this page was
updated 04/17/2009
this page was
updated 04/17/2009
| Allamakee county Photographers |
I've been compiling this list of photographers who worked in Allamakee county as I've run across mention of the photographer. I thought it might be useful to researchers who are trying to date photographs. It most certainly is not a complete list. If you can add to it, please send the information to the Allamakee county coordinator for inclusion on this page. Include as much info. as you know about the photographer.
The years noted may not be inclusive of the time-period the photographer worked in the county, only that they are known to have had a studio at that time.
| Allen, Chas. F., 1892. This advertisment was in the Postville Review: Photographs. It might interest you to call and learn my prices. All work warranted to be satisfactory. |
| Bailey, M.A.,
Waukon, 1864-ca1865. In August 1864, paid an occupational
tax of $7.50 covering a term of nine months in Waukon. ~contributed by Erin Wilker |
| Barnard, Alonzo A., ca1880-1890's, had a studio in Waukon in 1880's and 1890's 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. |
| Barnard, Thomas
Nathan, Waukon, 1861-1880, brother of Alonzo A.
Barnard, another Waukon photographer ~source: Carl Mautz, Biographies of Western Photographers: A Reference Guide to Photographers Working in the 19th Century American West, Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997 ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
| Beedy, Fred N.,
Postville, 1885, 1887, 1892, 1896, 1897 ~source: Postville Review |
| Blake, L.R., Lansing, 1865 |
| Boeckh,
Edwards Jr., Lansing, 1895-1896 ~source: Carl Mautz, Biographies of Western Photographers: A Reference Guide to Photographers Working in the 19th Century American West, Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997 ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
| Bollman, Vives, Postville, 1913 |
| Boston Art Co., New Albin, 1901 |
| Bristol, Larsh
Kellogg, (1952-2006), Waukon, ca 1990's-2006. ~source: Obituary of Larsh K. Bristol |
| Bulman's Photography Studio, Postville, 1939 |
| Buser, J.S., Lansing, 1860's. Buser was active in several areas of Iowa from 1860 to 1900’s. He is recorded as being in Lansing, Allamakee County in the 1860s. His brother H.R. Buser was also a photographer. |
| Cass, William,
Lansing,1864-1865. Paid a three months' occupational tax
of $2.50 in Lansing in February 1864, along with an
additional $10 in May of that same year. ~source: Peter E. Palmquist & Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865, Stanford University Press, 2005 ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
| Clark, L.W.,
New Albin, unknown dates ~source: photograph from personal collection of Erin Wilker |
| Davis, C.L., Lansing,1889
~source: Carl Mautz, Biographies of Western Photographers: A Reference Guide to Photographers Working in the 19th Century American West, Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997 ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
| Davis, Miss,
Postville, 1865 ~source: Postville Review |
| Hall, John G., Lansing, 1865 |
| Harden, W.Q.,
Volney & Makee Twp., 1856. Enumerated in the 1856
Iowa State Census for Volney, Allamakee County, as a
twenty-five-year-old married male from New York and a
daguerreian by profession. He had lived in Iowa for one
year and was a native voter and eligible for the militia.
Harden was double-enumerated in the 1856 Iowa State
Census, for he also showed up in Makee Township,
Allamakee County. ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
| Harris, Henry A.,
according to his biography, he was the first photographer
in the county, ca1855. ~source: Biography of Henry A. Harris |
| Herrington, Homer E., Dorchester, 1865 |
| Hirth, E.A., Waukon, 1918 |
| Houghton, Amasa A., had a studio in Lansing as early as 1879, and into the mid-1880's. For at least part of his time in Lansing, he was in partnership as Houghton & Powell. |
| Huffman, Laton
Alton, (1854-1931), known to have a photography
studio in Postville as early as 1876. Son of Perrin Cuppy
Huffman, another Allamakee co. photographer. ~source: Biography of L.A. Huffman. |
| Huffman, Perrin
Cuppy, (1832–1894), had a studio in Waukon,
Allamakee County, in the 1870s through the 1890s. Was in
partnership with Alonzo Barnard. ~source: Biography of P.C. Huffman. |
| Israel, John,
Makee Twp.,1856 ~source: Peter E. Palmquist & Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865, Stanford University Press, 2005 ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
| Kenyan, O. A.,
Waukon, 1862-1863. Applied for $10 tax licenses in Waukon
in October 1862 and December 1863. ~source: Peter E. Palmquist & Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865, Stanford University Press, 2005 ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
| Lacy, Eugene Osman, Waukon,
1858 ~source: Peter E. Palmquist & Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865, Stanford University Press, 2005 ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
| Lane, James S.,
Waukon, 1860-1861 ~source: Peter E. Palmquist & Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865, Stanford University Press, 2005 ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
| Letchford, Virginia
Lee, (1925-1969), Letchford Photo Studio,
Waukon, unknown dates ca1940's/1950's. ~source: Obit of V.L. Letchford |
| McCartny, J.,
Postville, 1873 ~source: Postville Review |
| McGarrity, Richard 'Dick', Waukon, unknown dates ca late 1800's/early 1900's |
| Mishler, Arthur, "... who ran
the 10-cent photograph gallery in the storeroom south of
the O'Brien hardware store for the past couple of weeks,
left last Thursday for West Union, where he will engage
in the same business." ~source: Allamakee Journal, Waukon news column, February 7, 1934 ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
| Morgan, G.W., had a studio in Lansing during the 1860's and 1870's |
| Morgan & Hoover, in Lansing in 1865. Morgan may be G.W. Morgan above. |
| Nichols, Frank E., age 40, b. Apr 1860, listed occupation as 'Photographer' on the 1900 U.S. census, Waukon town, Makee twp., Allamakee co., Iowa; June 19, 1900 |
| Paddock, N.S.,
Waukon, 1860 ~source: Peter E. Palmquist & Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865, Stanford University Press, 2005 ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
| Palmer, had a studio in Lansing during the 1870's. |
| Payne, Wilbur J.,
(1891-1952), opened his photography studio in Waukon in
1903. Moved to Clayton county ca 1920. ~source: Biography of Wilbur J. Payne |
| Powell, 1881, Lansing, in partnership as Houghton & Powell. |
| Robertson, G. E., Lansing, 1911 |
| Spurr, E.W., Postville, 1889 |
| Shepard, Idalene, Waukon, unknown dates |
| Shuttlesworth, Mrs. C.L.;
Photographist New Albin, Iowa, 1876 ~source: 1876 New Albin Newspaper Ad ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
| St. Clair, J.L., Lansing, 1862 |
| Steele Bros. Photo Gallery, Waukon, 1889 |
| Steele, Robert I.,
Waukon, ca 1880's/1890's ~source: Obituary of R.I. Steele |
| Taylor, B.F.
- Postville, 1879, 1881, 1882 ~source: Postville Review |
| Taylor, Frank,
Postville, 1878, 1880, 1882 ~source: Postville Review |
| Taylor, Will,
Postville in 1888, he moved to Wichita, Kansas that same
year ~source: Postville Review |
| Thomas, J.W., Lansing,
1870 ~source: Carl Mautz, Biographies of Western Photographers: A Reference Guide to Photographers Working in the 19th Century American West, Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997 ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
| Thompson, Harry, Waukon,
1895-1896 ~source: Carl Mautz, Biographies of Western Photographers: A Reference Guide to Photographers Working in the 19th Century American West, Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997 ~contributed by Errin Wilker |
| Towns, H.E., Postville, 1887, 1888. From the Postville Review: "H.E. Towns will commence to build a photographic studio this week and will be ready for business about Dec. 20th, 1887." A year later, he placed an ad in the same paper that he was going to relocate after Sept. 1st, 1888 |
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~Sources~
*Stereo Photographers, A-Z; State Historical Society of Iowa, research collection
*Noble Photograph Collection, Iowa Women's Archives, U of Iowa archives
*Carl Mautz, Biographies of Western Photographers: A Reference Guide to Photographers Working in the 19th Century American West, Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997
*Peter E. Palmquist & Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865, Stanford University Press, 2005
*Allamakee county history books -1882 & 1913
*Allamakee county newspapers
*Misc. sources: obits, biographies, gazetteers, census records, etc.