Ada Wills Garside
Ada Exira Wills Garside (February 18, 1870 – March 7, 1950) was an American photographer known for her photography in Oklahoma Territory and later Oklahoma. She photographed Native Americans, the Chilocco Indian School, and the Solar eclipse of May 28, 1900.
Ada Wills Garside
- Name
- Ada Wills Garside
- Birth Name
- Ada Wills
- Born
- 18 February 1870
- Birthplace
- Brown County, Ohio, U.S.
- Died
- 7 March 1950
- Place of death
- Ponca City, Oklahoma, U.S.
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Known for
- One of the first photographers of Oklahoma Territory
- Nationality
- United States
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• Name — Ada Wills Garside • Birth Name — Ada Wills • Born — 18 February 1870 • Birthplace — Brown County, Ohio, U.S. • Died — 7 March 1950 • Place of death — Ponca City, Oklahoma, U.S. • Occupation — Photographer • Known for — One of the first photographers of Oklahoma Territory
Early life and family
Early life and family
Ada Wills Garside was born in Brown County, Ohio, the daughter of Thomas L. Wills and Elizabeth Morris Wills. In 1875, her family moved to Iowa. She married Henry L. Garside on December 24, 1890. She moved to Villisca, Iowa in 1895, Stanberry, Missouri in 1897, and finally settled in Newkirk, Oklahoma Territory in 1899.
Death
Death
Garside's husband died on October 7, 1928. Later in life she was a Sunday School superintendent, and a member of the Newkirk Study Club. Garside died on March 7, 1950, in Ponca City, Oklahoma.
Photography and other work
Garside became interested in photography by 1897. After moving to Oklahoma, she became one of the first progressional photographers in the territory alongside other pioneers such as Emma Alfreda White Coleman and Annette Ross Hume. Her photography business was one of the most complete in the territory, offering a dozen photos from 25 cents to $12 and even offering Kodak camera rentals. During her career, she photographed Native Americans, the Chilocco Indian School, and the Solar eclipse of May 28, 1900. She photographed the Kay County Courthouse in 1910.
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