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]

Nellie Spettigue (1912)
Leo Ornstein at the piano (1914)
Nellie Donegan roller skating

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
  1. ^ Alessio, Jim (September 7, 2009). The Eternal Flapper: The Many Lives of Edna Wallace Hopper. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781438961286 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Studio, Apeda | Broadway Photographs". broadway.cas.sc.edu.
  3. ^ "Bulletin of Photography". Frank V. Chambers. May 7, 1914 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "The New York Supplement". West Publishing Company. May 7, 1913 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.) [WorldCat Identities]".
  6. ^ "Apeda Studio". International Center of Photography. January 31, 2018.
  7. ^ "Search results for Apeda, Available Online". Library of Congress.