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[[File:p049577.jpg|right|thumb||A c. 1910 photograph by Charles Derby of Paul Smith and his sons with an electric rail car.<br>|Courtesy of the [[http://adirondack.pastperfectonline.com/photo/19F7C0C3-0B8C-4216-A4E8-643374745288|Adirondack Experience]]|.]]<br>'''Born:''' 1848

'''Died:''' 1910

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'''Charles Derby '''was a [[Photographers|photographer]] in Morrisonville, New York. He briefly owned a studio in Saranac Lake which he sold to [[Charles%20S.%20W.%20Baldwin|Charles S.W. Baldwin]] in 1892.  He made annual photographic visits to the [[Paul%20Smiths|Paul Smiths]] region

The Adirondack Museum has twenty-one glass plate negatives that he shot in the [[St.%20Regis%20Lakes|St. Regis Lakes]] region c. 1900.
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''Plattsburgh Sentinel'', November 24, 1893

—Among the new things that we notice in our village is the photography tent of Charles Derby, of Morrisonville, who is at present located here.
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''Plattsburgh Sentinel'', June 1, 1894

—Charles Derby & Son, photographers, paid a visit to the Adirondacks last week to make arrangements for the coming season, and will leave on Monday next for their summer campaign.
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''Plattsburgh Daily Press'', February 21, 1896

The Charles Derby photo artist business appears under the heading Jan. 1, 1896 of Charles Derby & Son.<span>  Their work is now executed in the highest style of art.
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'''Source:'''
* Sally E. Svenson, ''''[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Adirondack_Photographers%2C_1850-1950|Adirondack Photographers, 1850-1950]]'','' p. 22

 

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* The Adirondack Experience has some [[http://adirondack.pastperfectonline.com/bycreator?keyword=Derby%2C+Charles|two dozen images]] produced by Charles Derby mostly from the Paul Smiths and St. Regis Lakes region.

 

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