NON-DEFINITIVE LIST OF LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

Name Blackhall, John Haase, August Hallberg, A.A. Hayward, W.H. and E.J. (partnership) Hayward, W.H. (Warren) Hayward, W.H. McLellan, John W. Merrill, A.O. Mudge, A.C. [Achilles] Mudge, Marion M. Naumann, J.J. (John) Portmess, J.E. (Jacob) Showman, L.K.(?) (Showman's Gallery) Vilmer, William E. Location Hobart Hobart Hobart Valparaiso Valparaiso Crown Pt. Valparaiso Hobart Hobart Valparaiso Hobart Hobart Hobart Crown Pt. Beginning Date 18521 11/28/19023 12/4/19195 Ca. 18726 Ca. 18738 Sept. 187710 187313 After mid-1880s; 16 poss. ca. 1890?17 Ca. 188719 10/30/191321 By Sept. 188923 189325 188627 Ending Date 18932 1912-134 18737 18759 (?)191011 191712 1885?14 11/28/190215 Before June 190018 193720 Jan. 1918?22 May 191724 ? post-189826 191828

"The Blackhall Mansion," The Hobart Herald 26 Aug. 1954. 1852 given as the date of his coming to Hobart. Ibid. 1893 given as the date of his retirement. 3 "Local Drifts," Hobart Gazette 28 Nov. 1902. Haase buys A.O. Merrill's studio in Hobart. 4 "August Haase Studio Sold to J.J. Naumann," Hobart News 30 Oct. 1913. Articles states Hobart had been without a photographer for about a year because Haase's failing eyesight had caused him to give up photography and take a job in a Gary mill. 5 Advertisement. Hobart News 4 Dec. 1919. 6 Ball, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake County, Indiana, With a Compendium of History 1834 1904 (1904). 7 Ibid. 8 Ibid. W.H. Hayward bought out the interest of E.J. Hayward and continued business in Valpo. 9 Ibid. 10 Ibid. 11 1910 census: occupation photographer, own studio. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. 12 Died July 26, 1917. Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Cook County Clerk. Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records. Cook County Clerks Office, Chicago, IL: Cook County Clerk, 2008. 13 Goodspeed and Blanchard, Counties of Porter and Lake Historical and Biographical (1882). This date is not quite consistent with Ball's account of Hayward's career. 14 Valparaiso City Directory (Polk, 1885). Last directory listing I have found. 15 "Local Drifts," Hobart Gazette, 28 Nov. 1902. Sells Hobart studio to A. Haase. 16 In 1880 he was 12 yrs old, living in Michigan. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. 17 "An All-around Man. Mr. A. C. Mudge, who has had several years' practical experience in the management of his brother's gallery at Valparaiso, Ind., desires a position where his capabilities will find appreciation." Wilson's Photographic Magazine, Volume XXXIV, 1897. Accessed September 19, 2013. Internet Archive. 18 6/25/1900: Occupation: photographer, own account, Fresno, CA. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. 19 "Death Takes M.M. Mudge," Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso) 25 Nov. 1950. 20 Ibid. 21 "August Haase Studio Sold to J.J. Naumann," Hobart News 30 Oct. 1913. Articles states Hobart had been without a photographer for about a year because Haase's failing eyesight had caused him to give up photography and take a job in a Gary mill. 22 "J.J. Naumann to Take Up New Line of Work," Hobart News 31 Jan. 1918. "New line of work" is tire repair; not clear from the article whether he will continue his photography business. 23 Not necessarily starting date, but earliest appearance advertising photography services in Hobart newspaper. "Stolen and Paid For," Hobart Gazette 4 Sept. 1889. 24 Ancestry.com. Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Various Indiana county death records indexed by the Indiana Works Projects Administration. Indiana: circa 1938-1941. 25 Hobart Gazette Souvenir Edition (1898). 26 Ibid. 27 Souvenir Album of Lake County, 1906 (transcribed at http://www.lowellpl.lib.in.us/x699.htm). 28 Died 10 Dec. 1918, age 57. Ancestry.com. Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Various Indiana county death records indexed by the Indiana Works Projects Administration. Indiana: circa 1938-1941.
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