This grainy interior shot of the Mealy studio is a rare one indeed. It is dated 1911. Eli Mealy himself had died three years before, but the studio was bought by photographer W.C. Church. Church kept the Mealy name. The Mealy Studio building still stands just down from the old Austin's Restaurant. KM Designs is … Continue reading Interior of Mealy Studio →

In an earlier post, I told you about E.W. Mealy, Monroe's first known photographer. The above engraving is the building on South Grand Street where his studio was. If you go down South Grand Street, just past the Austin's Restaurant building, the above building still stands. Look very closely at the front of the building, … Continue reading Mealy Block – 1893 →