Maybelle Goodlander
Goodlander (May 25, 1882 – October 25, 1959) was an American commercial and portrait photographer based in Muncie, Indiana, in partnership with her older sister Maude Goodlander.
Also recorded as Maybelle D. Goodlander · Maybelle Deane Goodlander
Maybelle Goodlander

Maybelle Goodlander (1882 – October 25, 1959) and Maude Goodlander (1879-1962) (Internet Archive Book Images) · https: Source book page · Public domain
- Name
- Maybelle Goodlander
- Birth Name
- Maybelle Deane Goodlander
- Born
- 25 May 1882
- Birthplace
- Muncie, Indiana, U.S.
- Died
- 25 October 1959
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Nationality
- United States
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Goodlander (May 25, 1882 – October 25, 1959) was an American commercial and portrait photographer based in Muncie, Indiana, in partnership with her older sister Maude Goodlander.
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• Name — Maybelle Goodlander • Birth Name — Maybelle Deane Goodlander • Born — 25 May 1882 • Birthplace — Muncie, Indiana, U.S. • Died — 25 October 1959 • Place of death — Muncie, Indiana, U.S. • Burial Place — Maplewood Cemetery • Occupation — Photographer • Years Active — 1906–1959 • Organization — Women's Federation of the Photographers' Association of America Business and Professional Women's Association of Muncie • Style — Portraits
Early life
Early life
Maude and Maybelle Goodlander were born in Muncie, Indiana, the daughters of Marquis D. Goodlander and Harriett Chapel Goodlander. Their father was a photographer, and taught his daughters the skills of the profession.
Career
Career
By 1906 the Goodlander sisters were working together as professional photographers, and they took over their father's studio when he retired. They made photographic portraits and painted portraits on canvas. They also took class pictures for schools. They also held an exhibit of German photography in Muncie, in 1911, featuring work by Minya Diez-Dührkoop. Maybelle Goodlander was elected president of the Women's Federation of the Photographers' Association of America in 1915. She attended national meetings of the Photographers' Association of America in Milwaukee (1910), St. Paul (1911), Detroit (1912), Kansas City, Missouri (1913), Atlanta (1914), and Indianapolis (1915). She was president of the Business and Professional Women's Association of Muncie in 1927. She spoke about photography at the national convention of Business and Professional Women's Clubs in Oakland, California in 1927.
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Maybelle D. Goodlander died in 1959, aged 77 years. Maude died in 1962.
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1882
Maybelle Goodlander born at Muncie.
1959
Maybelle Goodlander died.
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