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A.1. Commercial Photo Service, 525 Pender St. W in Vancouver, B.C., was operated by Maurice Lumley Hawksley from 1927 to 1948.

According to the Tacoma City directories, John P. Aaberg had a studio in Tacoma, WA from 1892 through 1919.

H.V. Abel was part of the Mountaineers.

Active in Portland, Oregon 1878-1899 and 1897-1907.

Frank G. Abell (1844-1910) was born in Illinois and moved with his parents to California in 1857. In 1862, at the age of 18, he joined the firm of William Shew in San Francisco, where he spend 4 years learning the art and business of photography. On his own, Abell opened his first gallery, the Abells Star Gallery, in Stockton in 1866. Moving back to San Francisco the following year, he then worked his way north, through Grass Valley, Red Bluff, and Yreka, arriving in Roseburg, Oregon in 1877.

From 1878-1888 he was located at 167 & 169 1st St., Portland. He worked with his son George L. Abell, at addresses: 29 Washington St. and Labbe Building, fourth floor, 1884-1887. After a few years Abell went to San Francisco for a while, and later returned to Portland to stay, 1897-1907. Elbridge W. Moore bought and continued the photography business at the same location.

Known primarily for his studio portraits, his gallery in Portland was both spacious and well furnished, including an "elegant piano for the free use of patrons". Abell also produced "Cards, Cabinets, Panels, Boudoirs, Stereoscopic and Out Door Views, and Living Statues", the latter being photos of living subjects arranged to present the appearance of a marble bust on a pedestal. He moved to Tacoma in 1908 in failing health, and died in 1910.

See Also: Abell, Frank G. & Son

See Also: Moore, Elbridge W.

Frank Abell (1844-1910) and his son George L. Abell were active at addresses: 29 Washington St. and Labbe Building, fourth floor, Portland, Oregon, 1884-1887. The photograph business was purchased in 1888 by Elbridge W. Moore.

See Also: Abell, Frank G.

See Also: Moore, Elbridge W.

Active in Fair Haven and Dawson, Yukon Territory, Alaska, 1896-1915.

E.C. Adams worked as a photographer at C.W. Barts studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1896 and later moved to Nanaimo, British Columbia, to become a partner in the Adams & Pierce Studio.

Adams established Adams & Co. in Dawson, Yukon Territory, with Charles D. Rothwell, circa 1901. George W. Larkin joined as partner, Adams & Larkin 1902-1905. When their partnership dissolved, Adams then reverted to its previous name of Adams & Co.. Adams worked with Jirden L. Anders, 1905-1906. Adams’s photographic equipment was later purchased by the Dawson photographer E.O. Ellingsen.

Active at 613 ½ Jackson, Seattle, Washington, 1911-1925.

Aldrich, Byron L., Jr. was active in Tacoma, Washington, 1901-1916.

Active in Juneau Alaska, circa 1940-1950.

William George Alexander (1880-1960) was born in Kansas. He operated a photography studio in Rainier, Oregon in 1910, and moved his studio to Douglas, Washington by 1915. He was active in Amira and Creston, Washington circa 1913-1916. After World War I, Alexander became a wheat farmer in Eastern Washington until his death.

Lt. Allen (1859-was a member of the 2nd Calvary and participated in longest exploratory expeditions on the North American continent in American history, the Allen Expedition of 1885. The 1885 Allen Expedition entailed exploration of uncharted terrain and resulted in many new discoveries. It was the first time westerners traveled from the coastal regions of south-central Alaska northward through the Alaska Range into the Yukon drainage. From there the expedition continued westward to the Bering Sea — completing a total of 1,500 miles in less than 20 weeks.

Had it not been for the Alaska Native people encountered, at times the small group of travelers might have perished. The Unalakleet were considered “members of the crew” for a portion of the trip. Surprisingly, Allen continued to take up war against the Native American population once he returned to the lower 48 states.

Frank Perkins and Walter Allen operated the Georgetown Photograph Studio active at 6105 ½ 13th Ave South, Georgetown Station, Seattle, Washington from 1911-1915. In 1916 the studio was moved to 717 ½ 3rd Avenue. From 1917-1920 only Frank Perkins is listed as a photographer at the 3rd Avenue location.

Active in McMinnville, Oregon.

Charles A. Alvord and Ben E. Hughes possibly were briefly co-proprietor photographers, for Hughes & Alvord at 992 N. 24th, McMinnville, Oregon, 1889. The firm is listed 1890, but only Alvord shown.

James Masatoku Amano was born in Choshi, Japan on May 9th, 1887. He came to Seattle, Washington aboard the SS Aki Maru on April 23, 1915. He was a photographer at the Jackson Photo Studio, 624 Jackson, Seattle, Washington, circa 1919-1925. He had two children with his wife, Zen. All were interned at Camp Minidoka during WWII - Amano via the Department of Justice Internment and Detention in Santa Fe on July 9, 1943; and his wife, son and daughter via the Puyallup Assembly Center on August 10, 1943.

Amano Photo Studio was active at 3208 35th Ave. South, Seattle, Washington, circa 1957.

The American View Co. stamp on the verso reads: Flashlights and interiors a specialty. Prop's [ill.] Park. Other photographers using the name American View Co. are known to have operated in Wisconsin, Oregon, California and Dakota. The relationships, if any, are not known.

Active in Frances, Washington.

William O. Amsden was part of the Seattle Photo Co. in 1890 along with Chester B. Walsworth. The office was located at 15 Shorey Blk. Amsden was also part of the Mountaineers and in 1890 was part of the Mount Rainier climbing party that included Fay Fuller, who upon the completion of this ascent was the first woman to stand on the summit.

Anderson's studio, Anderson Photo Art and Commercial Photography was active at 110 E. Heron St. Aberdeen, Washington, circa 1925-29, 212 West Heron Street, Aberdeen, Washington and Tacoma, circa 1919. He was known for his short films of everyday occurrences in Grays Harbor, Washington that may have been used to supplement national films that were shown locally in town.

Active in Douglas, Alaska

Ed Andrews (1872-1937) was born in Norway. According to a note from donor Carolyn Brown, he changed his name from Edvard Engrebretsen to Ed Andrews when he immigrated. Later he moved to South Dakota where he lived on the family farm. In 1897, he came to Douglas and worked as a clerk in the Treadwell Store. After owning and operating a restaurant he opened the Ed Andrews photography studio.

As a prominent Douglas photographer, Andrews distributed images to dealers all over Alaska. He also served as the official photographer for the Admiral Line, the Alaska Steamship Line, Copper River Railroad, White Pass and Yukon Railway and for Captain Sid Barrington, Stikine River navigator. On December 2, 1937, The Daily Alaska Empire, reported that Andrews’ negatives were lost in one of the Douglas fires. Andrews lived in Douglas until his death.

Active in Hoquiam, Washington.

Located at 33 West 34th Street, 102-104 West 38th Street, 212-216 West 48th Street and 525 West 52nd, New York. The studio opened in 1906 and was operated by Alexander W. Dreyfoos and Henry Obstfield. Apeda Studios focused on sports, theater and celebrity portraiture.

Active in Olympia, Washington, circa 1865-1867.

W.J. Yeager (1829-1883) was a ambrotypist active in Olympia, circa 1865-1867. In 1865 he operated a studio on Fourth Street near Main in rooms formerly occupied by Edward M. Sammis. From November 1866 to January 19, 1867 he was in business with John V. Yantis for 2 months. Later he partnered with William M. Ashman, circa 1867.

Asplund died December 12, 1915 at the age of 51, in Arlington, Washington.

Ray Atkeson was born February 13, 1907. He was a commercial photographer from 1929-1946 in Portland, Oregon. His studio was located at 215 Swetland Building, Portland, Oregon. His commercial studio was known as Photo-Art. In 1946 he switched to more free-lance work, photographing landscapes and skiing in Washington and Oregon. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Linfield College as well as the Oregon Governor's Art Award among others. He died May 25, 1990.

The Ray Atkeson Photography Collection was donated to the University of Oregon in 2018. It contains over 250,000 negatives which are available to researchers

Active in Colville, Washington, 1898-1916.

Frank Fuller (also known as F.F.) Avery (1862-1872) was born in Indiana. He began working for the Indian School Service on September 22, 1890. Before moving to Washington State he and his wife, Anna Avery, whom he married in 1892, were employed by the Indian Service in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Crow Creek, North Dakota. He became associated with the Colville Indian Agency and from 1898-1916 Avery worked in a number of capacities, first as superintendent of the Indian Boarding School at Fort Spokane, and then as inspector of Colville Indian Agency Day Schools. Photos from the Colville Indian Agency, were taken between 1901-1916 when Avery was assigned to the Colville Indian Agency. The images record agency headquarters and personnel, along with numerous photographs of Colville Indian farmers and school children.

Located at 110 West Main, Seattle, Washington.

Active in Washington.

Louis Fabian Bachrach, Sr. (1881-1963) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in 1897, studied at the Maryland Institute of Design from 1898-1899, and attended the Art Students' League in New York City in 1900.

Bachrach was a second generation photographer. In 1868, Bachrachs father, David, opened a photographic studio in Washington and another in Baltimore. Louis began his photographic career by working with his father in Washington and Baltimore and by helping several photographers in New York. In 1904 Louis continued the national chain by opening a studio in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1915 he assumed the presidency of Bachrach, Inc., a position which he retained until 1955. He was succeeded by his son, Bradford. Bachrach, Inc. is said to be the “longest continuously operated photography studio in America.” today. By 1929, there were 48 Bachrach studios, and at its height it included forty-eight studios with six hundred employees. He died in semi-retirement in Boston, Massachusetts.

Edwin J. Bailey was active at the Baileys Photo Parlors at the Newlin Block, 218 Columbia St., Seattle, Washington, 1889-1898. Later, as Bailey, E.J. & Co., with the Wellington School, at 16 Colman Bldg., Seattle, Washington, 1899-1902.

Baird and Aldrich were proprietors of the Worlds Fair Studio, and active at 1426 Third St. in Seattle, Washington, 1891-1892.

Active in Yakima, Washington.

Active in Seattle, Washington, 1892-1904.

James Presley (J.P.) Ball Sr. (1825–1904) was a prominent African American photographer abolitionist, and businessman. Ball was born in Virginia, probably a freeman. As a young man he learned daguerreotyping and opened his first studio in Cincinnati (1851) at age twenty. He hired his future brother-in-law, Alexander Thomas, around 1851-52. Thomas became a full partner in the business in November of 1857 to March 1860. Ball & Thomas became known as "the finest photographic gallery west of the Allegheny Mountains." In Cincinnati, by 1853, Balls studio included nine employees. "Balls Great Daguerrian Gallery of the West" quickly became one of the most well known galleries in the United States. Balls younger brother, Thomas C. Ball, continued as a studio photographer in partnership with Alexander Thomas until Thomas death in 1875.

Balls work was featured in exhibitions of photography at expositions held in 1852, 1854, 1855, and 1857 at the Ohio Mechanics Institute. At the 1857 exposition, Ball and another photographer won a bronze medal for photography. Ball experienced financial difficulties between 1865 and 1871. He lost a substantial amount of money as a result of "unfortunate speculations" and his assets were liquidated at a Constables sale in 1868, though he continued with limited funds under the supervision of the Bankruptcy Court. Ball gave his son an interest in the business in 1869 and the firms name was changed to Ball & Sons at 106 Columbia St. Bet. First & Second Aves, Seattle, Washington. In about 1887, he went to Montana with son James Presley, Jr. and now well into his sixties, he opened another busy daguerreotyping studio in Helena.

In the second half of 1900, Ball followed his son J.P. Ball, Jr., to Seattle in the Western Territory of Washington. Ball Jr., opened the Globe Studio in 1892 and Ball & Sons studio in 1897 while he was developing a practice as a lawyer. Ball Sr. remained active in civic affairs and founded and organized Shriners' lodges in Seattle and Portland. He left Seattle for Honolulu, presumably for the change in climate to help relieve his crippling rheumatism. He opened a studio in his home in Honolulu, which was probably run by his daughter, Estella. Ball Sr. died on May 4, 1904, in Honolulu.

Clyde Banks was a pioneer photographer in Whatcom County and owned Cylde Banks Camera and Art Shop. He died April 17, 1977.

Active at 606 2nd St., Seattle, Washington, circa 1885.

Possibly Lloyd M. Bardo, also active at 713 3rd Ave. and 717 ½ 3rd Ave., Seattle, Washington, 1892-1911.

Barkalow Bros. was a news company that operated newsstands that sold tobacco products, candy and candles. Barkalow Bros. was located at 407 S 15th Street and the Union Pacific Headquarters Building in Omaha, Nebraska.

Active in Waukon, Idaho, 1861-1880; Murray, Idaho, 188; Wallace, Idaho, 1889-1913; and Montana.

Barnard was brother of Alonzo A. Barnard, another Waukon photographer who had a studio in Waukon in 1880s and 1890s in partnership as Huffman & Barnard. He was the son-in-law of his partner, P. C. Huffman, having married Huffman’s daughter, Della. His brother, Thomas Nathan Barnard, went to Idaho and produced stereographs there.

Barnes and Evans (1864-1946) partnered in Snohomish, Washington, late 1890s.

Deputy Auditor Frank M. Evans was born in Minnesota in 1864. He studied art and photography in Kansas City and opened a gallery there with Mr. (Lafayette W.) Barnes. In 1888 they arrived in Washington and decided to locate and set up a studio in Snohomish.

Albert H. Barnes (A.H.B) was active in Parkland and Tacoma, Washington, 1906-1910, and photographed the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska 1912.

Belcher Photos were Bill and Catherine Belcher. They were active at 1083 Adams Street, Olympia, Washington and advertised "Photos at Home, Church, Lodge or Groups, Reasonably Priced."

Active at 324 Monroe St., Spokane Falls, Washington, circa 1888-1890, and Spokane, Washington, 1892-1893.

E.E. Bertrand (Edward E. Bertrand or E. Edison Bertrand) was a stereo photographer and owned E.E. Bertrand's Studio. He employed Frank Clinton Bailey as a crayon artist in his studio.

Active at 2298-1st Ave. W., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, circa 1900.

Eduardo Clifford Spencer was an American born photographer who moved to Chile circa 1870 to Valparaíso. He began working with Carlos Bischoff at this time. In 1879 the War of the Pacific was declared and the team, with the authorization of the Chilean army, was sent to Bolivia and Peru to document the soldiers.

Active in Tacoma, Washington.

John Martin Blankenberg was born in Tragdor, Norway, October 24, 1860. He was active in the Yukon Territory, Haines, and Dyea, Alaska circa 1901. He died August 19, 1939 in Tenakee, Alaska.

Active at Hewill Avenue, near Chestnut St., Everett, Washington, 1893.

Blome (possible name variant, J.W. Blome) (1853-1902) worked in California, 1888-1892, before coming to Washington. After his time in Washington, Blome again ventured northward working in several locations in British Columbia. He was a photographer in Ashcroft, 1895-1896, and appeared in Kamloops, November 1898. He also worked in Clinton and traveled throughout the Okanagan and Nicola valleys. Blomes obituary called him "an artist of more than average ability".

Marvin D. Boland moved to Tacoma in 1915 and photographed a wide range of subjects including landscapes and celebrities. He was known for his panoramas that he took with a circuit camera. He operated photography studios in Tacoma from 1915-1949. Boland died 1950 in Bremerton, Washington while photographing Navy ships.

Was located at 119 Madison, Seattle, Washington.

Active in Washington, circa 1940s.

Booen was born in 1864 in Shellrock Township, Minnesota. In 1888 he was working for Judkins Photograph Studio and married Cina Nevin. He ended up in La Conner, Washington around 1889 working for LaRoche and Boyd. Later in 1889 he bought the photography studio in La Conner to open his own business. In 1895 he and his family moved to Chilliwack. He died in 1934.

David B. Ewing arrived in Washington in 1885 and partnered for a photography business with Booen in La Conner and Anacortes, Washington, circa 1890.

Booen was also active in Snohomish County, Washington, 1895 and as an itinerant in Chilliwack and other portions of British Columbia 1895-1897.

Ewing operated Ewing's Studio Everett, Washington, 1893-1902

William Hanson Boorne and his cousin Ernest Gundry May opened a photography business in Calgary in 1886. Boorne was the main photographer while May developed the photographs. They photographed mountain views, railroad construction and small cities and towns.

R.L. Boren is listed as a photographer in a city directory in Deming, Washington in the 1920s..

Orville Borgersen was a skier and ski photographer. He explored various ski routes and possible ski routes on Mount Rainier and was a part of the Washington Ski Club. He often photographed while on ski trips and shared his photographs with the ski club. He won the Seattle Times Amateur snap shot competition in 1935 and would continue on and start filming ski outings. He had three brothers who were all skiers as well, Melvin, Le Roy and Stanley. Orville's father was a furrier and Orville grew up in the business, graduating from the Mitchell Designing School in New York and continuing his studies at fashion centers in Europe. In 1955 he was elected the Chairman of the Seattle Retail Trade Bureau and to the board of the Master Furrier's Guild of America Inc. He retired from the fur business in 1977.

Chapin Bowen was a commercial and newspaper photographer active in Tacoma, Washington from 1925-1955. His father was Reverend Dr. Charles A. Bowen and he has seven siblings. His studio was located in the Y.M.C.A. Building at 714 Market Street, Tacoma, Washington.

Active at Cor. 19th and Harris Sts., Fairhaven, Washington 1890.

Briefly in partnership with Orrin E. Monnett, they ran the Monnett & Bradley Studio, 1890. After working in Fairhaven, Bradley moved his business to Seattle, 1905-1907.

Active at 210 and 212 Wabash Avenue, Chicago. Established 1858.

Active at 713 1st Ave, Union Block building, Seattle, Washington, 1911-1915.

H.H. Brodeck and M. Wagner, active at Main Street, opposite First, Walla Walla, Washington, 1880-1886.

Listed as Brodeck & Company (Brodeck, Henry H. & Gray, W. Vallance) in 1876, San Francisco Directoryand at 640 Market St. San Francisco, California.

Active in Bellingham, Washington.

Harold M. Brown was born June 2, 1887 in Minnewaukan, North Dakota. He was a commercial photographer based in Camas, Washington focusing on the logging industries in Oregon and Washington. During World War II, Brown also served as an army photographer. He died on August 2, 1956.

James Brown was (1865-1925?) was a California-born Chinese-American photographer. Together with his wife Nellie (1887-1966), Brown operated a photo gallery at 227-1/2 Washington St. in Portland, catering to the Portland area Chinese-American community. After his death, Nellie continued to operate the studio and gallery until World War II.

Active in Portland, Oregon, 1920s-40s. Active at 602 Buyers Building, Portland, Oregon.

William C. 'Bill' Brubaker owned Brubaker Aerial Surveys, and was possibly the first West coast aviation regional commercial aerial photographer. Many of his photographs turned into post cards and were used on promotional brochures. His customers included the F.B.I. and Boris Karloff. He sold the company, Brubaker Aerial Surveys to a former employee, Leonard Delano, in 1946.

Al Monner was employed as a photographer by Brubaker Aerial Surveys from July 1931-March 1932.

Joseph Buchtel (b. 1830) was active at 93 First St., Portland, Oregon in numerous partnerships, ventures, and studios 1853 - circa 1880.

Buchtel learned daguerreotyping in Urbana, Illinois in 1851-3. He moved to Portland by 1853, opening a studio but also traveling to various places along the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. Buchtel apparently sold his studio to W. H. Towne in 1880. Aside from being the cities leading photographer, he was a prominent Portland citizen in other ways, such as serving as the fire chief and the Multnomah County Sheriff.

Active at 89 First St., Portland, Oregon, 1859-1866.

J.R. (possibly Joseph) Buchtel partnered in business with Byron Cardwell, Buchtel & Cardwell's Picture Gallery, starting 1864. Cardwell eventually bought Buchtel's interest in the firm. Buchtel was a dentist and taxidermist who also operated a museum of stuffed animals in connection with the studio.

B & S, Joseph (J.R.) Buchtel & E.H. Stolte, were active at 91, 119 and 121 First Street, Portland, Oregon, 1873-1880.

Active at 3418 Fremont Ave., Lippy Bldg., Fremont Station, Seattle, Washington, 1923-1925.

Active at C St. Tacoma, and 1925 First Avenue, Seattle, Washington.

The Burdett Photo Studio was operated in Seattle and Tacoma, Washington. The studio in Seattle was managed by George H. Launer 1907-1908. In 1909 he was joined by his business partner William Colville.

Active in Ellensburg, Washington, 1891-1895.

See also: James & Bushnell (Eli M. James and Corry A. Bushnell). Bushnell (1866-1941), Seattle, Washington, 1903-1922.

See also: Christy Studio. Bushnell partnered with Pinney, W.A., Seattle, Washington, 1918.

Elston Camp was active on Bell Street, Seattle, Washington. He was the assistant secretary of the Yong Man's Christian Association circa 1890

Campbell Studios Ltd. was a commercial photographic studio operating in Vancouver, B.C. In 1931, it was located at 569 Granville Street. The firm was founded by photographer William J. Campbell (1886-1958), under the name Campbell's Studios Ltd in 1921. He was joined in the company by his son, John S. Campbell (1919-2004) in 1945 or 1946, with William Campbell as President and John Campbell as Manager. The firm was still in operation in 1996.

Charles Cann was active in Fairbanks, Alaska circa 1923- circa 1946. He was born circa 1886 in Estonia. He moved to the United States circa 1906.

Active at the corner of Commercial & Washington Sts., above the Seattle public market, Seattle, Washington, circa 1876. Cardwell was active in Portland, Oregon, circa 1868 before establishing a studio in Seattle, and was brother of Portland photographers Byron and J.R. Cardwell.

Active at 915 C St., Tacoma, Washington, 1892-1900.

Anthony Pitman Carr was the eldest son of Job Carr, (Tacoma's first mayor and postmaster and notable pioneer who constructed the first non-native residence in Commencement Bay), who came to Tacoma in 1865 and went into business with photographer and camera furnisher E.A. Light. Carr had a photograph gallery in Marshalltown, Iowa from 1863-1864 and one in Tacoma from 1866- circa 1900. Prior to his move to Tacoma, Carr was a soldier in the Civil War who delivered photographs and messages to President Lincoln.

Harry Carratt (1870-1941) was active in Goldendale, Washington, 1895-1902. He was partners in the studio Miller & Carrat, and active in Arlington, Oregon.

Frances J. Catterlin and William Lussier were active in Salem, Oregon, 1889-1893.

Catterlin also partnered with Lute J. Hicks.

Lussier also partnered with James J. Tyrrell and Samuel B. Crow, Portland, Oregon, circa 1890s.

Active in Palouse, Washington, 1901-1902.

James B. Cawthon was a traveling photographer. He partnered as Cawthon & Warren in 1885. He Cawthon photographed various places in Washington including Spokane Falls, 1890, Spokane, 1892; partnered with William R. Read, as Cawthon & Read, 1893, Palouse, 1901-1902; Everett, 1903-1904; various Seattle (including Ballard) locations, 1904-1913; and partnered as Cawthon & Steward, 1912. He was active in Portland, Oregon, 1888-1889, and in Victoria, B.C., 1898. Cawthon is also spelled Cawthorn.

E. Chamberlain Photographic Studio was active in Sitka, Alaska. He was a photographer and artist, and taught art classes in Sitka, Alaska.

The Chehalis Art Co. was located in Chehalis, Washington. It was possibly owned by William Drummond of Drummond's Studio and his wife Lucinda Clippinger.

Active in Oregon City, Oregon, 1896-1901.

Three Cheney siblings worked as professional photographers, in Oregon City and McMinnville. Eston and his sister Edith both had studios in Oregon City, while Ethel partnered with Bessie Krumm in McMinnville. Eston, the oldest of the three, was the operator of Cheney's Art Gallery in Oregon City from 1895-1901. Shortly after he sold his business to William Snodgrass in 1902, the youngest, Edith, opened her own Oregon City gallery. Ethel, who was already listed as a photographer in the 1900 Oregon City census, became a partner with photographer Bessie Krumm in McMinnville in 1905. She may have worked earlier in Portland at the Imperial Gallery and at Lewis and Krumm. Krumm was rooming with the Cheney family in Oregon City in 1900.

George Chew was an engineer in the City of Seattle water Department into the 1930s.

Active in Alaska, Yukon, and the Pribilof Islands, 1897-1911.

W.A. Pinney managed Christy Studio, at 1006 Northern Bk & T Bldg., and 1007 Seaboard Bldg., Seattle, Washington, 1912-1919. During this time period, Pinney partnered with C.A. Bushnell at Christy Studio, 1918. Charles D. Lothrop was associated, and possible new manager of the Christy Studio, 1920.

See also: Bushnell, Corry A.

See also: Lothrop, Charles D.

E.A. Clark was born in Pennsylvania and moved to California in 1850 and Washington in 1852. He was the Justice of the Peace and County Auditor for some time and was known for his daguerreotypes. He has been referred to as Seattle's first resident photographer. He died April 27, 1860 at age 32.

The proprietor of Clark's Photo Studio was Lloyd W. Clark. He was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin and moved to Lansing, Michigan at the age of 19 to apprentice in a photography studio. In 1902 he moved to Kent, Washington. He was active in Kent, Washington 1902-circa 1925. He was also a pilot and engineer and had worked for many years on river boats along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. He died September 21, 1935.

Active at 819 3rd Ave., Seattle, Washington, 1919.

Collison was born in 1870. She had an interest in photography and American Indian art. She lived in Portland, Oregon at 443 East Clay Street with her husband, a house plasterer. She died in 1945.

Active at 614 ½ 2nd St., Seattle, Washington, 1902-1904. Colpitts was also active as Colpitts & McKnight (Claude Colpitts and Samuel F. McKnight), at 113 ½ Marion St. Seattle, Washington, 1902; and in Tacoma, 1902. He was with Colpitts Studio Co. (Claude Colpitts and A.F. Herpich, jr.), at 113 ½ Marion St., Seattle, Washington, 1904; and in Mt. Vernon, 1909-1910.

Active in Juneau, Alaska, 1917.

Active in Sitka, Alaska.

Leslie R. Corbett was born on February 9, 1882 in Grand Island, Nebraska. He worked as a photographer in Whatcom County, Washington in the 1920s and 1930s and resided in Bellingham, Washington. He married Martha G. Harding who died of tuberculosis October 21, 1931. Corbett was a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics Bay City Council No. 3. Leslie Corbett died May 13, 1938.

George B. Cornish inherited William Prettyman’s studio, located at 125 West Fifth Avenue in Arkansas City, Kansas in 1905. Cornish was an active photographer until 1937. He died in 1946.

The Reverend Harry Prosper Corser (1864-1936) was born in Portageville, New York. He was a Presbyterian minister and a writer. While living in Wrangell, Washington, 1910, and authored a book titled Totem Lore Of The Alaska Indians.

Cowan Studio was located at 4730 University Way and was owned by William R. Cowan and his wife Lucretia Cowan.

The A.H. Cox Building was located at 414 1st Ave. S., Seattle Washington.

See the Henry Broderick Photograph Collection, PH Coll 685, item 18, for a photograph of the A.H. Cox Building and offices, circa 1919.

John D. Cress was born August 12, 1864. His father was a Union Army Staff Surgeon in the Civil War. In 1890 he opened the Chicago Transparency Company. In 1912 he moved to Seattle to work as a photographer for the American Lumber, a trade journal. In 1916 he started a photography business with L.R. Dale. Their studio was located in the Crary Buildings, Seattle. The partnership was announced dissolved in the Seattle Times on January 19, 1924. Cress died in December of 1938.

Active in Bozeman, Montana.

Active at 606 2nd St., Kilgen Block, Seattle, Washington.

Cromwell was a commercial photographer, and was active at Judkins Portrait Gallery.

Thomas Jefferson Cronise was born in Peru, Illinois in 1853. He moved to Salem, Oregon at age 29. He married Nellie Riggs in 1884. Cronise bought a photography studio from William P. Johnson in 1902 located in the Bush-Brey Building at Commercial and Court. Thomas and his wife, along with their son Harry operated the studio from 1902-1972.

Arthur B Cross and Edward L. Dimmitt sold photo postcards of the Columbia River Gorge, Mt. Hood and Portland. Cross opened a studio in 1909 in Portland and in 1914 Dimmitt started working there. In 1916 they became partners. They frequently sold their post cards out of their car, a Model T, at Crown Point. As their business grew they built a stand at Crown Point and eventually set up a studio in Portland in the 1920s.

S. B. Crow is listed in a city directory as practicing in Vancouver, WA in 1903-1904. He may have moved from Astoria, Oregon because the mat for his photograph says he is in Astoria.

Edward B. Curlette (1872-1952) came to Calgary, Alberta in 1899. He entered the photography business with his uncle, K.W. Snider, and in 1902 took over the studio. He worked in Calgary until 1946 when his building was destroyed by fire.

Neil Currie (1842-1921) was an active traveling photographer from Minnesota.

Active as partners at 614 2nd St., Seattle, Washington, 1892-1897.

Edward Curtis was born in Wisconsin. At about 1874, the family moved to Le Sueur County, Minnesota. As a teenager, he became interested in photography and built a camera using the book, Wilsons Photographics. In 1885, at age seventeen, he apprenticed with a photographer in St. Paul. After the family moved to the Seattle, Washington area in 1887, Curtis bought a partnership in the photographic studio of Rasmus Rothi. He left that business after about six months and formed a new partnership with Thomas Guptill, called Curtis and Guptill, Photographers and Photoengravers. In 1897, Curtis and Guptill parted ways and Curtis renamed the studio Edward S. Curtis, Photographer and Photoengraver. Curtis was known for photographing local Native American Indians.

Active in Heppner, Oregon, 1889-1891. He also partnered as Danner & Lubken, Pendleton, Oregon, 1903-1905; in Athena, 1907; and in Milton, 1911-1917.

Active in Ashland, Oregon.

Homer C. Davidson was active as a commercial photographer at 905 Pike St., Seattle, Washington.

He also partnered as Davidson & Averrett (Homer C. Davidson and Walter E. Averrett), at 611 D S Johnston Cp. Bldg., 1908.

Active at the corner of First and Taylor Streets, Portland, Oregon, 1879-1897. Circa 1897-1928 his studio was located at 3rd and Morrison Street, Portland, Oregon

George W. Davies (1855-1929) was a photographer and a printer for F.G. Abell, 1879-1882. Davies operated the Davies Studio with his stepson, Clarence A. Defries, 1901-1925.

Active at 302-3, Lloyd Bldg, Seattle, Washington, 1943.

Davis Studio was active at the Southeast corner of Second and Blanchard, Seattle, Washington, circa 1888.

Deig (1879-1955), was a photographer and photo tinter, active at 415 6th Ave., Seattle, Washington.

Active in 230-1-2 Lumber Exchange, Centralia, Washington, 1908-1914.

Active at 500 National Bank of Com. Bldg., Tacoma, Washington.

Denman is listed in The International annual of Anthonys photographic bulletin and American process year-book , Volume 14, 1902 as the Vice President of the Washington Camera Club, which was established May 18, 1900. The headquarters were located The Ferry Museum, Tacoma, Washington. Denman authored a book in 1924 titled The Name of Mt. Tacoma.

Denman was instrumental in early documentation of Mount Rainier National Park, located in Pierce County, Washington. Denman Falls, was named after A.H. Denman by Ben Longmire.

Dennison Photo was active at 120 ½ Wall Street, Spokane, Washington.

Orion O. Denny, son of pioneers Arthur and Mary Ann Denny, was the first white boy born in Seattle.

Cheshiahud was a Duwamish native and a Denny family friend. Better known as Lake Union John, he spoke Lushootseed and had a Lushootseed name. Cheshiahud and his wife Tleebuleetsa (also known as Madeleine) were the last Native Americans to live in the Seattle area. They lived in a small house next to Portage Bay at the foot of Shelby.

Earl B. Depue was born in 1887 in Wisconsin. He was the president of Depue, Morgan & Company, Inc., active at 1117 Pine St., Seattle, Washington circa 1921.

Depue also partnered with Calvin F. Todd, a commercial photographer in Washington, 1921.

William Dallas (Dall) DeWeese (1857-1928), was a hunter, naturalist, and author in Canon City, Colorado during the late 1800s. He spent three months in 1898 on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, in quest of large mammals (moose) for the United States Museum, and published cabinet card photographs he made while on that trip. He named Emma Lake, Alaska, for his wife Emma, the first woman hunter on the Kenai Peninsula, in the fall of 1898.

Active in Deering, Alaska.

Active in Seattle, Washington.

Dingman Brothers studio was operated by Harry C. Dingman and Waldo H. Dingman in Seattle, Washington, 1902-1908.

Harry and Waldo also worked out of their own separate studios in Seattle: Harry at 1209 ½ 2nd, and 218 ½ Columbia St., 1902-1904; and Waldo at 416 Epler Blk., and at 315 Shafer Bldg., 1904-1911. Waldo also partnered with Andrew Hamilton for Novelty Photo Co., 1901-1902.

See also: Hamilton, Andrew L.

Active at 218 ½ Columbia St. and 1209 ½ 2nd, Seattle, Washington, 1902-1904.

Harry also worked with his brother Waldo H. Dingman in Seattle, Washington, 1902-1908.

See also: Dingman Brothers.

Waldo also partnered with Andrew Hamilton for Novelty Photo Co., 1901-1902.

See also: Hamilton, Andrew L.

Beverly Bernett (B.B.) Dobbs (1868-1937) started a photography studio in Bellingham, Washington, in partnership with F.F. Fleming circa 1890-1891.

B.B. Dobbs was active as a photographer and also was a pioneer in the emerging motion picture business in both Alaska and Washington State during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; he is believed to be one of the first individuals to have used motion picture film north of the Arctic Circle. Born Beverly Bennett Dobbs near Marshall, Missouri, he first learned photography in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1888, Dobbs moved to Bellingham, Washington, where he would operate a photography studio for twelve years (including a partnership with F.F. Fleming under the name Dobbs & Fleming between 1890-1891). Lured by the gold rush, Dobbs moved to Nome, Alaska in 1900, but ultimately found more success documenting life in Alaska as a photographer and film maker. By 1903, he had formed a partnership with A.B. Kinne. The Dobbs & Kinne studio in Nome offered photography services and photo supplies. Dobbs photographed scenes in Nome and the Seward Peninsula and made award-winning portraits of the Inuit people (more commonly referred to at the time as Eskimos). Around 1909, he established the Dobbs Alaska Moving Picture Company, producing Atop of the World in Motion, a collection of travelogues. Just a few years later, Dobbs began to focus exclusively on film making. He sold his photography negatives to the Lomen Brothers (who later issued some of his work under their company name). By 1914, he had set up the Dobbs Totem Film Company in Seattle, Washington. Dobbs is listed as the cinematographer for A Romance of Seattle, a film shot in and around Seattle in 1919. During the 1930s, Dobbs photographed fish processing operations at Pacific American Fisheries (PAF) in the Fairhaven area of Bellingham.

Active at the corner of Commercial and Washington St., Seattle, Washington. Before coming to Seattle, Dollarhide worked with George D. Morse in San Francisco, California.

Active in Whitehouse and Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada.

Doody had a varied career including work for the Smithsonian Institution in Central America, the US Army in Texas in 1882 and as a Kansas cowboy. Doody was part of the 1898 stampede from California, and first worked with H.C. Barleys branch studio in Whitehorse.

Active in Olympia, Washington, 1895. Duckering also managed Wilses Seattle Photographic Company, 1900-1913.

Duclos (1863-1917) was active in Dawson, Yukon Territory, Alaska, 1899-1812. Duclos was originally from Quebec, but learned his photography skills in Maine. He and his wife moved to Dawson in 1898. He partnered with Per Edward Larss creating the photography firm of Larss & Duclos, 1899-1904. Duclos specialized in studio portraits while Larss roamed the streets and the gold fields. They sold views of the Chilkoot Pass, Dawson, and gold fields scenes taken in 1898, advertising Thousands of negatives in stockLarss and Duclos also sold film and supplies for amateurs. The firm was dissolved in 1904 when Larss married and left the Yukon. Duclos continued as a photographer in Dawson until 1912, when he sold his studio to E.O. Ellingsen. Duclos reported to Larss in 1905 that he was getting a fair share of the work although there was competition in the portrait business from Edward Adams and Mrs. Edith Goetzman. Joseph Duclos died of pneumonia after undergoing surgery in Alaska in 1917.

Roger Dudley was born in Brockton, Massachusetts and lived in Seattle starting in 1912. He was active at 1 Stuart Building and the Cobb Building, Seattle, Washington. He was the president of the newly formed Professional Photographer's Association of Washington, Commercial Division in 1947. Dudley had two sons with wife Stella, Roger Jr. and Jack. He died June 6, 1954. Roger Dudley Jr. continued in the commercial photography business under the same name as his father. In 1964, Roger Dudley Jr. merged studios with John Hardin and Chao-Chen Yang, forming Dudley, Hardin & Yang, Inc. located at 1921 Minor Avenue.

Active in Seattle, Washington, 1916.

Charles M. DuVall was born November 19, 1852 in Missouri. In 1853 his family moved to Portland, Oregon where he received his education. He became interested in photography when he was twenty years old and opened a photography studio in Goldendale, Washington. He was a well known Whitman County photographer and was elected Justice fo the Peace in 1890. Charles DuVall died September 18, 1913.

This was a partnership in a photography studio in Goldendale, WA. It may have been when Charles DuVall first started out in photography.

Active in Blaine, Washington, circa 1880s. Dyer also worked around Washington state including, Seattle and LaConner.

Active at First and Jefferson Sts., Portland, Oregon. Most likely this is Prof. Gilman L. Eastman active in Portland, Oregon, 1887-1897. He later moved to Boise, Idaho. Records indicate that he was a disabled from volunteer civil war service as a Private, E. Company, 30th ME Infantry. Enlistment 19 July 1864 in Augusta, Maine and discharged 20 Aug. 1865 Savannah, Georgia.

Active at First St., Cheney, Washington and Spokane County, Washington, circa 1884.

Active in Everett, Washington.

Active 1891-1920 in Waterloo, Ontario, and later at 622 Cordova St. and 534 Cordova St., Vancouver, British Columbia.

George William (b. 1867) and Edgar Herbert Edwards (1870-1947) worked as photographers in Waterloo, Ontario, and in 1891, moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. They were portrait photographers but also made landscape photos. George Edwards photographed in the Yukon Territory in 1898 during the Klondike gold rush. The firm was listed in the 1911 directory, and from 1911 to 1920 they concentrated on photographic supply and motion picture supply sales.

Additional examples of their work may also be found in the book Edwards Brothers. Glimpses of Vancouver, B.C.

Active in Seattle, Washington.

The photographer was either James P. Eggan or Halvor P. Eggan (1854-1931), brothers who operated a studio called Eggan Brothers at 113 Marion St., between Front and Second, and 207 Pike St., Seattle, Washington, 1891-1895. Both men operated their own studios, 1890-1897.

See also: Eggan Brothers

See also: Eggan, James & Ericson, Carl.

Active at 113 Marion St., between Front and Second, and 207 Pike St., Seattle, Washington.

Eggan Brothers included James P, Halvor P., and Sever P. Eggan. After 1900, Sever moved to Minneapolis.

See also: Eggan.

Active at 1516 ½ 1st Ave. and 1501 2nd Ave., Eitel Building, Seattle, Washington, circa 1901-1906

Eggan & Ericson studio was operated by James P. Eggan and Carl Ericson, 1902-1906, Seattle, Washington. James P. Eggan also operated Eggan studio and Eggan Brothers studio in Seattle with his brother Halvor P. Eggan, 1891-1895, and his own studio, 1895-1897.

Several studios of this name were located in various cities across North America. The studio at 313 and 818 Riverside Ave., and 523 Eagle Building in Spokane, Washington, circa 1896-1932, was operated by Miss Margaret M. Foster (b. 1867) & Miss Minnie (M.K.) Wachtman (b. 1868), advertising Photographs of children a specialty. Other locations included San Francisco; Nanaimo, British Columbia; and possibly Juneau, Alaska; Omaha, Nebraska, and Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Active in Colfax, Washington

Active in Crescent City, California in the early part of the twentieth century

It is possible that this was Bob Evans, a Douglas, Alaska photographer.

It is possible that this was Bob Evans, a photographer in Douglas, Alaska.

It is possible that this is the same Evans that created photograph Evans 1

David B. Ewing was active at Rucker ave., Bayside, Everett, and in Anacortes, Washington, 1893-1903.

Staff photographer for John Hamricks Theaters and active at Broadway 1441, Tacoma, Washington. He was also Life Magazine's official Northwest photographer circa 1930s-1940s.

He was married to artist and photographer Carol Eyerman, whose work appeared in Life and on 23 covers of Sunset magazine.

Active at 16 Colonial Bldg., Seattle, Washington, and managed by Frank K. Brown, 1893-1894 and by W. Scott Hanks, 1894-1896.

Field Studio was located at 201 Northern Life Building, Seattle, Washington. The studio was bought by W.B. Fiske in 1919 but maintained the original studio name.

Active in Aberdeen, Washington.

Leonid Fink was born in Russia circa 1890. Fink moved to Seattle in 1919. He worked for Curtis Studio, Seattle until 1925 when he started his own studio at 308 White Building, Seattle, Washington. He was a known portrait photographer and photographed for the Seattle Times often through the 1920s-1950s. His fiancé, Ruth McDonald, was found dead January of 1929 in Spokane, Washington. Fink was detained while investigations were ongoing but was eventually released when her death was ruled a suicide. He died March 25, 1960 in Los Angeles, California.

Elliott L. Fisher was active in Ketchikan, Alaska, circa 1924-1930.

The Fisher Studio motto was "We Photograph Anything, Anywhere". Fisher went to Ketchikan in 1924 and created studio portraits, as well as photographer for newspapers, magazines, travelogues, high school year books, and local advertisements. He traveled around the country and introduced the public to Alaska. His photos of canneries, cold storage plants, huge fishing fleets that drove the economy, downtown Ketchikan, masonry buildings that were replacing wooden, natural disasters, celebrations, parades, and lazy afternoons can be found in the book We Photograph Anything, Anywhere .

Active at 857 Main St. Pomeroy, and in Asotin, Washington.

Almeron D. Fox (d. 1925) operated his studio, 1890-1925, and his son Jerry was in charge 1906-late 1920s. Jerry (d. 1952) was a talented musician and organized the Pomeroy Band. His own band, the Fox Orchestra, often played for the silent films shown at the Seeley Theatre. Jerry Fox's career was cut short when an accident damaged his eyesight.

Leonard Frank was born in 1871 in Oldenburg, Germany. He traveled to San Francisco, United States in 1892 in search of gold and in 1894 went north to Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Frank won a box camera in a local raffle and started taking photographs and in 1915 he established a photography business with his brother, Bernard, in Vancouver. The studio was located at 553 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia. Leonard Frank photographed the lumber industry, scenery of mountains and buildings, as well as famous people such as the musician and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, and ballerina Anna Pavlova. In the 1920s he was among the first to create and sell color-tinted postcards to the public. He died February 23, 1944.

Active at 936 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, Washington, 1891-1906, Arthur French was born around 1864 in Maine. He worked as a photographer in Tacoma during the 1890s and early 1900s. French took an early series of photographs of the Puyallup Reservation in Tacoma, WA. He is listed as a partner to the photographer, La Roche, in 1891, but after that he had his own studio until at least 1906. By the 1910 census he was living in New York, and according to a family tree found on Ancestry he remained on the East Coast for the rest of his life. He died in 1948 in Connecticut. His wife, Mabel, whom he married 1895, outlived him and died 1956 in Connecticut.

Additional photos can also be found in French's book Views of Tacoma, Washington. Photo-gravures, 1900.

E. Arthur (Happy) French (1897-1962). Photographer Art 'Happy' French worked at the Seattle P-I from 1923 until his retirement in 1946. French (called Happy because he never looked it) was typical of newspaper photographers of his day in that he had little formal schooling and a strong nonconformist streak. Beginning his career at the P-I in 1923, French made a reputation for his trick photography and composite images. He was able to produce better snowstorm pictures than his rivals by splattering ink on his negatives. Known for his sassy remarks, when Romania's Queen Marie asked him, "Don't you ever shave?" he replied, "Say, I been following you for the last coupla days at 60 miles an hour; when d'ja think I'd have time to shave?" In 1943, he observed long line of children waiting to get into the department store across the street to see Santa Claus. He walked over and took a few photographs of the children and Santa Claus. The pictures became so successful the following year he took a leave of absence and sold his Santa Claus photographs for $1 a print. He ended up earning $10,000 in five weeks, commenting "What the hell, there is a Santa Claus." He retired from the PI in 1946 saying he had found a way to earn "three times the money in one-tenth the time." He was married to a Cherie Hernas, who died in 2000.

Active in Nome, Alaska, 1897.

Mitsutaro Fuku came to the United States in 1922 where he worked in the dry goods business in Seattle. By the 1930s, he was very active as a photographer, exhibiting his work in Seattle (where he had a solo exhibition in 1935) and in photographic salons. In 1934 he became the director of the Seattle Photographic Society but he returned to Japan by 1936 and the next year had a solo exhibition there in Mitsukoshi department store. His work was published in Photographie 1936, a special issue of the magazine Artes et Metiers Graphiques dedicated to modern photography which published the work of leading photographers of the time. In 1940 he taught photography at Nihon University for one year. After World War II, Fuku ran a commercial photographic studio in Kyōbashi, Tokyo.

Active in Port Townsend, Washington.

Partnered with J.M. McMurry in Fulton & McMurry.

Active in Alaska.

Gabbett (1882-1940) was a 2nd Lt. U.S. RCS at the time the following photographs were made. The USRC McCulloch was designated to enforce fur seal regulations in the vicinity of the Pribilof Islands August 9, 1906-1912. During these years of service in the Bering Sea patrol, she was especially well known because of her services as a floating court to the Alaskan towns.

Gabbett was later a captain in the U.S. Coast Guard, 1920.

Herman Kimball Gage (1825- 1915) was born in Massachusetts, and was active in Aurora, Nevada, at Pine Street, c1863. He also operated a parlor at the corner of Church and Bridge (No. 1 Church Street) in Truckee, Nevada County, 1874-86. An 1894 Photographers' bulletin reported him missing and suffering from mental troubles. A July 1915 article in the Sacramento Union announced his suicide at the age of 90 by shooting himself. He was described as a "wealthy and respected old pioneer" who "retired from his photography business a few years ago."

Gardiner (also spelled Gardener), photographer and manager for the Great Eastern Photographic Advertising Co., Victoria, 1888; as well as, British Columbia, Oregon, and various locations in California, circa 1885-1900.

In the "Local Notes," Democratic Times, Jacksonville, January 3, 1889, page 3: Two agents of the Great Eastern photo and advertising company, of which R. H. Gardiner is the manager, are in southern Oregon for a short time, making views along the railroad for advertising purposes. The company wants views of all residences and business places. They will show you the pictures and give you a chance to purchase some if you wish. They are sold in one-half dozen and one dozen lots at low rates. Give them a chance to show up your business.

Frank E. Marshall was the proprietor and active at 1322 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, Washington, 1898-1912.

Benjamin A. Gifford (1859-1936) was born in DuPage County, Illinois. He apprenticed to William Latour in Missouri, photographers in Fort Scott and Chetopa, Kansas, 1883 and later opened his own studio. Gifford moved to Portland, Oregon, and opened a photo studio 1883-1895. He moved to The Dalles, Oregon, and was first a partner in the Gifford and Hale studio 1895-1899 and then alone between 1899-1910. He then moved back to Portland where he worked under several studio names including, Giffords Studio and Gifford and Prentiss Inc., 1910-1920. Gifford was well-known for his images of Native Americans, views of central Oregon and Portland areas, and was considered one of Oregons best landscape photographers documenting many scenes along the Columbia River.

Grady was active in Seattle from 1920-1925.

Samuel B. Graham began his career in Washington, but soon moved to east Portland, Oregon, where he promoted his landscape photography. He married a local woman, Mary Haner, in 1888 and opened a studio in Corvallis in 1889. By 1892, he had moved to Colorado Springs.

Active in Twisp, Washington, and this is possibly Mrs. N.E. Grantham, Pateros, Washington, circa 1901. She is a photographer listed in A Checklist of 19th Century Minnesota Women Photographers

Orrin E. Graves was the Graves Studio proprietor active in Pullman, Washington, 1925-1941.

Active in Thane, Alaska.

Alexander Gylfe was active in South Bend, Washington, circa 1901-1906.

Urban Pope Hadley (1852-1912) was active in Tacoma, Washington, circa 1890s-1911. Hadley arrived in Tacoma, Washington, in the 1880s, and later moved north to Lynden. He died in nearby Bellingham, 1912. His wife, Hattie, was also a photographer.