Scott, William M.
(1837-1901)



Birth: 1837
Death: February 23, 1901, LaPorte, LaPorte County, IN
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Spouse: Helen L. Leonard
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Individual Number: 129


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- Wm. M. Scott Studio owner La Porte, La Porte County, IN opp. Court House
Scott's Excelsior Gallery
- Wm. M. Scott Studio owner La Porte, La Porte County, IN S. Main St., opp. Court House
1853*-1890s Wm. M. Scott Studio owner La Porte, La Porte County, IN
1855 Unknown itinerant-wagon Valparaiso, Porter County, IN
1858 Wm. M. Scott Studio owner La Porte, La Porte County, IN over Vail's jewelry store
Scott's Excelsior Daguerrean Gallery
1868 Wm. M. Scott Studio owner La Porte, La Porte County, IN over 200 S. Main St.
1876 Wm. M. Scott Studio owner La Porte, La Porte County, IN 8 W. Main St.
1890-1899 Wm. M. Scott Studio owner La Porte, La Porte County, IN 814 Main St.


















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Shook, "Photographers of Porter County"
Operated the Excelsior Daguerrian Gallery in LaPorte from 1853 to 1861
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OriginalSource: 1858-59 Hawes Ind. State Gaz, p. 410 Scott's

1862-63 La Porte City Directory, ad. p.60

1864-65 Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 410

1866-67 State Gaz. & Shipper's Guide, p. 546 (W. M. Scott)

circa 1875 CDV with wide gold border printed on verso: W. M. Scott, Excelsior Photographic Studio, Laporte, Ind., NPA"

1879-80 Williams & Co. Indiana State Directory, p. 369

1880-81 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 1028 (W. M. Scott)

1882-83 Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 1088 (Wm. M. Scott)

1884-85 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 1064 (Wm. M. Scott)

1887-88 Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 1331

1890-91 Polk's Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 1206

The Blue Book for Amateur Photographers American Edition, 1895, p. 241, W. M. Scott

1895-96 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 985 (Wm. M. Scott)

A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of LaPorte Co., IN, (Chicago, Lewis Pub. Co., 1904) p. 216:  Wm. M. Scott opened a photographic studio in 1853.

St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, May 1901, p. 222:
The Scott Studio at La Porte has been purchased by A. H. Hultgren.
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CATNUM: 129
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City: Valparaiso
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Advertised in Valparaiso's Practical Observer that he would be taking photographs in Valparaiso for a few weeks using Bryin's Splendid Sky-Light Daguerrean Car in 1855.
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NameFirst: ~William
NameLast: Scott
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OriginalSource: Holland's La Porte City Directory of 1876, ad p. 286,
p. 192 8 W. Main St., opp Court House, res. 109 Jackson, cor. Noble

History of La Porte Co, IN, by Jasper Packard, 1876, p. 457:
notes that Wm. M. Scott started in business with the old style daguerreotype.
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NameFirst: ~William
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OriginalSource: 1890 LaPorte City Directory [http://www.slicerland.com/mctartan_6d.htm] Sept. 6, 2002
Wm. C. Scott, Indiana [St.], photographic studio, over 815 Main St.

Ancestry.com, Michigan City Directory, 1893-94
Name:    Wm M Scott Occupation:    Photographer  
Business Address:    814 Main  Home Address:    1412 Michigan avenue  City:    Michigan  
State:    Indiana  Year:    1893 1894  Image Number:    1000943a  
[Note: this online database has several errors. This was probably LaPorte and not Michigan City.]

1899 La Porte Directory, p. 149
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