Maybelle D. Goodlander (May 25, 1882 – October 25, 1959) was an American commercial and portrait photographer based in Muncie, Indiana, in partnership with her older sister Maude Goodlander.

Maybelle Goodlander
Maybelle Goodlander, from a 1912 publication
Born
Maybelle Deane Goodlander

(1882-05-25)May 25, 1882
DiedOctober 25, 1959(1959-10-25) (aged 77)
Muncie, Indiana, U.S.
Burial placeMaplewood Cemetery
40°06′56″N 85°39′52″W / 40.11560°N 85.66440°W / 40.11560; -85.66440
OccupationPhotographer
Years active1906–1959
Organization(s)Women's Federation of the Photographers' Association of America
Business and Professional Women's Association of Muncie
StylePortraits

Early life

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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

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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

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Maybelle D. Goodlander died in 1959, aged 77 years.[14] Maude died in 1962.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b Goodlander Sisters, Minnetrista Gathering Place, Heritage Collection.
  2. ^ Goodlander Sisters advertisement, Star Press (February 25, 1906): 12. via Newspapers.com 
  3. ^ Randi Beem; Melissa Gentry (April 2018). "Hoosie Woman at Work: A Mother, Two Sisters, and the Other Lucina: A Story of Important Women in the Muncie Arts Community" (PDF). Indiana Historical Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  4. ^ Ruby Swickard, "Farmland Photo Studio Owner Indebted to Goodlander Sisters" Star Press (August 31, 1986): 39. via Newspapers.com 
  5. ^ "German Photographs Will be Exhibited Here" Muncie Evening Press (August 5, 1911): 8. via Newspapers.com 
  6. ^ "Women Officers of Photographers" Indianapolis News (July 20, 1915): 11. via Newspapers.com 
  7. ^ Bartlett, John; Chambers, Frank V.; Chambers, Francis Stapleton (1912). Bulletin of Photography: Maybell D. Goodlander. F. V. Chambers. pp. 417–419. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  8. ^ Wilson's Photographic Magazine. Harvard University: Edward L. Wilson. 1914. pp. 384–386. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  9. ^ "How Women Have Won Fame in Photography". Wilson's Photographic Magazine. Harvard University: Edward L. Wilson: 199–209. 1914. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Photographers to Have Big Time" Star Press (July 9, 1915): 6. via Newspapers.com 
  11. ^ "Muncie Photographers to Attend Big Convention at Indianapolis" Muncie Evening Press (July 19, 1915): 8. via Newspapers.com 
  12. ^ "Speaker Lauds Muncie Club" Star Press (February 21, 1927): 12. via Newspapers.com 
  13. ^ "Leave for National Convention" Star Press (July 10, 1927): 9. via Newspapers.com 
  14. ^ "Miss Maybelle Goodlander Dies; Three-Week Illness". The Star Press. 26 October 1959. p. 3. Retrieved 23 May 2023. 
  15. ^ "Hattie Maude Goodlander". The Star Press. 4 January 1963. p. 6. Retrieved 23 May 2023. 
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