Directory of Minnesota Photographers - V

Individual Photographers (alphabetical by last name)

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Vail, A. B.

Locations:

     Address: Canton, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1914

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s


Vallely, Desmond

Gender: Male

Locations:

     Address: Kenyon, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1911-1912

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s


Vallinder, Gotfind


Van Antwerp, Edward

Gender: Male

Locations:

     Address: Cleveland, Minnesota

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s


Van Blarcom, A.

Also Known As: Van Blarcom, Harris

Place of Birth: Granville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Date of Birth: 1847

Place of Death: Ely, Minnesota

Date of Death: May 19, 1905

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Canadian-American

Locations:

     Address: Tower, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1886-1887

     Address: Ely, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1888-1892

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s


Van Buskirk, James

Gender: Male

Locations:

     Address: Third between Myrtle and Mulberry (Chestnut?), Stillwater, Minnesota

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s


Vance, George I.

Locations:

     Address: Winona, Minnesota

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s


Vanderbloom, N. J.

Locations:

     Address: Ely, Minnesota

     Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1918

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s


Vanderwarker, Henry H.

Gender: Male

Studio: Karker & Vanderwarker

Studio: Vanderwarker & Nally

Locations:

     Address: 619 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1896-1899

     Address: 623 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1900-1901

     Address: Flat 1, 1600 Fourth Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1911

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s


Van Duzer, Lotta E.

Gender: Female

Studio: Gopher Grove Photo Company

Locations:

     Address: 168 North Victoria, Saint Paul, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1899

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s


VanKeuren , F. F.

Locations:

     Address: 105 East Third Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1898-1899

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s

Notes: Advertised enlarging in crayon and watercolors as a specialty.


Van Kirk, M. B.

Also Known As: Van Kirk, Marshall B.

Studio: Reynolds and Keene

Studio: Van Kirk and Keene

Locations:

     Address: Redwood Falls, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1894-1896

     Address: Mankato, Minnesota

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s

Notes: Also worked in George Eldon Keene's Mankato gallery.


Van Vranken, Earl M.

Locations:

     Address: Winona, Minnesota

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s; 1930s


Van Vranken, Jasper I.

Place of Birth: Janesville, Wisconsin

Date of Birth: March 4, 1876

Gender: Male

Studio: Van Vranken Studio

Locations:

     Address: Janesville, Wisconsin

     Address: Whitewater, Wisconsin

     Address: Watertown, Wisconsin

     Address: Baraboo, Wisconsin

     Address: 75-77 East Third Street, Winona, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1902-1904

     Address: near Center on Fourth, Winona, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1906

     Address: 57 West Fourth Street, Winona, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1908, 1912, 1941

     Address: Corner of King and Lafayette, Winona, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1910

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s

Notes: Was also a photographer for the Winona Daily News in the early 1900s.


Van Zee, Ron M.

Gender: Male

Locations:

     Address: Stillwater, Minnesota

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1970s


Vardelin, Henry

Gender: Male

Locations:

     Studio: Lofquist & Vardelin

     Address: 1001 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1893

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s


Varley, Harry C.


Varney, John C.

Place of Birth: Maine

Gender: Male

Studio: Essery Photograph Gallery

Locations:

     Address: 211 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1891-1893

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s

Notes: Took over the Essery Photograph Gallery in 1891.


Varney, O. L.

Gender: Male

Locations:

     Address: Luverne, Minnesota

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s


Vernon, C. D.

Locations:

     Address: Minneota, Minnesota?

       Dates of operation: 1902

     Address: 45 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1909

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s


Vesty, William

Gender: Male

Studio: Vesty's Studio

Locations:

     Address: Sandstone, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1916

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s

Successor: Levie, Fred

Notes: Sold to Fred Levie in 1916.


Veyrac, James

Locations:

     Address: 419 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1882-1883

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s


Viken, M. J.

Gender: Male

Locations:

     Address: Montevideo, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1898-1899

     Address: Dawson, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1896-1898, 1904-1914, 1918, 1922

     Address: Boyd, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1918, 1922

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s

Successor: Wangsness, G. K.


Viken, Norman J.

Gender: Male

Locations:

     Address: 5201 Duncraig Road, Edina, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1960, 1974

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1960s; 1970s


Vikla, J. P.

Also Known As: Vikla, John P.

Also Known As: Vilka, J. P.

Also Known As: Vilka, J. J.

Date of Birth: February 9, 1871

Place of Death: Lonsdale, Minnesota

Date of Death: November 23, 1957

Locations:

     Address: Rice County, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1907, 1913-1914, 1918

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s


Vikre, Geneva

Gender: Female

Studio: Vikre Studio

Locations:

     Address: 228 Second Street, Ortonville, Minnesota

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s

Predecessor: Farrington, Theodore

Predecessor: Farrington, Elizabeth

Successor: Vikre, Harold

Successor: Vikre, Marie


Vikre, Harold

Gender: Male

Locations:

     Address: 228 Second Street, Ortonville, Minnesota

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s

Predecessor: Vikre, Peter

Predecessor: Vikre, Geneva

Successor: Bjerk, Dave

Successor: Berk, Candy


Vikre, Marie

Date of Death: 1968

Gender: Female

Locations:

     Address: 228 Second Street, Ortonville, Minnesota

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1940s; 1950s; 1960s

Predecessor: Vikre, Peter

Predecessor: Vikre, Geneva

Successor: Bjerk, Dave

Successor: Bjerk, Candy


Vikre, Peter B.

Gender: Male

Studio: Vikre Studio

Locations:

     Address: 228 Second Street, Ortonville, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1914

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s

Predecessor: Farrington, Theodore

Predecessor: Farrington, Elizabeth

Successor: Vikre, Harold

Successor: Vikre, Marie


Villard, Harold J.

Gender: Male

Locations:

     Address: 907 Ninth Avenue South, South Saint Paul, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1963

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1960s


Vinn, W. S.

Locations:

     Address: 327 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1891

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s


Voigt, I. H.

Locations:

     Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1918

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s


Voigtlaender, Otto L.

Place of Birth: Adrian, Minnesota

Date of Birth: April 28, 1878

Date of Death: 1964

Gender: Male

Studio: Voigtlaender Studio

Locations:

     Address: Lake City, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1907-1953

     Address: 302 South Washington Street, Lake City, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1914

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s

Notes: Lake City photographer for 45 years.


Vollmar, Edwin J.

Locations:

     Address: Red Wing, Minnesota

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s


Voorhies, Olive V.

Gender: Female

Locations:

     Address: 133 North Broadway, Albert Lea, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1916

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s


Vosburgh, Harold

Date of Birth: December 24, 1891

Gender: Male

Locations:

     Address: Austin, Minnesota

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s


Vosburgh, Martin H.

Place of Birth: Columbus, Wisconsin

Date of Birth: July 10, 1861

Gender: Male

Locations:

     Address: 414 North Main, Austin, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1905

     Address: 412 North Main, Austin, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1911

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s

Predecessor: Austin, E. H.

Moved To: Osage, Iowa


Voss, C. L.

Studio: Voss & Cappelen

Locations:

     Address: Glenwood, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1914, 1918, 1922

     Address: Morris, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1918, 1922

     Address: Benson, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1920, 1922

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s


Voss, Harry C.

Locations:

     Address: 408 South Brimhall Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota


Voss, Pearl

Gender: Female

Locations:

     Address: Glenwood, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1926

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s


Vouk, Aloys B.

Also Known As: Vouk, A. B.

Locations:

     Address: 511 Saint Germain, Saint Cloud, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1900-1903

     Studio: Vouk Photo Company

     Address:

       Dates of operation: 1904-1907

     Address: 509 1/2 Saint Germain, Saint Cloud, Minnesota

       Dates of operation: 1908-1914

Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s