History behind the Brady Stewart Collection: Brady Stewart Studio Customers

October 10, 2010 Leave a comment


During the 70+ years of operation, Brady Stewart Studio worked a wide range of Corporations, Advertising Agencies, Printers, organizations and individuals.  By definition, a Commercial Photography Studio, provides a wide array of photographic services including; location & studio photography, black & white and color prints, copy negatives of original prints, large format color and black & white transparencies of original art, photostats and screened prints for business printers, and 35mm slides for business presentations. 

From his affiliation with the Photographic Section of Academy of Science and Arts of Pittsburgh, Brady Stewart developed an expertise for creating presentation transparencies; 3″x4″ lantern slides, 35mm diazo chrome slides, 35mm kodalith slides, 35mm color slides, 4×5 & 8×10 ektachrome transparencies, and 8×10 hand-colored kodalith transparencies.   In the early 1940s, Brady Stewart Studio was the first to offer ammonia-developed color slides for business presentations.  In the early 1950s, Brady Stewart Studio was the first to offer 35mm color and  black & white kodalith television slides.  In the early 1980s, Brady Stewart Studio was the first to offer computer generated slides with photographic inserts. (see hand-colored Lantern Slides at http://bradystewartphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery/Hand-colored-Positive-Slides/G0000cPWtCKzQbiI/

Major Corporations:  Swindell Dressler Corp, Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical, John F. Casey Company, Wabash & WV Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad Corp, Heyl and Patterson Company, Clark Candies, Mine Safety Appliances, Westinghouse, Wabco, Joy Manufacturing, Fisher Scientific, W.W. Patterson Winches, Disston Power Tools, HK Porter, Jeanette Glass Co., Calgon Corp., HJ Heinz, Rubbermaid, Minotte Manufacturing Company, CE Cast Company, AG Trimble, Pittsburgh Plate Glass (PPG), Alcoa Corp, Stouffer Foods, Iron City Brewery, Duquesne Brewery, Otto Milk, Pictsweet Foods, Pamco Products, Pennex Products, Thrift Drugs, Pittsburgh National Bank, Mellon Bank, Railway Express, US Steel Corp and more…

Advertising Agencies and Art Studios:  Ketchum Communications (Ketchum Advertising, Ketchum MacLeod and Grove), Lando Advertising, Graphic Studios, The Animators, Fuller Smith & Ross Inc., Pitt Studios, WF Minnick and Associates, Daniell Sapp Boorn Associates, E. Wasey, Ruth & Ryan Inc., W. Craig Chambers Inc., Frank Hnat Studios, Robert Casey and Associates, Gil Goodwin Graphics and many more…

Printers:  Geyer Printing, Colonial Press

Non-Profit Organizations:  Salvation Army, Goodwill Industries, United Way of Allegheny County

The Salvation Army’s Brigadier Henry Dries and Brady Stewart Studio Photographers, David VanDeveer and Ross Catanza, relaxing at the 725 Liberty Avenue office

Photographic Images can be viewed at http://bradystewartphoto.photoshelter.com

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About bradystewartcollection
The Brady Stewart Collection of photographs, made by Brady Stewart, Brady Stewart Jr. and associates of Brady Stewart Studio Inc., consists of photographs taken in and around Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Lake Erie, Lake Chautauqua, New York, Southwestern Ohio, Washington DC, Niagara Falls and Idaho. The historically significant collection spans most of the 20th century (1900-1990) and includes a wide array of Black &White, Sepia and Color photographs on Advertising & Products, Buildings and Churches, Children, Homesteading in Idaho, Manufacturing & Equipment, People & Lifestyle, Pittsburgh City Scenes, Sports and Transportation. The Brady Stewart Collection encompasses over 20,000 glass plates, prints and film negatives of all shapes and sizes. Today, Brady Stewart Studio is a fourth generation photography business. We are one of the longest operating family-owned commercial photography studios in the United States (1912-1991, 2008-). The Collection Images can be viewed at our hosted web site, www.bradystewartphoto.photoshelter.com

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