How did a photographer or studio become listed as a predecessor or a successor?
It could be expensive for a photographer to set up a business in a new location. It was not uncommon for a photographer to purchase the photographic studio, equipment, and even the prints and negatives of another photographer. In this transition, a photographer would not only gain the former photographer’s studio space, cameras, and darkroom equipment, but the former photographer’s clientele in a particular community as well. A photography studio would succeed another studio and a predecessor-successor relationship existed.
