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Control # 1 smp00026836
Date 5 20171227181305.0
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Obsolete 39    $a284470$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDE#
Title 245 00 $aTTWC Photography$h[Local History File].
Title:Varint 246 30 $aPhotography$h[Local History File].
Phys Descrpt 300    $a1 file.
Note:General 500    $aThis file chiefly contains research on early photographers in San Marcos conducted by Clark Lee Walker in 2015.
Note:Content 505    $aPhotographers documented: Arthur Conrads -- Asa Allen Brack -- G.K. Kruse -- George K. Miller -- John A. Howell -- John Edward Howd Chapman -- Margaret A. Brown.
Abstract 520    $aFrom Mr. Walker's introduction: "Shortly after moving to San Marcos, Texas in 2012 I noticed an odd feature one building off the square downtown [251 N. Guadalupe], a large skylight facing the north adorned the back of a merchant's brick building from the turn of the century. As a photographer, I recognized this as a "northlight," a common feature of artists' studios everywhere. A northlight gives indirect, soft controlled light for a subject, and has been used by artists such as Johannes Vermeer and Rembrandt van Rijn to produce a pleasing light for portraits. Predating electrical lighting for photography, I wondered who used this studio and how far back the history could be traced of the portrait artists who plied their trade here as the city grew into the 20th century alongside the university. Researching the,history of this building, I learned that it was the second studio of George K. Miller, built circa 1914 and taken over in 1916 by Margaret Brown, his apprentice. It's likely his first studio was bought from the departing Arthur Conrads of New Braunfels who worked San Marcos in 1905 as he began to establish his career, in the building that now holds "The Hub," a bicycle shop. By researching further back into the history of businesses on the town square I came to find stories of itinerant frontier photographers who also had a photo studios - now gone - near the square in the 1880s and 1890s."
Abstract 520    $aPhotos used in the exhibition belonging to the San Marcos-Hays County Collection are noted with links, below.
AE:Pers Name 700 $aWalker, Clark Lee.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aPhotography$zTexas$zSan Marcos.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aPhotographers$zTexas$zSan Marcos.
Subj:Geog. 651  4 $aSan Marcos (Tex.)$xStreets$zGuadalupe N$z251.
Subj:Local 690    $aSMHC.
Elec Loc'n 856 $uhttp://www.hank.ci.san-marcos.tx.us/SMHC/PHOTOS/33390003902463B.jpg$zPortrait by Margaret Brown
Elec Loc'n 856 $uhttp://exhibits.library.txstate.edu/univarchives/exhibits/show/brown-studio/intro$zUniversity Archives exhibit by Alison Tudor on Margaret Brown
Elec Loc'n 856 $uhttp://www.hank.ci.san-marcos.tx.us/SMHC/PHOTOS/33390003902489B.jpg$zPortrait by J.E.H. Chapman
Elec Loc'n 856 $uhttp://www.hank.ci.san-marcos.tx.us/SMHC/PHOTOS/33390003902497B.jpg$zPortrait by C.G. Kruse
Elec Loc'n 856 $uhttp://www.hank.ci.san-marcos.tx.us/SMHC/PHOTOS/33390003902471B.jpg$zPhoto by Brill
Elec Loc'n 856 $uhttp://www.hank.ci.san-marcos.tx.us/SMHC/PHOTOS/33390003902455B.jpg$zPhoto by Miller
Elec Loc'n 856 $3Clark Lee Walker's notes$uhttp://www.hank.ci.san-marcos.tx.us/SMHC/SMHC%20Files/Photography.pdf
Tag 949 949    $aSMSMHC$cTTWC$dPHOTOGRAPHY$g33390003962442$p10