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Joseph Shrader, born in Orel, Russia, in 1870, became a photographer in
1885. He immigrated to the United States in 1892. In 1910, he moved to
Little Rock and opened the Shrader Studio at 1201/2 Main Street. Shrader
was joined in the business by Bertha Frank Shrader, who he married in
Memphis, Tennessee, in 1900. When son Buddy joined the family, the Shraders
began equipping him early in his life to join the family business. After a
fire in December 1933, Shrader reopened shop at 305 Main Street with a staff
of 8 to 10 coworkers.
In addition to photographing Arkansans of all walks of life, Shrader was for
many years the official photographer for the Arkansas Senate, Arkansas House
of Representatives, the Law School, the medical school, the Junior College
and Little Rock schools including the high school, Catholic High and Mount
St. Mary's Academy. Among Arkansas Leaders summed up the Shrader's quality,
"The human face tells the whole story of the life behind it. It is
Shrader's art to bring out and dramatize the best in you as expressed by
your face. That is the difference between picture taking and Shrader's
artistic photography."
Search for additional Shrader images from 1945-1979 in our Shrader Negatives Database.
Photo: SH35_0090
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