Mary Pickford - Nelson Evans Photos

Mary Pickford by Evans Studio. Evans Studio mark handwritten in white ink on print. From Mary's estate. ca. 1921. Not that it matters, but I would say this may be my favorite of Evans many above-average portraits of Mary. Gifted from the Pamela Short Collection.

Mary Pickford by Evans Studio. Evans Studio mark in negative. From Mary's estate. ca. 1921. Gifted from the Pamela Short Collection.

Mary Pickford by Evans Studio. Evans Studio mark handwritten in white ink on print. From Mary's estate. ca. 1921. Gifted from the Pamela Short Collection.

Mary Pickford by Evans Studio. Evans Studio mark in white ink on print. From Mary's estate. c. 1921.

Mary Pickford photo by Evans c. 1920. Gifted from the Pamela Short Collection.

Mary Pickford photo by Evans for Tess of the Storm Country. Amusingly and erroneously captioned "Tests of the Storm Country." The photo is neither stamped nor marked as Evans and find it hard to believe Mary Pickford Company / United Artists would be responsible for producing photos with such an error, so I am not quite sure where this came from! c. 1922 (though the photo is probably c. 1921.) Gifted from the Pamela Short Collection.

Mary Pickford posing in her wedding dress (marriage to Douglas Fairbanks, of course.) Portrait by Nelson Evans c. 1920.

“Curls, and rompers, ’n’ everything, particularly Mary of the Pickford clan as the world knows her best.” (Photo-Play Journal November 1920.) Mary Pickford in a photo by Nelson Evans. Photographer's signature handwritten in white ink and stamp on back. 1920. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford - Nelson Evans Photo with photographer's signature handwritten in black ink and stamp on back. 1920. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford - Nelson Evans Photo with stamped signature. Cropped. 1920. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford - Nelson Evans Photo with stamped signature. 1920. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford portrait by Evans (Walturdaw Pictures photo.) 1920. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford - Campbell Studios Photos

Campbell Studios was founded in the 1800s by photography pioneer and inventor Alfred S. Campbell in Elizabethtown, NJ, but it was essentially a whole different entity by the time of its stint on 5th Avenue in New York City. Under the management of Rudolf Eickemeyer in the early 1900s, the studio moved towards theatrical portraiture and photography which continued under Arthur Rice’s direction through the late 1920s. Many of the Mary Pickford’s Campbell Studio portraits are somewhat well-recognized, though the name doesn’t seem to be as easily recognized as some of the other studios like Hartsook.

Mary Pickford poses in Campbell Studios Photo. Embossed photographer stamp at lower left. c. 1920.

Mary Pickford portrait by Campbell Studios c. 1917. Gifted from the Pamela Short Collection.

Mary Pickford poses in Campbell Studios Photo. Embossed photographer stamp at lower left. c. 1920. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford in Campbell Studios Photo. Stamped signature. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford poses in Campbell Studios Photo. Embossed photographer stamp at lower left. c. 1920. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford poses in Campbell Studios Photo. Embossed photographer stamp at lower left. c. 1920. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford poses in Campbell Studios Photo. Embossed photographer stamp at lower left. 1920. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford poses in a creased Campbell Studios Photo. Embossed photographer stamp at lower left. 1920. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford in Campbell Studios portrait (Walturdaw Pictures photo.) c. 1917 (print c. 1919.) Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford in Campbell Studios portrait 2 (Walturdaw Pictures photo.) c. 1917 (print c. 1919.) Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford Campbell Studios portrait (Walturdaw Pictures photo.) c. 1917 (print c. 1919.) Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford in photo by Campbell Studios but printed and marked as Apeda Studios on thin glossy stock. This photo shows a somewhat shady practice (whether intentionally seedy or not, I don't know) by Apeda where, besides shooting their own photos, the studio would also obtain copies of non-copyrighted photos and print their own, but not before removing the original studio's trademark and adding their own. In fact, White Studio even sued them... and lost! With that said, portions of Campbell Studio remain visible at the lower right. "Mary Pickford appearing exclusively in Artcraft Pictures." "Mary Pickford in Artcraft Pictures" on back. c. 1917. There is also a glass magic lantern slide in the collection with the same shot. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford Campbell Studios portrait (Walturdaw Pictures photo.) c. 1917 (print c. 1919.) Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford - Lindstedt / Walturdaw Photos

Alfred Lindstedt, born in Sweden in 1877, made his way to NY, then Kansas City, and then ultimately Los Angeles, CA. He initially received recognition for for his pictorialist style, with heavy modification in the negative making some of his photographs look more like drawings, but he eventually moved into a more typical portrait style. In the 1920s, he shot for Hoover Art Co. and started the Lindstedt-Phelan partnership, both of which took some wonderful Pickford portraits. Lindstedt died in 1958.

Mary Pickford portrait by Alfred Lindstedt. I do not know if the look of this photo is by mistake or if it was done for artistic effect. Of course, Lindstedt was initially known for his artistic negative modifications which he somewhat moved away from by this point, but this strange exposure very well could have been done on purpose. With that said, the print is consumed by peppering which leads me to believe it might not have been intentional. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford portrait by Alfred Lindstedt. And again, I do not know if the look of this photo is by mistake or if it was done for artistic effect. Of course, Lindstedt was initially known for his artistic negative modifications which he somewhat moved away from by this point, but this strange exposure very well could have been done on purpose. With that said, the print is consumed by peppering which leads me to believe it might not have been intentional. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford portrait by Alfred Lindstedt (Walturdaw Pictures photo.) This particular photo seems to have been used in a good number of places, including the Australian glass slide also in the collection. c. 1919. Part of NZ Photo Album.

This could almost pass for a photo by Evans, but it's another Mary Pickford portrait by Alfred Lindstedt for Walturdaw Pictures. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford portrait by Alfred Lindstedt (Walturdaw Pictures photo.) Photo 1918 though this print is c. 1919. Part of NZ Photo Album.

Mary Pickford portrait by Alfred Lindstedt (Walturdaw Pictures photo.) c. 1919. Part of NZ Photo Album.

J. D. Walker's World Film / Famous Players / Hearts Adrift / Tess of the Storm Country / Photo by Sarony - Postcard - 1914

A very nice tinted postcard ca. 1914 advertising J. D. Walker's World Film (a British distributor of Famous Players Film Co. titles whose founder would go on to become the "Wal" in Walturdaw, which distributed First National titles) and Mary's films Hearts Adrift (1914) and Tess of the Storm Country (1914,) both directed by Edwin S. Porter. The photo is by Sarony and shows Mary in the same dress (but not vase, or anything else) that she wears in the opening shot of Tess '14. Gifted from the Pamela Short Collection.