Chansonetta Stanley Emmons (1858-1937) was an American photographer in the 19th and early 20th century. Emmons’ photography depicts scenes of domestic life and New England rural landscape. Born December 30, 1858 in the mill town of Kingfield, Maine, the young Chansonetta Stanley grew interested in photography after her brothers’ (Francis E. and Freelan O. Stanley) dry-plate printing invention. The Stanley Steamer, a steam-powered automobile that was also created by the Stanley brothers, was also invented by them.
On February 2, 1887, she married James Nathaniel Whitman Emmons. Freelan O. Stanley, her brother, bought her large house at 22 Harley Street, Ashmont Hill (Dorchester, Massachusetts). In 1895. Chansonetta gave birth in 1891 to a daughter, Dorothy Stanley Emmons, and there exist photographs of the Emmons home and family scenes in Dorchester from the 1890s. Chansonetta and Dorothy had to move to Massachusetts after James, her 41-year-old husband, died from blood poisoning in 1898.
Chansonetta saw photography as a way of supplementing her income after her husband’s passing. She participated in photo club exhibitions and lectures that featured her photographs reproduced as hand-colored lantern slides. Her wealthy brothers also gave financial support throughout her life. Chansonetta is unique because very few photographers, particularly women, were focusing on the “domestic vernacular”, especially in rural New England. Chansonetta died at age 79 in 1937.
The Stanley Museum, Kingfield, Maine has the largest collection of Chansonetta Stanley Emmons photographic prints as well as glass plate negatives from the world. This includes her brilliantly colored glass lantern slides.
Images of her Dorchester family home are some of her earliest photos.
In August 2016 the Maine Historical Society accepted the Chansonetta Stanley Emmons Collection on deposit from the Stanley Museum (Kingfield, Maine). The collection is being housed for five years during which the Society is providing year-round public access to, and interpretation of, the collection via its Brown Library, Maine Memory Network, and Vintage Maine Images. Although it is not a common arrangement for the Society, it allows the Society to increase the viability of the collection, which contains over 1,500 images of Maine farms and families from the early 20th Century through the 1930s. It also fosters scholarship in the photographic medium Chansonsetta Stanley’s brother, who later sold the process to Kodak.
Chansonetta Stan Emmons was an American photographer from the 19th and 20th centuries. Emmons’ photography depicts scenes of domestic life and New England rural landscape. Born December 30, 1858 in the mill town of Kingfield, Maine, the young Chansonetta Stanley grew interested in photography after her brothers’ (Francis E. and Freelan O. Stanley) dry-plate printing invention. (The brothers also invented the steam-powered automobile known as the Stanley Steamer).
James Nathaniel Whitman Emmons was her husband. Her brother Freelan O. Stanley bought her a large house at 22 Harley Street in Ashmont Hill, Dorchester, Massachusetts. in 1895. Chansonetta gave birth to Dorothy Stanley Emmons in 1891. There are photographs of the Emmons family home in Dorchester and scenes from their lives in the 1890s. Chansonetta and Dorothy had to move to Massachusetts after James, her 41-year-old husband, died from blood poisoning in 1898.
Chansonetta viewed photography as a way to supplement her income after her husband’s death, participating in photographic competitions, camera club exhibitions and lectures which featured her photography reproduced as hand-colored glass lantern slides. She was also supported financially by her wealthy brothers throughout her life. Chansonetta is unique in that relatively few photographers, especially women, in the beginning of the 20th century were focused on the “domestic vernacular” especially in rural northern New England. Chansonetta died at age 79 in 1937.
The Stanley Museum, Kingfield, Maine has the largest collection of Chansonetta Stanley Emmons photographic prints as well as glass plate negatives from the world. This includes her brilliantly colored glass lantern slides.
Images of her Dorchester family home are some of her earliest photos.
In August 2016 the Maine Historical Society accepted the Chansonetta Stanley Emmons Collection on deposit from the Stanley Museum (Kingfield, Maine). The collection will be housed at the Society for five years. During that time, the Society provides year-round public access and interpretation to the collection through its Brown Library, Maine Memory Network and Vintage Maine Images. While not a typical arrangement for the Society, it is providing an opportunity to expand the viability and audience of the collection which includes over 1,500 images of Maine farm and family life from the early 20th century through the 1930s as well to foster scholarship in the photographic medium invented by Chansonsetta Stanley’s brothers, a process later sold to Kodak.
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