Just a quick note today to revisit the story of photographer Sarah Larimer, a 19th century photographer from Kansas. She had a successful photography studio before 1864 in Eastern Kansas. After moving west in 1864— and surviving an attack on her wagon train — she opened a studio in Wyoming before moving back to Kansas. She ran her studio in Humboldt, Kansas for many years, starting in 1876.
Here’s a portrait of her from the frontispiece of the book she wrote about her 1864 experience:
Anyway, you can lean more here in the podcast I did about Sarah Larimer a few years ago:
https://p3photographers.net/p3p049/
A few days ago, a member of the Humboldt Kansas Hometown History Group on Facebook, Linda Jo S.C., reached out. It seems that members of that group had been talking about Mrs. Larimer, partly due to the recently discovered tintype that is thought to be a self-portrait of Mrs. Larimer. How fun! Here’s a link to their discussion on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EtNmPwZLh/
Many thanks to Linda for including Photographs, Pistols & Parasols in the Humboldt Kansas Hometown History Group discussion. 🙂
