I found the following in the Springfield Directories: Springfield, Massachusetts Directories, 1890-91 has 6 matches for: Photographers Name: Herman Buchholz; Philip H. Buchholz Location 1: 365 Main City: Springfield State: MA Occupation: photographers Year: 1890 Business Name: Buchholz & Son Also a listing in the 1892 Directory, the 1910, 1918 (moved to 264 Main) does not appear in a directory from 1864 or earlier, having nothing available to check in the in between years 1865-1892. Hope this helps. -- WOW! Homepage (http://www.wowway.com) ---------- Original Message ----------- From: William Weiland <wcw@adelphia.net> To: MAHAMPDE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 17:57:26 -0400 Subject: Re: [MAHAMPDEN] Photography Studios > hcward wrote: > > > > You can find a listing in the city directories along with advertisements. > > Also, there is a comprehensive work by Ron Polito on New England > > photographers. I don't have the name of the book at hand, but I know he has > > worked on an archive. I was researching in this area for my great great > > grandfather Calvin Ward, who had a photo studio in Springfield during this > > time period. > > I don't suppose the name Philip Buckholz, a photographer in > Springfield, rings a bell? He shot the picture at > http://www.movieposteremporium.com/famplus/images/anna/unk3.jpg I am > trying to identify the inclusive years that this photo could have > been taken so I can narrow down who the subject is. This picture > was in my great great grandmother's photo album along with about 30 other > photos. My great great grandfather died in the late 1800s so there > is nobody alive who can tell me if this was his picture. > > -- > Bill Weiland A2Z Emporium Plus http://www.emporiumplus.com/store.mvc > Modules for eCommerce. Mail Mgr, Coupon, PayPal, Froogle/Yahoo feeds > Rate This, Gift/Wish List, Wait List Mgr, EZ Batch, Shipping & more > Online Documentation http://www.emporiumplus.com/docs > Question http://www.emporiumplus.com/mivamodule_wcw.mvc?Screen=SPTS > | ------- End of Original Message -------

Ann Madden wrote: > I found the following in the Springfield Directories: > Springfield, Massachusetts Directories, 1890-91 > has 6 matches for: > Photographers > > > Name: Herman Buchholz; Philip H. Buchholz > Location 1: 365 Main > City: Springfield > State: MA > Occupation: photographers > Year: 1890 > Business Name: Buchholz & Son > Also a listing in the 1892 Directory, the 1910, 1918 (moved to 264 Main) does > not appear in a directory from 1864 or earlier, having nothing available to > check in the in between years 1865-1892. Hope this helps. Thank you very much for checking. This gives me some hope in the identification of http://www.movieposteremporium.com/famplus/images/anna/unk3.jpg My great great grandfather, Julius Charles Weiland (1823-1888) lived in Holyoke. I don't have any photo labeled with his name. This photo stood out in that most of the other photos in Annie's album had the Krumpholz "look". My great great grandmother Annie Krumpholz (1844-1917) had the album which contained a lot of picture of others who had her "look" along with photos of her children. I had hoped that the photographer would have been out of business by the time Julius died which would have meant the photo would have been possibly his and less likely someone else. There may still be some merit to your finding. If it was listed as Buchholz & Son, but the photo I have says Philip Buchholz, then it is quite possible the "& Son" did not exist at the time of the photo. Hence, being older than 1890, exactly what I am hoping. Are there directories for Springfield available for between 1880-1889? Thanks again. -- Bill Weiland A2Z Emporium Plus http://www.emporiumplus.com/store.mvc Modules for eCommerce. Mail Mgr, Coupon, PayPal, Froogle/Yahoo feeds Rate This, Gift/Wish List, Wait List Mgr, EZ Batch, Shipping & more Online Documentation http://www.emporiumplus.com/docs Question http://www.emporiumplus.com/mivamodule_wcw.mvc?Screen=SPTS |

Bill--perhaps an email to Mr. John O'Connor at the Ct Valley Historical Museum at the Springfield Quadrangle might help. He is very knowledgeable, is on staff at the Local History Room of the Springfield Public Library, he may have documents/books which can narrow down your search. The address there is:http://www.quadrangle.org/library-archive.htm. Good luck. P.S. I am sure there are lots of other directories there, the ones listed are the only ones I have access to! -- WOW! Homepage (http://www.wowway.com) ---------- Original Message ----------- From: William Weiland <wcw@adelphia.net> To: MAHAMPDE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 19:25:26 -0400 Subject: Re: [MAHAMPDEN] Photography Studios > Ann Madden wrote: > > I found the following in the Springfield Directories: > > Springfield, Massachusetts Directories, 1890-91 > > has 6 matches for: > > Photographers > > > > > > Name: Herman Buchholz; Philip H. Buchholz > > Location 1: 365 Main > > City: Springfield > > State: MA > > Occupation: photographers > > Year: 1890 > > Business Name: Buchholz & Son > > Also a listing in the 1892 Directory, the 1910, 1918 (moved to 264 Main) does > > not appear in a directory from 1864 or earlier, having nothing available to > > check in the in between years 1865-1892. Hope this helps. > > Thank you very much for checking. This gives me some hope in the > identification of > http://www.movieposteremporium.com/famplus/images/anna/unk3.jpg > > My great great grandfather, Julius Charles Weiland (1823-1888) > lived in Holyoke. I don't have any photo labeled with his name. > This photo stood out in that most of the other photos in Annie's > album had the Krumpholz "look". My great great grandmother Annie Krumpholz > > (1844-1917) had the album which contained a lot of picture of others > who had her "look" along with photos of her children. I had hoped > that the photographer would have been out of business by the time > Julius died which would have meant the photo would have been > possibly his and less likely someone else. There may still be some > merit to your finding. If it was listed as Buchholz & Son, but the > photo I have says Philip Buchholz, then it is quite possible the "& > Son" did not exist at the time of the photo. Hence, being older > than 1890, exactly what I am hoping. Are there directories for > Springfield available for between 1880-1889? > > Thanks again. > > -- > Bill Weiland A2Z Emporium Plus http://www.emporiumplus.com/store.mvc > Modules for eCommerce. Mail Mgr, Coupon, PayPal, Froogle/Yahoo feeds > Rate This, Gift/Wish List, Wait List Mgr, EZ Batch, Shipping & more > Online Documentation http://www.emporiumplus.com/docs > Question http://www.emporiumplus.com/mivamodule_wcw.mvc?Screen=SPTS > | ------- End of Original Message -------