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NON-DEFINITIVE LIST OF LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

Name Location Beginning Date Ending DateBlackhall, John Hobart 18521 18932

Childs, C.R. (Charles R.) Chicago 19013 Ca. 19514

Haase, August Hobart 11/28/19025 1912-136

Hallberg, A.A. Hobart 12/4/19197

Hayward, W.H. and E.J. (partnership) Valparaiso Ca. 18728 18739

Hayward, W.H. (Warren) Valparaiso Ca. 187310 187511

Hayward, W.H. Crown Pt. Sept. 187712 (?)191013 – 191714

Iverson, Henry 117 Archer, Chicago 187415 187716

115 Archer, Chicago 187717 187818

117 Archer, Chicago 187819 187920

2162 Archer, Chicago 188021 188022

2176 Archer, Chicago 188123 188524

McLellan, John W. Valparaiso 187325 1885?26

Merrill, A.O. Hobart 11/28/190227

Mudge, A.C. (Achilles) Hobart After mid-1880s;28

poss. ca. 1890?29Before June 190030

Mudge, Marion M. Valparaiso Ca. 188731 193732

Naumann, J.J. (John) Hobart 10/30/191333 Jan. 1918?34

Portmess, J.E. (Jacob) Hobart By Sept. 188935 May 191736

Reading, A.H. (Adelbert) Valparaiso Ca. 190037 After 1940;38 poss. after 195239

Showman, L.K. (Lorenzo Kyle) (Showman's Gallery)

Hobart 189340 1897 or 189841

Vilmer, William E. Crown Pt. 188642 191843

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1 "The Blackhall Mansion," The Hobart Herald 26 Aug. 1954. 1852 given as the date of his coming to Hobart.2 Ibid. 1893 given as the date of his retirement.3 Foerstner, Abigail. "History By Mail: Photo Postcards Are Snapshots Of Time Gone By." Chicago Tribune 2 Jan. 1994. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-01-02/entertainment/9401020056_1_postcard-stereo-viewer-photographers. Accessed 2/11/2014.4 Ibid.5 "Local Drifts," Hobart Gazette 28 Nov. 1902. Haase buys A.O. Merrill's studio in Hobart.6 "August Haase Studio Sold to J.J. Naumann," Hobart News 30 Oct. 1913. Articles states Hobart had been without a photographer for about a year because Haase's failing eyesight had caused him to give up photography and take a job in a Gary mill.7 Advertisement. Hobart News 4 Dec. 1919.8 Ball, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake County, Indiana, With a Compendium of History 1834 – 1904 (1904).9 Ibid.10 Ibid. W.H. Hayward bought out the interest of E.J. Hayward and continued business in Valpo.11 Ibid.12 Ibid.13 1910 census: occupation photographer, own studio. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

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14 Died July 26, 1917. Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Cook County Clerk. Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records. Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, IL: Cook County Clerk, 2008.15 Chicago Historical Society, Chicago Photographers 1874 Through 1900 as Listed in Chicago City Directories (1958). This publication has additional listings for partnerships of Iverson & Franklin and Iverson & Framhein.16 Ibid.17 Ibid.18 Ibid.19 Ibid.20 Ibid.21 Ibid.22 Ibid.23 Ibid.24 Ibid. Henry Iverson is not listed as a photographer in 1886 directories.25 Goodspeed and Blanchard, Counties of Porter and Lake — Historical and Biographical (1882). This date is not quite consistent with Ball's account of Hayward's career.26 Valparaiso City Directory (Polk, 1885). Last directory listing I have found.27 "Local Drifts," Hobart Gazette, 28 Nov. 1902. Sells Hobart studio to A. Haase.28 In 1880 he was 12 yrs old, living in Michigan. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. 29 "An All-around Man. — Mr. A. C. Mudge, who has had several years' practical experience in the management of his brother's gallery at Valparaiso, Ind., desires a position where his capabilities will find appreciation." Wilson's Photographic Magazine, Volume XXXIV, 1897. Accessed September 19, 2013. Internet Archive.30 6/25/1900: Occupation: photographer, own account, Fresno, CA. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls (hereinafter, "1900 Census").31 "Death Takes M.M. Mudge," Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso) 25 Nov. 1950.32 Ibid.33 "August Haase Studio Sold to J.J. Naumann," Hobart News 30 Oct. 1913. Articles states Hobart had been without a photographer for about a year because Haase's failing eyesight had caused him to give up photography and take a job in a Gary mill.34 "J.J. Naumann to Take Up New Line of Work," Hobart News 31 Jan. 1918. "New line of work" is tire repair; not clear from the article whether he will continue his photography business.35 Not necessarily starting date, but earliest appearance advertising photography services in Hobart newspaper. "Stolen and Paid For," Hobart Gazette 4 Sept. 1889.36 Ancestry.com. Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Various Indiana county death records indexed by the Indiana Works Projects Administration. Indiana: circa 1938-1941.37 Occupation: photographer. 1900 Census. 38 Occupation: photographer engaged in commercial portrait work. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.39 A.H. and his wife Caroline were married in 1898 and "[l]ived in Valparaiso the first 54 years of [their] married life and then moved to Safety Harbor[, Florida]." "Deaths," Vidette-Messenger (Valpraiso) 11 May 1955.40 Hobart Gazette Souvenir Edition (1898).41 "Death of L.K. Showman," <em>Hobart Gazette</em> 5 Dec. 1902, an obituary largely reprinted from a paper local to Waverly, Tennessee (where Mr. Showman died), states that Mr. Showman had left Hobart for Waverly in 1897; but it may be mistaken by a year, since the May 1898 Gazette Souvenir Edition speaks of Mr. Showman as still doing business in Hobart.42 Souvenir Album of Lake County, 1906 (transcribed at http://www.lowellpl.lib.in.us/x699.htm).

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43 Died 10 Dec. 1918, age 57. Ancestry.com. Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Various Indiana county death records indexed by the Indiana Works Projects Administration. Indiana: circa 1938-1941.