19th Century Photographers
| Photographer Name, life dates | Studio Name | Date/s at Location | Address #1 | Address #2 | Town | How they describe themselves | Processes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander, Thomas, 1852-1928 | (may have worked for Alexander McCormick) | 1880 | Oxford | Photographer | |||
| Anderson, Alfred A., 1831-1911 | 1860 | Kennett Square | Photographer | ||||
| Anderson, A. A. [Alfred A.], 1831-1911 | Union Gallery | 1864-1865 | Above Thomas Travilla’s Store | 13 W. Gay St. | West Chester | Photographer | CDV |
| Bailey, Ann Pennock, 1817-1890 | 1855+ | Marlborough Twp. | Ambrotypes | ||||
| Baily & Pyle | 1863 | West Chester | |||||
| Barrett, Havard G., 1879-1943 | March – July 1899 | Above Thomas Hogues’s Store | SE Corner of High & Gay Sts. | West Chester | Photographer | Printing-out-paper prints, crayons, pastels | |
| Barry, John T., 1852-1903 | J. T. Barry & Samuel C. Bunting | 1872 | Berks County, PA | Itinerants | cabinet cards | ||
| Barry, John T., 1852-1903 | 1874 -? | Over Campbell’s Grocery Store | Market St. | Oxford | Artist | Ferrotypes, Bon-ton pictures, large photographs | |
| Barry, John T., 1852-1903 | (Worked for McCormick) | 1886 – 1892 | Oxford | CDV & cabinet cards | |||
| Barry, John T., 1855-1903 | Purchased McCormick’s gallery | 1892 – 1903 | Oxford Hall | Third & Market Streets | Oxford | Cabinet cards, silver gelatin photographs | |
| Barton, W.G. | 1862 | Unionville | |||||
| Bates, Mrs. | 1889 | West Chester | Ivorytype Painter | ||||
| Battin, Marshall E., 1824-1908 | Battin & Finney | April – May 1866 + | Over Worrall’s Book Store | Gay St. | West Chester | Photographist | CDV |
| Battin & Finney | April – May 1866 + | Over Worrall’s Book Store | Gay St. | West Chester | CDV | ||
| Beecher, Jacob S., 1839-1917 | Superior Skylight Gallery | July 1867-1868 | Over Darlington’s Dry Goods | Corner of Market & High Sts. | West Chester | CDV, tintypes, outdoor views | |
| Beecher, Jacob S., 1839-1917 | Beecher’s Photograph Gallery | 1869-1876 | Rooms opposite Turk’s Head Hotel | Corner of Market & High Sts. | West Chester | CDV, tintypes, outdoor views | |
| Beecher & Dickinson | Spring 1868 | Corner of Market & High Sts. | West Chester | CDV | |||
| Beecher & Grier | Jacob S. Beecher & Andrew A. Grier | 1872-1873 | Rooms opposite Turk’s Head Hotel | Corner of Market & High Sts. | West Chester | CDV, tintypes, outdoor views | |
| Bell, William C., 1869-1944 | 1891 – 1894 | Corner of Market & High Sts. | West Chester | Cabinet cards | |||
| Bennett, Josiah T., Jr., b. 1838 -? | Fall 1868? | West Chester | Photographer | ||||
| Bentz, Ella | 1900-01 | 61 Pennsylvania Ave. | Coatesville | Crayon Artist | Crayons | ||
| Biles, Albert, 1876-1952 | 1898-1943 | 9 N. Walnut St. | West Chester | Photographer | Silver gelatin photographs, sepia toned photographs | ||
| Blake & Matchett | November 1878 | Turk’s Head Hotel, West Chester | 2222 Jefferson St., Phila. | West Chester | Itinerants from Philadelphia | Albumen landscape photographs | |
| Bradford, Charles S,Jr., 1842-1922 | ca.1880-1922 | West Chester | Semi-professional | Albumen& platinum photographs | |||
| Bradley, P. F. | 1890s? | W. Lancaster Ave. | Downingtown | cabinet cards | |||
| Branson, John M., 1822-1876 | 1860+ | Valley | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes | |||
| Branson, John M., 1822-1876 | Centre Square Gallery | 1862-1874 | East of Stephenson’s Hotel | 225 Main St. | Coatesville | Photographer | Photographs, Ambrotypes, Ferrotypes, CDV. |
| Brinton, Douglas,1859-1946 | 1890s-1910s | Oxford | Newspaper editor & semi-professional photographer | Silver gelatin photographs | |||
| Broadbent, Samuel | 1850 | Above office of Joseph J. Lewis | Market St. [Lincoln Building] | West Chester | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes | |
| Boyd, William K., 1879-1924 | 1900-1901 | Coatesville | Photographer | ||||
| Bugless, Thomas H. | Bugless’ Ambrotype Gallery or Keystone Gallery | September 1857- January 1858 | Above Townsend’s Store | 30 East Gay Street | West Chester | Photographer | Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Talbotypes, Melainotypes, photographs on paper, photographic jewelry |
| Bunting, Clarence M. ,1871 – 1944 | 1892 | Oxford | Photographer | ||||
| Bunting, Samuel C., 1845-1872 | Barry & Bunting, partner of John T. Barry | 1872 | Berks County, PA | Itinerants | |||
| Butler | 1860-1861 | Unionville | |||||
| Butler, Robert W. | 1863 | E. Marlboro Twp. | |||||
| Chambers, William J.,1856-1926 | 1895-1926 | Room above Mrs. Chamber’s Store | Kennett Square | Photographer | Printing-out-paper prints | ||
| Channell, George W., 1872-1922 | 1896-1897 | 173 Bridge Street | Phoenixville | ||||
| Channell, George W., 1872-1922 | 1897-1922 | E. Pikeland Twp. & Spring City | |||||
| Channel, Ralph F., 1837-1905 | 1864-1895 | 1) Main St. above Bridge St., 2) Bridge Street Near Main, 3) 173 Bridge Street | Phoenixville | Photographer | CDV, Cabinet cards | ||
| Channel, Ulysses Grant, 1864-1960 | 1885-1895 | 173 Bridge Street | Phoenixville | Cabinet cards | |||
| Channell & Son | 1885-1888 | 173 Bridge Street | Phoenicville | Cabinet cards | |||
| Channel & Waitneight | [George W. & Ulysses G. Channell & Waitneight] | 1893 | Phoenixville | Cabinet cards | |||
| Cheyney, William, 1832-1909 | Woodward & Cheyney | 1854 – February 15, 1856 | Hemphill Building | High St. | West Chester | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes |
| Chillman, H. R. | 1875 | Downingtown | Stereographs | ||||
| Clark, Charles | 1898-1899 | Coatesville | Photographer | ||||
| Clark, Charles M. | 189?-1898 | Downing Ave., corner of Lancaster Ave. | Downingtown | Photographer | |||
| Clark, Charles M. | 1900s | Parkesburg | |||||
| Clark, Samuel | 1864-66 | Downingtown & Reading | (stereographer) | ||||
| Clarke’s Photograph Wagon | May 1876+ | Parkesburg | Itinerant | ||||
| Clegg, Isaac, 1826-1908 | 1863 | Phoenixville | Photographer | ||||
| Cochran, Robert, 1821-1898 | 1860-1861 | Oxford | |||||
| Cook, W. L. | 1894 | Parkesburg | |||||
| Coons, Maggie, b.1852 | Married name Farrell | 1880-1885 | West Chester | Photographer | |||
| Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928 | 1887-1918 | West Chester | Semi-professional | Silver gelatin photographs & cyanotypes | |||
| Cox, Thomas S. | 1890-1894 | Sugartown | Photographer | ||||
| Crowl, Levi, 1820-1890 | 1851-1854 | Hemphill Building | High St. | West Chester | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes | |
| Crowl, Levi, 1820-1890 | [Philip] Price & Crowl | May-Dec 1850 | Everhart’s Building | Market St. | West Chester | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes |
| Crowl, Levi, 1820-1890 | Crowl & Cochran | 1855 | Above offices of Drs. Foulke & McRae | Hay St. | Fayettesville, NC | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes |
| Crowl, Levi, 1820-1890 | 1856 | West Chester | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes | |||
| Crowl, Levi, 1820-1890 | Crowl & [Calvin] Price | 1858 | Wilmington, NC | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes | ||
| Crowl, Levi, 1820-1890 | 1863-1865? | Hopewell Borough | Artist | ||||
| Darlington, Alice Lea, b. 1854 | 1878-1904 | S. Walnut cor. Lacey St. and later, 305 S. High St. | West Chester | Crayon Artist | Crayons | ||
| Davis, Benjamin P., 1811-1885 | 1849-1859 | Phoenixville | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes | |||
| Davis, Levis H., 1823-1902 | June 1857 -? | 30 East Gay Street | West Chester | Ambrotypist | Ambrotypes | ||
| Day, George W., 1853-1925 | 1898 | 173 Bridge Street | Phoenixville | ||||
| Dean, J. M. | 1866 | Downingtown & traveling | |||||
| Dickinson, B. | Fall 1868 | Corner of Market & High Sts. | West Chester | CDV | |||
| Donnell & Hannum | 1869 | Kennett Square | CDV | ||||
| Duval, Charles | Mid 1864-August 1864 | Opposite the Turk’s Head Hotel | High & Market Streets | West Chester | Photograhic Chemist | CDV, Ferrotypes, Ivorytypes, photographs in oil & crayon, Ambrotypes | |
| Duval & West | Union Gallery | April 1864 – mid 1864 | Above Worrall’s book store | No. 7 East Gay St. | West Chester | CDV | |
| Eaby’s Photograph Gallery | closed 1892 | Downingtown | |||||
| Ely, A. H. | 1893-94 | Honeybrook Twp. | |||||
| Enterprise Portrait Co. | 1893 | Spring City | |||||
| Eureka Art Studio | 1890s? | Corner Lancaster & Downing Ave. | Downingtown | Cabinet cards | |||
| Fisher, S. R., 1834-1908 | September 21, 1861- September 1, 1863 | Opposite White Hall Hotel | No. 7 1/2 East Gay St. or No. 7 East Gay St. | West Chester | Photographer | Ambrotypes, CDVs, photographs, photo jewelry, stereographs | |
| Frederick, E. R. | Fall 1861 – spring 1864 | Penningtonville [today, Atglen] | CDVs. | ||||
| Freeman, H. B., 1823-1878 | 1849 | Opposite Everhart’s Store | 16 E. Market St. | West Chester | Daguerreotypes, Jewelry | ||
| Garrett, C. Alfred, ca. 1840-1891 | December 1864 – October 1865 | Over Worrall’s book Store | [No. 7 East Gay Street] | West Chester | Artist & Photographer | Ivorytypes, CDV, photographs finished in ink, oil, water colors and pastels. | |
| Garrett, C. Alfred, 1840-1891 | October 1865 – April 1867 | Above T. C. Travilla’s Store | 13 West Gay St. | West Chester | Artist & Photographer | Ivorytypes, CDV, photographs finished in ink, oil, water colors and pastels. | |
| Garrett, C. Alfred, 1840-1891 | April 1867 April – 1871 | No. 1 corner Church & Gay Sts. | West Chester | Artist & Photographer | Ivorytypes, CDV, photographs finished in ink, oil, water colors and pastels. | ||
| Gibson, John B., 1839-1913 | (working for A. McCormick) | 1863 – 1867 | Oxford | ||||
| Gibson, John B., 1839-1913 | February 1867- April 1867 | Oxford | CDV | ||||
| Gibson & Hayes | John B. Gibson & George D. Hayes | April 1867- March 1868 | Oxford | CDV | |||
| Gibson, John B., 1839-1913 | Coatesville Photograph Gallery | 1868- April 1897 | 148 Main St. | Coatesville | “Ferrotyper”, Photographer, artistic photographer | Tintypes, CDV, cabinet cards, porcelain photographs, outdoor views, copying, enlarging, coloring, stereographs. | |
| Graham, [John S.], (itinerant) | 1859 | New Garden | Itinerant | ||||
| Grier, Andrew Allison, 1851-1908 | 1872-1873 | West Chester | CDVs. | ||||
| Griffith, James | 1861 | Lionville | |||||
| Griffith, James | 1861 | Phoenixville | |||||
| Griffith, S. S. | 1862 | Downingtown | |||||
| Griffith, Samuel S. | 1862 | West Chester | |||||
| Grubb, W. Francis, 1863-1938 | Art Studio | April 1886 – | Third Floor of Pierce’s Building | High St. | West Chester | Photographer | Cabinet cards, CDV |
| Grubb, W. Francis, 1863-1938 | 1887 | Above W.S. Hill’s Jewelry Store | 7 N. Church St. | West Chester | Cabinet cards, CDV | ||
| Grubb, W. Francis, 1863-1938 | 1888 | 25 N. High St. | West Chester | Cabinet Cards, CDV, Matte collodion, printing-out-paper | |||
| Haas, D. & Samuel Lucas | 1862 | Waynesburg* | |||||
| Hannum, William Gause, 1832-1877 | 1856 | Kennett Square | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes | |||
| Hannum & Branson | 1865-1866+-? | Kennett Square | CDV | ||||
| Hannum & Donnell | 1869 | Kennett Square | CDV | ||||
| Hannum, William Gause, 1832-1877 | 1870-1874 | Kennett Square | Photographer | CDV | |||
| Hannum & Jersey | 1873 | Kennett Square | CDV | ||||
| Hannum & Lucas | 1874 February | Freeman’s Building | State & Union Sts. | Kennett Square | CDV | ||
| Harned & White | January, February 1849+ | Above J. J. Lewis Law Office | Market St. [Lincoln Building] | West Chester | Daguerreotypes | ||
| Harvey Bros. | 1870?-1890? | Embreeville | |||||
| Haverstick, William F., 1866-1916 | 1896-1911 | Darlington Building | 3 South High St. | West Chester | Portrait artist | Cabinet card, crayons, copying & enlarging, outdoor work, Matte-collodion, platinum prints, silver gelatin | |
| Hayak, E.W. | 1861 | Blue Rock (Today, Elverson) | Photographer | ||||
| Hayes, George D., 1839-1898 | 1867-1869 | Oxford | Photographer | ||||
| Hewes, Mrs. Sarah | Broadbent & Co. | 1850 | Above office of Joseph J. Lewis | Market St. [Lincoln Building] | West Chester | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes |
| Holmes, Russell | 1875 October | State & S. Union Streets | Kennett Square | Photographer | |||
| Horning, J. M., 1832-1894 | 1893-1894 | Malvern | |||||
| Horning, J. M. & Co. | 1860s? | Traveling Artists | |||||
| Horning, John M., 1832-1894 | Phoenix Gallery or J. M. Horning Art Studio | 1881-1885 | NW corner Main & Bridge Sts. | 201 Bridge Street | Phoenixville | cabinet cards | |
| Horning, Lewis, 1861-1951 | (May have worked for John Horning) | 1881-1885 | Phoenixville | Photographer | |||
| Horning, Lewis, 1861-1951 | (May have worked for William Shoemaker) | 1890s | Whitaker Building | Phoenixville | Photographer | ||
| Horning, Lewis, 1832-1909 | L. Horning Ambrotype Saloon | 1860 -1862 | 201 Bridge Street | Phoenixville | Ambrotypist | Ambrotypes | |
| Horning, Rhinehard Keeler, 1861-1931 | 1880 | 201 Bridge Street | Phoenixville | ||||
| Houghey, Peter | 1894 | Birmingham & Lenape Park | |||||
| Ingram, E. E. & W. H. [Eugene Entriken, 1850 -1928 & William Howard Ingram] | 1877-1879 | Corner of Church & Gay. | West Chester | CDV, outdoor photographs | |||
| Ingram, W. H. [William Howard Ingram, b. 1853] | March 29, 1873 | No. 11 West Gay St. | West Chester | CDV | |||
| Jay, Frank C. | 1888-89 | West Chester | |||||
| Jervis, Alfred | Sept. – Oct. 1846 | West Chester | (itinerant) | Daguerreotypes | |||
| Johnson, George W. | Pierce & Johnson | Dec.1854-April 1855 | Townsend’s Building | Gay St. | West Chester | Daguerreotypes | |
| Kramer, James | 1880s | Kennett Square | |||||
| Lewis, Thomas | 1862-1863 | Kennett | |||||
| Lissett, Thomas N.,1822-1888 | 1863-1888 | New London Twp. & traveling to nearby adjacent counties. | Itinerant | ||||
| Lloyd, George | February – April 1846 | Opposite the Market House | Market St. | West Chester | Itinerant | Daguerreotypes | |
| Long, Edwin, 1843-1875 | (Working for Eber Woodward) | 1863-1867 | West Chester | ||||
| Lounsbury | 1880s-1890s? | Lenape Park & Downingtown | Itinerant tintypist | tintypes | |||
| Loundsbury, Howard Fletcher | 1904-05 | Lenape Park & Downingtown | tintypes | ||||
| Lowry, Robert | 1859 | West Chester | (photo colorist in oils) | ||||
| Lucas, J.H., Professor | 1874 | Freeman’s Building | State & Union Sts. | Kennett Square | Photographer | CDVs. | |
| Mahlon, Theresa, 1857-1917 | Married name Yost | 1870+ | West Chester | Studio Attendant | |||
| Marshall, Abbie | (worked with husband, Edward S. Marshall) | 1881-1887 | Third floor of Darlington Building | SE corner of Market & High Streets | West Chester | Artist, photographer? | Hand-coloring |
| Marshall, Edward S., 1853-1916 | Paxson & Marshall | July 1876-May 28, 1877 | Opposite the Turk’s Head Hotel | High & Market Streets | West Chester | Artists | Cabinet cards, outdoor views, photographs with watercolors, oil or ink. |
| Marshall, Edward S., 1853-1916 | June 1877- June 1887 | Third floor of Darlington Building | SE corner of Market & High Streets | West Chester | Artist | CDV, cabinet cards, crayons, stereographs, outdoor views, | |
| Marshall, Ezra | (worked for brother Edward S. Marshall) | 1880 | West Chester | Photographer | |||
| Marshall, Levis P., 1850-1917 | June 1899-1913 | 10 West Gay St. | West Chester | Photographer | Cabinet cards, outdoor views, silver gelatin photographs | ||
| McClure, James S., d.1871 | 1860s-1871 | Waynesburg | |||||
| McCormick, Alexander, 1824-1907 | Photographic Art Studio | 1862?-1864 | Oxford | CDV | |||
| McCormick, Alexander, 1824-1907 | Oxford Photographic and Fine Art Gallery | 1864- February 1867 | Oxford Hall | Third & Market Streets | Oxford | CDV | |
| McCormick & Hayes | Alexander McCormick and George D. Hayes | March 1868 – December 1869 | Oxford Hall | Third & Market Streets | Oxford | Ambrotypes, sphereotypes, melainotypes, CDV, outdoor views | |
| McCormick, Alexander, 1824-1907 | 1870-1892 | Oxford Hall | Third & Market Streets | Oxford | CDV, cabinet cards, photographs, porcelain minatures, crayons, outdoor views, copying & enlarging. | ||
| McCutchen, F. | August 6, 1864 – July 29, 1865 | Corner of High & Market Sts. | West Chester | Photographer | Ambrotypes, CDV, tintypes, outdoor views | ||
| McGinley, Theodore Beaumont, ca. 1830- ca. 1900 | (working for Thomas W. Taylor) | 1870 | West Chester | Photographer | |||
| McGinley, Theodore Beaumont | McGinley’s Photograph and Ferrotype Gallery | 1871- March 29, 1873 | Above Thomas Travilla’s Store | No. 11 West Gay St. | West Chester | CDV, Ferrotypes, outdoor views | |
| McHugh, Elisha | (Apprentice of M. B. Yarnall) | 1860 | Schuylkill Twp. | Ambrotypist | Ambrotypes | ||
| Mentzer, J. K. | 1878-1879 | Downingtown | |||||
| Meredith, Lewis B. | 1860 | West Chester | Photographer | ||||
| Mohn, Faton C., 1864-1916 | Mohn’s Art Studio | 1897? | Chestnut St. | Coatesville | Cabinet cards | ||
| Mohn, Faton C., 1864-1916 | 1896-97 | Downing Ave., corner of Lancaster Ave. | Downingtown | Cabinet cards | |||
| Moore, John W. | 1860 | Cochranville | |||||
| Mott, Henry Oakley, 1874-1941 | Mott Portrait Company | 1899-1913 | Odd Fellows Hall | Third Ave., corner of Main | Coatesville | Photographer | Silver gelatin photographs |
| Mulford, Reading Bertron, 1837-1921 | 1867-early 1868 | No. 9 West Gay St. | West Chester | CDV | |||
| Murray, Cyrus J. | 1860-1861 | Marsh | |||||
| Nelson, Clara E., 1870-1954 | 1898-1902 | Kelton | Semi-professional | ||||
| Odiorne, John W., 1839-1866 | ? November 1865-October 1866 | Darlington Building | Corner of Market & High Sts. | West Chester | Photographer | CDV | |
| Odiorne & Shrieves | July 29, 1865 – ? November 1865 | Darlington Building | Corner of Market & High Sts. | West Chester | Photographers | CDV | |
| Painter, Hettie, 1822-1889 | 1851 | Opposite the Eagle Hotel | Gay St. | West Chester | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes | |
| Parker, George | June- August 1860 | Above William Butler’s law office | Gay St. | West Chester | Ambrotypist | Ambrotyypes | |
| Parker, Nathan, 1830-1861 | January 1856-November 1858 | Above William Butler’s law office | 48 E. Gay St. | West Chester | Ambrotypist | Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, crayontypes, stereo-daguerreotypes | |
| Parker, Nathan, 1830-1861 | Parker’s Temple of Art | November 1858 – August 1861 | Over Worrall’s Book Store | 7 West Gay St. | West Chester | Practical Photographer | Ambrotypes, CDV, plain photographs colored in oils, watercolor or inks, life-sized photographs |
| Paxson, Henry | 1870s-1884+ | West Chester | |||||
| Paxson, J. Charles, d. 1920 | Art Rooms | 1883-1888 | High & Market Streets | West Chester | Photograhic Artist | cabinet cards | |
| Paxson & Marshall (Henry Paxson & Edward S. Marshall) | July 1876- May 28, 1877 | Opposite the Turk’s Head Hotel | High & Market Streets | West Chester | Artists | Cabinet cards, outdoor views, photographs with watercolors, oil or ink. | |
| Pennypacker, Joseph | 1860-1861 | Lionville | |||||
| Peters, Norris, 1834-1889 | September 1852- June 1853 | Everhart’s Building | No. 5 Church St. | West Chester | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes | |
| Peters, Norris, 1834-1889 | Northern Skylight Daguerreian Gallery | July 1853 – ? 1853 | Townsend’s Building | Gay St. one door west of High St. | West Chester | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes |
| Phillips, R.W. | 1888-1889 | Avondale | |||||
| Pickard’s Penny Photographs | 1900-1910? | Phoenixville& Conshohocken | |||||
| Pierce, Phillip | 1855 | West Chester | |||||
| Pierce & Johnson | H. E. Pierce & George W. Johnson | December 1854- April 1855 | One door west of Townsend’s building | NW corner of Gay & High Sts. | West Chester | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes |
| Preston, Joseph | Dec. 1851 | Marlboro Village | Itinerant | ||||
| Price, Philip, 1824-1889 | Price & [Levi] Crowl | May-Dec 1850 | Everhart’s Building | Market St. | West Chester | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes |
| Pugh, Reese, 1828-1902 | 1855-1861 | E. Nottingham Twp. & Oxford | Daguerreotypist, Ambrotypist | Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes | |||
| Pyle, Charles H. | 1863-1864 | West Chester | Photographist | ||||
| Pyle, Edward | 1863 | West Chester | |||||
| Pyle, George, 1821-1888 | 1846-1850 | W. Marlborough Twp. & traveling to Ohio, Indiana, Virginia. | Itinerant/daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes | |||
| Reed, R. M. J., 1844-1922 | Richard M.J. Reed | 1867 | Over Worrall’s Book Store | No. 7 East Gay St. | West Chester | Photograph Artist | CDV |
| Roberts, Joseph P. | 1860s-1880s? | Honeybrook Twp. | |||||
| Roberts, W. W. | 1870s | West Chester | CDV | ||||
| Sachse, Julius Friedrich., 1842-1919 | 1880s? | Leopard [today, Berwyn] | Semi-professional | ||||
| Sampson, Lucy A., d.1920 | 1898-1920 | Berwyn | Photographer | Postcards | |||
| Schafer, J.A. | 1890s-1900s | Cor. King & Warren Ave. | Malvern | cabinet cards | |||
| Scott, C. R. | 1893-1894 | Romansville | |||||
| Seeholtz, William | 1896-1897 | Coatesville | Photographer | ||||
| Shoemaker, William L., 1843-1909 | 1887-1901 | 245 Bridge Street | Phoenixville | photographer & solar printer | Cabinet cards | ||
| Shrieves, Charles D., b. ca. 1834 | Shrieves & Battin [Marshall E. Battin] | November 1865 – April 1866 | above Worrall’s Book Store | No. 7 East Gay St. | West Chester | Ambrotypes, Ferrotypes, Photo-miniatures, Photographs, CDV, outdoor views, opalotypes | |
| Sigman, J. William, 1861-1954 | Worked for John M. Horning | 1881-1884 | 201 Bridge Street | Phoenixville | |||
| Sigman, J. William, 1861-1954 | 1885-1951 | 201 Bridge Street | Phoenixville | Photographer | Cabinet cards, Postcards, photographs | ||
| Smedley, Edmund, 1810-1885 | 1870-1871 | No. 9 West Gay St. | West Chester | Photographer | CDV | ||
| Smith, Harry W., 1872-1943 | 1896-1899 | Odd Fellows Hall | Third Ave. & Main Street | Coatesville | Photographer | Cabinet cards, copy work, crayons, coloring in ink, pastel & water colors | |
| Smith, J.A. | April 1860 | West Chester | |||||
| Stein, David | [Worked for J.S. Beecher] | 1873 | West Chester | Cabinet cards | |||
| Stoddard, Chester H. | 1890s | Speakman Hotel | 12 N. Second Ave. | Coatesville | |||
| Stroud, David | 1863 | Highland Twp. | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes | |||
| Swayne, Anna Belle, 1864-1931 | 1890-1920? | State Street near Union | Kennett Square | Artist | Albumen prints, platinum prints, gelatin photographs, cabinet cards, crayons. | ||
| Swoffer, John E., 1848-1935 | 1890-1891 | Third Ave. near PRR | Coatesville | Photographer | Cabinet cards | ||
| Taylor, Alfred | 1860-1861 | West Chester | |||||
| Taylor, Charles E. | 1893-1894 | Third Ave. Near Main | Coatesville | Photographer | |||
| Taylor, Jesse | 1860-1862 | West Chester | |||||
| Taylor, Jacob J. | 1860-1861 | West Chester | |||||
| Taylor, Thomas W., 1838-1904 | First Premium Gallery | ca.1862-1879 | No. 30 East Gay St. | West Chester | First Premium Artist | CDV, cabinet cards | |
| Taylor, Thomas W. | T.W. Taylor Art Studio, First Premium Studio | 1879-1882/1899 | No. 10 West Gay St. | West Chester | First Premium Artist, “Artist” | cabinet cards, crayons | |
| Thomas, Clarence Ward, 1870-1907 | Thomas Studio | 1896?-1899 | First Ave. near Culvert | Parkesburg | |||
| Thomas, Clarence Ward, 1870-1907 | Thomas Studio | 1900-1907 | 107 S. Third Ave. | Oxford | |||
| Thomas, Dora E. (Mrs. C. Ward) | Thomas Studio | 1907-1926 | Oxford | ||||
| Thomas Studio (Mr. & Mrs. C.W.T.) | Thomas Studio | 1900-1926 | 107 S. Third Ave. | Oxford | |||
| Treen, T.C. | after 1895 | West Chester | Cabinet cards | ||||
| Tubbs, A. B., b. 1801-? | July 1849 | Above J.J. Lewis Law office | Market St. [Lincoln Building] | West Chester | Daguerreotypes | ||
| Tyson | Photographic Art Studio | West Grove | Cabinet cards | ||||
| Tyson, Charles | ?-1893 | West Grove | |||||
| Tyson, Isaac G. | 1884-1887 | West Grove | |||||
| Unnamed Photographer | Traveling Photographer’s Wagon | June 1880 | Wagonseller’s Dam | Glen Moore | |||
| Unnamed Photographers | Itinerants | July 1881 | Kennett Square | Two men from New York | Landscape photographs | ||
| Valentine, Chalkley M., 1819-1880 | 1850 | Opposite Eagle Hotel | Gay Street | West Chester | Dentist | Daguerreotypes | |
| Valentine, Edwin M., 1832-1879 | 1855-1857? | South side Gay St. one door west of E. H. Townsend’s Store | Gay Street | West Chester | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes | |
| Valentine, Edwin M., 1832-1879 | 1860s | Over G.F. worrall’s Store | No. 7 East Gay St. | West Chester | Daguerreotypes, tintypes | ||
| Valentine, Edwin M., 1832-1879 | 1877-1878 | West Chester | |||||
| Van Osten, Thomas | July – October 1850 | Above Joseph J. Lewis Law office | Market Street [Lincoln Building] | West Chester | Practical Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes | |
| Waitneight | 1893 | 173 Bridge Street | Phoenixville | ||||
| Walker, Benjamin | 1890s | Evergreen Street | West Grove | Cabinet Cards | |||
| Wallace, Alexander | 1865 | Waynesburg [today Honey Brook] | |||||
| Wallace & Craig | 1864 | Waynesburg [today Honey Brook] | CDV | ||||
| Warren & Co. | October -November 1847 | Above Joseph J. Lewis Law office | Market St. [Lincoln Building] | West Chester | Daguerreotypes | ||
| West, Robert T., 1834-1907 | 1863? – April 1864 | No. 7 East Gay St. | West Chester | CDV | |||
| West, Robert T., 1834-1907 | Duval & West | April 1864 – mid 1864 | above Worrall’s Book Store | No. 7 East Gay St. | West Chester | CDV, Ferrotypes, Ivorytypes, photographs in oil & crayon, Ambrotypes | |
| West Robert T., 1834-1907 | (working for McCutcheon) | August 1864 – December 1864 | High & Market Streets | West Chester | |||
| West, William | 1863-1864 | Phoenixville | |||||
| West, William W., 1836-1898 | 1870 | West Vincent Twp. | Itinerant | CDVs. | |||
| West, William W., 1836-1898 | 1872 | Spring City | CDVs. | ||||
| West, William W., 1836-1898 | 1884-1899 | 133 N. Main | Spring City | ||||
| Wideber, Washington ? | 1867 | West Chestesr | Photographist | ||||
| Wiley, J. Thomas, 1853-1926 | Photographic Ferrotype Studio | 1884-1895 | Mobile studio parked at Third Street near Locust or Third & Broad Streets. | Oxford | Tintypes, cabinet cards, crayons, pastels, outdoor views, copying & enlarging. | ||
| Wiley, J. Thomas, 1853-1926 | April 1896 – 1897? | The Electric Block | South Third St. | Oxford | Cabinet cards, photographs | ||
| Wiley, J. Thomas, 1853-1926 | 1898 – ? | Mobile studio parked at Third & Broad Streets. | Photographer | ||||
| Willard, Oliver H., 1828-1875 | 1850 | Oxford | Itinerant daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes | |||
| Wilson, Jeremiah F.,1846-1901 | 1895-1900? | 245 Bridge Street | Phoenixville & Norristown | ||||
| Woodward, Eber, 1826-1888 | 1862-1867 | No. 1 corner Church & Gay Sts. | West Chester | Photographer | CDV, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes | ||
| Woodward, Charles E. | 1876 | West Chester | Photographer | ||||
| Woodward & Cheyney | Eber Woodward & William Cheyney | 1854-1856 | Hemphill Building | High St. | West Chester | Daguerreotypes | |
| Woodward, Eber, 1826-1888 | 1857 | Over Hughes Dry Goods Store, near White Hall Hotel | Gay St. | West Chester | Daguerreotypes & Ambrotypes | ||
| Woodward & Co. | 1859-1864? | West Chester | Ambrotypes & CDVs | ||||
| Woodward & Taylor | Eber Woodward & Jesse Taylor | 1860? – October 7, 1861 | West Chester | Daguerreotypes & ambrotypes | |||
| Woodward & Worthington | 1859 – ? | Opposite S. G. Snare’s Clothing Store | 13 W. Gay St. | West Chester | Daguerreotypes & Ambrotypes | ||
| Yarnall, David, 1848-1911 | Son of M.B. below | Philadelphia & Phoenixville? | |||||
| Yarnall, M.B. | Yarnall & Co. | 1852- spring 1853 | High St., 3 doors north of the Court House | West Chester | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes | |
| Yanall, M.B. | 1856 – 1860 | Schuylkill Twp. | Daguerreotypist | Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes | |||
| Yarnall, M. B., 1816-1888 | 1863-1887 | South side of Bridge St. (201 Bridge St.) | Phoenixville | Ambrotypist | Ambrotypes, CDV | ||
| Yarnall, M.B. | 1882-1888 | Spring Garden Street | Philadelphia | Photographer | |||
| Young, Robert, Jr., 1875-1953 | 1897-1899 | 154 E. Main Street | Coatesville | Photographer | Platinum prints, silver gelatin photographs | ||
| Young, Robert, Jr., 1875-1953 | 1900-1904 | 7 N. Second Ave. | Coatesville | Photographer | Platinum prints, silver gelatin photographs | ||
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