Taylor, Mrs. Mary Gertrude (Lyon)
(1877-1956) Female




Birth: March 5, 1877, Ripon, Fond du Lac County, WI
Death: July 29, 1956, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN
Maiden Name: Lyon
Parents: Daniel Brayton and Tirza (Lord) Lyon
Spouse: Edward A. Taylor
Known Children: Edward and Heber
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Other Occupations While Photographer:
Other Occupations: housewife, sheet music writer & publisher
Individual Number: 1953


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1906*-1913* Mary Lyon Taylor Amateur photographer Indianapolis, Marion County, IN 1941 N. Pennsylvania St.























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OriginalBirthState: WI
OriginalBirthCounty: Fond du Lac
OriginalBirthNation: USA
DeathMonth: 7
DeathDay: 29
DeathYear: 1956
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DeathCause: heart
OriginalDeathCity: Indianapolis
OriginalDeathState: IN
OriginalDeathCounty: Marion
OriginalDeathNation: USA
Parents: Daniel Brayton and Tirza (Lord) Lyon
Children: Edward and Heber
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EducationCareer: attended high school in Minneapolis, attended girl's school in "the East", Capen? School for Girls [according to son Heber]
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OriginalNotes: PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/AWARDS:
Won Kodak advertising contest in Nov. 1911 ($500); her son Heber states that she won a bronze medal at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition [this is unconfirmed]
Mary Lyon Taylor of Indianapolis entered 2 portraits in the 1909 13th Annual Exhibition of the Richmond Art Association; Mary Lyon Taylor, Indianapolis, exhibited 18 photos in the Exhibition by Indiana Photographers at the John Herron Art Institute, May 9-31, 1909

PERIODICALS: Write-up in The Craftsman, Oct. - Dec., 1907
OTHER:
Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History, Winter 1994 "The Pictorialism of Mary Lyon Taylor" by Joan Hostetler.
COLLECTIONS: nearly 400 glass negatives, some original prints, manuscripts, etc. are in the (P178) Mary Lyon Taylor Negatives, IHS. Original prints, writings, family papers are in the Mary Lyon Taylor Collection (P281).  Oral history with Heber Taylor also at IHS.
OriginalWorkerTypes: amateur, pictorialist
OriginalProcesses: kallitype?, dry plate negative, gelatin POP
OriginalFormats: tipped onto mount
OriginalOccupation: housewife, sheet music writer & publisher
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CATNUM: 1953
NameFirst: Taylor ~Mary Gertrude (Lyon)
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Address1: 1941 N. Pennsylvania St.
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City: Indianapolis
State: IN
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Name: Mary Lyon Taylor
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County: Marion
Country: USA
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NameMiddle: Gertrude
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OriginalSource: Mary Lyon Taylor Collection, IHS
OriginalWorkerType: Amateur photographer
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PersonStudioLocationID: 7158





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