"Raul Carvajal, Ph.D" wrote: > Does anyone know where I can get the approximate dates that these > photographers were in business? > > > > A. D. Miller, Topeka, Kansas at least from Dec 1862 through March 1864 Bill Christen -- gwjchris@rust.net Visit our web site, "The Curiosity Shop" http://www.rust.net/~gwjchris/

At 12:47 AM 11/18/01 -0600, you wrote: >Hello List, > >Does anyone know where I can get the approximate dates that these >photographers were in business? > > >Coon's Gallery, Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas >New River Side Gallery, Topeka, Kansas >Leonard of Martin, Topeka, Kansas >River Side Gallery, Topeka, Kansas >J. Lee Knight, Topeka, Kansas >A. D. Miller, Topeka, Kansas >A. J. White's, 518 Main Street, Kansas City, MO Try checking city directories or contacting the Chamber of Commerce in those cities. <http://www.king.igs.net/~bdmlhm/>

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Hello List, Does anyone know where I can get the approximate dates that these photographers were in business? Coon's Gallery, Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas New River Side Gallery, Topeka, Kansas Leonard of Martin, Topeka, Kansas River Side Gallery, Topeka, Kansas J. Lee Knight, Topeka, Kansas A. D. Miller, Topeka, Kansas A. J. White's, 518 Main Street, Kansas City, MO Many thanks for any leads, Saphronia

To all who wrote to help, the photo in question is approx. 3" x 2" oval picture on a piece of cardboard backing about the size of a postcard. The picture medallion is on my Ggrandfather's collar and is approx. 1/8" x 1/8". I have scanned w/high resolution and enlarged, but it just blurs beyond recognition, my nephew (computer whiz) even took several pictures changing light, distance, etc. with a digital camera connected to computer and then tried to enhance , still no luck. I do not believe that a studio/lab could do any better, but am willing to try. Mickey, I will have nephew scan and send to you. Thanks all. S

If you can't see anything discernible from the high resolution scan, there would be no further detail there that a lab would produce either. It has probably been taken with a camera equipped with a low level lens. Lance -----Original Message----- From: Steve Flowers [mailto:steveflowers@charter.net] Sent: Sunday, 11 November 2001 12:23 PM To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Picture Medallion Well gang I tried your idea(s) of using a high resoultion scanner and then enlarging, also tried digital camera, scanning and enlarging. None worked, by the time it was large enough to see, it was a big blur with nothing dicernable, to the eye, as a human. Maybe I will try sending it to a professional studio, as was suggested. I just know that the picture is of my ggrandfather's mother, who, of course, I know of no pictures in existence. Steve ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.295 / Virus Database: 159 - Release Date: 2001/11/01 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi Steve Is that pic raised, or flat? If it was raised then you could try rubbing it onto paper? Then you could take a photo of your rubbing? Just an idea. :) I've got a very old, and almost not there dark sepia photo of a mystery female, and couldn't actually see much of her face, apart from what looked like a white band across her forehead, which might have been imagination on my part...so got my scanner as a last resort and scanned one pic, then spent hours fiddling around with light and dark tones. In the end, I lightened the background to as light as it could go, and her face became visible enough to see what she looked like, and saw her beads, which could be pearls, around the top of her forehead. She was standing in bushes, so it didn't matter if they vanished.....but, she can't be made any clearer, then I saved her and printed her out using photo paper. She could be a family member for all I know....but, do you or anyone know if wearing beads across the forehead was a fashion statement, or did it signify one's station in life? She's the only one in the pix wearing beads. Thanks for any info. :) Cheers Dig

I am new to the list also, but I did see the orig. post on this subject. I joined the list to learn, as I don't know much about the subject. But I do think what the person said was true about enlarging areas of an old photograph. I enlarged several old photographs to identify pictures hanging on walls, jewelry, etc. On outdoor photographs we could identify chicken coops and other outbuildings that were not visible in the photo in hand. However, there must be a difference in scanners. I took my old scanner to the attic. Our new scanner is a copier/scanner/printer combination. I like it, but I cannot enlarge the photographs the way I used to with the old scanner. It just seems the pictures I scan are not the quality as with the old scanner. Lori >

Steve: I just joined the list. I don't really know what you are talking about, as I must have missed your e-mail, but I had a pic of my grandmother with my mother-when mom was just a baby. The picture was damaged, but the studio I took it to was able to enlarge the part of the photo which showed my mother (very small) and it turned out wonderfully! It is the only picture she has of herself as a baby. I paid quite a bit to have this done, but it was well worth it! Margo ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Flowers <steveflowers@charter.net> To: <VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 9:22 PM Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Picture Medallion > Well gang I tried your idea(s) of using a high resoultion scanner and then enlarging, also tried digital camera, scanning and enlarging. None worked, by the time it was large enough to see, it was a big blur with nothing dicernable, to the eye, as a human. Maybe I will try sending it to a professional studio, as was suggested. I just know that the picture is of my ggrandfather's mother, who, of course, I know of no pictures in existence. Steve > > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; > http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > >

In a message dated 11/10/01 8:29:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, steveflowers@charter.net writes: > Well gang I tried your idea(s) of using a high resoultion scanner and then > enlarging, also tried digital camera, scanning and enlarging. None worked, > by the time it was large enough to see, it was a big blur with nothing > dicernable, to the eye, as a human. Steve, I just joined this list today, and I missed the main post this email was about. Here is a web site that should help you a great deal in making your scanning much better and be able to see what you are trying to see. http://home.att.net/~cthames/Content1.htm <A HREF="http://home.att.net/~cthames/Content1.htm">Scanning for Beginners Index</A> Join Now! Subscribe: KYHeritageFolklore-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Terry Thacker Yesterday was History. Tomorrow will be a Mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the Present! Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards as progress!

Well gang I tried your idea(s) of using a high resoultion scanner and then enlarging, also tried digital camera, scanning and enlarging. None worked, by the time it was large enough to see, it was a big blur with nothing dicernable, to the eye, as a human. Maybe I will try sending it to a professional studio, as was suggested. I just know that the picture is of my ggrandfather's mother, who, of course, I know of no pictures in existence. Steve

Steve, if you have a scanner (or a friend with one), scan the photo at a very high resolution. Then view it in a good photo editing program. You can then use the VIEW|ZOOM feature to enlarge the medallion. You will be surprised just what clarity those old cameras were capable of. I have done similar things with old photos, and found some interesting features that are not visible to a casual view of the original. Lance **** For PAF 5 users, join us at Yahoo!Groups. Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PAF5-USERS Post your queries, add a hint or just help us with your expertise! PAF 5 is available for free download from http://www.familysearch.org/ *************** -----Original Message----- From: Steve Flowers [mailto:steveflowers@charter.net] Sent: Monday, 5 November 2001 1:32 PM To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Picture medallion I have a picture taken around 1900 of my ggrandfather and on his collar is a small picture medallion. I need to find a good place that can enhance & enlarge the medallion so that I may see who the picture is of. Can anyone offer any suggestions? _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

I have a picture taken around 1900 of my ggrandfather and on his collar is a small picture medallion. I need to find a good place that can enhance & enlarge the medallion so that I may see who the picture is of. Can anyone offer any suggestions?

Steve: If you have access to someone with a scanner you can really see a lot just by scanning the image and then blowing it up on the computer! ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Flowers To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 11/4/01 9:31:34 PM Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Picture medallion I have a picture taken around 1900 of my ggrandfather and on his collar is a small picture medallion. I need to find a good place that can enhance enlarge the medallion so that I may see who the picture is of. Can anyone offer any suggestions? ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== List problems? Contact the Vintage-Photos -List Mom kathleenburnett@earthlink.net Use Kathleen as the subject line for your post To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 --- Bruce and Amy Noble --- moobie@earthlink.net

Hi Contact David Mishkin at Just Black & White - more info about his background and from a program he did for us at this link http://www.geocities.com/sharon_sergeant/mishkin.htm Best to you, Sharon http://www.GenealogyFair.com --- Steve Flowers <steveflowers@charter.net> wrote: > I have a picture taken around 1900 of my ggrandfather and on his > collar is a small picture medallion. I need to find a good place > that can enhance & enlarge the medallion so that I may see who the > picture is of. Can anyone offer any suggestions? > > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact the Vintage-Photos -List Mom > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > Use Kathleen as the subject line for your post > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com

Some negative and slide scanners are limited to 35mm. Anyone using a recent scanner that works well with 120 roll film negatives and sheet film up to 4x5 inches? There is a Microtek advertised on the Internet but not sold in Canada. I am using Windows XP Pro and reluctant to try a special order of a scanner. Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- > Purchase HP Scanjet 5470c. > It has a Negative & Slide Scanner built in. The Software that comes with it > is first class. > Colin Pattrick rsearching PAT(T)RICK SURNAME

Purchase HP Scanjet 5470c. It has a Negative & Slide Scanner built in. The Software that comes with it is first class. Colin Pattrick rsearching PAT(T)RICK SURNAME

Susanna said: As far as I'm aware books supplying details of vintage photographic studios are a rarity, which is a shame because it saves trawling through trade directories trying to date specific photographs! In fact I've only found two, both American: Ohio Photographers 1839-1900 by Diane Vanskiver Gagel ISBN 1887694072 and Directory of Pennsylvania Photographers 1839-1900 by Linda Ries ISBN 0892710845. Susanna, although there aren't many of these types of collections, I think you'll find more than two <g>. One very useful one for Maryland, specifically for Baltimore City is Ross J. Kelbaugh's, "Directory of Maryland Photographers 1839-1900" Historic Graphics Press, 1988 (ISBN 0-914931-00-8). He's had an update plus a supplement published as well. Kelbaugh's Directory serves as the basis for citing dates for many of the photos on my web site, "Baltimore City Nineteenth-Century Photos" which can be accessed at http://freepages.hobbies.rootsweb.com/~ruppert Mr Kelbaugh also has a web page which you'll find listed on my Links. Gary 29 October 2001 Baltimore -- Baltimore http://home.att.net/~g.ruppert > Content-Type: text/plain > > VINTAGE-PHOTOS-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 79 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] RE: Vintage P ["Fraser Dunford" <fraser.dunford@s] > #2 [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] List of Photograp [Phyllis Garratt <pgarratt@ix.netco] > #3 RE: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Vintage Photo ["Mantra" <mantra@ntlworld.com>] > #4 RE: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] RE: Vintage P ["John Parker" <john.parker2280@ntl] > #5 Re: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] List of Photo ["Fraser Dunford" <fraser.dunford@s] > #6 [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Book info. [Phyllis Garratt <pgarratt@ix.netco] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from VINTAGE-PHOTOS-D, send a message to > > VINTAGE-PHOTOS-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the VINTAGE-PHOTOS-D list administrator, send mail to > VINTAGE-PHOTOS-admin@rootsweb.com. > ______________________________> X-Message: #1 > Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 09:48:28 -0500 > From: "Fraser Dunford" <fraser.dunford@sympatico.ca> > To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <3BDBD46C.5501.4E3AA@localhost> > Subject: Re: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] RE: Vintage Photographer ? > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > > > In an ideal world > > the list would also say where the negatives or customer records went > > when the company ceased business (if it was somewhere other than the > > bin!). > > Wouldn't that be wonderful!! It would be a very, very large list. > If anyone has queries about Ontario (Upper Canada or Canada > West) photographers, I might be able to help. There is a list -- two > books worth in fact -- that gives only names, locations, and dates. > In particular if you have a photographer from Peterborough > County, contact me. I think I will be writing the book on > photographers from that county. > ______________________________> X-Message: #2 > Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 07:04:36 -0800 > From: Phyllis Garratt <pgarratt@ix.netcom.com> > To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <3BDC1E84.4EB9B71C@ix.netcom.com> > Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] List of Photographers > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Fraser, Would you mind sharing the title and name of the authors of > those two photographer books you just mentioned (if you know them)? > Thanks so much! > > Phyllis > ______________________________> X-Message: #3 > Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:18:34 -0000 > From: "Mantra" <mantra@ntlworld.com> > To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <GPEEIMFCGPHNDPOOPLDJMEJJCFAA.mantra@ntlworld.com> > Subject: RE: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Vintage Photographer ? > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="Windows-1252" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I responded directly to the original query but just in case it helps anyone > else: > > http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/pp_jerome.htm > > The above is a link to details of Jerome Studio in Edinburgh but if you > click on 'Profess Photog' button it pulls up an alphabetical list of other > Edinburgh Photographers with dates and address details. With regards Jerome > Studios their advertising often stated they had 'Branches Everywhere', my > own album of 200-300 postcard photographs (all printed by Jeromes) of a > Leicestershire family date from 1917 until 1935 but I've also got a Swansea > family album with Jerome printed on the reverse of some of the photos. > > Possible other useful links for researchers: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpoolphotographers/ > > The above link is to a list of Liverpool and Wirral Photographic Studios > taken from trade directories 19th-20th century. > > http://victorian.fortunecity.com/carroll/642/index.htm > > The above link is to a private collector's page who lists the studios of his > carte-de-visites along with an approximate date of the photographs - Archive > of Cartes: Photographers A-Z. > > As far as I'm aware books supplying details of vintage photographic studios > are a rarity, which is a shame because it saves trawling through trade > directories trying to date specific photographs! In fact I've only found > two, both American: Ohio Photographers 1839-1900 by Diane Vanskiver Gagel > ISBN 1887694072 and Directory of Pennsylvania Photographers 1839-1900 by > Linda Ries ISBN 0892710845. I haven't read/seen either book so I'm afraid I > can't recommend them although I can commend the authors for writing them > <grin> > > Susana > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.286 / Virus Database: 152 - Release Date: 09/10/2001 > ______________________________> X-Message: #4 > Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 19:28:11 -0000 > From: "John Parker" <john.parker2280@ntlworld.com> > To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <MBBBLLMLJBAJEHEEIJMOEEGBCBAA.john.parker2280@ntlworld.com> > Subject: RE: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] RE: Vintage Photographer ? > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="Windows-1252" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > RE:- > > In an ideal world > > the list would also say where the negatives or customer records went > > when the company ceased business (if it was somewhere other than the > > bin!). > > > Here in the U K local libraries often know if, and where, records of > extinct business records are kept. > > Many local libraries Web and Postal addresses can be found at; > > > http://www.earl.org.uk/familia > > I believe that All U K libraries will be online within 6 months or so. > > John Parker in Ayrshire, Scotland > > Researching > > LAWRENCE - Canterbury - from c1812, Wandsworth, Battersea > > HUELIN - Jersey & London from 1800 > > PARKER - Forest Gate, London and Rochford, Essex from 1880 > > BURNS - Glasgow (Lanarkshire) & Ayrshire from 1840 > > Photo's of HUELIN'S and LAWRENCE'S at > > http://homepages.about.com/saracen/parker_lawrence_huelin/ > > Family Tree at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~parhuelaw > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.291 / Virus Database: 156 - Release Date: 25/10/01 > ______________________________> X-Message: #5 > Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:14:40 -0500 > From: "Fraser Dunford" <fraser.dunford@sympatico.ca> > To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <3BDC3D00.18299.1189F3@localhost> > Subject: Re: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] List of Photographers > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > > Sure thing. > Phillips, Glen C - The Ontario Photographers List (1851 - 1900) - > Iron Gate Publishing (1990) ISBN 0-921818-04-1 > The second is (1901 - 1925) , 1997, ISBN 0-921818-14-9 > > Iron Gate is at 1110 - 95 Fiddlers Green Rd, London, Ont, N6H > 4T1. Phone 519-472-5572 > > The books are pretty good but not complete as Phillips would > be the first to point out. I use them all the time. > Be glad to do lookups for people. > Date forwarded: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 08:04:39 -0700 > Date sent: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 07:04:36 -0800 > From: Phyllis Garratt <pgarratt@ix.netcom.com> > Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] List of Photographers > To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com > Forwarded by: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com > Send reply to: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com > > > Fraser, Would you mind sharing the title and name of the authors of > > those two photographer books you just mentioned (if you know them)? > > Thanks so much! > > > > Phyllis > > > > > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > > List problems? Contact the Vintage-Photos -List Mom > > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net Use Kathleen as the subject line for > > your post To learn more about my world visit > > http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com--Your #1 Source for Family History Online--FREE for 14 > > Days http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1238 > > > ______________________________> X-Message: #6 > Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 15:10:16 -0800 > From: Phyllis Garratt <pgarratt@ix.netcom.com> > To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <3BDC9058.6BE5A6CB@ix.netcom.com> > Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Book info. > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Fraser, Thanks for the book information, and the look-up offer as well! > > Phyllis

RE:- > In an ideal world > the list would also say where the negatives or customer records went > when the company ceased business (if it was somewhere other than the > bin!). Here in the U K local libraries often know if, and where, records of extinct business records are kept. Many local libraries Web and Postal addresses can be found at; http://www.earl.org.uk/familia I believe that All U K libraries will be online within 6 months or so. John Parker in Ayrshire, Scotland Researching LAWRENCE - Canterbury - from c1812, Wandsworth, Battersea HUELIN - Jersey & London from 1800 PARKER - Forest Gate, London and Rochford, Essex from 1880 BURNS - Glasgow (Lanarkshire) & Ayrshire from 1840 Photo's of HUELIN'S and LAWRENCE'S at http://homepages.about.com/saracen/parker_lawrence_huelin/ Family Tree at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~parhuelaw --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.291 / Virus Database: 156 - Release Date: 25/10/01

I responded directly to the original query but just in case it helps anyone else: http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/pp_jerome.htm The above is a link to details of Jerome Studio in Edinburgh but if you click on 'Profess Photog' button it pulls up an alphabetical list of other Edinburgh Photographers with dates and address details. With regards Jerome Studios their advertising often stated they had 'Branches Everywhere', my own album of 200-300 postcard photographs (all printed by Jeromes) of a Leicestershire family date from 1917 until 1935 but I've also got a Swansea family album with Jerome printed on the reverse of some of the photos. Possible other useful links for researchers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpoolphotographers/ The above link is to a list of Liverpool and Wirral Photographic Studios taken from trade directories 19th-20th century. http://victorian.fortunecity.com/carroll/642/index.htm The above link is to a private collector's page who lists the studios of his carte-de-visites along with an approximate date of the photographs - Archive of Cartes: Photographers A-Z. As far as I'm aware books supplying details of vintage photographic studios are a rarity, which is a shame because it saves trawling through trade directories trying to date specific photographs! In fact I've only found two, both American: Ohio Photographers 1839-1900 by Diane Vanskiver Gagel ISBN 1887694072 and Directory of Pennsylvania Photographers 1839-1900 by Linda Ries ISBN 0892710845. I haven't read/seen either book so I'm afraid I can't recommend them although I can commend the authors for writing them <grin> Susana --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.286 / Virus Database: 152 - Release Date: 09/10/2001