Elmer Chickering

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File:1903 ElmerChickering.png
Portrait of Elmer Chickering, ca.1903

Elmer Chickering (1857–1915) was a photographer specializing in portraits in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He kept a studio on West Street,[1][2] and photographed politicians, actors, athletes and other public figures such as John Philip Sousa, Sarah Winnemucca, Edmund Breese, and the Boston Americans.

Biography

Born in Vermont in 1857, Chickering moved to Boston and set up a photography studio around the 1880s. He married Mrs. R.M. Wilson, a photographer.[3] His photographic work appeared in numerous publications, including Good Housekeeping. In 1905 Chickering renamed his business as "Elmer Chickering Co."[4]

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Chickering's wife, Mrs. R.M. Wilson, ca.1894

In 1895 Chickering "took some pictures of A. M. Palmer's company in the play of Trilby. They naturally came into great demand at once. But here the difficulty ensued. Rushing over the wires came a message from Harper & Bros., saying that, as the characters were made up after Du Maurier's drawings, they should regard the sale of any such pictures as an infringement of their copyright. To this Mr. Chickering disagreed, on the ground that the photographs were not copies of any drawings, but of actual scenes on the stage, which any man might sketch. Telegrams flew back and forth, but Harper & Bros, would not yield. Meanwhile, the papers sought for the photographs. ... Inasmuch as he has 160 negatives, the question is of some moment."[5][6]

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Booth of E. Chickering Co., New England Industrial and Educational exposition, Mechanics Hall, Boston, 1911

After Chickering's death in 1915, "the well-known Chickering Studios, West Street, Boston ... is now owned and operated by George H. Hastings and Orrin Champlain. ... Mr. Hastings, personally, manages the Chickering Studio, which is now enjoying a large and profitable patronage."[7]

Examples of Chickering's work are in the New York Public Library.[8]

References

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Images

  • Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins.jpg

    Portrait of Sarah Winnemucca, ca.1884

  • ElmerChickering ca1893 Boston NYPL.png

    Chickering's "Royal Studio", West St., Boston, ca.1893

  • 1897 JamesJCorbett byElmerChickering LibraryOfCongress.jpg

    Portrait of James J. Corbett, 1897

  • 1897 RobertAllen BostonBeaneaters byElmerChickering LibraryOfCongress.jpg

    Portrait of Robert Allen of the Boston Beaneaters, 1897

  • 1899 MildredHolland byElmerChickering LibraryOfCongress.jpg

    Poster of Mildred Holland, from photo by Chickering, 1899

  • 1900 Boston infield 2350713424.jpg

    Portrait of "famous Boston infield of 1900" (clockwise from left) second baseman Bobby Lowe, first baseman Fred Tenney, shortstop Herman Long and third baseman Jimmy Collins

  • KyrleBellew byElmerChickering NYPL.jpeg

    Portrait of Kyrle Bellew

  • MabelAmber byElmerChickering NYPL.jpeg

    Portrait of Mabel Amber

Further reading

Works with photos by Chickering

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Works about Chickering

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External links

  • WorldCat. Chickering, Elmer
  • Google news archive. Articles about Chickering.
  • NYPL. Works by Chickering
  • NYPL. William Henry Crane as David Harum
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  1. ↑ Directory of directors in the city of Boston and vicinity. 1911
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  3. ↑ Photographers, old and new: Mrs. R.M. Wilson. Wilson's Photographic Magazine, May 1894
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  5. ↑ The Critic. April 6, 1895; p.266
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  7. ↑ Photo-era magazine, Volume 42. Feb. 1919
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