Massillon History: Business: Photography Studios
PDF Information on Photography Studios:
Massillon Photography Studio Logos and dates
Massillon Photography Studio Examples
Locations:
Google Map of Massillon Photography Studio locations
Massillon Photography Studios by Year:
| Years in Business | Photographer name(s) | Notes |
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1843-1859 |
Abel Fletcher |
Inventor of the paper negative (calotype). Captured the earliest views of Massillon, Ohio, and its people. His photographic career ended while he mixed chemicals, which exploded and blinded him in 1859. Some photographs preserved in the collection of the Massillon Museum, and many are preserved by the Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Click here for their Abel Fletcher Collection overview. |
| 1859-1866 | M.M. (Martha) Fletcher |
When Abel was blinded, he taught his wife Martha to navigate the studio and the dark room. When her health began to fail, William Wilson took over the studio. |
| 1860 | E. (Edward) Archbold |
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| 1865 | Wertzbacher |
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| c.1865-1900 | Union Galleries |
AKA Grossklaus, Ricksecker & Co. |
| 187? | S.M. Kirby |
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| 1876-1892 | J. (Jacob) C. Haring |
(MPL says 1900) |
| 1876-1884 | F. B. McConnell & Son |
(Corner of Erie & Main) |
| 1876-1959 | L.L. Shertzer |
(MPL shows 1886-1888) |
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1888 |
Star Photographic Gallery | |
| 1889-1900 | Teeple’s Gallery | (Also Trio Studios, both Theodore C. Teeple) located 1889-1891 in Warwick block. Glass plate negatives in collection of Massillon Museum |
| 1894-1928 | L. (Louis) L. Volkmor |
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| 1895-1901 | Clementz |
E. (Edmund) Clementz |
| 1898-1920 | Becker Studio (successor to J.C. Haring) |
Father of Nell Becker Dorr, famous photographer |
| 1898-1938 | The Baltzly Company |
Stanley Baltzly MV says 1929-1938 Glass plate negatives in collection of Massillon Museum |
| 1900-1940 | Ritter Bros. |
(Also Ritter Studio, Frank I. and James E. Ritter) |
| 1915-1920 | Frank Lonas |
(later Lonas & Bair) |
| 1915-1925 | W.T. Pennington |
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| 1920-1923 | Lonas & Bair |
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| 1925-1936 | Bair Studio |
(Leonard T. Bair, previous Lonas & Bair) |
| 1923-1960 | Massillon Studio |
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| 1923-1925 | Guy St. John (Successor to Becker Studio) |
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| 1926 | Ziegler’s Studio |
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| 1927-1932 | Russell Studio |
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| 1927-1936 | M. (Marion) L. Weirich |
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| 1930 | H.C. Young |
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| 1931-1940 | The Baltzly Co. (processing) |
photo processing in Baltzly Drug Store |
| 1933-1940 | E.J. (Edmund) Michael |
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| 1936-1966 | Davis Studio | (Clayton T. Davis) Collection at the Massillon Museum |
| 1936-1938 | Fosston Studio |
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| 1936-1940 | J.E. McLain Camera Shop |
(John E. Jr.) |
| 1940-1956 | Rembrandt Studio |
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| 1942- present | Weslin Studio |
(MPL says until 1945) |
| 1942-1945 | Muir Photo Laboratories |
(Muir Drug Store) |
| 1945 | Amherst Studio |
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| 1945-1950 | Graham Camera Shop |
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| 1950-1952 | E.P. Burhen |
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| 1956-1958 | A.B. Duncan |
(also listed as A.P. Duncan, MV says 1954) |
| 1974-1975 | Barclay- Walsh Filmmakers |
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| 1979-1987 | Gallery Studio |
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| 1979- | Olan Mills |
(in Kmart), 2600 Lincoln Way E, Massillon, OH 44646 |
| 1981- | Tom Lazaroff |
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| 1981-1987 | United Labs |
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| 1985 | Bryan Corban Photography |
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| 1985 | Captive Images |
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| 2001- present | Tidwell’s Photography |
50 N Erie St, Massillon, OH 44646 |
| ? – present | Gallery Studio Designer Photography |
2897 Aaronwood Ave NE, Massillon, OH 44646 |
Additional photographers with unknown dates:
| Years in Business | Photographer name(s) | Notes |
| United Studios of America | (Dean Nelson) | |
| c.1890s-1910s | A.J. Miller | MassMu glass plate negative collection |
| c.1890s-1910s | George McCall | MassMu glass plate negative collection |
| 1890s-1910s | William Bennett | Mostly Navarre photographs MassMu glass plate negative collection, prints |
A note about sources:
Compiled by Archivist Mandy Altimus Pond, Margy Vogt, volunteer Charlie Buhecker, and Massillon Public Library Business and Industry Database, Massillon Museum clipping files, historic photographs, and city directory listings. Some listings differ, as noted next to photographer listings.
