Edward F. Gallagher (1881-1943) [1]
Edward F. Gallagher (1888-1943) first appears in the Charlotte City directory in 1909. (1) A native of Kentucky, he was a first generation Irish-American. By 1925, Gallagher became president of the Colonial Realty Company and left his studio in the hands of Verdie Perrell, who would eventually open his own studio and even form a detective agency. (2) Gallagher died in Gastonia and is is buried in Elmwood Cemetery. (3)
Like many Charlotte photographers of that era, Gallagher posted an advertisement [2] directed at soldiers stationed at Camp Greene during World War I.
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Source:
- Walsh’s Charlotte City Directory, 1909, p. 222.
- Miller’s Charlotte, North Carolina City Directory, 1925, p. 390.
- Cemetery Records, Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, North Carolina, 30 April 1943.
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