Howard Heston Bailey (1836 - 1878) was an American calligrapher and artist. Born in Ohio, Bailey began his career as a calligrapher, selling business cards and illustrated advertisements to businesses across the Midwest. At some point in the late 1860s, Bailey met T.M. Fowler (1842 - 1922), who may have been working for Albert Ruger. Bailey and Fowler must have become close friends and Fowler's daughter even asserted that Bailey 'taught her father how to draw' city views. In 1870, Bailey entered the world of view making, publishing nine impressive bird's eye views of places in central and southern Wisconsin, at least one of which was published by Fowler. The following year, another twenty-two city views appeared with his name on them as either the artist or publisher, with Fowler publishing at least eight of them by himself or in partnership with Bailey. 1872 was another productive year for Bailey, who published a view of Milwaukee that year, along with a view of Columbus, Ohio, on which he collaborated with his brother Oakley Hoopes Bailey (1843 - 1947). The publishing firm Fowler and Bailey first appeared in 1872 as well, making it impossible to know exactly who, and in what combination, the two Baileys and Fowler drew and published views bearing that imprint. The trio moved to Ithaca, New York in 1873, and all three men remained busy, drawing and publishing views under various different imprints. In 1874, H. H. Bailey published a view of Poughkeepsie with James Compton Hazen (1852 - 1908), who had been his subscription agent in Syracuse the previous fall. Hazen spent the next four years working with Bailey. Fowler and Bailey went their separate ways in 1875, publishing thereafter under the names H. H. Bailey and Co. or H. H. Bailey and J. C. Hazen. Over the course of his career as a viewmaker, Bailey published seventy-two views, not including those published under the Fowler and Bailey imprint, on which he must have worked. According to John W. Reps, 'No viewmaker surpassed H. H. Bailey in his careful representation of industrial and business districts.' More by this mapmaker...

James Compton Hazen (November 5, 1852 - January 14, 1908) was an American landscape artist and viewmaker active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Hazen was born in Hackettstown, New Jersey. Hazen began working with the viewmaker Howard Heston Bailey (1836 - 1878) as early as 1873. His work seems to have been broad ranging, including actually drafting the views, as well as door to door sales, and even delivery of the final product. From 1877 he worked with H. H. Bailey's younger borther, Oakley Hoopes Bailey (1843 - 1947), where he completed some of his most famous work, including important views of Boston and Hew Haven. Hazen's name is associated with some 55 views, the last of which, Lynn Woods, was completed in 1904. He died four years later in 1908 and is interred near his birthplace in Morristown, New Jersey. Learn More...

Charles H. Vogt (1823 - 1895) was a Prussian-American lithographer active in Cleveland, Ohio from about 1870 to 1889. Vogt was born Prussia and immigrated to the United States in c. 1860, settling in Iowa. He was established as a lithographer of American city views Davenport, Iowa during the 1860s, then in Milwaukee from 1870 to 1879, then in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1879 to 1889. Vogt worked with his son, Gustav. H. Vogt (c. 1858 - July 12, 1936). Learn More...

Jacob Knauber (1846 – 1905) was a German-American lithographer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Knauber was born in Heidelberg, Germany and emigrated to America as a young man. He apprenticed as a lithographer in St. Louis from 1861. In 1867 he foundered J. Knauber Lithographing Company, which he would eventually run with his three sons, Arthur, Walter, and Richard. The firm specialized in American city views, billheads, letterheads, receipts, and checks. Knauber managed the firm it until his death in 1905. Afterwards it was run by his children until 1946 when it was acquired by Columbia Art Works. Learn More...