National Dairy Cattle Congress. Ayrshire cow. Man holding the leash of an Ayrshire cow. Printed on the photo is "Strohmeye & Carpenter." Back of photo is stamped: "Strohmeyer & Carpenter, Photographers of Animals, P. O. Box 788, White Plains, N. Y. Written is: "Toll Gate Farm Marjorie's [unreadable], ch. Ayrshire [unreadable], Toll Gate Farm, #6, 1955, 124992." Henry A. Strohmeyer Jr.'s father was the official photographer for President Theodore Roosevelt. Henry Jr. cofounded Strohmeyer & Carpenter with John T. Carpenter in 1928. They traveled 75,000 miles a year to photograph livestock. Some of their clients were the Rockerfellers, J. C. Penney, and Carnation Milk. They dissolved the partnership in 1960, and Mr. Strohmeyer retired in 1969. He died in 1972. Source for this is from The New York Times obituary titled, "Henry H. Stohmeyer Jr. Dies: Photographer wa 81" dated September 30, 1972. https://www.nytimes.com/1972/09/30/archives/henry-a-gtrohmeyer-jr-dies-livestock-photographer-was-811.html Grout Museum District. Additional photographs and artifacts can be found on the Grout Museum Districts online collections website at https://gmdistrict.catalogaccess.com/
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National Dairy Cattle Congress. Ayrshire cow. Man holding the leash of an Ayrshire cow. Printed on the photo is "Strohmeye & Carpenter." Back of photo is stamped: "Strohmeyer & Carpenter, Photographers of Animals, P. O. Box 788, White Plains, N. Y. Written is: "Toll Gate Farm Marjorie's [unreadable], ch. Ayrshire [unreadable], Toll Gate Farm, #6, 1955, 124992." Henry A. Strohmeyer Jr.'s father was the official photographer for President Theodore Roosevelt. Henry Jr. cofounded Strohmeyer & Carpenter with John T. Carpenter in 1928. They traveled 75,000 miles a year to photograph livestock. Some of their clients were the Rockerfellers, J. C. Penney, and Carnation Milk. They dissolved the partnership in 1960, and Mr. Strohmeyer retired in 1969. He died in 1972. Source for this is from The New York Times obituary titled, "Henry H. Stohmeyer Jr. Dies: Photographer wa 81" dated September 30, 1972. https://www.nytimes.com/1972/09/30/archives/henry-a-gtrohmeyer-jr-dies-livestock-photographer-was-811.html Grout Museum District. Additional photographs and artifacts can be found on the Grout Museum Districts online collections website at https://gmdistrict.catalogaccess.com/