Apeda Studio was a photography business in New York City.[1] It was established as a partnership between Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Sr. .[2] It incorporated in 1914.[3]
In 1913 the studio was sued unsuccessfully for copyright infringement, for reproducing the work of another studio, marking it as its own work, and selling it.[4]
Its photo of Bert Errol in drag featured on a postcard.[5] It published a photograph of minstrel performers in blackface.
Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. was the son of its co-founder.
The International Center of Photography (ICP)[6] and Library of Congress have collections of photographs from the studio.[7]
References
edit- ^ Alessio, Jim (September 7, 2009). The Eternal Flapper: The Many Lives of Edna Wallace Hopper. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781438961286 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Studio, Apeda | Broadway Photographs". broadway.cas.sc.edu.
- ^ "Bulletin of Photography". Frank V. Chambers. May 7, 1914 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The New York Supplement". West Publishing Company. May 7, 1913 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.) [WorldCat Identities]".
- ^ "Apeda Studio". International Center of Photography. January 31, 2018.
- ^ "Search results for Apeda, Available Online". Library of Congress.