Algert Theodore Peterson
- BORN
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March 8, 1880
Yazoo, Mississippi
- DIED
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June 25, 1959
Columbia, Missouri
Algert Peterson was born March 8, 1880, in Yazoo, Mississippi. He began studying photography when he was around twenty-three years old. In January 1909, he moved to Higginsville, Missouri, and purchased a photography studio, later opening a branch in Concordia, Missouri. While there he captured the community life of the region. In 1927, he sold his studios in Concordia and Higginsville to Leonard D. Rehkop.
By 1930, Algert had moved to Columbia, Missouri, where he opened a studio that was in operation until 1965. Peterson photographed individuals, children, families and public events. In 1934, he was named president of the Photographers and Photo Finishers of Central Missouri.
Algert Peterson died on June 25, 1959, in Columbia.
Algert Theodore Peterson, World War I era parade float by the Red Cross, circa 1917.
Glass negative, 8 x 10 in.
Leonard D. and Marie H. Rehkop Collection of Algert T. Peterson Photographs, C3888. C3888-C0331. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Photograph Collection.
Algert Theodore Peterson, African American School Children, circa 1916.
Glass negative, 5 x 7 in.
Leonard D. and Marie H. Rehkop Collection of Algert T. Peterson Photographs, C3888. C3888-E3607. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Photograph Collection.
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“Algert Theodore Peterson,” Find A Grave, accessed March 7, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120661194/algert-theodore-peterson/photo.
“Algert Theodore Peterson,” Missouri Digital Heritage, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1971, Certificate No: 20405, https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1959/1959_00020405.PDF.
Boone County Historical Society, “Algert Peterson Studio Photography Collection,” accessed March 7, 2022, https://cdm17098.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17098coll4.
Leonard D. and Marie H. Rehkop Collection of Algert T. Peterson Glass Plate Negatives (C3888); The State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Columbia. Finding Aid. Accessed March 9, 2022, https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c3888.
“Early Photographs and Photographers.” Concordia-Memoires.org, October 3, 2011, accessed March 8, 2022, http://concordia-memories.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=177.
“Peterson, Algert T.” in Eskind, Andrew H., Greg Drake, Kirsti Ringger, and Lynne Rumney, eds., Index to American Photographic Collections: Compiled at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, (New York: G.K. Hall & Co., 1995), 868.
“Algert Peterson Dies in Missouri,” Yazoo Herald, July 2, 1959, 7.
“Society,” Daily Capital News (Jefferson City, Missouri), June 13, 1934, 2.
William Young, Young’s History of Lafayette County, Missouri (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1910) 2: 715-716, accessed March 7, 2022, https://archive.org/details/youngshistoryofl02youn/page/716/mode/2up.
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Algert Theodore Peterson, World War I era parade float by the Red Cross, circa 1917.
Glass negative, 8 x 10 in.
Leonard D. and Marie H. Rehkop Collection of Algert T. Peterson Photographs, C3888. C3888-C0331. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Photograph Collection.
Algert Theodore Peterson, African American School Children, circa 1916.
Glass negative, 5 x 7 in.
Leonard D. and Marie H. Rehkop Collection of Algert T. Peterson Photographs, C3888. C3888-E3607. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Photograph Collection.
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Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on March 14, 2022
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Artist clippings file is available at:
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“Algert Theodore Peterson,” Find A Grave, accessed March 7, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120661194/algert-theodore-peterson/photo.
“Algert Theodore Peterson,” Missouri Digital Heritage, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1971, Certificate No: 20405, https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1959/1959_00020405.PDF.
Boone County Historical Society, “Algert Peterson Studio Photography Collection,” accessed March 7, 2022, https://cdm17098.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17098coll4.
Leonard D. and Marie H. Rehkop Collection of Algert T. Peterson Glass Plate Negatives (C3888); The State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Columbia. Finding Aid. Accessed March 9, 2022, https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c3888.
“Early Photographs and Photographers.” Concordia-Memoires.org, October 3, 2011, accessed March 8, 2022, http://concordia-memories.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=177.
“Peterson, Algert T.” in Eskind, Andrew H., Greg Drake, Kirsti Ringger, and Lynne Rumney, eds., Index to American Photographic Collections: Compiled at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, (New York: G.K. Hall & Co., 1995), 868.
“Algert Peterson Dies in Missouri,” Yazoo Herald, July 2, 1959, 7.
“Society,” Daily Capital News (Jefferson City, Missouri), June 13, 1934, 2.
William Young, Young’s History of Lafayette County, Missouri (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1910) 2: 715-716, accessed March 7, 2022, https://archive.org/details/youngshistoryofl02youn/page/716/mode/2up.
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Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on March 14, 2022
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