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About
the Exhibit
York, Pennsylvania
East Saginaw, Michigan
The Goodridge Legacy
Time Line
Exhibit Credits and Acknowledgements
Enterprising
Kids' Activities
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Time Line of Family
and Studio History
| 1827 |
William C. Goodridge marries Evalina
Wallace in York, Pennsylvania. |
| 1847 |
Glenalvin Goodridge, William and
Evalina's oldest son, opens a photographic studio in York. By
the late 1850s, his younger brother Wallace would be working with
him. |
| 1858/1859 |
William and Glenalvin experience
financial difficulties; property is sold at auction. |
| 1862 |
Glenalvin is convicted of raping a
white woman and sentenced to prison. |
| 1863 |
Wallace and his youngest brother,
William O. Goodridge, move to East Saginaw, Michigan. |
| 1864 |
Glenalvin is pardoned on condition
that he and his family leave the state. He joins his brothers in
East Saginaw, where they have re-established the photographic
studio. |
| 1867 |
Glenalvin Goodridge dies of
tuberculosis contracted while in prison. |
| 1869 |
Goodridge family home burns while
family is attending an emancipation celebration. The loss
includes photographic equipment and about 1,000 negatives. |
| 1872 |
Fire destroys the Crouse Block,
where the Goodridge studio is located. Salvaging only 5 cameras
from the flames, Wallace and William immediately reopen in a
temporary studio, and begin constructing their own building.
Wallace is portrait photographer and business manager; William
works outdoors as the studio's "view photographer." |
| 1884 |
Glenalvin's son, Glen J. Goodridge,
begins working with his uncles. He remains until 1891. |
| 1889 |
The
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division, exhibits Goodridge lumbering scenes
at the Universal Exposition in Paris. |
| 1890 |
William O. Goodridge dies of blood
poisoning, August 17. |
| 1903 |
John
F. Goodridge, William's son,
joins Wallace in the studio. He works full time until 1908, then
continues as a part-time assistant. |
| 1922 |
Wallace dies;
the studio closes. |
Read more about the Goodridge
brothers in John V. Jezierski's book, Enterprising Images: The Goodridge
Brothers, African American Photographers 1847-1922. Detroit, MI: Wayne
State University Press, 2000.
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