Photographs, Pistols & Parasols

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A few of Mrs. Gainsford’s ads from the newspapers, many of which were found online at Newspapers.com (paid …

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This episode connects the stories of Frances M. Hurd, aka Frankie Morris (episode 44) and Delia B. Rich, the …

Here is the CDV we stumbled upon recently that led my husband, Chris, to discover the incredible story of the …

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Addie Libby Rundle was a photographer in Spokane, Washington; she ran her studios from c. 1898-1929. This …

The 1916 Portland directory is not available; in 1915, Albert and Alda Peasley each are working for other …

Here’s the photo of my husband’s paternal grandmother, taken in 1932 at the Peasley Studio in Medford, …

In today's episode we're on a hunt where one photo leads to more than one story, as well as a continued appreciation of the prowess of Peter Palmquist.

In today's episode we'll learn who the photographers were for all the photos I included in my March 8, 2019 montage in honor of International Women's Day.

Today we explore 6 years in the lives of Glenn F. and Beatrice Porter, photographers circa 1900 in Ritzville, Washington.

Due to a family emergency, the next episode of Photographs, Pistols & Parasols is delayed until March 15th.

Today we explore the mysteries surrounding the lives, deaths, and lawsuits connected to the married photographers Nils and Alexia Halvorsen.

Today is a preview of a new feature coming to the podcast in 2019: "Fun Finds", where we'll get to see some special photographic finds.

Today we pay a virtual visit to the American Historical Association's 2019 Annual Meeting, as I give you a taste of my paper from that conference, …

In today's episode, it's all about travel ... including a bit more about the 19th Century traveling photograph studios known as Photo Cars.

In today's episode, we're in Brooklyn, E.D. in the 1860s, on the trail of the talented - and tantalizingly obscure - Mrs. Lydia A. Hicks.

In today's episode, we're still in Lawrence, Kansas, looking at the extraordinary lives of another talented family of photographers. The stories we'll discover about the Shane family include tales of triumph, tragedy …

Today's episode is just a quick announcement that due to continuing logistical issues, Photographs, Pistols & Parasols will now be on hiatus …

Today's episode is just a quick announcement that due to unforeseen logistical issues, Photographs, Pistols & Parasols will be on hiatus until …

In today's episode, our connections take us to Lawrence, Kansas, where we will encounter mystery, tragedy, and a photographic dynasty.

In today's start to Season Three, we'll meet several early women photographers in Colorado and learn how their lives and careers connect them not …

In today's episode we'll learn more about Mary and Margaret Snodgrass, the two Snodgrass sisters who ran the Snodgrass Picture Shop in Caldwell, Idaho from 1919 - 1939.

In today's episode we'll meet Mary Snodgrass, a woman who ran photography studios in the early 1900s in both Iowa and Idaho, partnering at first with her brother, and then later with each of her two sisters.

In today's episode we're following in the footsteps of early artisan photographer Belle B. Chase, as her 50+ year career takes her across the U.S. …

In today's episode we're going to meet Rosa Vreeland, the "more than ordinarily successful" early artisan photographer and photographic entrepreneur.

Today we're back in Blue Rapids, Kansas with photographer (Edith) Daisy Roche, her sister Emma, and a number of their fellow photographers circa 1903-1950s.

Today we explore the life stories of some of the 18(!) women photographers who were active as professional photographers in the tiny town of Blue Rapids, Kansas as early as 1893.

Today we have a tale of a successful photographer whose story unexpectedly involves a bit of larceny and deceit through her encounter with a mystery …

Today we'll encounter misfortune, mystery, and a dash of serendipity as we learn more about some of the people mentioned in passing in the Eva B. Strayer episode.

In today's episode we travel to meet Miss Eva B. Strayer, a photographer who was (mostly) based in Huntington, Indiana.

In today's episode we take quick look at more early women photographers from Lowell, MA, and explore how those women's experiences are a microcosm …

In today's episode we dive into the records to uncover the story of a highly prolific photographer from Lowell, Massachusetts, who identified herself …

In this episode we take a quick look at an unusual story about one of Miss Libby's fellow photographers in Norway, Maine.

In this episode we'll travel to Maine to follow the trail to the wonderful early artisan photographer Miss Minnie Libby.

In this episode we take a look at the peripatetic Mary Winslow, an intrepid itinerant photographer who "always goes where she pleases."

In this episode, we get a special bonus update that solves the mystery of George Ober, the first husband of the early photographer Clara Ober-Towne. …

In this first episode of Season 2, we'll take a look back at a few of the women profiled in Season 1, to discover some exciting new details about them that came to light during my research travels over the past few …

Tune in December 1st for the start of Season Two on the Photographs, Pistols & Parasols podcast!

In today's Season One extra, we take a moment to celebrate the accomplishments of a man who uncovered information on thousands of early women photographers: the incomparable Peter E. Palmquist.

Today we meet the remarkable Elizabeth Withington, who in the 1800s found success as a photographer while fashioning photographic tools from 19th …

In today's episode we meet two 19th century Massachusetts photographers named Mrs. Towne: Clara Ober-Towne and Anna Wing Towne. Plus, we'll also discover a Miss Alma Whitney, another woman photographer who plays a …

In today's episode we meet two photographers who are another set of sisters running studios together at a variety of times and places in the early 20th century.

In today's episode we meet not one woman named Miss O'Donnell, but two: sisters who together ran the Misses O'Donnell studio in Beloit, Kansas at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries.

Today we meet Hannah Maynard, the 19th century photographer who opened her studio in 1862 and embraced a remarkable life as a professional photographer over the next 50 years.

In this episode of the Photographs, Pistols & Parasols podcast, we are on the hunt to answer the question: Who was the photographer 'Miss DeM. …

In today's episode we'll meet a photographer named Gertrude Käsebier, and get a quick introduction to Pictorialism in order to understand the importance of a $100 photo.

A brief introduction to the first season of the Photographs, Pistols and Parasols podcast. The podcast celebrates the accomplishments and élan of …