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OriginalNotes: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 December 2020), memorial page for Wilfred Blanch Ward (1861 - 11 Nov 1936), Find a Grave Memorial no. 73896745, citing Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by William Roha (contributor 47313371) .
Text states that he was the proprietor of a Pony House in Richmond, Indiana.

Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011 (ancestry.com)
Wilfred B. Ward, died at home 200 North 9th St., Richmond. Single, born July 23, 1861 in Indiana to James W. and Ellen (Barnett) Ward; age 75, machinist in machine shop. Died Nov. 11, 1936.


Palladium-Item (Richmond, Indiana), Wednesday, November 11, 1936, p. 12
Obituary: Wilfred B. Ward, age 75, died Wed. morning at his home, 200 N. Ninth St. Lists memberships and lodges. Sister Anna C. Ward survives.

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana),  November 15, 1888, p. 2
Mrs. Ward, mother of W. Blanch Ward, the artist, who is visiting him is quite ill.

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), April 2, 1892, p. 4
"W. Blanch Ward, who used to be one of the foremost photographers of this part of the state, is here for a day's visit. He is now proprietor of the Commercial hotel at Liberty and doing well."

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), April 20, 1892, p. 1
Changed Hands. W. Blanch Ward, who used to run Chicago Art Gallery, has leased the old Richmond house and will make a first-class hotel and boarding house of it.
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CATNUM: 2331
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Name: Union View Co's Pavilion
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OriginalSource: Shadow & Substance, "Nineteenth-Century Women Photographers," by William Culp Darrah, p. 102 W. Blanch Ward with M. Leslie Maine as The Union View Co's Pavilion, traveling, location ?, 1870s [NOTE: Ward is a male]
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ID: 2158
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Name: Chicago Art Gallery
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OriginalSource: The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), November 19, 1885, p. 3
"It may not be generally known but there are fine cabinet photographs made for $3.00 per doz. At the Chicago art gallery, 534 Main street. 18w1"

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), December 10, 1885, p. 4
Chicago Art Gallery advertised instantaneous process of photography.

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), March 26, 1886, p. 4
"We have not left town; we are right in the city, 704 Main street is the Chicago Art Gallery. Everything gilt edged. Cabinet photos $3 per doz."

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), March 26, 1886, p. 3
Removal. The Chicago Art Gallery has been removed to the Bradway rooms, 704 Main street. Everything refitted in first-class style. We still make the best cabinet photos at $3 per doz. 25w1
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OriginalSource: The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), February 27, 1886, p. 4
"Bradway, the photographer, began removing his effects to Liberty yesterday. His old gallery here will be occupied by the Chicago Photo gallery folks, who will run two rooms - their old one and this new one." [does not mention W. Blanch Ward]

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), March 26, 1886, p. 3
Removal. The Chicago Art Gallery has been removed to the Bradway rooms, 704 Main street. Everything refitted in first-class style. We still make the best cabinet photos at $3 per doz. 25w1

Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), April 21, 1890, p. 2
"Photograph War. At a meeting of the local photographers this morning it was decided to make a grade of photographs at $1.50 per dozen, and redeem all tickets which have been sold by a certain itinerant photographer at 25 cents, and deduct the same from our price, which is $1.50. G. W. Stigleman & Son, Chicago Art Gallery, R. E. Stigleman."

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), April 2, 1891, p. 4
"As I have lately transferred the Chicago Art gallery to Mr. F. J. Parsons I desire to thank all my former patrons for their kindly patronage and bespeak for my successor a continuance of the same. Respectfully, W. Blanch Ward."
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OriginalSource: ca. 1880s cabinet card, Chicago Art Gallery, W. Blanch Ward, photographer (ca. 1883-85)

1886-1887 Richmond City Directory, p. 242
W B Ward, photographer, over 704 Main, res same

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), March 26, 1886, p. 4
"We have not left town; we are right in the city, 704 Main street is the Chicago Art Gallery. Everything gilt edged. Cabinet photos $3 per doz."

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), March 26, 1886, p. 3
Removal. The Chicago Art Gallery has been removed to the Bradway rooms, 704 Main street. Everything refitted in first-class style. We still make the best cabinet photos at $3 per doz. 25w1

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), March 31, 1886, p. 2
"Where can we get some good tin types taken? Why, right here at the Chicago Art Gallery, 704 Main street. Four dandy types for 50 cents. 26w1 / We have all of Bradway's negatives and will make duplicates to order. Chicago Art Gallery."

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), December 8, 1887, p. 4
"Above the Clouds. The Chicago Art gallery has just completed a new printing and finishing room on top of the building; not exactly above the clouds, but above all obstruction of sunlight. This improvement became necessary in order to keep up with orders for holiday trade. We can finish work in three days from the date of order. 704 Main street. 6w1"

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), June 4, 1888, p. 1
"The Chicago Art Gallery is never closed. People often make a mistake in trying the door on the west of the entrance. Read our sign and you will make no mistake. 704 Main street, number in large figures over the door."

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), September 28, 1888, p. 1
"Three Years Ago. The Chicago Art Gallery unfurled its Banners to the breeze in Richmond we promised cabinet photos for $3.00 per dozen. Three years of successful business has fully demonstrated to the public that we make first-class work at those prices. We have lately added new scenery and other improvements to enhance the artistic beauty of our pictures and invite all who doubt the statement to visit our rooms and be convinced that our work is first-class and that the gallery is no "cheap got up affair" that is liable to vanish between two days, but a regular first-class establishment. Remember the number 704 Main street, Richmond, Ind."

1888-1889 Richmond City Directory (ancestry.com)
p. 259 W. Blanch Ward, photographer, 704 Main, res same
p. 307 Photographers: W. Blanch Ward, 704 Main

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), October 4, 1889, p. 3
Ad: chance to win a diamond for every negative made until Dec. 15, 1889. Cabinet portraits $3. Chicago Art Gallery, W. Blanch Ward, Proprietor, 704 Main St.

1890-1891 Emerson's Richmond City Directory, p. 264
W Blanch Ward, propr of the Chicago Art Gallery, 704 Main, h same
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NameFirst: Ward ~W. Blanch
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OriginalSource: The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), July 11, 1891, p. 4
Ad: "Amateur Photographers can obtain practical instruction in photography by calling on W. Blanch Ward, 10 South 10th St. Terms reasonable."
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