Maybelle Goodlander

Maybelle D. Goodlander (1882 – October 25, 1959) was an American commercial and portrait photographer based in Muncie, Indiana, in partnership with her older sister Maude Goodlander.

Maybelle Goodlander, from a 1912 publication.

Early life

Maude and Maybelle Goodlander were born in Muncie, Indiana, the daughters of Marquis D. Goodlander and Harriett Chapel Goodlander. Their father was a photographer, and taught his daughters the skills of the profession.[1]

Career

By 1906 the Goodlander sisters were working together as professional photographers,[2] and they took over their father's studio when he retired.[3] They made photographic portraits and painted portraits on canvas. They also took class pictures for schools.[4] They also held an exhibit of German photography in Muncie, in 1911, featuring work by Minya Diez-Dührkoop.[5]

Maybelle Goodlander was elected president of the Women's Federation of the Photographers' Association of America in 1915.[1][6] She attended national meetings of the Photographers' Association of America in Milwaukee (1910), St. Paul (1911), Detroit (1912), Kansas City, Missouri (1913), Atlanta (1914), and Indianapolis (1915).[7][8][9][10][11] She was president of the Business and Professional Women's Association of Muncie in 1927.[12] She spoke about photography at the national convention of Business and Professional Women's Clubs in Oakland, California in 1927.[13]

Personal life

Maybelle D. Goodlander died in 1959, aged 77 years.[14] Maude died in 1962.[15]

References
  1. Goodlander Sisters, Minnetrista Gathering Place, Heritage Collection.
  2. Goodlander Sisters advertisement, Star Press (February 25, 1906): 12. via Newspapers.com
  3. Randi Beem and Melissa Gentry, "A Mother, Two Sisters, and the Other Lucina: A Story of Important Women in the Muncie Arts Community" Hoosier Women at Work: Studies in Indiana Women's History (Indiana Historical Bureau, April 2018).
  4. Ruby Swickard, "Farmland Photo Studio Owner Indebted to Goodlander Sisters" Star Press (August 31, 1986): 39. via Newspapers.com
  5. "German Photographs Will be Exhibited Here" Muncie Evening Press (August 5, 1911): 8. via Newspapers.com
  6. "Women Officers of Photographers" Indianapolis News (July 20, 1915): 11. via Newspapers.com
  7. Maybelle D. Goodlander, "History of the Women's Federation of the P. A. of A." Bulletin of Photography (September 18, 1912): 417-419.
  8. Bayard Wootten, "An Impression of the Women's Federation at Atlanta" Wilson's Photographic Magazine (August 1914): 384-386.
  9. "How Women Have Won Fame in Photography" Wilson's Photographic Magazine (May 1914): 199-209.
  10. "Photographers to Have Big Time" Star Press (July 9, 1915): 6. via Newspapers.com
  11. "Muncie Photographers to Attend Big Convention at Indianapolis" Muncie Evening Press (July 19, 1915): 8. via Newspapers.com
  12. "Speaker Lauds Muncie Club" Star Press (February 21, 1927): 12. via Newspapers.com
  13. "Leave for National Convention" Star Press (July 10, 1927): 9. via Newspapers.com
  14. "Miss Maybelle Goodlander Dies; Three-Week Illness" The Star Press (October 26, 1959): 3. via Newspapers.com
  15. "Hattie Maude Goodlander" The Star Press (January 4, 1963): 6. via Newspapers.com
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