For those of you who have old photographs and have been unable to pinpoint
their age I found a newspaper article which might help.
In the Pike County Democrat - May 15, 1896 a writeup concerning M. J. Brady
is states he has been a photographer in Petersburg for about 17 years. It
also states he started working in Gibson County "since the close of the war."
Herschel Richardson was also noted as a photographer in Petersburg. No
dates were given, but it mentions he did all kinds of work including
crayon, Pastel and oil along with his view and portrait work.
Sandy McBeth