![]() While in McMinnville, I met one of the authors of this book, which contains 21 illustrated pages about the Southern School of Photography. Learn more about the Southern School of Photography Of course, this photograph predates the building by at least 25 years, so it’s more of a symbolic homecoming. Lively photograph back to McMinnville for a homecoming. Lively, seen in the Southern Museum & Galleries of Photography, Culture, and History in McMinnville. Digital reproductions of two of the large 30 x 60-inch prints made from glass plate negatives by W.S. The notoriety of this achievement resulted in Lively’s work being acquired for the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Imagine trying to manage and develop a 60-inch sheet of glass in total darkness. This must have been quite a difficult camera to operate. Lively built a giant cameraĪnother of Lively’s accomplishments was to build a huge view camera that could produce 60-inch glass negatives. His fame for the construction of a large camera producing 30” x 60” glass negatives led to his photographs being placed in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.” W.S. It was one of the first of its kind in the U.S. ![]() In 1904, on this spot, Lively opened the Southern School of Photography which closed in 1928. His studio was located on the 2nd floor in the Lively Building on Main Street. “Dad” Lively, a McMinnville native, began his photographic career. In McMinnville there stands an official Tennessee historical marker that says this about William Spencer Lively: “Dad” Lively at the base of the hill where his Southern School of Photography stood from 1904 to 1928, when the building burned. Even in 1889 it was important to start Christmas shopping early. The text says:Ī newspaper ad found in an 1889 edition of the McMinnville newspaper The Southern Standard. The back side of the cabinet card includes an assortment of woodcut style clip art illustrations, and a mix of typographic styles as was popular in the 1870s – 80s. The back of the cabinet card includes fanciful woodcut clip art and the mixed and sometimes ornate styles of typography that was popular in the 1880s. In spite of its success, the school closed in 1928 after a fire gutted the building. Lively was a beloved figure and known by the nickname “Dad.” Reassuring young female students and their families was so important that the school’s marketing pamphlets listed among its assets that there were no saloons in McMinnville. ![]() Lively, who was very active in the photography profession, having served in the leadership of several regional photo organizations, and who founded the innovative Southern School of Photography in the small southern town of McMinnville, Tennessee in 1904.īy all accounts, the Southern School of Photography was one of the first of its kind and provided an excellent training in photography for young men - and notably - for young women as well. The only thing truly notable about this portrait is that it was made by the studio of a man named W.S. The corners of the print are slightly bent, and the backing card displays stains from water damage. The condition of the card is pretty good. “Dad” Lively, founder of the Southern School of Photography in McMinnville, Tennessee Cabinet Card portrait of an unidentified subject, made in the 1880s by photographer W.S. I recently acquired this antique cabinet card portrait of an unidentified young gentleman dressed in a suit that seems to fit the fashion of the 1880s, with only the top button of the jacket fastened, a matching vest, and pocket watch chain. Lively was an active member of his community and deeply involved in the photographic profession
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