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Ethel Standiford-Mehling won prizes for her photographs of Cleveland, Ohio's, elite of the 1920s and 1930s at the Cleveland Museum of Art's May Shows. Born in Jackson County, Kentucky, Standiford was educated to teach school but apprenticed to a local photographer instead. She opened her own studio in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1901. Standiford moved the Standiford Photographic Studio to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1919, first locating in the Gage Gallery of Fine Arts, then in the Chilcote building (1925), and finally in the Hickox Building at 1030 Euclid Avenue (1930s). Plagued by debts, Standiford filed bankruptcy and closed the studio in 1936, presenting 500 autographed photographs of prominent Cleveland residents to the Cleveland Public Library. The first woman to be elected president of Cleveland Photographers Association, Standiford was noted especially for her portraits of men and her innovative methods of photographing children.
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The Ethel Standiford Photograph Collection, ca. 1920-1940, consists of mounted portraits representing the studio work of Ethel Standiford, a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, photographer of the 1920s-1930s. Portraits of prominent business, political, religious, cultural, and society leaders of Cleveland are included in the collection. The collection includes 510 mounted black and white photographs measuring 11 x 14 inches.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by last name.
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[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 47 Ethel Standiford Photograph Collection, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Ethel Standiford.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.