First thing today, I want to thank the Manchester Library for hosting my talk at the Whiton Branch last week. Also, a big thank you to everyone who attended the talk! It was a fun […]
Early PICT: The photographer known as Mrs. J. B. Lewis
Author: Lee McIntyre
Early PICTs step into the spotlight
I’m delighted to announce that I’ve been invited to give a lecture about early women artisan photographers from Connecticut at our local library here in Manchester, CT. The 1-hour talk starts at 6:00pm on March 19, […]
The Mysterious Mrs. Watson
Between 1902 and 1932 many newspaper articles appeared about a woman named Mrs. C. R. Watson. These articles — which appeared in newspapers stretching across the country from Ohio to California — were publicity for Mrs. […]
Photogenic Snowmen
It’s February 3, 2025. It’s the day after Groundhog day. Since I’m writing this ahead of time, I don’t know if the groundhog predicted an early spring this year. It’s definitely still plenty cold and […]
Early PICTs: Two Daguerreian “Saloons”
Today is the start of a new series on the blog that I’m calling “Early PICT.” PICT stands for “Photographer in Connecticut”; although “women” is not in the name itself, the series will of course […]
An Illinois “Portraits” artist
100 years ago today, readers of the Macomb, Illinois Macomb Daily By-Stander newspaper would have seen this ad: Although I hadn’t originally planned to continue the “100 years ago today” series in 2025, this ad […]
100 years ago today – Baby Photographer
100 years ago today, regular readers of the Pomona, California newspapers would not have been surprised to see another ad for photographer Lily Wiltberger’s studio in newspaper. After all, Miss Wiltberger’s ads had been appearing […]
100 years ago today: “Santa’s representative”
100 years ago today, a photo taken at the Wrensted Studio in Casper, Wyoming appeared in the local newspaper: Regular readers of that paper might have recalled that Ella Wrensted, the proprietor of the Wrensted […]
100 years ago today: Tessie F. Dickeson & Baby Peggy
100 years ago today it would have come as no surprise to readers of the Shreveport Journal to see that the winner of the local Baby Peggy Contest had finally been revealed, since they’d been […]
100 years ago today: “Women know what women want!”
100 years ago today, readers of the The Meriden Daily Journal newspaper in Meriden, Connecticut, might have been surprised to see that a syndicated business column called “Making Money” profiled a successful Jefferson City, Missouri […]