| LC control no. | n 77013117 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Emmons, Chansonetta Stanley, 1858-1937 |
| Associated place | Maine |
| Birth date | 1858-12-30 |
| Death date | 1937-03-18 |
| Place of birth | Kingfield (Me.) |
| Field of activity | Photography |
| Profession or occupation | Photographer |
| Found in | PeĢladeau, M. B. Chansonetta, 1977 (a.e.) t.p. (Chansonetta Stanley Emmons, 1858-1937) p. 9 (b. 12/30/1858) p. 15 (d. 3/18/37) Wikipedia, Aug. 13, 2012 (Chansonetta Stanley Emmons; one of the few women of the 19th century to establish a career in photography; known for her touching scenes of rural Maine life, evocative landscapes, and incisive travel photographs) NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for Her Photograph collection, ca. 1890-1928 (Chansonetta Stanley Emmons (1858-1937) was a female photographer in the 19th and early 20th century. Emmons' photography depicts scenes of domestic life and New England rural landscape. Born Dec. 30, 1858 in the mill town of Kingfield, Me., the young Chansonetta Stanley grew interested in photography after her brothers' (Francis E. and Freelan O. Stanley) dry-plate printing invention. (The brothers also invented a steam-powered automobile known as the Stanley Steamer). On Feb. 2, 1887, she married James N.W. Emmons. Her brother Freelan O. Stanley bought her a large house at 22 Harley St. in Ashmont Hill, Dorchester, Mass. in 1895. Chansonetta gave birth in 1891 to a daughter, Dorothy and there exist photographs of the Emmons home and family scenes in Dorchester from the 1890s. After her husband James died in 1898 of blood poisoning at the age of 41, Chansonetta and Dorothy were forced to leave Dorchester and move to Newton, Mass. Chansonetta viewed photography as a way to supplement her income after her husband's death, participating in photographic competitions, camera club exhibitions and lectures which featured her photography reproduced as hand-colored glass lantern slides. Her wealthy brothers also gave financial support throughout her life. Chansonetta is unique in that relatively few photographers, especially women, in the beginning of the 20th century were focused on the "domestic vernacular" especially in rural northern New England. Chansonetta died at age 79 in 1937) |
| Associated language | eng |
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