A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve: Studia Historica 3. (Szeged, 2000)

T. KNOTIK Márta: A Csongrád megyei fényképészet fénykora (1880-1896). Második rész: Szentes, Makó, Hódmezővásárhely, Csongrád

MÁRTA T. KNOTIK THE GOLDEN AGE OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN CSONGRÁD COUNTY (1880-1896) PART II: SZENTES, MAKÓ, HÓDMEZŐVÁSÁRHELY, CSONGRÁD The present author discusses the second period (between 1880-1896) in the history of photography in Csongrád county in a similar manner as she did the first period (The Beginnings of Photography in Csongád County, 1859—1879). She now closes both the first part of this extensive period (MFMÉ Történeti Tanulmányok [Historical Essays], no. 2. 1999. pp. 375-437), as well as the second with the year of the millennium, which had national importance since it motivated the entire county. The study draws materials from both private and photographic collections kept in museums and archives across the county. The survey was based on corporate letterheads called 'versós' of the photographs primarily from the classifieds in the county newspapers and documents from archives of the period. The author extends the study to the various types of relationships that were possible between the activities and the personalities of the photographers. Márta T. Knotik discusses the material chronologically according to the city, the biography of the photographers, their activities, studios, displays, letterheads, their solutions concerning the form of their front pages, and the quality of their photographs. In Szentes, Vilmos Herzl (Hegedűs) continued to operate as the photographer of the town until his time of death in 1893. His son, Ignác Hegedűs opened his own studio also. In Makó, photographers had still not settled during these years, instead they had kept up branch-studios. Ferenc Bietler (1878-1882), Imre Ravasz (1880-1890), Lajos Gerzanits (1883-1884), Ferenc Vidéki (1891-1892), István L. Hönisch (1894-1896), and László Huszthy (from 1895) had operated here with breaks). ülés Plohn continued to be the photographer in Hódmezővásárhely. However, others appeared beside him: Béla Gévay (1884—1888) and Gyula Veress (1893—1896), who also opened their studios here. During this period in Csongrád, newspaper and press owners made attempts to get involved in the photography business. These were Sándor Schwarcz, János Szilber and Partner (1891), and Márkus Weiss (from 1895). Finally, the author discusses the operation and connections of those photographers who appear in the above mentioned towns periodically, some of whom operated their permanent studios in other towns.