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Parents: Bernard Isaac and Theresa (Hillyard) Durward
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OriginalNotes: Early Photographers of Porter County, on blog "Porter County's Past: An Amateur Historian's Perspective, by Steve Shook, dated April 30, 2017, updated April 4, 2019 (viewed April 30, 2019 by Joan Hostetler http://www.porterhistory.org/2017/04/early-photographers-of-porter-county.html?fbclid=IwAR35AFnb2sr3nusPUOrnOLkz1wm6IAbLSTp12_fi_XJSYFKfqQach_2oTQQ)
Wilfrid J. Dorward operated a studio in Valparaiso at some time between 1903 and 1905. The exact location of Dorward's studio is unknown. One of Dorward's photographs has been positively dated as 1904. Dorward's work was imprinted with Dorward. A news item published in the November 4, 1905, issue of The Chicago Daily Tribune concerns a police raid on "the largest plant in the United States for the production of vulgar photographs" located at 173 Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago and operated by Thomas Collier. More than "120,000 obscene photographs and negatives" were seized in the raid. Photographs were allegedly produced on Sundays at an abandoned gallery on the top floor of the building located at 95 Chicago Avenue in Chicago, with Collier being assisted by H. J. Dorward [should read W. J. Dorward] of Valparaiso, who was "known as the wooden legged photographer." Dorward would apparently travel to Chicago once a week to assist in shooting photographs for Collier. It is suspected that Dorward exited the photography business in Valparaiso soon after the Chicago raid. Wilfrid Dorward can be found in a 1903 directory for Chicago. He is listed as "Dorward, Wilfred J photog 95 Chicago av." Dorward is also listed in the same directory under Photo Engravers in the business directory section, also located at 95 Chicago Avenue. This address is identical to the one in which the police raid took place. Records from the 1900 and 1910 federal census show that Wilfrid was residing at Caledonia Township, Columbia County, Wisconsin In the 1900 census his occupation is listed as "Artist," while he is listed as a "Photographer" in the 1910 census. By 1920, Wilfrid Dorward was residing in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. The 1920 federal census records show that the 61 year old Dorward was living in Ward 5 of Tacoma with his 40 year old wife, Pauline. Wilfrid J. Dorward was born March 14, 1858, in Saint Francis, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, the son of Bernard Isaac Durward and Theresa (Hillyard) Durward. At some point in time, Wilfrid would change the spelling of his name to Dorward. Wilfrid married Helga Pauline Viland. Dorward passed away on June 11, 1927, at Tacoma, and was buried at Durward Family Cemetery in Durwards Glen, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
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OriginalSource: Shook, "Early Photographers of Porter County"
Wilfrid J. Dorward operated a studio in Valparaiso at some time between 1903 and 1905. The exact location of Dorward's studio is unknown. One of Dorward's photographs has been positively dated as 1904. Dorward's work was imprinted with Dorward. A news item published in the November 4, 1905, issue of The Chicago Daily Tribune concerns a police raid on "the largest plant in the United States for the production of vulgar photographs" located at 173 Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago and operated by Thomas Collier. More than "120,000 obscene photographs and negatives" were seized in the raid. Photographs were allegedly produced on Sundays at an abandoned gallery on the top floor of the building located at 95 Chicago Avenue in Chicago, with Collier being assisted by H. J. Dorward [should read W. J. Dorward] of Valparaiso, who was "known as the wooden legged photographer." Dorward would apparently travel to Chicago once a week to assist in shooting photographs for Collier. It is suspected that Dorward exited the photography business in Valparaiso soon after the Chicago raid. Wilfrid Dorward can be found in a 1903 directory for Chicago. He is listed as "Dorward, Wilfred J photog 95 Chicago av." Dorward is also listed in the same directory under Photo Engravers in the business directory section, also located at 95 Chicago Avenue. This address is identical to the one in which the police raid took place. Records from the 1900 and 1910 federal census show that Wilfrid was residing at Caledonia Township, Columbia County, Wisconsin In the 1900 census his occupation is listed as "Artist," while he is listed as a "Photographer" in the 1910 census. By 1920, Wilfrid Dorward was residing in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. The 1920 federal census records show that the 61 year old Dorward was living in Ward 5 of Tacoma with his 40 year old wife, Pauline. Wilfrid J. Dorward was born March 14, 1858, in Saint Francis, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, the son of Bernard Isaac Durward and Theresa (Hillyard) Durward. At some point in time, Wilfrid would change the spelling of his name to Dorward. Wilfrid married Helga Pauline Viland. Dorward passed away on June 11, 1927, at Tacoma, and was buried at Durward Family Cemetery in Durwards Glen, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
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OriginalSource: Early Photographers of Porter County, on blog "Porter County's Past: An Amateur Historian's Perspective, by Steve Shook, dated April 30, 2017, updated April 4, 2019 (viewed April 30, 2019 by Joan Hostetler http://www.porterhistory.org/2017/04/early-photographers-of-porter-county.html?fbclid=IwAR35AFnb2sr3nusPUOrnOLkz1wm6IAbLSTp12_fi_XJSYFKfqQach_2oTQQ)
Wilfrid J. Dorward operated a studio in Valparaiso at some time between 1903 and 1905. The exact location of Dorward's studio is unknown. One of Dorward's photographs has been positively dated as 1904. Dorward's work was imprinted with Dorward.
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