Nellie Stockbridge (1868
– May 22, 1965) was an early
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...
frontier mining district photographer.
Biography
Stockbridge moved from
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Wallace, Idaho
Wallace, Idaho is a city in and the county seat of Shoshone County, Idaho, in the Silver Valley mining district of the Idaho Panhandle. Founded in 1884, Wallace sits alongside the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River (and Interstate 90), appro ...
. She arrived in 1899 to provide photo touch-up work for the at T.N. Barnard's studio, eventually running the studio.
Stockbridge's subject included everyday subjects in Wallace like townscapes and events, but she also photographed the local mines including portraits of miners and capturing mining disasters.
Her career spanned over 60 years. She was the oldest living member of the
Zonta International
Zonta International is an international service organization with the mission of advancing the status of women.Alan Axelrod, ''International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders'', New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1997, p. 271.
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club for advancement of women when she died in 1965.
Works
Photographic books
External links
Barnard Stockbridge Collection(about the collection held at the
University of Idaho
The University of Idaho (U of I, or UIdaho) is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho. It is the state's land-grant and primary research university,, and the lead university in the Idaho Space Grant Consortium. The University ...
)
Historical Photographs in the University of Idaho LibrarySilver Lining: The Early Days of Idaho's Silver Valley
video
References
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1868 births
1965 deaths
American women photographers
Photographers from Idaho