MORE
ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY
ARNOLD
CLOSED HIS NYC OFFICE IN LATE 1890 AND MOVED HIS FAMILY BACK TO BUFFALO (This
is assumed using city directories of both cities) WHEN HE BEGAN WORK IN CHICAGO
AT THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION AS CONSTRUCTION PHOTOGRAPHER UNDER DANIEL BURNHAM
-FEB OR MAR OF 1891. ARNOLD MAINTAINED AN OFFICE PRESENCE IN CHICAGO INTO
1895 TO COMPLETE HIS BUSINESS THERE. HE BUILT A NEW HOME IN BUFFALO
IN 1895-96 AND THAT AREA WOULD BE HIS BASE OF OPERATIONS. ARNOLD
MAINTAINED HIS HOUSEHOLD THERE WHILE ALSO DOING EXTENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC
WORK AT THE COTTON STATES EXPOSITION OF 1898, THE PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION
OF 1901 IN BUFFALO, AND REPORTED INVOLVEMENT IN THE 1907 JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.
ANOTHER TRIP TO EUROPE IN 1896 APPARENTLY WAS CUT SHORT FOR WHAT REASON
WE DO NOT KNOW, AND A PARTIAL RETURN WAS MADE TO ARCHITECT
INVESTORS.
WHATEVER
IS KNOWN ABOUT THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS IS LISTED. CONTACTS WITH HISTORIANS HAS
BEEN MADE IN AN ON-GOING ATTEMPT TO LEARN THE EXACT LOCATIONS AND OTHER PERTINENT
INFORMATION OF STRUCTURES. INFORMATION REGARDING THESE BUILDINGS, THEIR OWNERS,
LOCATIONS, AND CURRENT STATUS IS ALWAYS WELCOMED.
NEW
YORK & HARLEM RAILROAD - c.1885-90
THANKS
TO PIERCE HAVILAND FOR IDENTIFICATION
PHOTO BY C.D. ARNOLD
JUDGING BY THE CONSTRUCTION AND LANDSCAPE DEBRIS,
ITS ASSUMED HOME WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED
AT THE TIME OF THE PHOTO.
LAMB & RICH, ARCHITECTS
C.D.
ARNOLD PHOTO
NO
LOCATION KNOWN
PRESUMED
EASTERN AREA
ROSSITER & WRIGHT, ARCHITECTS
FLATBUSH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK C.D. ARNOLD PHOTO