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<p>[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 7479, member: 201"]Fig, sorry... somehow I missed your first paragraph about the son-in-law being the owner of an uptown studio.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did some more searching in Google books, and found biographical info on George G. Rockwood in a 1912 photography magazine. The writer said that in his later years George expanded his business and had multiple studios in different locations in NYC (link below).</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd think this would explain why some of his imprints had a location included, and should help in dating your photo.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=4vBAAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA388&dq=rockwood%20photography&pg=PA389#v=onepage&q=rockwood%20photography&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=4vBAAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA388&dq=rockwood%20photography&pg=PA389#v=onepage&q=rockwood%20photography&f=false" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=4vBAAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA388&dq=rockwood photography&pg=PA389#v=onepage&q=rockwood photography&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I also found a reference to George G.'s son that called him a West End photographer. From what I could find, in that time period the "West End" was an area that either overlapped with Washington Heights, or started just south of it. So prior to his death, he may have managed one of the other NYC studios.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=rQJQAAAAYAAJ&dq=rockwood%20randel%20photography&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q=rockwood%20randel%20photography&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=rQJQAAAAYAAJ&dq=rockwood%20randel%20photography&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q=rockwood%20randel%20photography&f=false" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=rQJQAAAAYAAJ&dq=rockwood randel photography&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q=rockwood randel photography&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, an 1882 ad listed two locations for Rockwood photography...</p><p><br /></p><p>-- G.G. Rockwood at Union Square (near the Broadway address and either where his studio was before or after the Broadway one, I forget which)</p><p><br /></p><p>-- Rockwood & Randel at Chatham Street, which I don't think exists anymore although here is a Chatham Square further downtown. So possibly this address is the one that was across from City Hall. I don't know the history of NYC's City Hall, but believe it was always downtown. (I grew up in NYC, but didn't pay attention to things like this as a kid.)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=9GkUAAAAYAAJ&dq=rockwood%20randel%20photography&pg=PP23#v=onepage&q=rockwood%20randel%20photography&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=9GkUAAAAYAAJ&dq=rockwood%20randel%20photography&pg=PP23#v=onepage&q=rockwood%20randel%20photography&f=false" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=9GkUAAAAYAAJ&dq=rockwood randel photography&pg=PP23#v=onepage&q=rockwood randel photography&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, in 1911, a brief biography after George G. Rockwood's death in another publication said that at the time of his death he had several studios in the City, but the one where he and his brother became best known was the studio at Broadway and 13th Street.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=xWY-AQAAMAAJ&dq=rockwood%20photography&pg=PA922#v=onepage&q=rockwood%20photography&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=xWY-AQAAMAAJ&dq=rockwood%20photography&pg=PA922#v=onepage&q=rockwood%20photography&f=false" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=xWY-AQAAMAAJ&dq=rockwood photography&pg=PA922#v=onepage&q=rockwood photography&f=false</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 7479, member: 201"]Fig, sorry... somehow I missed your first paragraph about the son-in-law being the owner of an uptown studio. I did some more searching in Google books, and found biographical info on George G. Rockwood in a 1912 photography magazine. The writer said that in his later years George expanded his business and had multiple studios in different locations in NYC (link below). I'd think this would explain why some of his imprints had a location included, and should help in dating your photo. [URL='http://books.google.com/books?id=4vBAAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA388&dq=rockwood%20photography&pg=PA389#v=onepage&q=rockwood%20photography&f=false']http://books.google.com/books?id=4vBAAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA388&dq=rockwood photography&pg=PA389#v=onepage&q=rockwood photography&f=false[/URL] I also found a reference to George G.'s son that called him a West End photographer. From what I could find, in that time period the "West End" was an area that either overlapped with Washington Heights, or started just south of it. So prior to his death, he may have managed one of the other NYC studios. [URL='http://books.google.com/books?id=rQJQAAAAYAAJ&dq=rockwood%20randel%20photography&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q=rockwood%20randel%20photography&f=false']http://books.google.com/books?id=rQJQAAAAYAAJ&dq=rockwood randel photography&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q=rockwood randel photography&f=false[/URL] Also, an 1882 ad listed two locations for Rockwood photography... -- G.G. Rockwood at Union Square (near the Broadway address and either where his studio was before or after the Broadway one, I forget which) -- Rockwood & Randel at Chatham Street, which I don't think exists anymore although here is a Chatham Square further downtown. So possibly this address is the one that was across from City Hall. I don't know the history of NYC's City Hall, but believe it was always downtown. (I grew up in NYC, but didn't pay attention to things like this as a kid.) [URL='http://books.google.com/books?id=9GkUAAAAYAAJ&dq=rockwood%20randel%20photography&pg=PP23#v=onepage&q=rockwood%20randel%20photography&f=false']http://books.google.com/books?id=9GkUAAAAYAAJ&dq=rockwood randel photography&pg=PP23#v=onepage&q=rockwood randel photography&f=false[/URL] Also, in 1911, a brief biography after George G. Rockwood's death in another publication said that at the time of his death he had several studios in the City, but the one where he and his brother became best known was the studio at Broadway and 13th Street. [URL='http://books.google.com/books?id=xWY-AQAAMAAJ&dq=rockwood%20photography&pg=PA922#v=onepage&q=rockwood%20photography&f=false']http://books.google.com/books?id=xWY-AQAAMAAJ&dq=rockwood photography&pg=PA922#v=onepage&q=rockwood photography&f=false[/URL][/QUOTE]
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