Category:Carlton Harlow Graves

English: Carlton Harlow Graves (1867–1943), also known as C. H. Graves, American photographer and publisher of stereo cards. He was the son of Jesse Albert Graves, an early American photographer, who produced near 500 scenic views of the western part of the Pennsylvania. C. H. Graves studied the photographic art under his father and then started to practice it in Philadelphia circa 1880. He founded several companies to distribute prints, and The Universal Photo Art Company became the most prominent out of all of them staying in business from 1895 to 1910. It was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with a branch in Naperville, Illinois, where F. A. Messerschmidt served as a manager. Graves' catalog included near 1600 original views. He employed a platinum-process printing method and some of the views were labeled as The Art Nouveau (Platino) Stereograph.