William McKenzie Morrison (March 23, 1857 – March 24, 1921) was an American photographer best known for photographs of theater performers in

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Biography

Morrison was born in 1857 in

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, but moved to Chicago at the beginning of the

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. He began working in a photography studio at the age of ten. He attended the Metropolitan Business College in Chicago, graduating in 1879, and he used his education to manage a series of photography studios until 1889, when he opened his own studio, located in the Haymarket Theatre. In 1899, he moved his studio out of the theater building to its own location. In addition to photography, Morrison had numerous business interests, including real estate and ranching. He retired from photography in 1911, selling his business to his employees. Photographer

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worked for Morrison.Pearl Grace Loehr
"The Relation of the Women's Federation to the Photographic Profession"
''Wilson's Photographic Magazine'' (January 1914): 10.

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William McKenzie Morrison , PIC – Photographers' Identities Catalog
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