Maybelle Goodlander | |
|---|---|
 Maybelle Goodlander, from a 1912 publication | |
| Born | Maybelle Deane Goodlander May 25, 1882 Muncie, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | October 25, 1959 (aged 77) Muncie, Indiana, U.S. |
| Burial place | Maplewood Cemetery 40°06′56″N 85°39′52″W / 40.11560°N 85.66440°W |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Years active | 1906–1959 |
| Organization(s) | Women's Federation of the Photographers' Association of America Business and Professional Women's Association of Muncie |
| Style | Portraits |
Maybelle D. Goodlander (May 25, 1882 – October 25, 1959) was an American commercial and portrait photographer based in Muncie, Indiana, in partnership with her older sister Maude Goodlander.
Early life
Maude and Maybelle Goodlander were born in Muncie, Indiana, the daughters of Marquis D. Goodlander and Harriett Chapel Goodlander. Their father was a photographer, and taught his daughters the skills of the profession.[1]
Career
By 1906 the Goodlander sisters were working together as professional photographers,[2] and they took over their father's studio when he retired.[3] They made photographic portraits and painted portraits on canvas. They also took class pictures for schools.[4] They also held an exhibit of German photography in Muncie, in 1911, featuring work by Minya Diez-Dührkoop.[5]
Maybelle Goodlander was elected president of the Women's Federation of the Photographers' Association of America in 1915.[1][6] She attended national meetings of the Photographers' Association of America in Milwaukee (1910), St. Paul (1911), Detroit (1912), Kansas City, Missouri (1913), Atlanta (1914), and Indianapolis (1915).[7][8][9][10][11] She was president of the Business and Professional Women's Association of Muncie in 1927.[12] She spoke about photography at the national convention of Business and Professional Women's Clubs in Oakland, California in 1927.[13]
Personal life
Maybelle D. Goodlander died in 1959, aged 77 years.[14] Maude died in 1962.[15]
References
- 1 2 Goodlander Sisters, Minnetrista Gathering Place, Heritage Collection.
- ↑ Goodlander Sisters advertisement, Star Press (February 25, 1906): 12. via Newspapers.com
- ↑ Randi Beem; Melissa Gentry (April 2018). "Hoosie Woman at Work: A Mother, Two Sisters, and the Other Lucina: A Story of Important Women in the Muncie Arts Community" (PDF). Indiana Historical Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ↑ Ruby Swickard, "Farmland Photo Studio Owner Indebted to Goodlander Sisters" Star Press (August 31, 1986): 39. via Newspapers.com
- ↑ "German Photographs Will be Exhibited Here" Muncie Evening Press (August 5, 1911): 8. via Newspapers.com
- ↑ "Women Officers of Photographers" Indianapolis News (July 20, 1915): 11. via Newspapers.com
- ↑ Bartlett, John; Chambers, Frank V.; Chambers, Francis Stapleton (1912). Bulletin of Photography: Maybell D. Goodlander. F. V. Chambers. pp. 417–419. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ↑ Wilson's Photographic Magazine. Harvard University: Edward L. Wilson. 1914. pp. 384–386. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ↑ "How Women Have Won Fame in Photography". Wilson's Photographic Magazine. Harvard University: Edward L. Wilson: 199–209. 1914. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ↑ "Photographers to Have Big Time" Star Press (July 9, 1915): 6. via Newspapers.com
- ↑ "Muncie Photographers to Attend Big Convention at Indianapolis" Muncie Evening Press (July 19, 1915): 8. via Newspapers.com
- ↑ "Speaker Lauds Muncie Club" Star Press (February 21, 1927): 12. via Newspapers.com
- ↑ "Leave for National Convention" Star Press (July 10, 1927): 9. via Newspapers.com
- ↑ "Miss Maybelle Goodlander Dies; Three-Week Illness". The Star Press. 26 October 1959. p. 3. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ↑ "Hattie Maude Goodlander". The Star Press. 4 January 1963. p. 6. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
External links
- Stereograph Collection ca. 1860-1939, Manuscript and Visual Collections Department, William Henry Smith Memorial Library, Indiana Historical Society; Series 23 contains work by Marquis D. Goodlander, including images of the Goodlander Sisters as children.