Maybelle D. Goodlander (May 25, 1882 – October 25, 1959) was an American commercial and portrait photographer based in Muncie, Indiana, in partnership with her older sister Maude Goodlander.
Early life Maude and Maybelle Goodlander were born in Muncie, Indiana, the daughters of Marquis D. Goodlander and Harriett Chapel Goodlander. Their father was a photographer, and taught his daughters the skills of the profession.Goodlander Sisters, Minnetrista Gathering Place, Heritage Collection.
Career By 1906 the Goodlander sisters were working together as professional photographers,Goodlander Sisters advertisement, Star Press (February 25, 1906): 12. via Newspapers.com and they took over their father's studio when he retired. They made photographic portraits and painted portraits on canvas. They also took class pictures for schools.Ruby Swickard, "Farmland Photo Studio Owner Indebted to Goodlander Sisters" Star Press (August 31, 1986): 39. via Newspapers.com They also held an exhibit of German photography in Muncie, in 1911, featuring work by Minya Diez-Dührkoop."German Photographs Will be Exhibited Here" Muncie Evening Press (August 5, 1911): 8. via Newspapers.com
Maybelle Goodlander was elected president of the Women's Federation of the Photographers' Association of America in 1915."Women Officers of Photographers" Indianapolis News (July 20, 1915): 11. via Newspapers.com She attended national meetings of the Photographers' Association of America in Milwaukee (1910), St. Paul (1911), Detroit (1912), Kansas City, Missouri (1913), Atlanta (1914), and Indianapolis (1915)."Photographers to Have Big Time" Star Press (July 9, 1915): 6. via Newspapers.com"Muncie Photographers to Attend Big Convention at Indianapolis" Muncie Evening Press (July 19, 1915): 8. via Newspapers.com She was president of the Business and Professional Women's Association of Muncie in 1927."Speaker Lauds Muncie Club" Star Press (February 21, 1927): 12. via Newspapers.com She spoke about photography at the national convention of Business and Professional Women's Clubs in Oakland, California in 1927."Leave for National Convention" Star Press (July 10, 1927): 9. via Newspapers.com
Personal life Maybelle D. Goodlander died in 1959, aged 77 years. Maude died in 1962.
References
External links Stereograph Collection ca. 1860–1939, Manuscript and Visual Collections Department, William Henry Smith Memorial Library, Indiana Historical Society; Series 23 contains work by Marquis D. Goodlander, including images of the Goodlander Sisters as children.