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From: J Lipmanson <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Re: Best find for Identifying Photographs
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:57:39 -0400
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Doug:

One of your best resources may be the book, "Photographers: A Sourcebook
for Historical Research," Peter E. Palmquist, Ed, Carl Mautz Publishing,
Nevada City, CA., 2000, 154pp., softbound. It is a compendium of all
Directories of photographers from countries all over the world. It's
divided by country and then by state, and for each tells your where, and
what, directories of photographers are available, or if there isn't a
published directory what other sources can give you the same
information. It even includes listings of people who have amassed such
information on computers but have not published. All contact information
is given.

As a bonus, there are essays from contributing researchers on how to
approach photographic research.

Judith

Doug Gordon wrote:
> On a slightly different slant on this subject, does anyone know of a
> way to identify a location based on the name of the photographer and
> city? I have a couple of interesting photographs of unknown, but very
> like related people that were taken in the late 1800s. As with a lot
> of old studio photos, the photographer is identified at the bottom,
> but only with his name and city, i.e. "H. A. Steele, Jackson".
>
> This really has me buffaloed, as I don't know of any relations who
> lived in a Jackson, and unfortunately there is a city named Jackson in
> probably every state (at least southern states) in the Union! Has
> anyone found listings of photo studios from that time period where I
> might be able to find out what state these were taken in?
>
> Doug Gordon
>
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