakota State Museum

reverse of card at left

photographer: L D Judkins
16 1/2 East Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: L D Judkins
Bismarck
example from North Dakota State Museum

photographer: L D Judkins
Bismarck
exampel from auction site

photographer: L D Judkins
Third Street, Bismarck, D T
exampe from North Dakota State Museum

reverse of card at left

The example at the right is from contributor Mike S. who found it at an estate sale.

The photograph is titled "The House of Representatives Of Dakota 1887." It was done by L D Judkins.

It is not a cabinet card but is a good example of the work being done.

The size is 16" X 20"

photographer: Judkins
Seattle, WA
example from auction site

No evidence has been found that Lorenzo D Judkins was ever in Seattle, WA. The card at the left was probably done by David Roby Judkins, (1836-1908), a brother of Lorenzo Judkins.

The following was found and submitted by contributor Mike S:

From the website Archives West:
David Roby Judkins was born on January 17, 1836 in Chesterville, Maine. He spent most of his early years as a photographer travelling between Illinois and California; by 1879, he had established a studio in Port Townsend, Washington. By March 1880, Judkins had begun doing business on the Seattle waterfront. Later, he had his studio mounted on a barge, to become "Judkins' Floating Sunbeam Gallery", or the "Cottage Gallery", thus being able to visit and do business in various ports in Puget Sound.

Lorenzo Judkins and Ida A. Bangs were married on December 25, 1880.

Following the birth of the couple's first child, John Roby (1882-1903), Judkins sailed his gallery up the Fraser River and settled in Vancouver Island for 11 months.

During that time, his second child Edith (1883-1900) was born. The family returned to Seattle in 1884, at which point Judkins sold his "Floating Gallery".

For the next few years, Judkins would operate studios around Seattle (including the southwest corner of Second and Columbia Streets, and Judkins' house at 522 Depot Street).

A third child, Etta Hazel was born in January 1891. Four years later (1896), Ida A (Bangs) Judkins died.

In 1898 and 1899, Judkins followed the Yukon gold rush. During the latter part of this period, he ran his "Pullman Photographic Gallery" in Skagway, Alaska.

Following daughter Edith and son John Roby’s deaths from consumption, Judkins and daughter Etta Hazel moved to California in 1903. Lorenzo Judkins died on December 11, 1909.

Source: Archives West

Santa Maria (CA) Times - 18 Dec 1909

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.