Emily H. Pitchford (1878–1956) was an American photographer.
Emily H. Pitchford was born in 1878 in Gold Hill, Nevada. [1] She attended the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, now called the San Francisco Art Institute, in the 1890s. [1] [2]
Pitchford won a bronze medal at the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition in 1909. [3]
She had a studio with Adelaide Hanscom Leeson in the early 20th century and shared one with Laura Adams Armer in Berkeley, California, as of 1902. [4] As of 1906, she had her own studio in Berkeley. [2] Historian Shelley Rideout describes Pitchford, Leeson, and Armer as pictorialists. [2]
Pitchford married William Leo Hussey, a mining engineer, on June 10, 1911, in Johannesburg. [5] [6] They remained in South Africa until 1921 and then came back to Berkeley. [1] She died in Berkeley in 1956. [6]
Emily H. Pitchford (1878–1956) was an American photographer.
Emily H. Pitchford was born in 1878 in Gold Hill, Nevada. [1] She attended the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, now called the San Francisco Art Institute, in the 1890s. [1] [2]
Pitchford won a bronze medal at the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition in 1909. [3]
She had a studio with Adelaide Hanscom Leeson in the early 20th century and shared one with Laura Adams Armer in Berkeley, California, as of 1902. [4] As of 1906, she had her own studio in Berkeley. [2] Historian Shelley Rideout describes Pitchford, Leeson, and Armer as pictorialists. [2]
Pitchford married William Leo Hussey, a mining engineer, on June 10, 1911, in Johannesburg. [5] [6] They remained in South Africa until 1921 and then came back to Berkeley. [1] She died in Berkeley in 1956. [6]