Today is the start of a new series on the blog that I’m calling “Early PICTs.” PICT stands for “Photographers in Connecticut”; although “women” is not in the name itself, the series will of course […]
Early PICTs: Two Daguerreian “Saloons”
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 […]
A Visit to the Chaudet Photo Car
On this, the 100th posting here on the Photographs, Pistols & Parasols website, let me take you back in time today…
The rest of her story (Ida Wilcox)
Today is Part 2 of photographer Ida Wilcox’s life story. Ms. Wilcox was a photographer from Salt Lake City, Utah; in Part 1 about her life, we learned about her skills as both a photographer […]
100 years ago today: Branson Sisters Studio
100 years ago today readers of the Knoxville Journal and Tribune opening their newspaper were treated to this beautiful bridal portrait of Mary Alice Brown (née Edgemore), taken by the Branson Sisters Studio:
