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 […]
Remembering Monroe
Ollie H. Monroe was an early woman photographer that I talked about here on the podcast a couple of years ago. She had such a long and varied career that it took me 2 episodes […]
Queen of the 19th Century “Selfie”
The 19th Century woman we’re going to meet today wasn’t a professional photographer. Rather, she was a woman who had a passion for photography …. and marched to the beat of her own drummer …. […]
100 years ago today: Play Ball!
Today we’re looking at an article published on June 11, 1924 in the Daily Inter Lake newspaper from Kalispell, Montana. (Kalispell is the county seat of Flathead County, Montana.) The article in question outlines a […]
1899 Philadelphia Salon Jury
Today we have something a little different: an artistic “portrait” of the 5 members (photographers all) of the jury for 1899 Philadelphia [Photography] Salon. The jury selected the entries to be exhibited in the 1899 […]
100 years ago today: A Focus on Advertising
On May 27th, 1924, faithful readers of the Rushville Republican newspaper in Rushville, Indiana would not have been surprised to spot an ad for the Euphemia Lewis photography studio. You see, from the moment Miss […]
It pays to get the best!
Yesterday, my husband, Chris – the best Internet searcher around! – uncovered a real gem in an 1899 yearbook from the University of Colorado. It’s an ad for Mrs. B.B. Chase’s photography studio in Denver, […]
100 years ago today: Convicts, Contests & Campaigns
100 years ago today, readers of the Joplin Globe newspaper in Joplin, Missouri would have opened their newspapers and found photos of two women:
100 years ago today: Resurrecting a photo taken 55 years earlier
100 years ago an article in the Portage Daily Register celebrated the photographic prowess of local photographer Janet Townley and her talent at successfully restoring a faded photograph from 1869.
100 years ago today – Remembering Mrs. B. Kalin, photographer
100 years ago today, if we were in Kansas reading the Longford Journal newspaper, we would have run across the sad news that Mrs. Brita Kalin Rosenquist had died. Mrs. Brita Kalin was widowed in […]