Thursday, May 2, 2019

Update to Photographer Timeline

In the Hobart Gazette of September 14, 1923 ("Local Drifts"), I come across the first mention I've seen of "Roland Grabill, the photographer," who was going out of town on a vacation. His being described in that way suggests he was already known to the people of Hobart. Checking the 1920 census, I find him in Hobart, working as a self-employed photographer. He was 25 years old.

The "Local Drifts" of the September 21 Gazette had this announcement: "Roland Grabill, the photographer, has returned to Hobart with his family, and will manage and operate the Hobart studio, formerly the Hallberg studio, in the Friedrich building." That tell us that A.A. Hallberg (whom I haven't been able to identify beyond his initials) had left his Hobart studio, and probably not too long before, since the studio was still associated with his name.

So I have updated the photographer timeline to reflect this additional information.

Photographer Timeline 2019-5-2 by Anonymous X9qOpCYfiB on Scribd


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