The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 24, 2025
Children's Church Choir
c. 1910
(American, c. 1873–1943)
Gift of Michael F. Resch 2022.338
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
In the early 1900s, a number of women ran their own photography studios.Description
Mary Bisbee learned photography during the seven years that she worked as a retoucher and bookkeeper in a photo studio run by a man. In 1899, she and another young woman opened their own portrait studio, declaring to a reporter “we shall never ask or wish for patronage on account of being ladies; we shall compete with men on equal terms.” In 1900, Bisbee opened a solo studio, identifying her images as by “Miss Bisbee.” When she married in 1904, she closed it and seems to have given up photography.- ?-2022Michael Resch, Gates Mills, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- {{cite web|title=Children's Church Choir|url=false|author=Mary L. Bisbee|year=c. 1910|access-date=24 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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