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NON -D EFINITIVE L IST OF L OCAL P HOTOGRAPHERS

Name Location Beginning Date Ending DateBlackhall, John Hobart 1852 1 1893 2

Haase, August Hobart 11/28/1902 3 1912-13 4

Hallberg, A.A. Hobart 12/4/1919 5

Hayward, W.H. and E.J. (partnership) Valparaiso Ca. 1872 6 1873 7

Hayward, W.H. (Warren) Valparaiso Ca. 1873 8 1875 9

Hayward, W.H. Crown Pt. Sept. 1877 10 (?)1910 11 1917 12

McLellan, John W. Valparaiso 1873 13 1885? 14

Merrill, A.O. Hobart 11/28/1902 15

Mudge, A.C. (Achilles) Hobart After mid-1880s;16

poss. ca. 1890? 17 Before June 190018

Mudge, Marion M. Valparaiso Ca. 1887 19 1937 20

Naumann, J.J. (John) Hobart 10/30/1913 21 Jan. 1918? 22

Portmess, J.E. (Jacob) Hobart By Sept. 1889 23 May 1917 24

Reading, A.H. (Adelbert) Valparaiso Ca. 1900 25 After 1940; 26 poss. after 1952 27

Showman, L.K.(?) (Showman's Gallery) Hobart 1893 28 ? post-1898 29

Vilmer, William E. Crown Pt. 1886 30 1918 31

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 "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 for about 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 United States 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. TwelfthCensus of the United States, 1900 . Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls(hereinafter, " 1900 Census ").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 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.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.23 Not 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 Occupation: photographer. 1900 Census .26 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. SixteenthCensus of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.27 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 1955.28 Hobart Gazette Souvenir Edition (1898).29 Ibid.30 Souvenir Album of Lake County, 1906 (transcribed at http://www.lowellpl.lib.in.us/x699.htm).31 Died 10 Dec. 1918, age 57. Ancestry.com. Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.comOperations Inc, 2004. Original data: Various Indiana county death records indexed by the Indiana Works Projects Administration.Indiana: circa 1938-1941.