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Dating
Photographs: Photographers
in Freeport, Illinois 1867
to 1930 Updated 02/10/04 Many
photographers mark their photographs, and knowing when a particular
photographer was in business can help you date your antique photographs.
The
following is a list of photographers from the 1867 to 1930 Freeport City
Directories in the collection of the Stephenson County Historical Society.
The photographers are in alphabetical order. The dates next to each photographer indicates the City Directory (or other source) that includes that name at that address.
When looking at addresses, note that in 1920 Freeport's street numbering system was changed. Any address that includes North, South, East or West dates to 1920 or later. Jenks Bros., for example, is listed as 118 Stephenson Street in 1917 and then at 24 West Stephenson in 1921. The photographer didn't move - the numbering system changed.
(Volunteer Request: If you are interested in searching through the rest of the City Directories from 1930 to the present, or if you would like to look through old newspapers, etc., for photographers before 1867 please let me know!) Allen,
Samuel
117 Stephenson Street: 1884-85 Allen,
Samuel V. & Smith
117 Stephenson Street: 1889-90 Axtell, S.H.; Daguerrean Gallery The 1970 History mentions this gallery operating in 1849
Bangasser,
F.E.
105 Stephenson Street: 1872 Barker,
F.C.
106 Stephenson Street: 1894-95 Bilger
Studio (H.A. Bilger)
29 ½ W. Stephenson Street: 1921
12 S. Galena Avenue: 1923, 1926, 1928
27 ½ W. Stephenson Street: 1930 Boelender,
W.E.
High Street, Orangeville: 1889-90
Braisted, A. Freeport: 1861 - 1865 (estimate). Recently donated photos of men in Civil War uniforms have an "A. Braisted" backmark. (2003-8-61 & 63) Collier,
J.R.
Yellow Creek: 1889-90 Electric
Studio
162 Stephenson Street: 1916 Evans,
Mrs. Lilian A.
107 Stephenson Street: 1916 Grove,
H.B.
117 Stephenson Street: 1900-01, 1902-03 Haefer,
F.C.
118 Stephenson Street: 1902-03 Hance,
B.M.
87 Stephenson Street: 1867 Harris,
F.L.
Lena: 1889-90, 1892-93 Hartman's
Camera Shop
17 S. Chicago Avenue: 1926 Herlocker,
William B.
118 Stephenson Street: 1892-93 Herlocker
& Schaad
118 Stephenson Street: 1889-90 Jenks
Bros. (Charles N. & J.B.O.)
106 & 108 Stephenson Street: 1900-01
106 Stephenson Street: 1902-03
118 Stephenson Street: 1910-11, 1916, 1917
24 ½ W. Stephenson Street: 1921, 1923, 1926, 1928
12 S. Galena Avenue: 1930 Kamp,
Mansan
East side VanBuren Street, between Galena & Stephenson: 1868-69 Kasten,
William 87 Stephenson Street: 1872, 1878, 1889-90, 1892-93, 1894-95,
1896-97.
Note: In the 1900-01 Directory he has changed his name to Kaste (no
"N"). Kasten
& Son
87 Stephenson Street: 1884-85 Kasten
& Wirth
87 Stephenson Street: 1868-69 Kaste,
William
87 Stephenson Street: 1900-01, 1902-03
Kennan, T.L.; Daguerrean Gallery The 1970 History mentions this gallery operating in 1849 Lawver,
Charles W.
118 Stephenson Street: 1894-95, 1896-97
14 Walton Avenue: 1902-03 Lietchfield,
George L. & Co.
Southeast corner of Stephenson & Exchange: 1868-69 Miller,
M.L.
87 Stephenson Street: 1910-11 McHenry,
William
Staver's & Krohn's Block: 1867
105 Staver's Block on Stephenson Street: 1868-69
110 Stephenson: 1872
105 Stephenson: 1878
118 Stephenson: 1884-85
106 Stephenson: 1892-93 McHenry
& Spengler
106 Stephenson: 1889-90 Murr,
A.K.
12 Wilcoxen Building: 1916 Perkins,
J.V.
605 Tarbox Building: 1916, 1917, 1921, 1923
14-16 N. Chicago Avenue: 1926, 1928, 1930 Pfiles
Camera Shop
17 S. Chicago Avenue: 1923 Robinson,
F.J.
117 Stephenson Street: 1916, 1917 Saul
& Wareham
141 Stephenson Street: 1884-85 Smith,
Robert C.
117 Stephenson Street: 1894-95, 1896-97 Smith,
L.F.
117 Stephenson Street: 1910-11 Smith's
New Studio (R.C. Smith)
118 Stephenson Street: 1900-01 Tull,
B.H.
Lena, 1889-90 VanDyke
Studio
504-5 Tarbox: 1928 Wareham,
C.H. 150 Stephenson Street: 1894-95, 1896-97 Wareham,
John L.
141 Stephenson Street: 1889-90, 1892-93, 1894-95, 1896-97,
1900-01, 1902-03
105 Stephenson Street: 1909 (from a dated photo) 1910-11, 1916, 1917
7 ½ W. Stephenson Street: 1921, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1930
Weld, David T. 137 Stephenson Street: 1881 (from back of a dated photograph) White,
W.B.
125 Stephenson Street: 1872 Webster,
George A.
117 Stephenson Street: 1892-93
123 Stephenson Street: 1894-95, 1896-97 Weld,
D.T.
SE Corner of Stephenson & Exchange: 1872 Wilkins,
C.E.
123 Stephenson Street: 1900-01, 1902-03, 1910-11, 1916
Williams & Pratt's Ambrotype Gallery No. 5 Exchange Block: 1857. An advertisement for the Gallery is in the 1857 pamphlet "Present Advantages and Future Prospects of the City of Freeport, Illinois." (A copy of this pamphlet is available in the Museum Gift Shop) Researched and Compiled by The
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