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Sisters, Sisters, Plus a Brother
For Women’s History Month this year I will tell you about three of the many photographers in our state outside of Atlanta who worked with a sibling. Two of the three were photographer sisters, and the other, a sister and brother photographers. In the following paragraphs, these pairs are in alphabetical, not chronological order, but […]
T. J. Bowers, a Georgia Itinerant and his associates
I have written about Thomas Jefferson Bowers (1839 -1894) before, in my post about Veteran Photographers, but I will expand upon that information. According to his 1890 pension application, he was a captain in company C, 1st Georgia regiment, Frank’s Brigade. In that document he describes how he became deaf, stating that when he was […]
Readers and Research – The Macon Connection
I often hear from readers who compliment me on a post, but have a bit more information to share with me — a family story, another photograph, or news regarding what I have written. This time I will only mention two of those “shares” that are particularly interesting to me, and they have the city […]
Leaping into Summer Tips
It is Summer! There’s so much new information out there to help us with our summer photographic research that I want to share with you. In alphabetical order by state, followed by some miscellaneous sources very possibly of use to you. Florida: Jacqui Love Thornell and her husband Kwasi Thornell have made the largest ever […]
Educating Women Photographers and Their Associates
As early as 1863 the employment of women as photographers was included in a wonderful work called The Employments of Women: a Cylocpaedia of Woman’s Work (Boston: Walker, Wise & Co., 1863). It was compiled by a woman named Virginia Penny, who was a southerner, born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 18, 1826. This publication […]
More Unknown Women in Georgia Photography – Athens
In March 2016, in my database of Georgia photographers, I counted 190 women involved in the business of photography in Georgia, from the mid-nineteeth to the mid-twentieth cenury. That was only five more than I noted in March 2015. In March 2019, the total was about 240, and by March 2020, I had documented at least twenty […]
They Could Do It All – the Women in Georgia Photography
As of this date in 2020, I have documented over 260 women involved in the business of photography in Georgia, from the mid-nineteeth, to the mid-twentieth cenury. This is quite an increase from the first time I posted these numbers in 2015 (only 185), but this number does mean I’ve documented over 20 more […]
J. A. Pugh, Macon Photographer, part 3: A Steady Application to Business, 1873-1887
In June, 1873, J. A. Pugh, as he had in the past, entered his photographs in the Fine Arts competition at the Bibb County Fair, more officially called the Bibb County Agricultural Society Fair. That year he won four “Best” awards for general Photograph, Photograph in oil, Photograph in pastel, and Collection of Photographs ([Macon] Georgia […]
Happy Holidays, and Happy Hunting & Gathering!
As Santa sets off on his journey tonight, we get a peek inside his Archives! Note the photos of famous persons inscribed to him on the walls. This 1955 German illustration is by Ermich Huber. We call this Santa Archivist. It hung in my archivist father’s office every Christmas, and upon his retirement it hung in […]
J. A. Pugh, Macon Photographer, part 2: The Self-Made Man, 1865 -1872
In June 1865, the war between the states was over, and J. A. Pugh went back to work as a photographer in Macon, where he had lived since at least 1854 (see part 1 of my post on J. A. Pugh). June was the month Pugh apparently joined into a partnership with another longtime photographer, […]
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