Maybelle Goodlander
American photographer
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Maybelle D. Goodlander (May 25, 1882 – October 25, 1959) was an American commercial and portrait photographer based in Muncie, Indiana, in partnership with her older sister Maude Goodlander.
May 25, 1882
40.11560°N 85.66440°W
Maybelle Goodlander | |
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Maybelle Goodlander, from a 1912 publication | |
| Born | Maybelle Deane Goodlander May 25, 1882 Muncie, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | October 25, 1959 (aged 77) Muncie, Indiana, U.S. |
| Burial place | Maplewood Cemetery 40.11560°N 85.66440°W |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Years active | 1906–1959 |
| Organization(s) | Women's Federation of the Photographers' Association of America Business and Professional Women's Association of Muncie |
| Style | Portraits |
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]
