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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 4284215, member: 33"]Yes, traveling photographers were out there, in all parts of the U.S. I have often seen photographers referring to themselves as Artists during the time frame you mentioned (and also earlier and a little later), whether they traveled or not. In the U.S. census, for example, there was an Occupation category listed and sometimes the occupation for a photographer was Artist. I just saw one today in the 1860 census who was listed that way. The term "photographer" was relatively new. Sometimes you see "photographist" as well. Reading the photographers' imprints (their logos and marks on card mounts) can be an interesting study.</p><p><br /></p><p>Robert O. Brown published a book, Collector's Guide to 19th Century U. S. Traveling Photographers, that lists a W.H. Cunningham who worked in and near Lodi, Ohio from ca. 1864-1870, so fits with your estimated dates. He then opened a permanent gallery in Lodi from 1870-1877. Brown wrote that Cunningham may have started traveling again after that. Sounds like this would be a different person from the one you saw mentioned in Kansas, since the date ranges overlap with each other. Some photographers did travel through several states.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 4284215, member: 33"]Yes, traveling photographers were out there, in all parts of the U.S. I have often seen photographers referring to themselves as Artists during the time frame you mentioned (and also earlier and a little later), whether they traveled or not. In the U.S. census, for example, there was an Occupation category listed and sometimes the occupation for a photographer was Artist. I just saw one today in the 1860 census who was listed that way. The term "photographer" was relatively new. Sometimes you see "photographist" as well. Reading the photographers' imprints (their logos and marks on card mounts) can be an interesting study. Robert O. Brown published a book, Collector's Guide to 19th Century U. S. Traveling Photographers, that lists a W.H. Cunningham who worked in and near Lodi, Ohio from ca. 1864-1870, so fits with your estimated dates. He then opened a permanent gallery in Lodi from 1870-1877. Brown wrote that Cunningham may have started traveling again after that. Sounds like this would be a different person from the one you saw mentioned in Kansas, since the date ranges overlap with each other. Some photographers did travel through several states.[/QUOTE]
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