Albert Goss

photographer: Albert Goss
Auburn Photogrph Rooms, North Auburn, NE
example from LOST GALLERY

reverse of card at left

Albert Goss
(1844-1923)

1844 Aug 11
Indiana, state records, Albert Goss is born to Cyrus Goss and Elizabeth Bullion
1860 Jul 14
Union, IN, US census, Albert Goss as farm labor at age 16
1865 Feb 07
Terre Haute, IN, civil war records, Albert Goss enlists
1870 Aug 23
Union, IN, US census, Albert Goss as farmer
1880 Jun 22
Todd Creek, NE, US census, Albert Goss as farmer
1882
Nemaha County Granger (of 1891 Oct 23), news Item says Albert Goss begins photography business in NE
1882 Jun 29
Brownville (NE) Republican, news item about Albert Goss and taking pictures

1885 Jun 01
Auburn, NE, US census, Albert Goss as photographer
1891 Oct 23
Nemaha County Granger, news item says Albert Goss has left to live in Missouri
1900 Jun 23
Porter, MO, US census, Albert Goss as farmer
1910 May 04
Nixa, MO, US census, Albert Goss as “own income”
1920 Jun 02
Nixa, MO, US census, Albert Goss occupation as “none” 1923 Aug 09
Nixa, MO, state records Albert Goss dies at age 78

It appears that Albert Goss went into the photography business in Auburn, NE, late in 1881 and left the business in October of 1891. He went back to farming and apparently never returned to photography.

Brownville (NE) Republican -
29 Jun 1882

Auburn (NE) Post -
29 Apr 1885

Auburn (NE) Republican -
29 Apr 1885

Auburn (NE) Republican -
10 Jun 1885

Auburn (NE) Republican -
19 Sep 1885

Nemaha (NE) County Granger -
27 Aug 1886

Auburn (NE) Evening Post -
10 Jun 1887

Nemaha (NE) County Herald -
23 Mar 1888

Brownsville (NE) News -
24 Oct 1890

Nemaha (NE) County Granger -
23 Oct 1891

Nemaha (NE) County Herald -
20 Apr 1894

The Auburn (NE) Granger -
17 Jan 1905

The (Auburn, NE) Granger -
08 Jun 1909

Nebraska State Journal -
10 Aug 1923

These four examples were printed through a mask. A mask is an additional negative, placed between the negative and the print paper when it is exposed.
Note that the mask can be inverted or reversed as needed.

photographer: Goss
Nebraska
example from Flickr collection of Beverly

photographer: Goss
Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Nebraska
example from GenWeb

Here is an interesting find.

This is a tintype. A tintypes is actually a negative because it is the image as it comes directoy from the camera. Tintypes, originally known as or ferrotypes or melainotypes, were invented in the 1850s and continued to be produced into the 20th century. The photographic emulsion was applied directly to a thin sheet of iron coated with a dark lacquer or enamel, which produced a unique positive image.

All of which is to say that when this one is reversed ("corrected" if you prefer) it turns out to be the same backdrops and props as the cabinet cards on the right.

The original tintype

The tintype reversed

photographer: Goss
Auburn, NE
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

Note the same back drop in the next four examples

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb
(same backdrop as above)

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

Note the same chair and backdrop in these examples.

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

photographer: Goss
Auburn, Nebraska
example from GenWeb

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.

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Additional 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.
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J H Goodwin

photographer: J H Goodwin
gallery location not shown
example from LOST GALLERY

Face and reverse extensively enhanced.

J H Goodwin
Photographer
reverse of card at left
(could the "H" be a "W"?)

Three possible matches turned up for
J H Goodwin, one in Rhode Island and another in Texas and a third in Kansas, but nothing solid enough to build a profile or a timeline for a photographer by that name.

Further information is needed to narrow the search. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

The Parker (KS) Message - 11 Sep 1896

Below are some items that may or may not be related.

photographer: Ellis and Goodwin
64 West Second South, Salt Lake City, UT
example from auction site

These are probably unrelated.

photographer: J W Goodwin
61, 63, 65 Arcade, Providence, RI
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer: J W Goodwin
61, 63, 65 Arcade, Providence, RI
example from auction site

photographer: J W Goodwin
61, 63, 65 Arcade, Providence, RI
example from auction site
(note same props as in photo at left)

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.

Additional 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.

George W Godfrey

photographer: Godfrey
146 E Main, Rochester, NY
example from LOST GALLERY

photographer: Godfrey
146 E Main, Rochester, NY
example from LOST GALLERY

George W Godfrey
(1818-1888)

G W Godfrey was a bit older than the usual photographer of the cabinet card era. He started with tintypes and Daguerreotypes and moved on to the CdV and Cabinet card format when they became popular.

There are only a few records of the life of George W Godfrey and they are mostly city directory listings.

1818
Massachusetts, state records, George W Godfrey is born
1842 Sep 04
Middleborough, A, state records, George W Godfrey and Jane B Fuller are married
1864 – 1882
Rochester, NY, city directory, G W Godfrey as photographer (or Daguerreotypist) at 81 Main; res Dansville
1884 - 1887
Rochester, NY, city directory, G W Godfrey as photographer at 146 E Main

1888
Rochester, NY, city directory, G W Godfrey as photographer at Sunbeam Picture Gallery, 81 E Main; (this may actually be a misprint as he had been at 146 E Main for the past three years)
1888
Rochester, NY, city directory, at age 70; steady city directory listings end this year; there are no other records beyond this year;
1888 Mar 27
Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle, obit says George W Godfrey has died at his winter home in Winter Park, FL

G W Godfrey kept a gallery at 81 Main in Rochester, NY, from 1864 to 1882. Then from 1884 to 1887 he operated at 146 E Main in Rochester, NY.

Sarah L Cassidy and her sister Lodaska Cassidy, ran the galleries for Godfrey for about 20 years. When Godfrey died, they moved to Winter Park, Florida, to manage their orange grove. (See newspaper item below.)

Rochester (NY) Demcrat and Chronicle -
03 Apr 1888

Rochester (NY) Demcrat and Chronicle -
15 Apr 1888

Rochester (NY) Demcrat and Chronicle -
25 May 1888

Rochester (NY) Demcrat and Chronicle -
24 Jul 1888

photographer: Sunbeam Gallery
Geo W Godfrey and Co
81 Main St, Rochester, NY
example from auction site

reverse of CdV at left

The tintype at the left was probably not made at the Sunbeam studio. It was the practice back then to copy photographs of famous people and sell them in the lobby of the gallery.

photograpehr: Godfrey
81 East Main, Rochester, NY
example from auction site

photograpehr: Godfrey
81 East Main, Rochester, NY
example from auction site

photograpehr: Godfrey
81 East Main, Rochester, NY
example from auction site

photographer: Godfrey
145 E Main, Rochester, NY
example from auction site

photographer: Godfrey
145 E Main, Rochester, NY
example from auction site

photographer: Godfrey
145 E Main, Rochester, NY
example from auction site

photographer: Godfrey
145 E Main, Rochester, NY
example from auction site

photographer: Godfrey
145 E Main, Rochester, NY
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.

Additional 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.