Finding aid for the Willard A. Bishop Portrait Photography Collection
Title:
Willard A. Bishop Portrait Photography Collection
Repository:
Sandusky Library
http://www.sanduskylib.org
Creator:
Bishop, Willard A.
Dates:
1890-1908
Quantity:
0.83 linear feet
Abstract:
 The Willard A. Bishop Portrait Photograph Collection is part of the Biographical Collection at the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center. The material consists of portrait photographs taken by Bishop of prominent men of Sandusky.
Identification:
BISH001-BISH149
Location:
Sandusky Library Archives Research Center, Box G-39, G-40
Language:
The records are in English

Biography of Willard A. Bishop

Willard A. Bishop was a commercial photographer in Sandusky for over 60 years. Born circa 1856, he moved to Sandusky in 1880 from Indianapolis. He opened a photography studio on Washington Row shortly after he arrived in Sandusky, and maintained this business until shortly before his death on January 31, 1942. In 1908, Mr. Bishop donated to the library three frames containing 150 portraits he had taken of professional and business men from Sandusky.

Scope and Content

The collection contains 149 portraits of prominent men of Sandusky, taken by Willard A. Bishop. The photographs were taken circa 1890-1908, though there are no specific dates on any of the portraits. Negatives exist for all the photographs.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is divided into 2 archival boxes with folders separating the photographs alphabetically by the subjects last name.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Photograph Collections

Persons:

Adams, T.C.
Alvord, F.W.
Anderson, George J.
Anthony, Lorenzo
Arndt, D.M.
Baetz, Charles
Barker, Jacob
Barney, George
Bauer, Adam
Bauman, Charles
Beecher, Lucas
Bishop, Willard A.
Brewer, I.C.
Brown, George A., Captain
Brown, Moses T.
Buerkle, Philip
Butler, George R.
Butts, J.J.
Cable, Laurence
Catherman, S.J.
Center, Clark
Chamberlain, James D.
Chaney, William
Chapman, William P.
Cogswell, Fred
Coles, William
Colver, E.M., Judge
Cook, A.F., Dr.
Cook, T.M., Dr.
Cooke, Charles E.
Cooke, George
Cooke, Pitt
Curran, Ulysses T.
Davis, Ira T.
Davis, Josh B.
Deeley, Benjamin
Dehnel, Henry
Donahue, H.J., Dr.
Emrich, James H.
Engels, Herman
Ensslin, John G., Reverend
Epple, Gotlieb
Everett, I.D.
Feick, George
Follett, Oran
Gallup, Mozart
Gawne, A.J., Dr.
Gaylord, William, Dr.
Giedeman, John A.
Gilcher, William H.
Gillard, Edwin, Dr.
Goodwin, Homer
Goodwin, Lewis, Judge
Graefe, Charles, Dr.
Graefe, Philip, Dr.
Graefe, William, Dr.
Hadley, William
Hamilton, William
Harper, Rice
Harris, Gilbert
Herbert, William H.
Holland, John
Hoover, Fred
Hosmer, Sidney S.
Hower, Joseph
Hubbard, R.B.
Hubbard, Watson
Hudson, John H.
Huntington, H.C.
Ilg, Anthony
Jennings, Hector
Jewett, E.R., Reverend
Johnson, L.B.
Kelley, Addison
Keyes, Charles
King, E.B.
Knapp, George
Krupp, John
Kuebeler, August, Sr.
Kunz, Daniel
Latham, W.V.
Lea, J.D.
Lebensburger, M.L.
Lerch, William
Lindsley, W.D., General
Mack, I.F.
Mack, John T.
Marsh, Edward H.
Marshall, J.E.
McEwen, Thomas C.
McFall, William H.
McKelvey, John
Mertz, J.
Miller, Charles
Mills, William
Molter, John J.
Montgomery, J.A.
Moore, Philander
Morley, F.W., Dr.
Morton, George, Judge
Moss, A.H.
Moss, Charles H.
Moss, Jay O.
Nusly, Vincent
Paine, George W.
Peeke, George H., Reverend
Phinney, Arthur
Powers, D.C.
Prout, A.W.
Quinn, P.H.
Rehberg, Fred
Reinhart, William H.
Sadler, C.W.
Sadler, Ebenezer Brown, Judge
Schade, William
Schnaitter, C.
Schoepfle, C.F.
Schuck, R.E.
Seitz, William S.
Simpson, William
Sloane, John N.
Sloane, Rush R.
Sloane, T.M., Judge
Stanley, Elwood, Dr.
Stevenson, J.W.
Stoll, A.J.
Strong, Henry C.
Stroud, C. Eugene, Dr.
Stroud, Charles T., Dr.
Swessinger, Paul
Tessier, I.J.P.
Textor, A.
Thompson, William
Tolman, George C.
Waterfield, John
Wehrle, A.
West, A.K.
West, William T.
Wheeler, S.C.
Whitworth, John
Wilcox, R.M.
Wilson, William H.
Winters, Cyrus B.
Woodward, W.W.
Woolsey, J.V.
Woolworth, Chester
Woolworth, James
Zollinger, John C.
Zurhorst, Edmund H.

Places:

Indianapolis (Indiana)
Sandusky (Ohio)

Preferred Citation

Willard A. Bishop Portrait Photograph Collection, Sandusky Library Archives Research Center