Raymond O. Cooper (Baker City)
Elite Studio
Chronology
1907-1911 Baker City
In 1917 this studio was owned by Mrs. Ella Foyen, see listing in this book.
Directory Listings
1907 POW pg. 82 Baker City “Cooper, Raymond A photographer”
1908 Baker City Directory pg. 53 “Elite Studio, Raymond O. Cooper, prop., 1915 Front” plus ad quoted below
1909 POW pg. 82 Baker City “Cooper, Raymond A photographer”
1917 Baker and Grant County Directory pg. 37 Baker “Elite Studio, The, Mrs Ella Foyen propr, 1726 Main””
Photographer’s Imprints
“Elite Studio, Baker Or” signed in negative, 8×10 view (Eastern Oregon Museum in Haines, Or.)
News Items and Advertisements
1911: “The Elite Studio, at Baker city, Oregon, has just completed some extensive alterations.” Camera Craft, Vol. XVIII, No. 9, September 1911
1908: “Photographs made at the Elite Studio are the BEST. Satisfaction Guaranteed, Prices are the Lowest. 1915 Front St., Baker City, Ore. Phone Main 657” R. L. Polk’s Directory of Baker City, Sumpter, Huntington, Haines, and Union, LaGrande and Pendleton, (Portland; Polk 1908.
Bibliography
Photographer’s Association of the Pacific Northwest, Programme of Seventh Annual Convention, September 3rd – 6th, 1907, Seattle; n.p. 1907. (unpaginated) “Members Photographic Association of the Pacific Northwest 1907…Cooper, R. O.—Baker City, Ore…”