Directory of Minnesota Photographers - B
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Baasen, Jack LaLone
Also Known As: Baasen, John
Place of Birth: Adams, North Dakota
Date of Birth: November 8, 1910
Place of Death: Minnesota
Date of Death: 2006
Gender: Male
Studio: Zintsmaster, Inc.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1940s; 1950s
Notes: President of Zintsmaster, Inc.
Babajoff, W. N.
Locations:
Address: Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Babajoff, Wasil
Also Known As: Babajoff, Wisal
Also Known As: Babajoff, Wassil
Locations:
Address: 7 East Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918, 1934
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1930s
Babcock, J. W.
Place of Birth: Goodhue County, Minnesota
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Pine City, Minnesota
Address: 720 South Fourth , Minneapolis, Minnesota
Address: 11 Washington Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Notes: Photo-engraver.
Babcock, J. W., Jr.
Locations:
Address: 720 South Fourth, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1912
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Babcock, M. L.
Locations:
Address: Pine City, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Babcock, W. H.
Locations:
Address: Lake Boulevard, Buffalo, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Predecessor: Barkuloo, W. C.
Notes: Combined business: Photo studio and Candy store
Babcock, W. R.
Locations:
Address: Buffalo, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Back, Lars L
Locations:
Address: 1225 South Fifth , Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1875
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Bacon, J. H.
Gender: Male
Studio: Bacon & Norstrom
Studio: J. H. Bacon Studio
Studio: Bacon's Wigwam of Art
Locations:
Address: Litchfield, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1880-1881, 1884-1912
Address:
Address: Sibley Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s
Notes: Combined business: photography and dentistry.
Badger, Austin H
Locations:
Address: Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1910-1913
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Baer, Alfred
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: West Concord, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1896, 1898
Address: Kenyon, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1900-1906
Address: Opera House Block, Kenyon, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1909-1910
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Bailer, S. J.
Locations:
Address: Gallery #506 South Front Street, Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1885-1886
Address: Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1886-1887
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Bailey,
Studio: Zylla Photo Studio
Locations:
Address: Foley, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bailey, C. L.
Locations:
Address: 701 South East Seventh , Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bailey, H. G.
Locations:
Address: Foley, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918, 1922, 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Bailey, Myron C.
Also Known As: Bailey, M. C.
Also Known As: Baley, Myron C.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Studio: Pasel & Bailey
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1873
Notes: Employed by Charles A. Zimmerman in 1872.
Baker, Clayton F.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1921-1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Baker, Jeanne
Locations:
Address: 1075 Waterloo Street Apartment 175C, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1967
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1960s
Baker, M. B.
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Baker, N. B.
Locations:
Address: Dacotah Flats, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1891
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Bakken, Nels
Locations:
Address: Halstad, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Baklund, Charles A.
Also Known As: Backlund, Charles A.
Also Known As: Baklund, C. A.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Studio: Wold & Baklund
Address: Atwater, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1893
Studio: Wold & Baklund
Address: Willmar, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1892-1895
Address: Willmar, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1900, 1904, 1906, 1912
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s
Notes: Opened a branch studio of Wold & Baklund at Atwater.
Bakule, Carl R.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Times Annex, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1974
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1970s
Baldwin, E. E.
Locations:
Address: Faribault, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918
Address: Saint Peter, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Ball, H. D.
Locations:
Address: Waverly Mills, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1878-1879
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Ball, Henry A.
Place of Birth: Albany County, New York
Date of Birth: December 9, 1845
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Delano, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1880-1881
Address: Greenwood, Minnesota
Address: Howard Lake, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1870s; 1880s
Notes: Started first newspaper in Delano, 'Big Woods Citizen,' with Daniel Fish; Worked various locations.
Ball, J. B.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Stephen, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Ball, J. D.
Also Known As: Ball, J. E.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Crookston, Minnesota
Address: Fisher's Landing, Minnesota
Address:
Dates of operation: 1896
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s; 1890s
Ball, James Presley
Also Known As: Ball, J. P.
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: African-American
Studio: J. P. Ball & Company
Locations:
Address: Seattle, Washington
Address: Cincinnati, Ohio
Dates of operation: 1851-1871
Address: 221 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1887-1888
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s
Notes: Daguerreotypist who briefly had a studio in Minneapolis before moving to Montana in 1888.
Balser, M. D.
Locations:
Studio: Thayer & Company
Address: 117 West Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1884
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Baltuff, Guy M.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Address: Ash Street, Buffalo, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Bancroft, C. D.
Locations:
Address: Belle Plaine, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1890
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Bangs, Dwight
Gender: Male
Locations:
Studio: Bangs Studio
Address: Main Street, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1880-1905
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s
Successor: Scobie, H. Frank
Notes: Sold studio to H. Frank Scobie in 1905.
Bangs, James W.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Wells, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1878-1879
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Bank, David
Gender: Male
Locations:
Studio: Bank Brothers
Address: 9 South Fifth, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1913-1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Bank, Samual
Gender: Male
Studio: Bank Brothers
Locations:
Address: Loeb Arcade, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Banks, James G.
Gender: Male
Studio: Banks Brothers
Locations:
Address: 214 West Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1891-1893
Address: 19 Twentieth Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1897
Address: 318 Fifty-fifth Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1895
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Banks, John Lee
Date of Birth: 1907
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1940s; 1950s; 1960s
Banks, William R.
Gender: Male
Studio: Banks Brothers
Locations:
Address: Duluth, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Barclay, Durant , Jr.
Locations:
Address: 512 Second Avenue South, Virginia, Minnesota
Bardwell, John Jex
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1853
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1850s
Bargs, J. W.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Wells, Minnesota
Address: Heron Lake, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1890s
Notes: Operated out of a photography car.
Barker, Ansel
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Chaska, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s
Barkuloo, W. C.
Locations:
Address: Lake Boulevard, Buffalo, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Predecessor: Washburn, H. E.
Successor: Babcock, W. H.
Barlow, John L.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Mapleton Township (Mankato, Minnesota)
Dates of operation: 1881-1882
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Barlow, Mrs. L. J.
Locations:
Address: Mapleton Station, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1880-1881
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Barlow, S. J.
Also Known As: Barlow, Sam
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Rochester, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s
Predecessor: Cooley
Barnard, Reverend Alonzo
Place of Birth: Bennington County, Vermont
Date of Birth: June 2, 1817
Place of Death: Pomona, Michigan
Date of Death: May 1905
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Selkirk Settlement, Minnesota
Address: Cass Lake, Minnesota
Address: Red Lake, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1850s
Notes: Beginning in 1848, Barnard served variously between missions in St. Joseph, North Dakota and Pembina as a Presbyterian minister.
Barnard, Newell H.
Locations:
Address: 8211 Johnson Circle, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Barnard, R. O.
Locations:
Address: 3752 Third Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1906
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Barnes, C. Eugene
Locations:
Address: 403 South Front, Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1904-1905
Address: Motley, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s
Barnes, Dwight
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Willmar, Minnesota
Address: Cokato, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1950s; 1960s
Predecessor: Akerlund, August Bernard
Barnes, I. H.
Also Known As: Barnes, Isaac
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Chatfield, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1884-1894
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Barnes, Josephine C.
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1908-1909
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Notes: Employed with George Eldon Keene.
Barnes, William L.
Also Known As: Barnes, W. L.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Studio: Wiggins & Barnes
Address: Second between Main and Johnson, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1866-1867
Address: Union Block, Second Street, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1868-1875
Address: 12 Center, Winona, Minnesota
Address: 24 East Secound, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1877
Studio: City Photograph Gallery
Address: 13 Simpson's block, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1886
Address: 13 Simpson's block, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1887-1892
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s
Notes: Carte-de-visites from ca. 1868-1870 are printed on the verso with the statement "from W. L. Barnes Photograph & Gem Gallery, Union Block, Winona."
Barnet, Jacob
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Barney, F. T.
Locations:
Address: 1501 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1912
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Barney, Frank
Locations:
Studio: Blissenbach & Barney
Address: 109 South Front, Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1912-1915
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Barnier, John
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date of Birth: 1951
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1980s; 1990s
Barr, Adelbert A.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Barr, George S.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Studio: Higley & Barr
Address: 115 Center Street, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1892-1898
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Notes: Portrait and landscape photographer.
Barret,
Locations:
Address: Puposky, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Notes: Preacher; Traveled through settlements and to logging camps to photograph early settlers of the area.
Barrie, J. L.
Locations:
Address: Hutchinson, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Barrot, C. E.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Montevideo, Minnesota
Barry, David Frances
Also Known As: Barry, D. F.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Superior, Wisconsin
Notes: Photographed Superior and whaleback ships between the 1890s and 1920s.
Barry, George
Locations:
Address: Lanesboro, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1945
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1940s
Predecessor: Bue, Mathias
Barta, J. F.
Locations:
Address: Waterville, v
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Studio: Barta's Studio
Address: New Prague, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902, 1918
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s
Barto, John F.
Gender: Male
Studio: O. F. Stafford & Company
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1895-1896
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Barton, Anton
Locations:
Address: Silver Lake, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Barton, Irving D.
Gender: Male
Studio: Barton Photography
Locations:
Address: Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Address: Foley, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1904
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s
Barton, M. B.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Foley, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Barton, S. A.
Locations:
Address: North Branch, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1896
Address: Appleton, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1910s
Bartram, William
Gender: Male
Studio: Huntington & Bartram
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1874
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Notes: With Allen Swain in 1874.
Basgen, Jean
Studio: Basgen & Presley
Studio: Basgen Photography
Locations:
Address: 1322 East First Street, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1952
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1940s; 1950s
Notes: Industrial and maritime photographer.
Basil, Peter J.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 121 West Saint Marie, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1947
Address: 430 West Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1953
Address: 9 North Lake, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1955
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1940s; 1950s
Bassett, Frank
Locations:
Address: Winsted, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1895
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Basye, J. V.
Studio: Thomson & Basye
Locations:
Address: 117 West Third Street, Winona, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Bateman, A.
Locations:
Address: Taylors Falls, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Bateman, Anson P.
Studio: Northwestern Photo Company
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1889-1890
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Bateman, W. E.
Locations:
Address: 116 South Fourth , Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Bates, Fred W.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 3725 Portland, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Address: 503 1/2 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1913-1915
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bathke,
Locations:
Address: Waseca, Minnesota
Battleson,
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bauer, Frederick John
Also Known As: Bauer, F. J.
Place of Birth: Kirchheim, U. T. Germany
Date of Birth: August 3, 1866
Place of Death: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date of Death: March 23, 1939
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: German-American
Locations:
Address: Mazeppa, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1893
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Address: 225 Johnson, Winona, Minnesota
Address: 117 West Third Street, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1893-1894
Address: 152 West Fifth Street, corner Johnson, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1895-1902, 1908-1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Predecessor: Grove Studio
Predecessor: Scruby Studio
Predecessor: Risser, H. A.
Successor: Risser, H. A.
Successor: Griffin, George E.
Moved To: Emmons County, North Dakota (mid-career)
Notes: Saint Charles - Branch studio; Purchased Scruby Studio in 1893; Purchased the Grove Studio in 1893; H. A. Risser took over his Winona business in 1904; Took business back from Risser in 1908?; In business until 1919 when George E. Griffin took over.
Bauer, Jessie A.
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: 418 Nineteenth Avenue West, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1921
Address: 321 South Baker, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1923-1925
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Notes: Retoucher for Frederick J. Bauer.
Baxell, Harry
Date of Death: 1953
Gender: Male
Studio: Baxell Photography
Locations:
Address: 3121 Penn Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1940s; 1950s
Baxell, Hazel
Gender: Female
Studio: Baxell Photography
Locations:
Address: 3121 Penn Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s
Beach, Edward A.
Also Known As: Beach, E. A.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Basil Street, Taylors Falls, Minnesota
Address: Second Street, Hastings, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1850s, 1860s
Notes: Photographer in Taylors Falls in the 1850s and then moved to Hastings.
Beaden, Richard
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1920
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Beal, Alonzo H.
Place of Birth: Saco, Maine
Date of Birth: July 10, 1833
Gender: Male
Studio: Beal's Gallery
Studio: Pioneer Art Gallery
Locations:
Address: Maine
Address: Boston, Massachusetts
Dates of operation: 1857
Address: Saint AnthonySaint PeterSaint Peter, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1860-1864
Address: Second Street and Bridge Square, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1865-1866
Address: Washington Avenue between Nicollet Avenue and Minnetonka, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1867
Address: 19 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1869-1874
Address: 34 South Washington, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1874-1875
Address: Fourth, between Nicollet Avenue and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1876
Address: 18 South Fourth, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1877-1891
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s
Moved To: Los Angeles, California, 1892
Notes: Built up large gallery and employed sons Charles H. and Eugene C. Beal; Sold out to Charles H. Beal and Isaac E. Burt in 1885; Returned to business with sons in 1890.
Beal, Charles H.
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachussets
Date of Birth: 1859
Gender: Male
Studio: Beal & Burt
Studio: Beal Brothers
Studio: Pioneer Art Gallery
Locations:
Address: 18 South Fourth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1887
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s; 1890s
Moved To: Los Angeles, California
Notes: Employed by father, Alonzo H. Beal, as retoucher in Beal's Gallery 1877-1885; In partnership with Isaac E. Burt 1885-1887; In partnership with brother, Eugene C. Beal 1890; Employed by Arthur B. Rugg 1891-1892; Moved to California in 1892.
Beal, Eugene C.
Place of Birth: Maine
Date of Birth: 1856
Place of Death: Pasadena, California
Date of Death: June 21, 1904
Gender: Male
Studio: Beal Brothers
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s; 1890s
Moved To: Pasadena, California
Notes: Employed by father, Alonzo H. Beal; Employed by Arthur B. Rugg 1891-1893; In partnership with brother, Charles H. Beal; Moved to California in 1894.
Bean, Levi V.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 200 block of West Eighth, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Dates of operation: 1881
Address: Osage, Iowa
Address: Luverne, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1884-1885
Address: Dell Rapids, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s
Notes: Worked in partnership with wife, Sarah; Conducted business in 1870s from a travelling photography car in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa prior to establishing main gallery in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Branch studios in Howard, Madison, Canton, Centerville, Parker.
Bean, Sarah
Place of Birth: Hartland, Maine
Date of Birth: 1840
Date of Death: 1943
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: Osage, Iowa
Address: 200 block of West Eighth, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Dates of operation: 1881
Address: Luverne, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1884-1885
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s
Moved To: Oregon
Notes: Itinerant; In partnership with husband, Levi; Conducted business in 1870s from a travelling photography car in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa prior to establishing main gallery in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Branch studios in Howard, Madison, Canton, Centerville, Parker.
Beasley, David E.
Also Known As: Beasley, D. E.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 81 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1892
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Notes: Worked as a porter before briefly working as a photographer.
Beason, Alfred
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 315 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Beaulieu, Robert G.
Place of Birth: Crow Wing, Minnesota
Date of Birth: April 5, 1858
Date of Death: June 6, 1935
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Ojibwa
Locations:
Address: White Earth Indian Reservation, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Beaulieu, Victor
Locations:
Address: Brooks, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1922
Address: Crookston, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Bebee, R. W.
Locations:
Address: Front Street, Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1869-1870
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s
Becker, Eugene Debs
Date of Birth: 1919
Date of Death: 1978
Gender: Male
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s
Becker, H. C.
Locations:
Address: Olivia, Minnesota
Bedard, Samuel A.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Bedard, W. H.
Locations:
Address: 15 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1896
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Beer, Adolph G.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 37 South Sixth, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1896-1897
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Beers, A. H.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Behles, Jacob
Gender: Male
Studio: Behles Brothers
Locations:
Address: 4 North Seventh, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Behles, John M.
Gender: Male
Studio: Behles Brothers
Locations:
Address: 4 North Seventh, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Beisel, Belle
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: 1931 Fourth Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Beisell, Hobert
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 1219 Second Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bell, J. A.
Locations:
Address: Wabasha, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Address: Lake City, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bell, John
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 480 Wabasha, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1913
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bell, John A.
Gender: Male
Studio: Bell-Larson Photo Shop
Locations:
Address: 2312 Central Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Bell, Myrtle B.
Gender: Female
Studio: Bell-Larson Photo Shop
Locations:
Address: 2312 Central Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Bell, Wellington
Locations:
Address: 1007 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Bell, William S.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1887-1890
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s;1890s
Notes: Employed with Paul B. Gaylord in 1888.
Bellew, J. L.
Locations:
Address: Waseca, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bellinger, J. A.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Wilmot, South Dakota
Dates of operation: 1890
Address: Browns Valley, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1891
Address: Lakefield, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902, 1906, 1910, 1914, 1918
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s
Successor: Zahl, A.
Notes: Established business in Browns Valley in January 1891 and sold out to A. Zahl in December 1891 to return to Wilmot, South Dakota..
Bement, Robert B.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Benfer, Leland
Gender: Male
Studio: Twin City Photo Company
Locations:
Address: 126 South Third Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1921
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Benjamin,
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Pipestone, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Bennett,
Locations:
Address: Red Wing, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s
Successor: Edwards, Everett E.
Bennett, Ashley C.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Bennett, Henry Hamilton
Also Known As: Bennett, H. H.
Date of Birth: 1843
Date of Death: 1908
Gender: Male
Notes: He operated out of Wisconsin Dells; Photographed the Ice Palace in Saint Paul in 1886-1887.
Bennett, N. V.
Studio: Bennett's Photograph Gallery
Studio: Washburn & Bennett
Locations:
Address: Over Kellogg's Drug Store, Red Wing, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1861-1863
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s
Notes: Ambrotypes.
Bennett, Roy E.
Also Known As: Bennett, R. E.
Gender: Male
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1950s
Benoit, Jean Baptiste Arsidas
Place of Birth: Quebec, Canada
Date of Birth: August 23, 1866
Place of Death: Murdock, Minnesota
Date of Death: June 7, 1957
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: French Canadian
Locations:
Address: Bellingham, Minnesota
Address: Murdock, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1891
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Notes: Combined business: photo studio and barber shop.
Benson, Bennett
Locations:
Address: 190 National G. A. Bank Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1896
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Benson, G. L.
Locations:
Address: 931 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1905-1906
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Benson, J. E.
Locations:
Address: Crookston, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Berdie, E. L.
Locations:
Address: 503 West Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1921
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Berg,
Locations:
Address: Morton, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Berg, Bertha
Locations:
Address: 319 East Seventh Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1900
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Berg, Christena
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: 202 South Fourth Street, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Predecessor: Berg, Jacob
Notes: Widow of Jacob Berg.
Berg, Don
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 813 Portland Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1957
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1950s
Notes: Employed by Zintsmaster.
Berg, E. D.
Studio: Berg Studio
Locations:
Address: Superior, Wisconsin
Address: Fourteenth Street and Cloquet Avenue, Cloquet, Minnesota
Address: Twelfth Street and Cloquet Avenue, Cloquet, Minnesota
Address: Moose Lake, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s
Berg, Gustaf
Also Known As: Berg, Gustav
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Red Wing, Minnesota
Address: Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Berg, Jacob
Also Known As: Berg, J.
Place of Birth: Norway
Place of Death: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Date of Death: November 22, 1898
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Norwegian-American
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Studio: Berg Studio
Address: Bruce Avenue, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Studio: Berg Studio
Address: 132 South Fourth Street, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Predecessor: Caswell, William
Successor: Berg, Christena
Notes: Worked with Swedish photographer John H. Oleson in Minneapolis in 1881-1882.
Berg, Laurence W.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 215 Mygatt Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1960
Address: 2 East First, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1965
Address: 10 Torrey Building, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1966
Address: 1231 East Ninth, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1967
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1960s
Berg, Oscar
Gender: Male
Studio: Ruhme & Berg
Locations:
Address: 93 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1923
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Bergeron, J. P.
Studio: Morgeneier and Bergeron
Studio: Morgeneier, Bergeron, & DeGuire
Locations:
Address: 67-69 West Second Street, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1888-1890
Address: 209-211 East Third Street, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1890
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Bergerson, Melvin
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 309 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1906
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Bergerson, P. A.
Locations:
Address: Hector, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1886-1887
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s
Bergerson, William O.
Place of Birth: Decorah, Iowa
Date of Birth: December 22, 1855
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Chicago, Illinois
Address: Albert Lea, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1878-1879
Address: Lake Park, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1880-1881, 1886-1887
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s
Berget, M. G.
Locations:
Address: Stephen, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1895
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Berget, Martin J.
Place of Birth: Nordsinni, Norway
Date of Birth: June 2, 1863
Place of Death: Warren, Minnesota
Date of Death: August 22, 1927
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Norwegian-American
Locations:
Address: Argyle, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1896
Address: North First Street, Warren, Minnesota
Address: Main Street, Warren, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1905
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Successor: Johnson, Axel E.
Notes: Sold Warren studio to Axel E. Johnson in 1920s; Son, Norman Berget, operated photography business starting in 1929.
Berget, Norman
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Main Street, Warren, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Notes: Father, Martin J. Berget, was a pioneer Warren photographer; Operated a business starting in 1929.
Berggren, P. A.
Locations:
Address: Hector, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1895
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Bergh,
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Taylors Falls, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1883
Berglund, Adolph P.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: New London, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Berglund, O. M.
Locations:
Address: Stephen, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Bergren, Charles E.
Also Known As: Sweden,
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Swedish-American
Studio: Bergren Studio
Locations:
Address: Two Harbors, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1904, 1906, 1912-1914, 1918, 1922, 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Predecessor: Overland, A. P.
Successor: Overland, A. P.
Notes: Sold his gallery to A. P. Overland and later bought it back.
Bergren, E. W.
Locations:
Address: Clarkfield, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Bergstrom, J. S.
Locations:
Address: Swanville, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Bergstrom, Olof E.
Also Known As: Bergstrom, O. E.
Place of Birth: Sweden
Date of Birth: 1892
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 619 First Avenue South, Moorhead, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1930s
Bergum, M. M.
Locations:
Address: Stephen, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Berndt, Herman L.
Gender: Male
Studio: Berndt Brothers Studio
Locations:
Address: 109 South Front, Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1916-1917
Address: Mapleton, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1919-1920
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Berndt, Otto M.
Gender: Male
Studio: Berndt Brothers Studio
Locations:
Address: 109 South Front, Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1916-1917
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Berntson, Emmer E.
Gender: Male
Studio: Berntson's Photographers
Locations:
Address: 115 South Broadway, Albert Lea, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Address: 117 1/2 South Broadway, Albert Lea, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1921
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Berntson, Randina
Locations:
Address: Albert Lea, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Berntson, W. R.
Locations:
Studio: Berntson's Photographers
Address: 117 1\2 South Broadway, Albert Lea, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1921
Address: 228 South Broadway, Albert Lea, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Berrgren, P. A.
Locations:
Address: Hector, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bersagel, T. L.
Place of Birth: Stavanger, Norway
Date of Birth: 1871
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Norwegian-American
Locations:
Address: Lanesboro, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1887-1900, 1904, 1910, 1914
Address: Dexter, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1905
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s
Predecessor: Hansen Studio
Successor: Bue, Mathias O.
Notes: Learned photography in the Hanson Studio in Lanesboro; Purchased Hansen Studio in 1887 from A. Hansen; Sold the business to Mathias O. Bue in 1915.
Bersqual,
Locations:
Address: Fillmore County, Minnesota
Bertelson, Benjamin J.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 17 Twentieth Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1891-1892
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Best, Ferdinand W.
Locations:
Address: 1103 West Michigan, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1901
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Best, Geoffry C.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1913-1919
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Notes: Employed by C. J. Hibbard & Company.
Bick, C. J.
Locations:
Address: 17 Lake Avenue North, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Biers, Billy
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Brewster, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bigelow, A. M.
Locations:
Address: Moorhead, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1886-1887
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Bigelow, Eileen
Gender: Female
Bigelow, G. H.
Locations:
Address: Elysian, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1886-1887
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Bill, George
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Billings, C. F.
Locations:
Address: West Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1891-1892
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Binder, J. R.
Bingham, F. V.
Locations:
Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Address: Northfield, Minnesota
Address: Medford, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s
Notes: Stereographs.
Birch, C. J.
Locations:
Address: 17 Lake Avenue North, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Bird, Lemuel J.
Gender: Male
Studio: Brown & Bird
Locations:
Address: 119 North Washington, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1880-1881
Address: 201 North Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1883-1884
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Notes: With J. B. Clark in 1882.
Birkeland, T. L.
Locations:
Address: Hutchinson, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1920
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Birkland, Lars L.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Willmar, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bishop, H. Theodore
Also Known As: Bishop, H. T.
Also Known As: Bishop, Henry Theodore
Gender: Male
Studio: Bishop Brothers
Locations:
Address: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Address: 62 Syndicate Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1885-1903
Address: 209 North Main, Austin, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1905
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s
Bishop, James E.
Gender: Male
Studio: Bishop Brothers
Locations:
Address: 62 Syndicate Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1885
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Bisson, A. H.
Locations:
Address: 313 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1903-1906
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Bjerk, Candy
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Address: 228 Second Street, Ortonville, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1970s; 1980s
Predecessor: Vikre, Harold
Predecessor: Vikre, Marie
Bjerk, Dave
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Address: 228 Second Street, Ortonville, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1970s; 1980s
Predecessor: Vikre, Harold
Predecessor: Vikre, Marie
Bjornaas, Haakon
Place of Birth: Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Date of Birth: 1884
Place of Death: Underwood, Minnesota
Date of Death: 1949
Gender: Male
Studio: Riverside Studio
Locations:
Address: Clitherall, Minnesota
Address: Underwood, Minnesota
Address: Baudette, Minnesota
Address: Cook, Minnesota
Address: Rainy River, Ontario, Canada.
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Moved To: Underwood, Minnesota
Notes: Traveled Minnesota and produced postcards between 1908 and 1910; Employed by W. T. Oxley, Fergus Falls; Joined with several photographers in 1911 to form Riverside Studio; Worked various locations in the Red River Valley.
Bjornethan, Anton
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Madison, Minnesota
Address: Lake City, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Predecessor: Phillips, F. H.
Blackburn, William
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 43 South Washington Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1876
Address: 105 East Third, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1891
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1890s
Blacklock, Les
Date of Birth: 1921
Place of Death: Moose Lake, Minnesota
Date of Death: August 30, 1995
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Address: Moose Lake, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s
Notes: Wildlife photographer whose son, Craig Blacklock, helped with photography.
Blackman,
Studio: Blackman Brothers
Locations:
Address: Virginia, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Blair, E. R.
Locations:
Address: 306 North Fifty-second Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1925
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Blair, F. L.
Locations:
Address: 429 South Broadway, Mankato, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Blake, Charles F.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1900
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Notes: With J. R. Zweifel.
Blake, Ernest
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Duluth, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Blake, Sherman E.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1895
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Successor: Snow, John R.
Blakemore, Lemuel
Gender: Male
Studio: Blakemore & Skage
Studio: Boetcher & Blakemore
Studio: Larson, Blakemore & Company
Locations:
Address: 28 Central Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1901
Address: 322 1/2 Central Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1906
Address: 165 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1907
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Blakemore, William
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Duluth, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Blamey, John L.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 402 Central Avenue North, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1946-1947
Address: 5721 Grand Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1948
Studio: Blamey Studio
Address:
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1940s
Blanch, Robert R.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1950s
Blanchard, C. O.
Locations:
Address: 121 West First Street, Duluth, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Blanchard, F. A.
Locations:
Address: Harmony, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Bland, J. L.
Locations:
Address: Anoka, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1884-1885
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Bleth, Jim
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Fosston, Minnesota
Bliss, Phineas
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 3049 Bloomington Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898
Address: 3027 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1901-1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Blissenbach, August
Also Known As: Blissenbach, A.
Place of Birth: Cologne, Germany
Date of Birth: April 15, 1861
Date of Death: 1948
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: German-American
Studio: Blissenbach Studio
Locations:
Address: 115 North Front, Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1888, 1892
Address: 105 North Front, Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1895, 1899-1907
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s
Successor: Blissenbach, Joseph
Notes: Taught the business to brother, Joseph Blissenbach.
Blissenbach, Joseph
Place of Birth: Cologne, Germany
Date of Birth: January 10, 1873
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: German-American
Studio: Blissenbach Studio
Studio: Blissenbach & Barney
Locations:
Address: 109 North Front Street, Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1908-1911
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Predecessor: Blissenbach, August
Notes: Apprenticed with brother August Blissenbach in 1891; Took over business from brother in 1904-1905.
Blodgett, Charles N.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Virginia, Minnesota
Bloom, B.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1910
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bloom , Erick K.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 2330 West Third, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1950
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1950s
Bloom, Jacob M.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 254 Plymouth Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1889
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Bloom, V. Willis
Locations:
Address: Stillwater, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Blostein, F. M.
Studio: Rembrandt Studios
Locations:
Address: Pine City, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1921
Address: 485 Rice, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1920
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Notes: Purchased the Neil Studio in Pine City and opened as the Rembrandt Studios in 1921.
Blume,
Gender: Male
Studio: Blume, Fashionable Photographer
Locations:
Address: Brewster, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Blume, Henry J.
Also Known As: Blume, H. J.
Place of Birth: Pontiac, Illinois
Date of Birth: April 30, 1870
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Princeton, Illinois
Dates of operation: 1900
Address: Worthington, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1906-1914, 1918, squire1922, 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Predecessor: Yates, Lillian
Blumenfeld, Milton J.
Gender: Male
Studio: Milton J. Blumenfeld Studios
Locations:
Address: 2100 Wentworth Avenue, South Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1954
Address: 6304 West Lake Street, Saint Louis Park, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1956
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1950s; 1970s
Bock, Allan C.
Place of Birth: Elbow, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date of Birth: March 22, 1912
Place of Death: Sun City West, Arizona
Date of Death: November 1990
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Canadian-American
Studio: Mark Hurd Aerial Surveys Inc.
Locations:
Address: Golden Valley, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1930s; 1940s
Moved To: Sun City West, Arizona
Notes: Aerial photography; Codesigned aerial camera; Joined Mark Hurd in 1940s; President and CEO of Mark Hurd Aerial Surveys, Inc.
Boegen, W. J.
Locations:
Address: 123 North Second, Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Boetcher, Henry C.
Also Known As: Boetcher, H.
Gender: Male
Studio: Boetcher & Blakemore
Studio: Craft Studio
Studio: Larson & Boetcher
Studio: Larson, Blakemore & Company
Studio: Lee & Company
Locations:
Address: 225 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1897
Address: 39 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1906-1909
Address: 45 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1910-1912
Address: 316 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914-1915
Address: 313 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1895-1896, 1921
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Bogdan, Joseph
Studio: Leet & Bogdan
Locations:
Address: 358 Market, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1921
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Bogge, Andrew
Place of Birth: Sweden
Date of Birth: September 20, 1866 (?)
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Swedish-American
Locations:
Address: Sandstone, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1888-1890
Address: Cambridge, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1890-1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s
Successor: Stadin, Daniel
Notes: Sold out to Daniel Stadin in 1902.
Bogh,
Place of Death: Oregon
Date of Death: 1949
Gender: Male
Studio: Bogh's Photo Tent
Locations:
Address: Ringsted, Iowa
Address: Stevens County, Minnesota
Boice, M. F.
Locations:
Address: Hastings, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1895
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Bolin, Katheryn
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: 10 East Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1913
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bolin, Mrs. Margaret
Locations:
Address: 10 East Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bonde, R. J.
Locations:
Address: 225 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1896
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Booen, J. O.
Locations:
Address: Sanborn, Minnesota
Address: Austin, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Address: Winnebago City, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Booth, R.
Locations:
Address: Lakefield, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Booth, Richard
Gender: Male
Studio: New York Portrait Company
Locations:
Address: 229 Washington Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1893
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Borge,
Borgstrom, John S.
Place of Birth: Sweden
Date of Birth: July 17, 1861
Place of Death: Upsala, Minnesota
Date of Death: February 19, 1933
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Swedish-American
Locations:
Address: Holding's Ford, Minnesota
Address: Elmdale, Minnesota
Address: Upsala, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1906
Address: Swanville, Minnesota
Address: Grey Eagle, Minnesota
Address: Burtrum, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Borlaug, Fred W.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Kenyon, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1911-1912
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Borry, J.
Studio: Borry & Larson
Studio: J. Borry & Company
Locations:
Address: 251 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1886
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Borry , Jacob
Also Known As: Borry, J.
Gender: Male
Studio: Borry's Photograph Gallery
Locations:
Address: Thief River Falls, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898, 1900, 1905, 1912-1920
Address: 212 Main Avenue North, Thief River Falls, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Bosse, Henry Peter
Place of Birth: Sonneburg, Magdeburg, Prussia
Date of Birth: November 13, 1844
Place of Death: Rock Island, Illinois
Date of Death: 1903
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: German-American
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Moved To: Rock Island, Illinois
Notes: Photographed upper Mississippi River 1893-1893 as employee of U. S. Army Corps of Engineers; Cyanotypes.
Bosworth, W. W.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Taylors Falls, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1866-1868
Address: Prescott, Minnesota
Address: Vermillion Street, Hastings, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1870s
Bouchard, Eug.
Locations:
Address: 122 West Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1937
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1930s
Boutwell,
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Peter, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1850s
Notes: Ambrotypist.
Bovey, E. L.
Locations:
Address: Little Falls, Minnesota
Bowen, Mercy H.
Locations:
Address: 723 Margaret, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1916
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bower, John
Locations:
Address: 607 Court Block, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1906
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Bowerman, R. I.
Locations:
Address: Akeley, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bowers, J.
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Bowman, Edna S.
Gender: Female
Studio: Bowman & Lyden
Locations:
Address: 107 1/2 Mill Street North, Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1909-1910
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s
Bowron, George W.
Gender: Male
Studio: Bowron & Cox
Locations:
Address: Washington Avenue and Helen Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Address: Woodman Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1858
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1850s
Notes: Ambrotypes, sphereotypes, daguerreotypes.
Bowton, William L.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 11118 Bittersweet, Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1966
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1960s
Boxworth, W. W.
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s
Boyce, A. E.
Locations:
Address: Little Falls, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1895
Address: Royalton, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Boyce, M.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Boycott, J.
Locations:
Address: over 12 North Third, Red Wing, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1876-1877
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Boyd, Carrie V.
Gender: Female
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1850s
Notes: First Premium for Ambrotypes - State Fair?
Boyd, Mrs. Charles C.
Gender: Female
Studio: Boyd & Wilbur
Locations:
Address: 227 Superior Street East, Duluth, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Notes: Combined business: ladies hair parlor and photo studio.
Boyd, E. F.
Studio: Boyd's Photograph Gallery
Locations:
Address: 55 Bridge Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1869-1870
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1870s
Boyd, George H.
Gender: Male
Studio: Superior Portrait Studio
Locations:
Address: 212 Trust Company Building, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1896
Address: 19 North Twentieth Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1903
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Boyer, Hans R.
Gender: Male
Studio: Boyer Brothers
Studio: Boyer Brothers & Rose
Studio: Larss & Boyer Brothers
Studio: Lennes & Boyer
Locations:
Address: 209 West Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1905
Address: 102 West Superior over 5 and 10 cent store, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1909
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Boyer, Henry
Place of Birth: Norway
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Norwegian-American
Studio: Boyer Brothers
Studio: Boyer Brothers & Rose
Locations:
Address: 428 Ogden Avenue, Superior, Wisconsin
Dates of operation: 1888
Address: 209 West Superior Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1888
Address: 211 West Superior Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota
Address: 22 West Superior Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota
Address: 102 West Superior over 5 and 10 cent store, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1909
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s
Boyer, Robert H.
Also Known As: Boyer, R. H.
Place of Birth: Norway
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Norwegian-American
Studio: Boyer Brothers
Studio: Boyer Brothers & Rose
Locations:
Address: 428 Ogden Avenue, Superior, Wisconsin
Dates of operation: 1888
Address: 209 West Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1888
Address: 211 West Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894
Address: 22 West Superior Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota
Address: 102 West Superior over 5 and 10 cent store, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1909
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s
Boynton, Cassuis
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 501 Central Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Brackelsberg, H. J.
Also Known As: Brackelsberger, H. J.
Studio: Brackelsberg Studio
Locations:
Address: Saint James, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Address: Chokio, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Address: Graceville, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1900-1906
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Bradison, George G.
Studio: Casserly & Bradison
Locations:
Address: 116 South Fourth, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1908
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Bradow, Harry W.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Crookston, Minnesota
Brady,
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Address: Paynesville, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1892
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Notes: Employed by Brush's Studio, Minneapolis.
Brady, Matthew B.
Gender: Male
Notes: Known for his photographic record of the Civil War; Photographed prominent Minnesotans in his Washington, D.C. studio.
Brainard, Irma
Gender: Female
Studio: N. B. Andersen Photographic Gallery
Locations:
Address: Redwood Falls, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Notes: Learned photography at N. B. Andersen Photographic Gallery in 1898.
Bramblett, William R.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 93 East Seventh Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1884-1887
Address: 75 East Third, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1885, 1888
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Successor: Dapron & Wetherby
Notes: Offered oil, watercolor, India ink and crayon portraits.
Branch, Edwin
Gender: Male
Studio: Branch's Art Studio
Locations:
Address: 1021 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1890-1906
Address: 405 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1907
Address: 931 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1908
Address: 1025 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1909-1913
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s
Brandmo, Andreas
Also Known As: Brandmo, A.
Also Known As: Brandino, Andrew
Gender: Male
Studio: Brandmo & Lodgaard
Locations:
Address: Montevideo, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1886-1896
Address: Appleton, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s; 1890s
Brandmo, R. E.
Also Known As: Bradmo, R. E.
Studio: Brandmo and Pederson
Locations:
Address: Benson, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1906, 1910-1914, 1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s
Brandt, R. L.
Locations:
Address: 1539 Crawford Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Brauch, Otto
Gender: Male
Studio: Brauch & Tinklepaugh
Locations:
Address: 104 Dakota Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Brechet, Joseph Jay
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York
Date of Birth: March 15, 1861
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Glencoe, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Notes: Merchant and amateur photographer.
Breidahl, Edward
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Breimhorst, L. F.
Locations:
Address: Madelia, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Address: Shakopee, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bremer, Thomas W.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1970s; 1980s
Brennan, M. C.
Studio: Brennan Studio
Locations:
Address: 821 1/2 Saint Germain , Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1921-1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Bresler, Alan H.
Gender: Male
Studio: Bresler & Kreger
Studio: New Central Studio
Locations:
Address: 206 1/2 Central Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1908, 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s
Brewer, Dr.
Locations:
Address: Austin, Minnesota
Notes: First photographer located in Austin.
Brewer, F. H.
Studio: Kenney & Brewer
Locations:
Address: Redwood Falls, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1896
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Brewer, Frederick
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Mankato, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Notes: Worked with George Eldon Keene.
Bricker, G. L.
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Briggs, Mrs. E. M.
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: 219 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Briggs, Mrs. J. P.
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: Murdock, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1880-1881
Address: Main Street, Owatonna, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1880s
Brill, Charles
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Red Lake, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1950s; 1960s
Notes: Photographer for the Minneapolis Tribune who photographed the Red Lake Indian Reservation in the 1960s.
Brimacombe, Gerald R.
Locations:
Address: 7112 Mark Terrace Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1974
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1970s
Brindos, Joseph J.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Deerwood, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1913
Address: Kelliner, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Brinker, Herman H.
Also Known As: Brinker, H. H.
Studio: Brinker & Johnson
Locations:
Address: 243 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1909
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Briol, Henry A.
Date of Birth: July 1883
Date of Death: September 1948
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Hungarian
Studio: Briol Studio
Locations:
Address: Albany, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s
Notes: Rural commercial photographer in Stearns County.
Brockham, William
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Morris, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1880-1881
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Brockway, Jack C.
Locations:
Address: 24 East Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1936
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1930s
Bromley, Edward Augustus
Also Known As: Bromley, E. A.
Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut
Date of Birth: September 24, 1848
Place of Death: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date of Death: June 21, 1925
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 3434 Tenth Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1912-1913
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Notes: Writer-Photographer for the Minneapolis Journal and Minneapolis Times; Collected thousands of negatives of early Minnesota photographers, including Benjamin F. Upton, William Henry Illingworth, Joel Emmons Whitney and others.
Bronson, F. D.
Locations:
Address: 2745 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1909, 1912
Address: 1713 East Lake, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1911
Address: 409 Plymouth Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1913
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Bronson, Frank
Gender: Male
Studio: Bronson Brothers
Locations:
Address: 52 Central Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1907
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Bronson, George A.
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gender: Male
Studio: Bronson Brothers
Locations:
Address: 424 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1888-1889
Address: 430 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1892
Address: 307 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1892
Address: 52 Central Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1907
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s
Notes: Established branch gallery at 307 Washington Avenue South.
Brooks,
Locations:
Address: Little Falls, Minnesota
Brooks, C. R.
Locations:
Address: Hartford, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Brooks, Elisha A.
Locations:
Address: 601 1/2 North James Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1895
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Brooks , F. I.
Locations:
Address: 518 1/2 West Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1922-1923
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Brooks , James A.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Brooks, Mrs. O.
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: Mapleton Station, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1882-1883
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Brooks, W. B.
Locations:
Address: Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1895
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Broome, Robert B.
Gender: Male
Studio: Nowack & Broome
Locations:
Address: 125 West Third, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1884
Address: 272 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1885
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Brophy, Agnes
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Brown, Bert L.
Gender: Male
Studio: Brown and Giroux
Studio: Brown's Photo Studio
Studio: Brown's Photo Craft Studio
Studio: Brown & Fenney
Studio: Northwestern Photographic Studio, Inc.
Locations:
Address: 405 Chamber of Commerce Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1912
Address: 300 Oppenheim Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914-1918
Address: 101 East Sixth, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1920
Address: 411 Newton Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1932
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s; 1930s
Successor: Wright, Kenneth Melvin
Notes: Brown was associated with multiple photography businesses; In the 1920s was associated with two businesses at same location (101 East Sixth): Brown's Photo Studio and Northwestern Photographic Studio, Inc.; In 1924-1925 he was vice president of Northwestern Photographic Studio, Inc. and Kenneth M. Wright was secretary and treasurer; Sold out to Kenneth Melvin Wright in 1926
Brown, Buzz
Studio: Buzz Brown Photographic Studios
Locations:
Address: 160 North Victoria, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1950s
Brown, C. J.
Locations:
Address: Mountain Lake, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1906, 1910-1914, 1918, 1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Brown, Eliza
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: Henderson, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1882-1883
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Brown, F. B.
Brown, F. E.
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Brown, F. W.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Brown, Frank K.
Also Known As: Brown, F. K.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 206 1/2 Central Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Brown, G. T.
Locations:
Address: 730 Selby, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Brown, George W.
Also Known As: Brown, G. W.
Studio: Brown & Umber
Locations:
Address: 438 Wabasha, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1888-1895
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Brown, Herman
Gender: Male
Studio: Eclipse View Company
Locations:
Address: 714 Palladio Building, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1892-1893
Address: 106 Fourth Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1895
Address: 30 Fourth Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1897
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Brown, J. A.
Studio: Brown & Eldridge
Studio: Eldridge & Brown
Locations:
Address: 117 West Third, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1886
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Brown, J. J.
Locations:
Address: Mountain Lake, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Brown, J. M.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Brown, James A.
Gender: Male
Studio: Brown Photo Company
Locations:
Address: 2209 Lowry Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Brown, Joseph H.
Gender: Male
Studio: Essery & Brown
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1886-1889
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Brown, Mrs. L. W.
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: 321 1/2 South Sixth , Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1900
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Brown, Murray
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Campbell, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Address: Breckenridge, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Brown, Phyllis
Gender: Female
Locations:
Studio: Phyllis Brown Studio
Address: 518 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1936
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1930s
Brown, Thomas
Also Known As: Brown, Tom
Gender: Male
Studio: Brown's Photo Studio
Locations:
Address: 1512 Commonwealth Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1920
Address: Hibbing, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1922-1923
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Brown, V. A.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Brown, W. H.
Locations:
Address: Red Wing, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s
Notes: Stereographs.
Brown, William
Also Known As: Brown, W.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 67 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1873-1874
Address: 41 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1874-1880
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s
Successor: Rugg, Arthur B.
Notes: Worked as artist in James McPhee's gallery in 1873.
Brown, William S.
Studio: Brown & Bird
Locations:
Address: Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1878-1879
Address: 119 North Washington, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1880-1881
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s
Brownell, J.
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Notes: Stereographs.
Bruce, F. P. D.
Locations:
Address: 2732 Colfax Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s
Bruggeman, Elaine B.
Gender: Female
Studio: Gopher Studio
Locations:
Address: Richfield, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1950s; 1960s
Brundidge, Charles M.
Also Known As: Brundidge, C. M.
Studio: Nye & Brundidge
Locations:
Address: 16 South Sixth, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1904-1905
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Bruns, R. H.
Locations:
Address: Anoka, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Brush, Bert J.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Preston, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1900-1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Brush, Edmund A.
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan
Date of Birth: April 1866
Gender: Male
Studio: Brush Studios
Studio: E. A. Brush Studio
Locations:
Address: 9-11 South Fifth, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1899-1915
Address: 640 Shuber Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1911
Address: 33-35 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1906-1920
Address: 1912 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1922-1925
Address: 2520 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926-1929
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Predecessor: Brush, James A.
Notes: Worked for father, James A. Brush; Took over father's business in 1906; Commercial and illustrative photographer; Specialized in railroad and legal photography in the 1920s.
Brush, James A.
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan
Date of Birth: August 27, 1846 (1847?)
Place of Death: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date of Death: May 22, 1906
Gender: Male
Studio: Brush Studios
Locations:
Studio: Brush & Company
Address: 301 South Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1877-1878
Address: 223 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1878-1882
Address: 609 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1882-1886
Address: 601-603-605 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1887-1897
Address: 33-35 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1897-1905
Address: 11 South Fifth, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Address: LaCrosse, Wisconsin (?)
Address: Detroit, Michigan
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s
Successor: Brush, Edmund A.
Notes: After his death in 1906, his son Edmund A. Brush, took over the business.
Bryan, S. T.
Locations:
Address: Young America, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s (?)
Bryant, H.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Hollywood, California
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Address: East Third Street, White Bear, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Buchal, A. J.
Locations:
Address: White Bear, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1924-1929
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Buchan, Edward F.
Place of Birth: Dover, Wisconsin
Date of Birth: June 11, 1858
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1879
Studio: Buchan Studio
Address: Worthington, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1880-1933
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s
Predecessor: Giessel
Notes: Learned photography in Saint Paul in 1879; Operated photography business in Worthington for several decades; Sold out to Harry Rickers in 1933.
Buck, Albert O.
Gender: Male
Studio: Buck & Glaser
Locations:
Address: 27 Central Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1881-1886
Address: 1001 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1890-1892
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Buck, Elmer E.
Gender: Male
Studio: Buck-Harris Studio
Locations:
Address: 309 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1911-1912
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Buckbee, Charles E.
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
Date of Birth: April 7, 1878
Gender: Male
Studio: Buckbee Mears Company
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1907
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s
Notes: Photo-engraver; Started Buckbee Mears Company in 1907.
Buckland, Mary O.
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: 134 East Broadway, Owatonna, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1928-1929
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Bucklin, George W.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 113 North Main, Austin, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1905
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s
Bue, Mathias O.
Also Known As: Bue, Matt
Place of Birth: Gudbrandsdalen, Norway
Date of Birth: March 5, 1889
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Norwegian-American
Studio: Bue Studio
Locations:
Address: Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
Address: Granite Falls, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1908-1910
Address: Cottonwood, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1910-1912
Address: Lanesboro, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1912, 1922
Address: Houston, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1920
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s
Predecessor: Hoppelund, A. N.
Predecessor: Bersagel, T. L.
Successor: Fifield, Robert
Successor: Barry, George
Notes: In 1910, bought the gallery of A. N. Hoppelund in Cottonwood; In 1911-1912, took over the Bersagel studio in Lanesboro; Combined business: gift shop and photo studio; In 1945, sold the Lanesboro photo studio to Robert Fifield and George Barry and kept the gift shop.
Buetow, Harry O.
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s, 1920s
Buggy, T. J.
Locations:
Studio: Taylor & Buggy
Address: 609 South Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1884-1885
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Bull, Harold William
Date of Birth: ca. 1903
Place of Death: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Date of Death: March 1925
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Bull, Russell
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1930s; 1940s
Bull, William
Place of Birth: Menomonie, Wisconsin
Date of Birth: December 27, 1877
Place of Death: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Date of Death: October 18, 1942
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Address: 409 Chamber of Commerce Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1919
Address: 675 Hague Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s; 1930s
Notes: Employed by Brown's Photo Craft Studio; Employed by Buckbee Mears Company.
Bumm, Alf.
Locations:
Address: Parker's Prairie, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1920
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Bunce, Levy B.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Burch, C. A.
Burdick, Osman C.
Studio: Lee & Burdick
Locations:
Address: Excelsior, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1884
Address: 301 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Address: 609 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1886-1892
Address: 225 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1891-1892
Address: 230 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1893-1894
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Notes: With John Hale Fouch in 1882-1883.
Burfield, Thomas J.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Norwood, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1895
Address: Waconia, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Burggren, Perry August
Place of Birth: Sweden
Date of Birth: July 7, 1842
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Swedish-American
Locations:
Address: Hector, Minnesota
Address: Paxton, Illinois
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Burke, Francis J.
Studio: Burke & Meade
Locations:
Address: Lake Crystal, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1900, 1902
Address: Amboy, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902, 1904-1905
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Burkhart,
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Burkowski, Nick P.
Locations:
Address: 399 Gramsie Road, Shoreview, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1958
Address: Commerce Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1974
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1950s; 1970s
Burlingham, Daniel L.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 108 South Main, Stillwater, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Notes: Photographers' supplies, retail.
Burnett, G. E.
Also Known As: Burnett, Eugene
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Amboy, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1897-1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Burnham, A. F.
Studio: Burnham Photographic Art Studio
Locations:
Address: Main, Northwest corner of Second Street, Faribault, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1869-1870, 1886-1888
Address: Faribault, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1878, 1884, 1895
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s
Successor: Peterson, Christian N.
Notes: Stereographs.
Burnham, C. A.
Locations:
Address: 59 College, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s
Burnham, D. D.
Locations:
Address: Spring Valley, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Burns, E. C.
Burns, Florence M.
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: Winona, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Burns, M. W.
Locations:
Address: 134 West Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1893-1894
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Burrell, Harry R.
Locations:
Address: Duluth, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Burritt, E. H.
Also Known As: Burritts, E. H.
Studio: Burritt & Pease
Locations:
Address: 148 Third, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1871
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1870s
Notes: Sold books, stationery, Minnesota views.
Burrows, Francis
Studio: F. Burrows & Company
Locations:
Address: North Broadway, Rochester, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Burt, Forbes J.
Locations:
Address: Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Notes: At Fawcett's Photo Gallery in 1894.
Burt, Isaac E.
Also Known As: Burt, I. K. E.
Place of Death: Hennepin County, Minnesota
Date of Death: September 20, 1940
Studio: I. E. Burt Company
Locations:
Studio: Beal & Burt
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1886-1887
Address: 624 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1895-1899
Studio: I. E. Burt Portrait Company
Address: 408 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1890
Address: 76-78 South Seventh, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1890
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Notes: Arrived in Minnesota in 1883; Specialized in crayon, watercolor, India ink, and pastel portraiture; In business with Charles H. Beal in 1885-1887.
Burtis, C. E.
Locations:
Address: 239 Twentieth Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902-1904
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Burton, Ralph L.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Monroe Avenue, Ortonville, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Predecessor: Reed, Roland W.
Successor: Dinnel, Walter
Notes: Employed by Roland W. Reed, later bought Reed's studio.
Burton, Ward C.
Gender: Male
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Busch, F. T.
Gender: Male
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Notes: Traveling photographer.
Butler, William E.
Also Known As: Butler, W. E.
Place of Birth: Maine
Date of Birth: May 1848
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 27 Central Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1875, 1878-1879, 1880-1881
Address: 29 South Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1879-1880
Address: Nicollet Island, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Address: Two Harbors, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s; 1890s
Notes: Studied with William H. Jacoby; stereographs.
Byam, W. E.
Locations:
Address: Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1912, 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Byant, Henry
Locations:
Address: 613 Ryan Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1906
