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Friday's Faces From the Past: Herbert H. Halbert, Photographer

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HERBERT H. HALBERT (June 1853-After 1910) Ellicottville (Cattaraugus Co), NY: September 1888 – August 1889 Sandusky (Cattaraugus Co), NY: 1889 Strykersville (Wyoming Co), NY: 1889-1890 Lancaster (Erie Co), NY: April 1891 (studio burned in 1894-1895); 1900 Warsaw (Wyoming Co),NY: 1894-1895 (Tuttle’s Block) Buffalo (3 rd ward) (Erie Co), NY: 1900s There were ads for tin types being made in the Heunerfeld Photo Rooms in the Ellicottville Post during the year 1889. These were likely done by the photographer, H.H. HALBERT. HALBERT took out an ad in the Ellicottville Post on September 19, 1888 stating that he had leased the studio in the Huenerfeld Building. Several mentions were made in March of 1889 that folks like John Ehmans of West Valley and C.H. Rider of Great Valley and his school group had their photos taken by H.H. HALBERT. (Charles Rider was listed as the Sugartown District teacher in another news article.)                 In May 1889, there was more