Today, October 25, 2024, is the opening day of the 2024 World series. It seemed like a good day to take a moment to remember Coyla Gaspar, a professional photographer who was married to Harry […]
Root, root, root for the home team photographer
100 years ago today – A Photo for Your Pocket
100 years ago today, photographer Bessie R. Edgecombe had the following ad in The Times newspaper in Hammond, Indiana:
100 years ago today – Personality Portraits
100 years ago today, readers of the Salt Lake Telegram would have seen this ad prominently displayed in the paper:
100 Years ago today: The Dentist and The Photographer
100 years ago today, the following ad for Dr. A. L. Zell’s dental office appeared in the Leader Tribune newspaper in Laverne, Oklahoma. I would direct you to note Dr. Zell’s office address in the lower left […]
1OO years ago today – The Resilient Mrs. Whipple
100 years ago today the following announcement appeared in Southwest Mail and The Weekly Post for the Whipple Studio in Nevada, Missouri. The announcement seems pretty straightforward. However, the story of the female photographer who […]
100 years ago today – A Multi-Faceted Career
100 years ago today, readers of the Lincoln Star in Aurora, Nebraska opened their papers and found some startling news. Popular Aurora photographer Nora Lyons had decided to sell her photography studio to Stanley Lombard, […]
What a Bride Might Wear
Everyone knows what a wedding dress is like.Emily Post, 1910 There was an announcement earlier this summer from The Kate — a museum dedicated to all things related to the actress Katharine Hepburn — that […]
100 years ago today: Imprint of Success
100 years ago today the following announcement appeared in the Birmingham News: Yes, 100 years ago today, Birmingham News readers would have been excited to learn that Montevallo’s own photographer, Alice Yeager, was elected vice-president […]
Stanton Photos
I was focused on the multi-generational aspect of the Stanton Studio(s) in my last post and I neglected to provide many examples of photos taken by those studios. So, today I want to correct that.
100 years ago today: All in the family
100 years ago today, this notice appeared in the newspaper in Springfield, Ohio: Note that M.C. Stanton, his wife Rosetta, and their youngest daughter Martha were all photographers at the Stanton Studio. But… … there […]