Source Information
Huron Shores Genealogical Society, comp. Iosco County, Michigan Glass Negatives, 1892-1905: East Tawas [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.Original data: Huron Shores Genealogical Society. Index to Glass Negatives, East Tawas, Michigan: 1892-1905. Oscoda, MI, USA: Huron Shores Genealogical Society, 1994.
About Iosco County, Michigan Glass Negatives, 1892-1905: East Tawas
This database is an index to individuals who ordered photographs from the Arg G Emery Photography Studio in East Tawas, Iosco County, Michigan between 1892 and 1905. The collection of about 3,000 glass negatives was donated to the Iosco County Historical Museum. Some of the glass negatives had a date and order number attached. With that information, an approximate date for each order can be interpreted by comparing the order number to the following table:
- 0007=1892
3015=May 1899
3243=June 1900
3351=July 1900
3380=September 1900
3801=October 1901
3892=June 1902
4238=1903
4527=August 1903
4649=November 1903
5009=August 1904
5066=July 1904
From this database researchers will learn the name of the individual who ordered the photograph and the subject(s) of the photo.
An order number with a suffix indicates that there are from two to four different poses of the same person for that specific order. Suffix A-B indicates two poses; suffix A-B-C indicates three poses, and so on. A copy of the photo may be obtained by contacting the Huron Shores Genealogical Society, c/o Robert J. Parks Public Library, 6010 N. Skeel Avenue, Oscoda, MI 47750.
