Photographs, Pistols & Parasols

Photographs, Pistols & Parasols


Latest Episodes

09 A Tribute to Peter Palmquist - Photographs, Pistols & Parasols
October 15, 2017

In today's Season One extra, we take a moment to celebrate the accomplishments of a man who uncovered information on thousands of early women photographers: the incomparable Peter E. Palmquist.

08 A Sensible Woman - Photographs, Pistols & Parasols
October 01, 2017

Today we meet the remarkable Elizabeth Withington, who in the 1800s found success as a photographer while fashioning photographic tools from 19th century ladies fashions.

07 A Tale of Two Townes - Photographs, Pistols & Parasols
September 15, 2017

In today's episode we meet two 19th century Massachusetts photographers named Mrs. Towne: Clara Ober-Towne and Anna Wing Towne. Plus, we'll also discover a Miss Alma Whitney, another woman photographer who plays a prominent role in today's tale of two ...

06 Meet the McKellips - Photographs, Pistols & Parasols
September 01, 2017

In today's episode we meet two photographers who are another set of sisters running studios together at a variety of times and places in the early 20th century.

05 The Adventures of the Misses O’Donnell - Photographs, Pistols & Parasols
August 15, 2017

In today's episode we meet not one woman named Miss O'Donnell, but two: sisters who together ran the Misses O'Donnell studio in Beloit, Kansas at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries.

04 Slightly Surreal World of Hannah Maynard - Photographs, Pistols & Parasols
August 01, 2017

Today we meet Hannah Maynard, the 19th century photographer who opened her studio in 1862 and embraced a remarkable life as a professional photographer over the next 50 years.

03 Finding Miss DeM. Brown - Photographs, Pistols & Parasols
July 15, 2017

In this episode of the Photographs, Pistols & Parasols podcast, we are on the hunt to answer the question: Who was the photographer 'Miss DeM. Brown'?

02 The $100 Photo - Photographs, Pistols & Parasols
July 01, 2017

In today's episode we'll meet a photographer named Gertrude Käsebier, and get a quick introduction to Pictorialism in order to understand the importance of a $100 photo.

01 Welcome to the podcast - Photographs, Pistols & Parasols
June 15, 2017

A brief introduction to the first season of the Photographs, Pistols and Parasols podcast. The podcast celebrates the accomplishments and élan of early women artisan photographers, 1840-1930.

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