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NON-DEFINITIVE LIST OF LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

Name Location Beginning Date Ending Date

Blackhall, John Hobart 18521

18932

Haase, August Hobart 11/28/19023

1912-134

Hallberg, A.A. Hobart 12/4/19195

Hayward, W.H. and E.J. (partnership) Valparaiso Ca. 18726

18737

Hayward, W.H. (Warren) Valparaiso Ca. 18738 18759

Hayward, W.H. Crown Pt. Sept. 187710

(?)191011

191712

McLellan, John W. Valparaiso 187313 1885?14

Merrill, A.O. Hobart 11/28/190215

Mudge, A.C. [Achilles] Hobart After mid-1880s;

16

poss. ca. 1890?17 Before June 1900

18

Mudge, Marion M. Valparaiso Ca. 188719

193720

Naumann, J.J. (John) Hobart 10/30/191321

Jan. 1918?22

Portmess, J.E. (Jacob) Hobart By Sept. 188923

May 191724

Showman, L.K.(?) (Showman's Gallery) Hobart 189325

? post-189826

Vilmer, William E. Crown Pt. 188627

191828

1 "The Blackhall Mansion," The Hobart Herald26 Aug. 1954. 1852 given as the date of his coming to Hobart.2 Ibid. 1893 given as the date of his retirement.3 "Local Drifts,"Hobart Gazette 28 Nov. 1902. Haase buys A.O. Merrill's studio in Hobart.4 "August Haase Studio Sold to J.J. Naumann,"Hobart News 30 Oct. 1913. Articles states Hobart had been without a photographer forabout a year because Haase's failing eyesight had caused him to give up photography and take a job in a Gary mill.5 Advertisement.Hobart News 4 Dec. 1919.6 Ball,Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake County, Indiana, With a Compendium of History 1834 1904 (1904).7 Ibid.8 Ibid. W.H. Hayward bought out the interest of E.J. Hayward and continued business in Valpo.9 Ibid.10 Ibid.11 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.12 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 ClerksOffice, Chicago, IL: Cook County Clerk, 2008.13 Goodspeed and Blanchard, Counties of Porter and Lake Historical and Biographical (1882). This date is not quite consistentwith Ball's account of Hayward's career.14

Valparaiso City Directory (Polk, 1885). Last directory listing I have found.15 "Local Drifts,"Hobart Gazette, 28 Nov. 1902. Sells Hobart studio to A. Haase.16 In 1880 he was 12 yrs old, living in Michigan. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 UnitedStates Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Tenth Census of theUnited States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. NationalArchives, Washington, D.C.17 "An All-around Man. Mr. A. C. Mudge, who has had several years' practical experience in the management of his brother'sgallery at Valparaiso, Ind., desires a position where his capabilities will find appreciation." Wilson's Photographic Magazine, VolumeXXXIV, 1897. Accessed September 19, 2013. Internet Archive.18 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.19 "Death Takes M.M. Mudge," Vidette-Messenger(Valparaiso) 25 Nov. 1950.20 Ibid.21 "August Haase Studio Sold to J.J. Naumann,"Hobart News 30 Oct. 1913. Articles states Hobart had been without a photographerfor about a year because Haase's failing eyesight had caused him to give up photography and take a job in a Gary mill.22 "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 thearticle whether he will continue his photography business.23Not necessarily starting date, but earliest appearance advertising photography services in Hobart newspaper. "Stolen and Paid For,"

Hobart Gazette 4 Sept. 1889.24 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 1938-1941.25

Hobart Gazette Souvenir Edition (1898).26 Ibid.27

Souvenir Album of Lake County, 1906(transcribed at http://www.lowellpl.lib.in.us/x699.htm).28 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.