Directory of Minnesota Photographers - W
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Waale, Thomas
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 311 La Bree Avenue North, Thief River Falls, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1945
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1940s
Wachob, Glenn
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 221 West Main, Pipestone, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1950s; 1960s; 1970s
Predecessor: Claseman, S. G.
Successor: Kragh, Ken
Wachtel, E. H.
Locations:
Address: Two Harbors, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902-1904
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Successor: Overland, A. P.
Notes: Sold to A. P. Overland.
Wagner, David
Gender: Male
Studio: Florman-Wagner Studio
Locations:
Address: 30 East Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1929
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Wagner, Gust
Locations:
Address: Aitkin, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1896
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Wagner, J. G.
Locations:
Address: Brainerd, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1895
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Wahlstrom, Amanda
Also Known As: Walstrom, Amanda
Also Known As: Whalstrom, Amanda
Place of Birth: Sweden
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Swedish-American
Locations:
Address: 235 Third, Wadena, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899, 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Successor: Sargeant (?)
Moved To: Sweden
Waite, Ralph M.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 4112 Robinson, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1958
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1950s
Wakonabo, James A.
Locations:
Address: Coffey, Minnesota
Walden, Mathias
Studio: Carlson & Walden
Locations:
Address: 705 East Fourth, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1931
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1930s
Waldron, G. E.
Locations:
Address: Winnebago City, Minnesota
Wales, Charles E.
Gender: Male
Notes: Bookseller in Minneapolis 1860s; Son of William W. Wales; Had many Beal negatives; Probably not a photographer himself.
Wales, William W.
Place of Birth: Iredell County, North Carolina
Date of Birth: March 14, 1818
Gender: Male
Studio: Wales Art Gallery
Studio: Wales & Company
Locations:
Address: 423 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1889
Address: 307 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s
Notes: Sold photographs and photo supplies along with books, picture frames, etc.
Walker, E. C.
Locations:
Address: Wykoff, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Walker, Robert W.
Place of Birth: Canada
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Canadian-American
Locations:
Address: 69 West Third Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1888
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Wall, E. J.
Locations:
Address: 175 Milford, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Wall, G. A.
Locations:
Address: Fifteenth and Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1893
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Wallace, William
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Dassel, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Wallenius, Armas
Locations:
Address: 10 Lake Avenue North, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1942
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1940s
Wallin, Charles A.
Also Known As: Wallin, C. A.
Gender: Male
Studio: Wallin's Studio
Locations:
Address: 307 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1893
Address: 511 Saint Germain, Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1895
Address: 188 or 189 East Seventh?, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1906-1908
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Wallof, William G.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Walz, George
Locations:
Address: Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1884-1885
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Walz, John
Also Known As: Walch, John
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Watkins, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914, 1918, 1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Walz, William
Place of Death: Albany, Minnesota
Date of Death: April 15, 1915 (?)
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Moved To: Albany, Minnesota
Wange, Sylvester Peter
Also Known As: Wange, S. P.
Also Known As: Wenge, S. P.
Place of Birth: Gudbrandsdalen, Norway
Date of Birth: December 6, 1866
Place of Death: Clay County, Minnesota
Date of Death: January 31, 1956
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Norwegian-American
Studio: Wange Studio
Locations:
Address: Ada, Minnesota
Address: Hawley, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1898, 1910-1912, 1918, 1926
Address: Audubon, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1900-1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s
Notes: Combined business: photo studio and barber shop.
Wangsness, G. K.
Also Known As: Wangness, G. K.
Locations:
Address: Dawson, Minnesota
Address: Appleton, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Address: 400 Washington, Northfield, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s
Predecessor: Viken, M. J.
Wanzer, W. H.
Gender: Male
Studio: Elmer & Wanzer
Locations:
Address: 76 East Third, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1908-1916
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s
Notes: Photographic supply retailer.
Warkentine, Eldon
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Mountain Lake, Minnesota
Warner, Arthur C.
Locations:
Address: Chamber of Commerce, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Warner, Mrs. F. S.
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: Dawson, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Warnlund, J. F.
Locations:
Address: 25 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1875
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Warren, Arthur H.
Locations:
Address: Winona, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Warren, C. L.
Locations:
Address: 302 Saint Anthony Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1907
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Warwick, W. T.
Locations:
Address: Mankato, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s
Washburn, E. G.
Place of Birth: Franklin County, New York
Date of Birth: October 5, 1864
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Spring Valley, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1901, 1904, 1912
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s
Predecessor: Schofield, Lucius M.
Notes: In partnership with Lucius M. Schofield until 1889 (?), and later bought him out.
Washburn, H. E.
Locations:
Address: Hutchinson, Minnesota
Address: Lake Boulevard, Buffalo, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Predecessor: Gravenslund, John H.
Successor: Barkuloo, W. C.
Notes: Advertised himself as the successor to John Gravenslund in 1894; Sold business to W. C. Barkuloo in 1900.
Washburn, W. W.
Studio: Washburn & Bennett
Locations:
Address: Bush Street, Red Wing, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1869-1870
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1870s
Washington, Richard M.
Waterman,
Locations:
Address: 202 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Waters, Edith
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: Redwood Falls, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Watkins, C. J.
Locations:
Address: Renville, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Watkins, C. T.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s
Predecessor: Tuttle, Moses C.
Watkins, Margaret
Gender: Female
Studio: Mrs. Watkins' Gallery
Locations:
Address: Third, between Wabasha and Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1863
Address: 220 Third Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1864
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s
Watson,
Locations:
Address: Preston, Minnesota
Watson, Charles H.
Gender: Male
Studio: Watson & Anderson
Locations:
Address: 129-131 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1887-1889
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Wear, H. D.
Locations:
Address: 463 1/2 West Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Weaver, L. E.
Locations:
Address: Brainerd, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Notes: Possibly itinerant.
Webb, Charles H.
Gender: Male
Studio: Webb & Curtius
Locations:
Address: 211 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1893
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Webb, Daniel W.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 306 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s
Notes: Stereographs.
Webster, Agnes I.
Gender: Female
Studio: Gopher Grove Photo Company
Locations:
Address: 168 North Victoria, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Webster, Frank W.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Webster, Mrs. H. C.
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: Winnebago, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1878-1880
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s
Webster, R. W.
Locations:
Address: Mabel, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Webster, W. N.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Wedmark, John P.
Place of Birth: Lansing, Iowa
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 127-129 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1892
Address: 239 Twentieth Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1911-1913
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s
Predecessor: Hatter & Burdock
Moved To: Tacoma, Washington
Notes: Purchased Hatter & Burdock studio in 1892; Moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1913.
Wedmark, P. H.
Locations:
Address: 407 Baltimore, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1900-1901
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Weeks, William S.
Place of Birth: Hartland, Wisconsin
Date of Birth: 1866
Gender: Male
Studio: Angell & Weeks
Studio: Weeks Studio
Locations:
Address: Atwater, Minnesota
Address: Grove City, Minnesota
Address: Litchfield, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1889-1898
Address: Hanson Block, Litchfield, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s
Notes: In partnership with Clark L. Angell until 1896; Branch studios in Atwater and Grove City.
Wegner, O. W.
Locations:
Address: Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Weina, John
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Holding's Ford, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Weinberg, Joseph
Gender: Male
Studio: New England Portrait Company
Locations:
Address: 515 Burrows Building, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1896
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Weiskopf, Leopold
Gender: Male
Studio: Weiskopf & Morgeneier
Locations:
Address: Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1882-1883
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Welch, C. R.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Weller, L. P.
Studio: Weller & Crandall
Locations:
Address: Preston, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902, 1910
Address: Morris, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Notes: Offered crayon, ink, and watercolors.
Welles, H. A.
Locations:
Address: 217 West Broadway, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1916
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Wenger, J. A.
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Wenger, W. J.
Locations:
Address: Campbell, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Wenzer, John
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Anthony Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1850s
Wenzin, John
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Main Street, Stillwater, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1856
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1850s
Notes: Ambrotypes.
Werner, Margaret Stanley
Date of Death: August 7, 1995
Gender: Female
Locations:
Studio: Werner Studio
Address: Chaska, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s
Notes: Partner with husband, Wilbur E. Werner in long-running photography studio in Chaska.
Werner, Reinhold
Date of Death: June 1980
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Dakota County, Minnesota
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Werner, Wilbur E.
Place of Death: Minnesota
Date of Death: June 14, 1963
Gender: Male
Locations:
Studio: Werner Studio
Address: Main Street, Chaska, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1908, 1910, 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s
Notes: Learned photography from Howard M. Oerter and then bought Chaska business from him in 1908; Operated studio through the 1930s.
Westberg, L. E.
Locations:
Address: 104 First Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1899
Address: 24 North Twenty-first Avenue West, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1903
Address: 2330 West Third Street, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1907, 1918, 1921, 1934
Address: 2973 Exeter, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1920
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s
Westberg, Peter
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 2101 West Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1907
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Westbye, Mina
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1907
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Predecessor: Lien, A. P.
Notes: Took over gallery of A. P. Lien in 1907.
Westergren, Charles
Date of Birth: 1854
Date of Death: 1914
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Stillwater, Minnesota
Address: Marine on Saint Croix, Minnesota
Address: Cedarholm, Minnesota ?
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s
Westerlund, John
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Westman, Walfrid
Also Known As: Westman, Walfried
Also Known As: Westman, W.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914, 1922
Address: 1425 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Westman, William
Also Known As: Westman, Bill
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Alexandria, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1917-1918, 1932
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1930s
Weston, John T.
Gender: Male
Studio: Weston & Scott
Locations:
Address: 16 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1907
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Westover, Joseph
Locations:
Address: 925 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Westphal, Henry
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 207 South Front, Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1888
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Westphal, Hermann
Locations:
Address: Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1886-1887
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Wetherby, Charles C.
Also Known As: Wetherby, C. C.
Also Known As: Weatherby, C. C.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 106 Dakota Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Studio: Dapron & Wetherby
Address: 93 East Seventh Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1885
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Successor: Shepherd, Harry
Notes: Sold business at 93 East Seventh Street to Harry Shepherd in 1887.
Wetmore, William
Gender: Male
Studio: William's Studio
Locations:
Address: 416 Main, Gaylord, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1970s, 1980s
Predecessor: Schuster, Jack
Wettschreck, Walter H.
Gender: Male
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s
Wetzel, Conrad
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Park Rapids, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1892-1895
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Wetzel, Conrad , Jr.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Perham, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1882-1888
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Wetzel, G.
Locations:
Address: Perham, Minnesota
Wheeler, Frederick G.
Studio: Wheeler & Haas
Locations:
Address: 111 Cumberland Block, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1889
Address: 229 Rochester Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1890
Address: 42 Collom Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1891-1893
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Wheeler, Idelle
Gender: Female
Studio: Wheeler Studios
Locations:
Address: 112 West Saint Andrews, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1930
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1930s
Wheeler, J. A.
Locations:
Address: 114 East Superior, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1911
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Wheeler, Mrs. J. G.
Locations:
Address: Kasson, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1869-1870
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1870s
Wheeler, Maxwell A.
Gender: Male
Studio: Wheeler Studios
Locations:
Address: 112 West Saint Andrews, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1941
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1940s
Wheeler, Thomas J.
Place of Birth: England
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: English-American
Locations:
Address: Stewartville, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914-1918, 1922
Address: Pleasant Grove, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s; 1930s
Wheelis, J. A.
Locations:
Address: 1315 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
White, H. H.
Locations:
Address: Federal Dam, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
White, Mrs. N. E.
Gender: Female
Studio: White & Thompson
Locations:
Address: 611 First Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1893
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
White, P. O.
Whitehead, A.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Anthony Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1850s
Whitehouse, J. E.
Locations:
Address: South Seventh, 1 East of Ramsey, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1906
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Whitesides, William
Also Known As: Whiteside, William
Place of Birth: Saint Louis, Missouri
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Ashland, Wisconsin
Address: Houghton, Michigan
Address: 19 East Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1882-1883
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s
Whiting, E. E.
Locations:
Address: Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1895
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Whiting, W.
Locations:
Address: Clitherall, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1880-1881
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Whitney, E. L.
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s
Whitney, J. H.
Studio: J. H. Whitney's Fine Art Gallery
Locations:
Address: Broadway, Rochester, Minnesota
Address: Bank Block, Rochester, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s
Whitney, Joel Emmons
Also Known As: Whitney, J. E.
Place of Birth: Phillips, Maine
Date of Birth: May 18, 1822
Place of Death: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Date of Death: January 20, 1886
Gender: Male
Studio: Whitney's Gallery
Locations:
Studio: Whitney & Nichols
Address: Third, above Robert Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1851
Address: Third and Cedar Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1851-1867
Studio: Combs & Whitney
Address: 174 Third Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1867-1869
Studio: Whitney & Zimmerman
Address: 174 Third Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1870-1871
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1850s; 1860s; 1870s
Successor: Zimmerman, Charles A.
Business Relationship With: Martin's Art Gallery
Moved To: Atlanta, Georgia; Chattanooga, Tennessee
Notes: Taught by Alexander Hesler of Chicago; Offered daguerreotypes and stereographs; Briefly in partnership with George C. Nichols; Turned over gallery operations to Moses C. Tuttle in 1857; Resumed management of gallery in 1858; In partnership with William S. Combs 1867-1869; Purchased Martin's Art Gallery from contemporary James Edgar Martin in 1869; Employed and then partnered with Charles A. Zimmerman; Sources indicate that his business was sold to two different photographers, Charles A. Zimmerman and Otto C. Pasel.
Whitney, John C.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Whitstruck, Frederick H.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Address: 301 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1878-1879
Studio: Zimmerman and Whitstruck
Address: 9 West Third, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1888-1889
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s; 1880s
Notes: Employed by Charles Alfred Zimmerman as a retoucher.
Wicht, Ernest
Locations:
Address: 4617 Pitt, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1952
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1950s
Wicker, John H.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1880-1881
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Widmark,
Locations:
Address: Scandia, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Widmark, Oscar A.
Also Known As: Widmark, O. A.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Bethel, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1904, 1906, 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s
Wiebmer, Charles H.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Studio: Kraft & Wiebmer
Address: 98 West Fourth, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1911-1914
Address: 1816 Selby Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1913
Address: 401-402 Lowry Annex, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914-1917
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Notes: In partnership with George Kraft.
Wiggins, S. D.
Locations:
Address: Portage Avenue between Second and Third Streets, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1869-1870
Address: 11 East Second Street, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1872
Address: 13 East Second Street, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1875
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1870s
Wiggins, Silas T.
Also Known As: Wiggins, S. T.
Place of Birth: Bangor, Maine
Date of Birth: July 21, 1831
Gender: Male
Studio: Wiggins & Barnes
Locations:
Address: Union Block, Winona, Minnesota
Address: Second Street, Winona, Minnesota
Address: Second between Main and Johnson, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1866-1867
Address: 11 East Second Street, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1868, 1872
Address: 13 East Second Street, Winona, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1875
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1870s
Successor: Chamberlain, Den
Moved To: Iowa City, Iowa
Notes: Stereographs.
Wiklund, Laurentz
Also Known As: Wiklund, Laurenz
Place of Birth: Sweden
Date of Birth: October 31, 1859
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Swedish-American
Locations:
Address: Chicago, Illinois
Dates of operation: 1879-1880
Address: Cambridge, Illinois
Dates of operation: 1880
Address: 111 East Seventh Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1880
Address: 165 East Seventh Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1881
Address: 3rd floor, 223 South Main, Stillwater, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1884-1885
Address: Over post office, Stillwater, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1887
Address: 114 South Second, Stillwater, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1890-1893
Address: 620 1/2 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolois
Dates of operation: 1908
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s
Wikstrom, John
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Isanti, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Wilbur, Elmer C.
Gender: Male
Studio: Boyd & Wilbur
Locations:
Address: 227 Superior Street East, Duluth, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1887-1888
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Notes: Combined business: Photo studio and ladies hair parlor.
Wilcox, Howard L.
Gender: Male
Studio: Howard L. Wilcox Studio
Locations:
Address: 1008 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1930s
Wilcox, Irvin
Also Known As: Wilcox, I.
Gender: Male
Studio: I. Wilcox and Son
Locations:
Address: Winnebago City, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Wild, A. B.
Locations:
Address: Browns Valley, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Wilenski, Harris J.
Locations:
Address: 81 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1888
Studio: Wilenski & Lazarus
Address: 81 East Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1889
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Wiley, W. G.
Locations:
Address: Sanborn, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: ca. 1900s
Wilken, Charles
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Wilkinson, D. E.
Locations:
Address: 24 1/2 South Sixth, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1891
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Will, Willie H.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Willey, A. B.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Williams, A. S.
Locations:
Address: 15 Central Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Williams, Arus S.
Date of Death: May 1, 1911
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Williams, J. B.
Locations:
Address: Hutchinson, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Williams, J. E.
Locations:
Address: Northfield, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1882-1883
Address: Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1886-1887
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Williams, James E.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Granite Falls, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Williams, James M.
Gender: Male
Studio: Day & Night Studio
Locations:
Address: 3 1/2 Broadway South, Rochester, Minnesota
Address: 12 1/2 Broadway South, Rochester, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1930
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1930s
Williams, S. T.
Locations:
Address: Winona, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Williamson, C. F.
Locations:
Address: 18 Collom Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898
Address: 327 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Williamson, C. S.
Locations:
Address: 44 Collom Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1900
Address: 27 South Fourth, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1901
Address: 23 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Willin, Fred
Locations:
Address: 2 South Broadway, Gilbert, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Willin, W. F.
Locations:
Address: Gilbert, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1920, 1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Willinger, Robert J.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 2735 Rice Street, Apt. 204, Roseville, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1971
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1970s
Willius, O.
Studio: R. F. & O. Willius
Willius, R. F.
Also Known As: Willius, R. F. Jo
Studio: R. F. & O. Willius
Locations:
Address: 335 Robert, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Wilson, Chester Sawyer
Date of Birth: 1886
Date of Death: 1983
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Stillwater, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s
Notes: Amateur photographer.
Wilson, Frank T.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Stillwater, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s
Notes: Amateur photographer.
Wilson, George
Locations:
Address: Janesville, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1884-1885
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone
Date of Birth: 1868
Date of Death: 1930
Gender: Male
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Wilson, Henry M.
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Wilson, Ruth
Gender: Female
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Wiltse, George G.
Also Known As: Witse, G. G.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Red Wing, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1882-1883
Address: Red Wing, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894
Address: 1324 Walnut, Red Wing, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Wiltse, W. M.
Locations:
Address: Menahga, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Winne, Frank
Gender: Male
Studio: Huntington & Winne
Locations:
Address: 60 West Third, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1874
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1870s
Winslow, H. S.
Locations:
Studio: Exposition Gallery
Address: 505 Central Avenue (east division), Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1887-1888
Address: 501 Central Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1890
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Winter, W. L.
Locations:
Address: 1816 Selby Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1913
Address: 1585 Selby Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1915
Address: 1583 1/2 Selby Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1921
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Winterhalter, H.
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Winthrop, H. W.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Wirsing, Theodore A.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Annandale, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Address: Maple Lake, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902, 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s
Wirte, Jacob
Locations:
Address: 612 West Lake, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1913-1915
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Withrow, Mrs. A. C.
Gender: Female
Locations:
Address: 2720 Washington Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1915
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Witte, George
Locations:
Address: Jordan, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Woehning, H. C.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Woehning, Henry
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Aitkin, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Wojtszek, Stanislaus
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Wold, Charles
Locations:
Address: 1313 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Wold, Ludvig A.
Gender: Male
Studio: Carlson & Wold
Studio: Wold & Baklund
Studio: Wold & Forsberg
Studio: Wold & Simons
Locations:
Address: Atwater, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1893
Address: Willmar, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1888-1900, 1904, 1906
Address: 301 Fifth Street, Willmar, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902, 1907
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s
Notes: Opened a branch studio of Wold & Baklund at Atwater.
Wolf, Ernest
Also Known As: Wollf, Ernest
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Portview, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902-1904
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Wolf, Roman W.
Also Known As: Wolf, R. W.
Locations:
Address: 230 Twentieth Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1903-1910
Address: 614 Twentieth Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s; 1910s
Wolfe, Amede
Locations:
Address: Terrebonne, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Wolfenden, T. E.
Locations:
Address: Delano, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1902
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Wolfenden, Thomas E.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Wolff, Russell J.
Gender: Male
Studio: Wolff & Associates
Locations:
Address: Stillwater, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1960s
Wommer, Frederic
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Wong, Bing
Locations:
Address: 2922 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1974
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1950s; 1970s
Wood, H. L.
Locations:
Address: Grey Eagle, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Wood, I. P.
Locations:
Address: Delano, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1895
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Wood, John William
Place of Birth: Ohio
Date of Birth: October 29, 1856
Place of Death: Lake City, Minnesota
Date of Death: January 1908
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Lake City, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1884-1894
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s
Woodall, Howard J.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 1546 Glenhill Road, Arden Hills, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1966
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1960s
Woodard, F. A.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918
Studio: Woodard Studio
Address: 1014 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Woodbury, J. K.
Locations:
Address: College Street corner Main, Rochester, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1869-1870
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1870s
Woodridge, Maro M.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Woodring, John E.
Gender: Male
Studio: Minnesota View Company
Locations:
Address: 1924 Fourth Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1913
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Woods, James M.
Place of Birth: Georgetown, Ohio
Date of Birth: May 25, 1838
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Anoka, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1878-1881
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1870s; 1880s
Predecessor: Cook
Woods, Marion
Locations:
Address: Main Street near Second Avenue, Anoka, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1869-1870
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1870s
Woodward, F. A.
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1920
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1920s
Woodworth, C. Z.
Studio: C. Z. Woodworth Company
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918
Address: Chatfield, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Woodworth, O. H.
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1894-1895
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Woollett, Alfred E.
Also Known As: Woollet, A. E.
Locations:
Address: 110 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1889
Address: 240 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1891
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s; 1890s
Worm, Amdi
Studio: Juul-Worm Photo Company
Locations:
Address: 349 Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1908
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Wornson, John E.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Fourth Street, Gaylord, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1904, 1906
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1920s
Predecessor: Foster, J. J.
Notes: In 1904 took over the photo gallery established by J. J. Foster in Gaylord.
Wright, Albert L.
Locations:
Address: 109 South Front, Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1919-1920
Address: 128 1/2 East Jackson, Mankato, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1921-1922
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Wright, Arthur
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 512 Selby Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1905
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Wright, C. E.
Place of Birth: Montrose, Minnesota
Date of Birth: 1867
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Buffalo, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1892-1895
Address: Lake Boulevard, Waverly, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1899
Address: Montrose, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Predecessor: Hall, Marcus A.
Successor: Currior, C. W.
Notes: Purchased the Marcus A. Hall business in Buffalo in 1892; Moved back to Montrose in 1895 and sold gallery to C. W. Currior.
Wright, Edgar
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Red Wing, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1860s; 1880s; 1890s
Wright, F. C.
Locations:
Address: 1007 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Wright, F. Paul
Place of Birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Date of Birth: ca. 1906
Place of Death: Deming, New Mexico
Date of Death: March 1984
Gender: Male
Studio: Wright & Grahn
Studio: Paul Wright Studios of Photography
Locations:
Address: 518 Prior Avenue North, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Wright, Francis L.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1898-1902
Studio: Haas & Wright
Address: 432 Globe Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1903-1904
Studio: Haas & Wright
Address: 486 Wabasha, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1905
Studio: Haas & Wright
Address: 602-604 Baltimore Block, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1906
Address: 602-604 Baltimore Block, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1907-1909
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s; 1900s
Notes: Photographer for Haas Brothers 1898-1899 then with William Haas & Company 1900-1902; Partnered with William Haas starting in 1903.
Wright, Kenneth Melvin
Place of Birth: Howard Lake, Minnesota
Date of Birth: December 4, 1895
Place of Death: Little Marais, Minnesota
Date of Death: June 1964
Gender: Male
Studio: Kenneth M. Wright Studios
Locations:
Address: North Dakota
Address: Wisconsin
Studio: Northwestern Photographic Studio, Inc.
Address: 101 East Sixth, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1926-1932
Address: 50 East Sixth Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1940
Address: 350 Cedar, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1962
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s
Predecessor: Brown, Bert L.
Notes: Employed by Juul-Ingerson Company 1913-1914; Employed by Bert L. Brown; Bought out Bert L. Brown in 1926; President and manager of Northwestern Photographic Studio, Inc 1926-1930; Owner of Kenneth M. Wright Studios; Served in photographic division of the Army Air Service in WWI.
Wright, M. H.
Locations:
Address: 726 Pelham, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1908
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s
Wright, Maurice
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Saint Paul, Minnesota (?)
Wright, Melvin W.
Studio: Continental Studio
Locations:
Address: 295 Sibley, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1911
Address: Hayfield, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1920
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Wright, W. W.
Locations:
Address: Kenyon, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1914
Address: Hayfield, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1918
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Wunderlich, Albert
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: 114-116-118 Fourth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1890s
Notes: Photographic supply company.
Wunderlich, Clara
Locations:
Address: Red Wing, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s
Wurdelman, Kinnie A.
Locations:
Address: Mankato, Minnesota
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1910s; 1920s
Wyant, A. D.
Locations:
Address: Plainview, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1882-1883
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
Wyman, David F.
Gender: Male
Locations:
Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dates of operation: 1884-1885
Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1880s
