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Name Blackhall, John Childs, C.R. (Charles R.) 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) Reading, A.H. (Adelbert) Showman, L.K.(?) (Showman's Gallery) Vilmer, William E. Location Hobart Chicago Hobart Hobart Valparaiso Valparaiso Crown Pt. Valparaiso Hobart Hobart Valparaiso Hobart Hobart Valparaiso Hobart Crown Pt. Beginning Date 18521 19013 11/28/19025 12/4/19197 Ca. 18728 Ca. 187310 Sept. 187712 187315 After mid-1880s;18 poss. ca. 1890?19 Ca. 188721 10/30/191323 By Sept. 188925 Ca. 190027 189330 188632 Ending Date 18932 Ca. 19514 1912-136 18739 187511 (?)191013 191714 1885?16 11/28/190217 Before June 190020 193722 Jan. 1918?24 May 191726 After 1940;28 poss. after 195229 ? post-189831 191833

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"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 Foerstner, Abigail. "History By Mail: Photo Postcards Are Snapshots Of Time Gone By." Chicago Tribune 2 Jan. 1994. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-01-02/entertainment/9401020056_1_postcard-stereo-viewer-photographers. Accessed 2/11/2014. 4 Ibid. 5 "Local Drifts," Hobart Gazette 28 Nov. 1902. Haase buys A.O. Merrill's studio in Hobart. 6 "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. 7 Advertisement. Hobart News 4 Dec. 1919. 8 Ball, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake County, Indiana, With a Compendium of History 1834 1904 (1904). 9 Ibid. 10 Ibid. W.H. Hayward bought out the interest of E.J. Hayward and continued business in Valpo. 11 Ibid. 12 Ibid. 13 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. 14 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. 15 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. 16 Valparaiso City Directory (Polk, 1885). Last directory listing I have found. 17 "Local Drifts," Hobart Gazette, 28 Nov. 1902. Sells Hobart studio to A. Haase.
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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. 19 "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. 20 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 (hereinafter, "1900 Census"). 21 "Death Takes M.M. Mudge," Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso) 25 Nov. 1950. 22 Ibid. 23 "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. 24 "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. 25 Not necessarily starting date, but earliest appearance advertising photography services in Hobart newspaper. "Stolen and Paid For," Hobart Gazette 4 Sept. 1889. 26 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. 27 Occupation: photographer. 1900 Census. 28 Occupation: photographer engaged in commercial portrait work. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. 29 A.H. and his wife Caroline were married in 1898 and "[l]ived in Valparaiso the first 54 years of [their] married life and then moved to Safety Harbor[, Florida]." "Deaths," Vidette-Messenger (Valpraiso) 11 May 1955. 30 Hobart Gazette Souvenir Edition (1898). 31 Ibid. 32 Souvenir Album of Lake County, 1906 (transcribed at http://www.lowellpl.lib.in.us/x699.htm). 33 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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