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Shelby Museum Of History
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- Recorders
of Shelby Pictorial History
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- Early
Shelby Photographers and their Photographs
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courtesy of the Shelby Museum
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- Frederick
H. Smith (1867 - Early 1920s)
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- The
Taylor & Smith Era (1868 - 1873)
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- Frederick
H. Smith was born in Oxford, England in 1849. He came with his
parents to Canada in about 1853. In 1861 his father Thomas passed
away and at age 12, Frederick was "on his own" and
chose to work in a photo studio that was located close to Niagara
Falls. He enlisted as one of the English Volunteers of Canada
when he was 15 and spent several years in the army. He came to
Shelby, Ohio in about 1867 - 1868. He almost immediately went
into business at 23 East Main Street, the present location of
the Shelby Museum. He partnered with Zackary "Jack" Taylor and operated a combination
book store and photography studio. Jack ran the book store while
Fred worked in his studio.
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two ads (above) are from the Shelby Independent News. The one
on the left ran in November, 1868 and the other, December, 1869.
In June of 1870, Fred and Zackary were living in George Kline's
Hotel Shelby (now located at the SW corner of Main and Mansfield
Ave.) with Zackary listed as a "Books and Stationery Dealer"
and Fred as a "Photographer". Soon after this the business
moved to the area of the Brickley Block.
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Taylor & Smith pictures are typical of the CDV format (approximately
2.5 by 4.2 inches) mentioned previously in the Mary Madden discussion.
Notice how the label on the back of this picture differs from
that on the Beverstock picture. George Owings in 1870 was an
apprentice blacksmith to Harrison Mickey who owned a blacksmith
shop in downtown Shelby.
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December of 1870 Fred married Sarah C. Dickie, a daughter of
Moses and Ruth Brown Dickie. In 1871 Jack Taylor wed Harriett
Gettle a daughter of William and Mary Gettle. Sometime after
1874, Jack and his new wife moved to Cardington, Morrow Co.,
Ohio and by 1880 he became established there as a "Miller
and Grain Dealer". It was in Cardington that "Z. Taylor"
received his portion of a final distribution from his Grandfather
John Taylor's will in July of 1879.
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- Fred
Smith Era (1867 - early 1920's)
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the Taylor& Smith partnership was dissolved, Fred continued
his photography business in the Brickley Block until c. 1879
when a fire occurred, the building burned and the Fred Smith
Studio moved to 15 North Gamble St. Over the years from 1880
until the early 1920s, Fred Smith produced 10s of thousands of
pictures of many and varying formats and sizes. We will attempt
to include samples of these various formats and labeling so that
it may be possible to use this information to help establish
a date for a Smith photograph.
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continued to produce great quantities of the CDV format that
have been shown (above) with the Taylor & Smith labeling.
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Ad - May 20, 1897)
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in progress . . . . . .
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you have questions or if you would like more information, please
contact :
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Shelby Museum of History
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East Main Street
- Shelby,
Ohio 44875
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