Maybelle Goodlander
Maybelle D. Goodlander (1882 – October 25, 1959) was an American commercial and portrait photographer based in Muncie, Indiana, in partnership with her older sister Maude Goodlander.
Early life
Maude and Maybelle Goodlander were born in Muncie, Indiana, the daughters of Marquis D. Goodlander and Harriett Chapel Goodlander. Their father was a photographer, and taught his daughters the skills of the profession.[1]
Career
By 1906 the Goodlander sisters were working together as professional photographers,[2] and they took over their father's studio when he retired.[3] They made photographic portraits and painted portraits on canvas. They also took class pictures for schools.[4] They also held an exhibit of German photography in Muncie, in 1911, featuring work by Minya Diez-Dührkoop.[5]
Maybelle Goodlander was elected president of the Women's Federation of the Photographers' Association of America in 1915.[1][6] She attended national meetings of the Photographers' Association of America in Milwaukee (1910), St. Paul (1911), Detroit (1912), Kansas City, Missouri (1913), Atlanta (1914), and Indianapolis (1915).[7][8][9][10][11] She was president of the Business and Professional Women's Association of Muncie in 1927.[12] She spoke about photography at the national convention of Business and Professional Women's Clubs in Oakland, California in 1927.[13]
Personal life
Maybelle D. Goodlander died in 1959, aged 77 years.[14] Maude died in 1962.[15]
References
- Goodlander Sisters, Minnetrista Gathering Place, Heritage Collection.
- Goodlander Sisters advertisement, Star Press (February 25, 1906): 12. via Newspapers.com
- Randi Beem and Melissa Gentry, "A Mother, Two Sisters, and the Other Lucina: A Story of Important Women in the Muncie Arts Community" Hoosier Women at Work: Studies in Indiana Women's History (Indiana Historical Bureau, April 2018).
- Ruby Swickard, "Farmland Photo Studio Owner Indebted to Goodlander Sisters" Star Press (August 31, 1986): 39. via Newspapers.com
- "German Photographs Will be Exhibited Here" Muncie Evening Press (August 5, 1911): 8. via Newspapers.com
- "Women Officers of Photographers" Indianapolis News (July 20, 1915): 11. via Newspapers.com
- Maybelle D. Goodlander, "History of the Women's Federation of the P. A. of A." Bulletin of Photography (September 18, 1912): 417-419.
- Bayard Wootten, "An Impression of the Women's Federation at Atlanta" Wilson's Photographic Magazine (August 1914): 384-386.
- "How Women Have Won Fame in Photography" Wilson's Photographic Magazine (May 1914): 199-209.
- "Photographers to Have Big Time" Star Press (July 9, 1915): 6. via Newspapers.com
- "Muncie Photographers to Attend Big Convention at Indianapolis" Muncie Evening Press (July 19, 1915): 8. via Newspapers.com
- "Speaker Lauds Muncie Club" Star Press (February 21, 1927): 12. via Newspapers.com
- "Leave for National Convention" Star Press (July 10, 1927): 9. via Newspapers.com
- "Miss Maybelle Goodlander Dies; Three-Week Illness" The Star Press (October 26, 1959): 3. via Newspapers.com
- "Hattie Maude Goodlander" The Star Press (January 4, 1963): 6. via Newspapers.com
External links
- Stereograph Collection ca. 1860-1939, Manuscript and Visual Collections Department, William Henry Smith Memorial Library, Indiana Historical Society; Series 23 contains work by Marquis D. Goodlander, including images of the Goodlander Sisters as children.
- Maybelle Goodlander at Find a Grave