James P. Newton Explained

James P. Newton was a photographer in Memphis, Tennessee. He is noted as the city's first African American professional photographer and as an influential documenter of the city's history. Several of his cabinet card photographs remain including in the University of Memphis' collection.[1]

Newton owned property in Chicago and partnered with his brother Charles to form Newton & Newton. He also worked for a larger studio during his career.[2]

He featured in Sprakling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Knowing (1897), along with a portrait of him. G. P. Hamilton wrote about him in The Bright Side of Memphis (1908).[3]

He had a studio on 134 South Main and then Beale Street.[4] The Memphis Heritage Trail includes a site related to him.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jenkins. Earnestine. January 11, 2017. The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis. April 23, 2021. University of Memphis. en-US.
  2. Web site: Jenkins. Earnestine. February 27, 2018. Portrait of Annie Sybil Thomas Jarret by James P. Newton – First Black Professional Photographer in Memphis. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200125192339/https://protect.chickhistory.org/tag/james-p-newton/. January 25, 2020. April 23, 2021. protect.chickhistory.org.
  3. Book: Jenkins, Earnestine Lovelle. Race, Representation & Photography in 19th-Century Memphis – From Slavery to Jim Crow. February 28, 2016. Routledge. 9781409468196. 280.
  4. Web site: Cabinet Card Photos and the Historic Memphis Photographers. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200717191538/https://historic-memphis.com/memphis/cabinet-cards/cabinet-cards.html. July 17, 2020. April 23, 2021. historic-memphis.com.
  5. Web site: Maps | Memphis Heritage Trail.

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