Childs, Charles Russell
(1875-1960)




Birth: March 28, 1875, Elwood, Will County, IL
Death: January 14, 1960
Parents: John M. and Sophronia Olivia (Pinneo) Childs
Spouse: Delia H. Hornburg, married December 20, 1897, Chicago, Cook County, IL
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Individual Number: 5133


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1900s-1950s C. R. Childs Photographer Chicago, Cook County, IL 5707 Lake St.
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Parents: John M. and Sophronia Olivia (Pinneo) Childs
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OriginalNotes: LeRoy Blommaert with Perry Casalino. This is a Real Photograph: The Life and Work of Photographer Charles R. Childs. Lists dates, parents, history, and explains postcard numbering system.

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (ancestry.com)
Charles Russell Childs, Chicago, born Mar. 28, 1875, Publisher & Manufact., self, mother Sophronia Olivia Childs

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 March 2021), memorial page for Charles Russell Childs (28 Mar 1875 - 15 Jan 1960), Find a Grave Memorial no. 86051172, citing Mount Olive Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Eva Hopkins (contributor 47159848).
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KnownDates: 1900s-1950s
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OriginalSource: Shook, "Early Photographers of Porter County"
Based at this location in Chicago, he sent photographers to places throughout Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. His postcard series "Duneland Camera Study" captured the Indiana Dunes region. In Porter County, he focused on Indiana Dunes, Porter, Chesterton, Valparaiso, Hebron, Kouts, and Flint Lake.
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