Campbell, Alfred S.

Alfred S. Campbell (1840-1912) photographer and entrepreneur. He worked in England before he came to the USA in 1866 with Napoleon Sarony, to run Sarony & Co. He then started Alfred S. Campbell Art Company, Elizabeth New Jersey, also known as AS Campbell Art Co.; Campbell Art Company, Campbell Art Factory, Campbell Picture factory, etc. He also partnered with Francis Price in Price & Campbell, New York, then opened Campbell Studios New York with Rudolf Eickemeyer, later Morand. He later bought into Montauk Photographic Manufacturing Co. (Trenton, NJ) and Landon, Kent & Co. (WVA, MD). Campbell Studio NY probably also expanded to other cities. His companies were some of the largest of the kind in the USA.

As far as his work as an artist; Some of Alfred S. Campbell's stereoviews may be seen at the Library of Congress. A painting by Alfred S. Campbell, 1899 is in the Smithsonian. (http://campbellartcompany.weebly.com, http://www.antiqueprint.org/topic/138, http://broadway.cas.sc.edu/index.php?action=showPhotographer&id=33)