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Notes
Information about our article in The Journal:
L. Lee McIntyre and Chris Culy. 2021. “Miss C. Smith: The long career of an independent photographer from Lowell, Massachusetts” in The Journal: New England Journal of Photographic History. 179:20-39.
Our article is listed at the bottom of the cover:
Visit the the Photographic Historical Society of New England’s website for more information on the group, their publications, etc.
***Update Click here to order copies of this issue of The Journal ***
Also, click here to visit the episode notes for my podcast episode about Miss C Smith. There are sample photos of work from the Miss C Smith Studio on that notes page; you can also as listen to the entire episode again from that page.
Transcript
You’re listening to Photographs, Pistols & Parasols.
Support for this project is provided by listeners like you. Visit my website at p3photographers “dot” net for ideas on how you, too, can become a supporter of the project.
For more information about any of the women discussed in today’s episode, visit my website at p3photographers.net.
That’s letter “p”, number “3”, photographers “dot” net.
*****
Welcome to Photographs, Pistols & Parasols, the podcast where we celebrate early women artisan photographers.
I’m your host, Lee McIntyre.
*****
Hi everybody and Happy International Women’s Day!
Today I just I have quick announcement to share.
As you know, my husband, Chris, and I have been doing research for this project for the past few years. Along the way, I’ve been sharing the stories we’ve uncovered – about the lives and careers of early women artisan photographers – through both this podcast well as through lectures and talks I’ve given all over the world.
But today I’m delighted to announce that Chris and I now have out first published article about these talented women. It’s an article published in The Journal: New England Journal of Photographic History, which is the annual publication of the Photographic Historical Society of New England.
The title of our article is “Miss C. Smith: The long career of an independent photographer from Lowell, Massachusetts”. Listeners may recall I talked about Miss C Smith several years ago on the podcast. Miss C Smith is the name – i.e. the photographer’s “brand” – on the photographs. “Miss C Smith” herself turned out to be a woman named Costillia Smith. Costillia Smith ran the “Miss C Smith” studio by herself for more than 30 years in the late 19th century
In that podcast episode I talked about how the first thing we had to do with “Miss C Smith” was to track down her first name; finding out a lot more about her was even more of a challenge.
However, Chris and I both love a challenge: we spent a lot of time digging into the records we could get access to online during the pandemic, since the pandemic made it impossible to visit Lowell while we were writing the article. However, we managed to pieced together information about her family as well as more about her career. We share that in the article, along with many some wonderful examples of photographs from Miss C Smith’s studio that we’ve collected. That includes examples of both cabinet cards as well the smaller form-factor carte-de-visites.
I’ll include information in the episode notes for today on how to buy copies of The Journal direct from the Photographic Historical Society of New England.
Chris and I really want to extended a huge thank you to John Felix and Ron Polito, who are the editors of The Journal, and whose support and encouragement inspired this article. Many thanks to all who put the print version together: Miss C Smith’s life and career are beautifully presented in the 20-pages dedicated to her in the issue.
As always, look for the espisode notes on my website at p3photographers.net. That’s letter p number 3 photographers.net
You can also follow Photographs, Pistols & Parasols on Facebook at facebook.com/p3photographers.
Unavoidable delays have kept me from bringing you more episodes recently here on the podcast. Rest assured, though, there are many more women whose stories are just waiting to be told – look for more episodes coming soon!
That’s it for today! Thanks for stopping by! Until next time .. I’m Lee McIntyre and this is Photographs, Pistols & Parasols.
Recommended Links
- Ancestry.com (census records, city directories, and more; paid account required – Visit
- Chris Culy’s blog – Visit
- Family Search website has U.S. Federal Census and more; free account required – Visit
- Geneologybank.com has a selection of digitized newspapers from the United States; paid account required – Visit
- Newspapers.com has a selection of digitized newspapers from the United States; paid account required – Visit
- Newspaperarchives.com has a selection of digitized newspapers from the United States; paid account required – Visit
- Peter Palmquist database at the Yale Beinecke Library – Visit
Transcript
You’re listening to Photographs, Pistols & Parasols.
Support for this project is provided by listeners like you. Visit my website at p3photographers “dot” net for ideas on how you, too, can become a supporter of the project.
*****
Welcome to Photographs, Pistols & Parasols, the podcast where we celebrate early women artisan photographers.
I’m your host, Lee McIntyre.
*****
Hi everybody and Happy International Women’s Day!
Today I just I have quick announcement to share.
As you know, my husband, Chris, and I have been doing research for this project for the past few years. Along the way, I’ve been sharing the stories about the lives and careers of early women artisan photographers that we’ve uncovered through both this podcast well as through lectures and talks I’ve given all over the world.
But today I’m delight3d to announce that Chris and I now have out first published article about these talent women. It’s an article published in The Journal: New England Journal of Photographic History, which is the annual publication of the Photographic Historical Society of New England.
The title of our article is “Miss C. Smith: The long career of an independent photographer from Lowell, Massachusetts”. Listeners may recall I talked about Miss C Smith several years ago on the podcast. Miss C Smith is the name – i.e. the photographer’s brand” on the photographs, “Miss C Smith” herself turned out to be a woman named Costillia Smith. Costillia Smith ran the “Miss C Smith” studio by herself for more than 30 years in the late 19th century
In that podcast episode I talked about how the first thing we had to sdo with Miss C Smith was to track down her first name; finding out a lot more about her was even more of a challenge. However, Chris and I both love a challenge – we spent a lot of time digging into the records we could get access to online during the panedmic, since the pandemic made it impossible to visit Lowell while we were writing the arcle. However, we managed to pieced together information about her family as well as more about her career, and we share that in the article, along with many some wonderful exmaples of photographes from Miss C Smith’s studio that we’ve collected. That includes both cabinet cards as well the smaller formfactor carte-de-visites.
I’ll include information in the episode notes for today on how to buy copies of The Journal direct from the Photographic HIstorical Society of New England. Chris and I really want to extended a hugh thank you to John Felix and Ron Polito, who ware the editors of the Journal, and whose support and encouragement inspired this article. Many thanks to all who put the print version today – Miss C Smith’s live and career are beautifully presented in thje 20-pages dedicated to her in the issue.
As always, look on on my website at p3photographers.net. That’s letter p number 3 photographers.net
You can also follow Photographs, Pistols & Parasols on Facebook at facebook.com/p3photographers.
L. Lee McIntyre and Chris Culy. 2021. “Miss C. Smith: The long career of an independent photographer from Lowell, Massachusetts” in
The Journal: New England Journal of Photographic History. 179:20-39
Unavoidable delays have kept me from bringing you more episodes recently here on the podcast. Rest assured, though, there are many more women whose stories are just waiting to be told – look for more episodes coming soon!
That’s it for today! Thanks for stopping by! Until next time .. I’m Lee McIntyre, and this is Photographs, Pistols & Parasols.
