Names: | Other: Truman Ward Ingersoll
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| Active: | US | Stereoscopic photographer, backlists on stereoviews. Active: St.Paul, Minn.
Stereographs project Business locations St. Paul, MN, US [8-0] *[Truman Ward Ingersoll] "Photographer &
Publisher"; "Artotype Printers"; "High Grade
Original Views Sold Only by Canvassers",
"Official Photographer for St. Paul Ice Palace &
Carnival Assoc.". 40 East Third St.; 56 E. 6th
St.; 27 E. 3rd St. Most views on RMs, some on
CMs; B/Ls, ~4,000 usually fine views emphasizing
NW region such as Yellowstone Park, Pacific
Coast, SF fire, Canada, etc.; "Florida &
Southern Views", cactus, plants, etc.; many
hunting, fishing, animals; "Genre & Comics";
"Copybirds at Zoo"; "American Picturesque, New
Series"; "U.S. Naval and Cuban Views";
"Yellowstone National Park Series". Also major
pub. & dist. of fine colored half-tone
lithoviews, most using their own negs., domestic
& foreign, AK, China, etc. Co. took own views,
and pirated or bought others. Offered catalog.
Although major pub., much material is rare to
scarce; F.L. Baker, who pub. rare views under
his own imprint from North Star, OH is said to
have been Ingersoll's field manager; active
80-00. Ingersoll View Co. imprint appears to
have preceded or overlapped T.W. Ingersoll's own
view prod. T.K. Treadwell & William C. Darrah (Compiled by), Wolfgang, Sell (Updated by), 11/28/2003, Photographers of the United States of America, (National Stereoscopic Association) |
Credit: National Stereoscopic Association with corrections and additions by Alan Griffiths and others. |
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