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 […]
Category: 100 years ago today
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 […]
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:
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, […]