Quick Facts
Biography
Nellie Stockbridge (1868 – May 22, 1965) was an early Idaho frontier mining district photographer.
Biography
Stockbridge moved from Chicago, Illinios to Wallace, Idaho. She arrived in 1899 to provide photo touch-up work for the at T.N. Barnard’s studio, eventually running the studio.
Stockbridge's subject included everyday subjects in Wallace like townscapes and events, but she also photographed the local mines including portraits of miners and capturing mining disasters.
Her career spanned over 60 years. She was the oldest living member of the Zonta International club for advancement of women when she died in 1965.
Works
Photographic books
Hart, Patricia; Nelson, Ivar (1993). Mining Town: The Photographic Record of T. N. Barnard and Nellie Stockbridge from the Coeur D'Alenes. University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-97254-8.
