| 1856- |
Born |
| 1887- |
Studio established in St.Paul, Minnesota with eight
working attendants (before J.P. Ball arrived). |
| 1888- |
Opens two more studios, "Peoples Gallery" and
"The Annex." |
| 1889- |
End of year profits listed at 9000.00(considerable for
the the late nineteenth century) |
| 1891- |
Wins gold medal for the "Best collection of
cabinets and largest portraits and views." at Minnesota State Fair. |
| 1900 - |
Exhibits photographs of the Tuskegee Institute at the
Paris Exposition; dismissed from position as official photographer after attempting to
organize black southerners with his anti-segregationist views. |
|
A blistering attack by a black journalist in the
"Afro American Advance" suggesting that Shepard should have been more cautious
expressing his views. |
|
Shepard responds to attack, pointing out that he lost
little in his termination, that the true reason for his dismissal was for different
reasons. |
