McArtor, Ruby Stanton – Photographs, Pistols & Parasols

What a Bride Might Wear

Katharine Hepburn's 1928 wedding dress (photo from the Southeby's Auction Site)

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 […]

Stanton Photos

Stanton Studio newspaper ad that includes a thank you note from the parents of the 1906 Baby Contest winner. Springfield News, December 23, 1906

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

Notice in the Springfield, OH newspper that the Stanton Photo Gallery in town will be cloaed for several weeks while th Mr and Mrs Stanton, and their daugthter Martha, go to the annnual photographers cinference and also visit studios Chicago to check out the latest techniques, Springfield News, July 17,1924

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 […]