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Shelby Museum Of History
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of Shelby Pictorial History
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- Early
Shelby Photographers and their Photographs
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- Salls
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Berry Salls?)
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1882? - 1887?)
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- Courtesy
of private collector - photo - CDV size c. mid 1880s
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on clothing and the photo mount material, it is estimated that
the above photo (CDV) was taken in the mid 1880s. The subjects
in the above photo are unknown at this time. Any help in identifying
the above couple would be greatly appreciated.
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- Salls
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is no Salls family that appears in the 1880 or 1900 census in
the immediate Shelby, Ohio area. There is no Salls family listed
in the 1901 or 1906 Shelby directories. There are no Salls families
that owned property listed at the Richland County Court House
during this period. Lack of evidence would seem to indicate that
the photographer may have worked in this area for a short period
of time between the 1880 and 1900 censuses. The fact that the
above photo was made in the mid 1880s would support that assumption.
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1880 census lists a George Salls age 17 living with Albert J.
and Mary Hawkins on Main Street in Mansfield, Ohio. Further research
reveals that Mary Hawkins (36) is in fact Mary Sophia Rickerson
Salls Hawkins and George Salls' mother. Albert John Hawkins lists
his occupation as photographer. He, in later years, would become
a dance instructor. George lists his occupation as "works
in brass foundry".
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George Salls be our "Salls" photographer? He was born
George Berry Salls, April 3, 1863 in St. Lawrence Co., New York,
to Benjamin and Mary Sophia Rickerson Salls. By 1875 Benjamin
Salls had passed away. George and his mother moved from New York
to Ohio and she remarried in 1876 to Albert J. Hawkins in Richland
County, Ohio. Albert and Mary had a daughter Pearl who was born
in 1878 in Mansfield. Mary passed away in 1906 in Mansfield,
Ohio and Albert died in 1916.
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May 30, 1883, George Salls married Sarah Elizabeth "Bessie"
Robertson in Quincy, Adams Co., Ill. Their youngest child Grace
was born in March 1884. George and Bessie had 5 children, one
child Albert William died in infancy and is buried in the Mansfield
Cemetery. George's wife Bessie died c. 1893 and George returned
to the Mansfield area shortly afterward leaving two of his children
with Bessie's parents in Illinois.
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remarried in 1900 to Eta Glashau in Richland County and died
in Mansfield in 1907 at the age of 44. He is also buried in the
Mansfield Cemetery.
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period of time in which George Salls could have been involved
with photography was the period from 1880 to 1884 while he was
living with a step father who was at that time involved with
photography. This short period of at most 4 years, would perhaps
account for the fact that "Salls" photographs seem
to be few in number.
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- Shelby Museum
photo c. 1882
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above cabinet photograph construction appears to "fit' in
the mid 1880s time frame. The clothing style isn't "out
of place" for this time period. The subject of this Shelby
Museum photo is unknown at this time.
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- Shelby Museum
photo c. 1885-7
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above cabinet photograph provides additional proof of Mr. Salls
developing photographic skills. (Notice that he is using the
same backdrop as used in the first example photo in this section.)
The subject is this case is known. She is Mabel Patterson, daughter
of Eugene and Mary Elizabeth Reynolds Patterson. Mabel was born
in 1881 and that would date this photo to about 1885 - 1887.
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quality, composition, and overall final production indicate that
Mr. Salls is quickly maturing as a quality photographer. He would
be 22 to 24 years of age at this time. It also indicates that
Mr. Salls possibly went "out on his own" after his
photographic apprenticeship with his step father.
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you have additional information on the Salls family or if you
know the subjects of the above photos please contact us at the
Shelby Museum.
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are also searching for additional Salls photos. If you can help
us with this
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contact us at the museum.
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Shelby Museum of History
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East Main Street
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