Now that you mention them …
All that work in identifying names in Photo-Era is paying off. I have started looking at some of the aspects of how people, but especially women, are mentioned in Photo-Era.
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Early Women Artisan Photographer
Social history of photography: new article
Lee and I have published our first article on early women artisan photographers!
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But it’s not (exactly) what you think.
Deep Diving with Gertrude Belle-Oudry, part 5 of 5
Some final(?) treasure.
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Deep Diving with Gertrude Belle-Oudry, part 4 of 5
Deep Diving with Gertrude Belle-Oudry, part 3 of 5
Oh Census info, oh Census info!
Our thoughts are now of you!
We seek you out for wife and widow,
Oh Census info, give us a clue!
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Deep Diving with Gertrude Belle-Oudry, part 2 of 5
Before Elizabeth and Richard there were Gertrude and Edouard.
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Deep Diving with Gertrude Belle-Oudry, part 1 of 5
No scuba gear necessary …
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The effect of “lady photographer”, part 4 of 4
This is the last post in the series about the effect of lady photographer.
“Ober, Lady Photographer.”
Boston Post 1892-07-01, p. 6. Credit: Newspapers.com
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The effect of “lady photographer”, part 3 of 4
“He Didn’t Like the Photographs”
In addition to the ads and the positive press that we saw in the first two posts in this series, another place we see lady photographer is in anecdotes, like this one:
The Cairo Bulletin 1883-06-06, p.1. Credit: Newspapers.com
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