In a message dated 2/5/2008 9:19:33 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, jibberish66@yahoo.com writes: The newspaper article says he was > doing settings in > Cassville, then moving on to Wheaton, so apparently > they took their > photography to the people. (In those days, even the > doctors did house I have been watching this conversation about the early photographers. I can say from personal knowledge, that the "traveling photographer" was indeed common in the early part of the century. In the 1920's at least, and perhaps before, my grandfather, R. O. Harris traveled to many schools around southwest Missouri and took class pictures, and also took wedding pictures. His only studio as far as I can recall,(I lived with or near him when I was about 3-6 years old)was in his house. I can well remember the smell of the developing fluid, and seeing prints hanging all over the house to dry. I think he took a picture of me every hour, since I have stacks of prints with his signature, or me and his daughter(my mother)and other family members. His home(and mine at the time)was in Mt. Vernon. He sometimes took me with him to take the school pictures, though that is a very dim memory for me, since it was at least 75 years ago. Patricia **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48)