In 2021 I wrote a post about Mary Dudley. At that time, I had not seen any work from her studio in Grand Junction. This cabinet card photograph of two unidentified men in western wear shows off her talent as a studio photographer. Like most 19th century photographers, Dudley’s mount does not include her first name. In Grand Junction she used “M. Dudley” and her Boulder, Colorado mounts just “Dudley.” While some may think she was trying to mask her identity as a women photographer, I think she was just following the conventions of the time. Does anyone have additional work from Dudley’s Grand Junction studio that they would like to share or know more about her time in Grand Junction?
