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Edyth Carter Beveridge

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Edyth Carter Beveridge
Born
Edyth Gertrude Carter Beveridge

c. 1862 (1862)
DiedAugust 29, 1927(1927-08-29) (aged 64–65)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Known forPhotography

Edyth Gertrude Carter Beveridge (c. 1862 – August 29, 1927)[1] was an American photojournalist. Beveridge documented life in Richmond, Virginia at the turn of the century. Throughout the 1890s she took photographs for the Richmond News and the Richmond Times. Beveridge began authoring the articles that accompanied her photographs. She went on to create photo essays for the Ladies' Home Journal, The Century Magazine, Harper's Weekly, and Collier's.[2]

Her work is in the Library of Congress[3] and the Virginia Historical Society.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Subjects Listed Alphabetically". Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  2. ^ "Recording History in a Man's World". Richmond Family Magazine. February 28, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "George Washington Custis Lee, 1832-1913, on horseback, with staff reviewing Confederate Reunion Parade in Richmond, Va., June 3, 1907, in front of monument to Jefferson Davis". Library of Congress. 1907. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "Original Retreat Hospital". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
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