In today’s episode, we begin a journey with a photographer named Ollie Monroe.
Category: Photographers
60 – Introducing Miss Garrity of Chicago (and beyond)
In today’s episode, we meet Miss Salle E. Garrity of Chicago – and beyond.
59 – Photographer to the Star
In today’s episode, we meet the Chicago photographer Mabel Sykes, who was the favorite photographer of a rather famous silent movie star.
58 – In a class all her own
In today’s episode, we discover the remarkable accomplishments of Lydia J. Cadwell.
56 – The Marvelous Mrs. Mater-Smith
In today’s episode we celebrate the life of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mater-Smith, a successful – and resourceful! — photographer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
55 – A Photographic Union
In today’s May 1st episode we celebrate a photographer who was a driving force behind a photographers’ labor union in Seattle in 1918.
54 – All in the family
In today’s episode we meet a mother-daughter paid who both worked as early women photographers, but who probably never worked together.
53x-Happy International Women’s Day 2020

A collage of photos by early women artisan photographers in honor of International Women’s Day 2020.
51 – Exceptionally Splendid Sisters
In today’s episode, we’ll meet the exceptional Goodlander sisters, two celebrated photographers who ran photography studios together in Indiana for more than half a century!
50 – Mr and Mrs in Italy

In today’s episode, it’s a special trip to Italy to celebrate a married couple who happened to be professional photographers in the late 19th century.