Most of you will be happy to know that I am done with scanning all the issues I have of Studio Light. I had 5 more issues from the late 1920s:
- Vol. 18, #7; (Sept. 1926).
- Vol. 18, #8; (Oct. 1926).
- Vol. 18, #11; (Jan. 1927).
- Vol. 19, #10; (Dec. 1927).
- Vol. 20, #4; (June 1928).
Then I had some earlier issues that I hadn’t scanned because they were already on Google. I decided that I needed to scan those in order to have them on my own website. Those issues are:
- Vol. 4, #7; (Sept. 1912).
- Vol. 4, #12; (Feb. 1913).
- Vol. 5, #6; (Aug. 1913).
- Vol. 5, #11; (Jan. 1914).
- Vol. 5, #12; (Feb. 1914).
- Vol. 6, #3; (May 1914).
All together over the last couple of years I scanned a total of 53 issues from 1911 to 1928. Besides being on my website, I also uploaded all 53 issues to the Internet Archive. That acts as a long term back-up.
The picture on the right came from the January 1914 issue. The photos in that issue were taken by the lady photographer, Sara F. T. Price, from the Philadelphia area.
That same issue also has a short obituary of Miles A. Seed. He had a factory that made dry photographic plates similar to ones made by Eastman Kodak. Kodak bought the Seed company in 1902 and was still selling Seed plates as well as Eastman dry plates at that time.
The early issues say they also incorporate “The Aristo Eagle and The Artura Bulletin.” The Aristo Eagle had been published by the General Aristo Co. of Jamestown, NY that made all kinds of photography equipment but Kodak mostly wanted their photo paper business when they bought it in 1901. The Artura Photo Paper Company was bought by Kodak in 1909.
In some issues you will see ads for Century cameras. Kodak bought them in 1903. Folmer and Schwing, makers of Graflex cameras, was acquired by Kodak in 1905. Kodak also bought Taprell, Loomis & Company that manufactured portrait folders. Kodak purchased the Wratten Filter Company in 1912. Eventually Kodak would get into trouble with the US government for owning too much of the photography business.
Now that I am done scanning all the issues of Studio Light, I’ll probably try to sell them. Send me an email if you are interested in having an instant collection.