Seneca Ray Stoddard (1844–1917) was an American landscape photographer known for his photographs of New York's Adirondack Mountains. He was also a naturalist, a writer, a poet, an artist, and a cartographer. His writings and photographs helped to popularize the Adirondacks.
Stoddard was born at Wilton, in Saratoga County, New York, May 13, 1844, son of Charles Stanley Stoddard and Julia Ann Ray.[1] He was largely self-taught. He left home at 16 and got work painting ornamental freight cars and decorative scenes in passenger cars. He started in photography at age 20, initially in Glens Falls and later throughout the Adirondacks. He published a guide to Saratoga Springs followed by Lake George - Luzerne - Schroon Lake in 1873, and revised each of the subsequent five years. In 1878 the guide was expanded to Lake George and Lake Champlain.
He was best known for his guidebook, The Adirondacks: Illustrated, published in 1873, revised and reprinted through 1914, and the first tourist map of the Adirondacks, published in 1874. In 1878, Stoddard produced a topographical survey of the Adirondacks. In 1882 Stoddard invented "a camera attachment for use in dry-plate photography and to perfect the -magnesium flash- for taking night photographs."[2] In early 1892, he was invited to give an illustrated lecture to the New York State Legislature that was influential in the creation of the Adirondack Park.
He traveled extensively, to Alaska in 1892, Florida and Cuba in 1894 followed by the American west and southwest. In 1895, he traveled to Bermuda, the Holy Lands, Italy, Switzerland, and France. In 1897, he went to England and the Orkney, Shetland and Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Germany and Russia. His trips became the basis for illustrated lecture tours, and photographic travel books, The Cruise of the Friesland and The Midnight Sun. In 1906, he started Stoddard's Northern Monthly, a short-lived magazine that featured articles on the Adirondacks, fiction and foreign travel.
Stoddard died at his home in Glens Falls, New York, April 26, 1917, and is interred in Pineview Cemetery.[3]
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De Sormo, Maitland C., Summers on the Saranacs. Utica: North Country Books, 1980. ISBN0-932052-87-8.
Donaldson, Alfred L., A History of the Adirondacks. New York: Century, 1921. ISBN0-916346-26-9. (reprint)
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Seneca Ray Stoddard 1844 1917 was an American landscape photographer known for his photographs of New York s Adirondack Mountains He was also a naturalist a writer a poet an artist and a cartographer His writings and photographs helped to popularize the Adirondacks Seneca Ray StoddardAn early self portrait of S R StoddardBorn 1844 05 13 May 13 1844 Wilton Saratoga County New YorkDiedApril 26 1917 1917 04 26 aged 72 Glens Falls New YorkNationalityAmericanOccupationLandscape photographerKnown forPhotographs of New York s Adirondack Mountains Contents 1 Biography 2 Legacy 3 References 4 Gallery 5 Sources 6 External linksBiography EditStoddard was born at Wilton in Saratoga County New York May 13 1844 son of Charles Stanley Stoddard and Julia Ann Ray 1 He was largely self taught He left home at 16 and got work painting ornamental freight cars and decorative scenes in passenger cars He started in photography at age 20 initially in Glens Falls and later throughout the Adirondacks He published a guide to Saratoga Springs followed by Lake George Luzerne Schroon Lake in 1873 and revised each of the subsequent five years In 1878 the guide was expanded to Lake George and Lake Champlain He was best known for his guidebook The Adirondacks Illustrated published in 1873 revised and reprinted through 1914 and the first tourist map of the Adirondacks published in 1874 In 1878 Stoddard produced a topographical survey of the Adirondacks In 1882 Stoddard invented a camera attachment for use in dry plate photography and to perfect the magnesium flash for taking night photographs 2 In early 1892 he was invited to give an illustrated lecture to the New York State Legislature that was influential in the creation of the Adirondack Park He traveled extensively to Alaska in 1892 Florida and Cuba in 1894 followed by the American west and southwest In 1895 he traveled to Bermuda the Holy Lands Italy Switzerland and France In 1897 he went to England and the Orkney Shetland and Faroe Islands Iceland Norway Denmark Germany and Russia His trips became the basis for illustrated lecture tours and photographic travel books The Cruise of the Friesland and The Midnight Sun In 1906 he started Stoddard s Northern Monthly a short lived magazine that featured articles on the Adirondacks fiction and foreign travel Stoddard died at his home in Glens Falls New York April 26 1917 and is interred in Pineview Cemetery 3 Legacy EditThe majority of Stoddard s life work in photographs is split into two large collections one at the Chapman Historical Museum in Glens Falls and the other at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake New York Other works of his are held in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum 4 the George Eastman Museum 5 the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 6 the Princeton University Art Museum 7 the Clark Art Institute 8 the University of Michigan Museum of Art 9 the Museum of Fine Arts Houston 10 the Los Angeles County Museum of Art 11 and the Brooklyn Museum 12 References Edit Seneca Ray Stoddard Collection Adirondack Museum Retrieved 10 July 2016 Seneca Ray Stoddard in the New York State Archives Bicentennial Citizens Advisory Committee Seneca Ray Stoddard Lake George Lake Champlain Guidebooks Warren County New York A Commemorative Bicentennial Magazine Warren County New York Retrieved 9 September 2013 Seneca Ray Stoddard was born in 1844 in Wilton and died in Glens Falls in 1917 He is buried in Pineview Cemetery Seneca Ray Stoddard Smithsonian American Art Museum americanart si edu Retrieved 2021 03 08 Seneca Ray Stoddard People George Eastman Museum collections eastman org Retrieved 2021 03 08 Hudson River at Luzern SFMOMA Retrieved 2021 03 08 Lake George Photographs by S R Stoddard 1997 584 artmuseum princeton edu Retrieved 2021 03 08 On the Beach Coney Island www clarkart edu Retrieved 2021 03 08 Exchange Falls of the Hudson exchange umma umich edu Retrieved 2021 03 08 Seneca Ray Stoddard In the Adirondacks a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Saranac Lake From The North LACMA Collections collections lacma org Retrieved 2021 03 08 Brooklyn Museum www brooklynmuseum org Retrieved 2021 03 08 Gallery Edit John Brown s Grave 1896 Raquette River at Sweeney Carry Under the hemlocks Raquette Lake 1888 The Small steamboat Towahloondah 1889 Prospect House Blue Mountain Lake 1889 Raquette Lake Hotel 1889 Hotel Wawbeek Upper Saranac Lake 1890 Hotel Ampersand Upper Saranac Lake 1890 Saranac Lake House 1890 Cleveland Cottage Saranac Inn Echo Camp Raquette Lake 1916 Adirondack Loj North Elba New York 1893Sources EditDe Sormo Maitland C Summers on the Saranacs Utica North Country Books 1980 ISBN 0 932052 87 8 Donaldson Alfred L A History of the Adirondacks New York Century 1921 ISBN 0 916346 26 9 reprint External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seneca Ray Stoddard Full text scan of The Adirondacks Illustrated Stoddard s photographs in 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