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Early Photo Studios in Wetmore, Colorado
The picturesque Wet Mountain Valley, 150 miles southwest of Denver, attracted thousands of miners in the mid-1870s. The first photographers arrived to the area in the 1880s. Here are a couple of views photo studios during the 1880s. The prints found in public libraries are not vintage prints, and the photographers remain unidentified. This studio […]
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British immigrant Birks Cornforth (1836-1906) was one of Denver’s early settlers. In 1863, he established a wholesale and retail grocery store that operated for decades in the city. The Russell Brothers made this photograph around 1886. Warren H. Russell (b. c. 1854- 1894) and Frederick C. Russell (1859-1924) were born to Chandler Miller Russell and […]
Smallwood & Ball: Colorado Stereo Photographers
Smallwood & Ball were listed as photographers in the 1876 Denver City Directory. Although no views were published under their combined names, the same stereoviews were often published under both Smallwood’s and Ball’s names. William John Smallwood was born in St. Joseph, Missouri to William Jackson Smallwood and Mary “Polly” Fox Smallwood. In 1850, his […]
Stevens: “The Man that Made Colorado Famous”
Fred Park Stevens was born on July 19, 1872, near Spinney, Park County, Colorado, to H. Hoyt Stevens and Adee Euphosene Fillebrown Steven. In 1876, the family moved to Colorado Springs. He attended the St. Louis Manual Training School at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, graduating fourth in a class of sixty-one students. In […]
Photographers Active in Sterling, Colorado
I visited Sterling, the largest city on Colorado’s Eastern Plains, and went to the Overland Trail Museum. During my visit, I discovered a couple of new photographers from early Colorado to add to my list of camera artists. Please let me know if I have missed any. Gustaf Robert Appelblad was born on March 27, […]
A Wedding Ceremony in Canon City Photographed by George Fricke
Wedding portraits from the 19th century are quite common, but photographs of wedding ceremonies are rare. A penciled caption on the back of this photograph states that Will Prentiss is the groom. But, according to marriage records and newspaper accounts, this photograph documents the wedding of George Prentiss and Gertrude McKissick. The photograph was taken […]
Anna Tweed, Landscape Photographer in Colorado Springs
Anna M. Tweed was born in Kansas circa 1864 to William Wilson and Eliza A. Thompson Tweed. The Tweed family lived in Wakarusa, about seven miles south of Lawrence, Kansas. They moved to Colorado Springs around 1878 where Anna’s father was the director of a mining company. In the mid-1890s, Anna pursued photography, with a studio […]
Ambrotype of French Gulch Mining Camp, Breckenridge
The Breckenridge History archives recently acquired an ambrotype of a local mining camp. Originally gifted to the Montana Historical Society, Photo Archives Manager Jeff Malcomson researched the one-of-a-kind photograph and discovered that the location did not match either of the two French Gulch locations in Montana. Upon further investigation, he was able to confirm that […]
Photographers Active in Greeley, Colorado in the 1890s
This post identifies studio photographers active in Greeley in the 1890s. See my earlier posts for photographers working in the 1870s, early 1880s, and late 1880s. Did I miss any photographers? Can you provide any additional biographical details? 1890 Harry G. Townend (1862-1928) was born in Ohio to British immigrants Henry Townend and Christiana Garthwaite […]
Frank E. Baker, Horticulturist, Photographer, and Real Estate Developer
Frank E. Baker was born in Wisconsin in September 1849 to Garrett H. Baker and Elmina Clapp. His mother retained her maiden name. Active as social reformers, the family joined the Wisconsin Phalanx commune in Fond du Lac County in the late 1840s. Based on the ideas of French philosopher Charles Fourier, the members lived […]

Cynthia Motzenbecker on Photographers Active in Greeley in the 1880s (Part 1)November 12, 2024
LOVE that Marsh photo...!
Cynthia Motzenbecker Motzenbecker on Ambrotype of French Gulch Mining Camp, BreckenridgeAugust 28, 2024
GREAT story and great work...!
Betsy Parker on Ambrotype of French Gulch Mining Camp, BreckenridgeAugust 27, 2024
Neat! A wonderful example of research resulting in the true identification.
19thcenturycoloradophotographers_d5uooh on John Green, a Black Photographer in DenverApril 13, 2024
Dear Mr. Kautzman, Thank you very much for your e-mail. I apologize for my tardy reply. How nice that you…
Harry R Kautzman on John Green, a Black Photographer in DenverApril 2, 2024
I have tin type photo of my Grandfather, Harry Hill, and another man. The sleeve it is in says John…