Quackenbush, Daniel P.S.

Listed as a daguerreian on South Seventh Street at the corner of First Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1856-1860. No residence address listed. In 1856-1857 he was listed as D.F. Quackenbush. He was not listed in 1857-1858, but reappeared in the mercantile listing from 1858 to 1860. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Quail, John H.

Also spelled Quil or Quayl; daguerreotypes, Philadelphia, Pa., 1847-1858. In 1847 he was listed at 89 North Fifth Street. He was not listed in 1848. From 1849 to 1854 he was listed at the Northeast corner of Eleventh and Market Streets, and lived at 89 North Fifth Street. He was not listed in 1855 or 1856. In 1857 he was listed as Quayl at 1 North Eleventh Street, and lived at 89-1/2 North Fifth Street. In 1858 he was listed without a business address, and lived at Mansion House. In 1848 he invented, and used in his gallery, a multiplying camera. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Quarles, G.S.

Listed as a daguerreotypist in Readyville, Tenn., 1860-1861. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Quayl, John H.

Spelling Variant; see Quail, John H. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Queen, James W.

Optician and dealer in optical goods, Philadelphia, Pa., 1841-1860 and later. From 1841 to 1853 he was listed at 48 Chestnut Street. From 1854 to 1859 he was listed at 264 Chestnut Street. In 1860 he was listed as James W. Queen & Co., at 926 Chestnut Street, with S.L. Fox. Queen sold magic lanterns, lenses, and later became one of the principal sales agents for stereoscopes, lanterns and other photographically-related optical items. His company was active in Philadelphia until well after the 1880's. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Queen City Daguerreian

No individual operators are known for the Queen City Daguerreian Gallery, located in Walton Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio in 1850. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Queripel, Henry, Jr.

Advertised ambrotypes at 409 Broadway, New York City, N.Y., 1857-1858. He lived at 96 Varick Street. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Quick, Israel

Listed as a photographist at 100 West Fourth Street in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1859. Another source noted he was employed by D.R. Hoag for many years. A third source documented him in Cincinnati from 1858 to 1861. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Quil, John H.

Spelling Variant; see Quail, John H. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Quimby, Charles J.

Spelling Variant, See Quinby, Charles J. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Quimby, P.P.

Listed as a daguerreian in Belfast, Maine in 1855, in business as P.P. Quimby & Son. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Quinbie, Turbout

Listed as a photographer with Tyler & Co., Charleston, S.C., 1856 and later. In December, 1856, Tyler & Co. advertised that an English photographer named Turbout Quinbie had been hired to take "photographs on silk" for the firm. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Quinby, Charles J.

The daguerreian history of Charles J. Quinby, and of Quinby & Co., is a convoluted one, and worthy of intensive study. There is also a distinct possibility of an involvement with Tyler & Co. that requires further study.

Charles J. Quinby was listed as a daguerreian in New York City, N.Y., from 1854 to 1859. In 1854-1855 he occcupied two addresses, 415 Eighth Avenue and 90 Chatham Street, with his residence in White Plains. In 1855-1856 he was listed at 233 Greenwich Street, 385 Broadway, and 90 Chatham Street. In 1856-1857 he was listed only at 90 Chatham Street. Although he was listed that year as C.J. Quinby & Co., the directory indicates there was no one else in the company. In another directory, both C.J. Quinby and Quinby & Co. were listed at 385 Broadway. Similar listings continued through 1859.

An article in Snelling's Photographic and Fine Art Journal in January, 1856, reported on both a gallery of "Quinby" and another of "Quinby & Co." Concurrently, in 1857-1858, Quinby & Co. operated a daguerreian gallery at 233 King Street, Charleston, S.C. C.J. Quinby and his firm acquired the gallery from Tyler & Co., and advertised as part of a "chain," noting other galleries in Augusta, Ga., and New York City, N.Y., and a factory at Waterbury, Conn.

Quinby & Co. employed 20 photographers, claimed to make their own chemicals, and used only Holmes, Booth & Haydens equipment. Their supervising chemist was formerly with Charles A. Seely & Co. The also advertised they were manufacturers and importers of photographic goods and, reminiscent of advertising only noted from Tyler & Co., promoted their production of 600 pictures daily.

Quinby & Co. remained in Charleston after 1860; and while J.M. Osborn (who owned the gallery prior to Tyler & Co.'s purchase), was involved with the Quinby firm, he and F.E. Durbec opened a gallery at the 233 King Street address in November, 1858.

It is also possible that C.J. Quinby is the daguerreian identified in New Orleans, La., at an unspecified date as "S.(?) B. Quinby", at 270 (illegible) Street. The information is from a pencil-written inscription in a daguerreian case. Although Quinby was never listed in the principal book on New Orleans daguerreians, there is evidence that Tyler & Co. (who were also not listed), were in the city. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Quinn, E.

Listed as a daguerreian on Main Street, Xenia, Ohio, 1859-1860. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Quintard

Listed as a daguerreian in Norwalk, Conn., 1856, in partnership as Jackson and Quintard. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Quitzow, William

Recorded as a daguerreian at J.H. Fitzgibbon's, northeast corner of Fourth and Market Streets, St. Louis, Mo., 1854-1855. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig

Quivey, Moses B.

Active as a daguerreian in Norwich, N.Y., 1859. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig