[#10553] Fotograf G. Moses & So, New Orleans ca 1900 - 1910

[Gjest Thor Andersen]

Jeg har et fint bilde av min morfar, Jens Woxvold Bjønness, som er tatt av ovennevnte fotograf ca 1900 - 1910 av fotograf G. Moses & Son, 722 Canal St., New Orleans, La. USA, med duplicates No. 43421. Bildet er definitivt tatt etter år 1900 pga en tekst påtrykket bildet. Vet noen hvordan jeg evt kan få tidfestet dette fotoet nærmere?

[Gjest Hans Gangstø]

Kanskje det kan være en tanke å skrive til nedennevnte 'State Museum'? Captain Samuel Levy Bernard Moses (1832-1899) 1888 Oil on canvas Primarily known as a portrait photographer, Bernard Moses also created portraits in oils. After Louis J. M. Daguerre announced the invention of the daguerreotype to the world in 1839, many Louisiana artists worked simultaneously as painters and photographers. This relatively inexpensive and quick process resulted in middle-class demand for photographic portraits. Born in Bavaria, Bernard Moses came to Louisiana with his parents, three brothers, and four sisters. When Bernard’s father, Samuel, a chemist, visited in Paris during the early 1840s he met Daguerre. From Daguerre he learned the new photographic process and purchased a camera and necessary chemicals and equipment.Upon settling in New Orleans, Samuel Moses opened a photographic studio in 1849 on Royal Street and a year later moved to the corner of Poydras and Camp Streets. He taught all four of his sons the novel technology with Bernard and Gustave pursuing the most successful careers as photographers. Gustave’s children, Harry Leon and William H., continued the family tradition in the G. Moses & Sons studio. Because New Orleans, like other nineteenth-century cities, suffered from frequent fires, firemen (all volunteers until 1892) were important community figures. The State Museum has an extensive collection of Bernard and Gustave Moses photographs, as well as four additional oil paintings by Bernard.Bernard Moses trained as a portrait artist in Europe, continued to develop in New Orleans. Moses’s painting of Captain Samuel Levy shows the fireman in his ceremonial uniform holding a silver horn.

[Gjest Thor Andersen]

Takk til Hans Gangstø for fine opplysninger. Men har du en adresse til the State Museum ?

[Gjest Hans Gangstø]

Jeg vil tro at det er dette museet det henvises til:Louisiana State Museum,616 Pirates Alley New Orleans LA 70116,Voice Phone 504-568-6968. Eller sjekk denne linken: http://www.ohwy.com/la/l/lastatmu.htm Lykke til Hans Gangstø

[Gjest Thor Andersen]

Veldig fint med denne adressen. Mange takk Hans!