Jessie Tarbox Beals
Photographer

Jessie Tarbox Beals Net Worth

Jessie Tarbox Beals was a pioneering Canadian-born American photographer. She was the first American woman to publish works of photojournalism, and is remembered for her night photography, as well as her images of New York's Greenwich Village and the St. Louis World's Fair. Beals was born on December 23, 1870.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day December 23, 1870
Birth Place Canada
Age 149 YEARS OLD
Died On May 30, 1942 (age 71)
Birth Sign Capricorn

💰 Net worth: $77 million (2024)

About

Notable as the first American woman to publish works of photojournalism, she is remembered for her night photography, as well as for her images of New York's Greenwich Village and the St. Louis World's Fair.

Before Fame

While working as a schoolteacher in Massachusetts, U.S.A., she began investigating photography after winning a prize camera from a magazine contest.

Trivia

She opened a photography studio in New York City in 1905.

Family Life

A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, she was the child of Marie Antoinette Bassett and John Nathaniel Tarbox. Her marriage to Alfred Tennyson Beals lasted from 1897 until 1917; during her marriage, she gave birth to a child named Nanette, who may or may not have been the daughter of her husband.

Associated With

In the early 1900s, she famously took a candid photograph of then-United States President Theodore Roosevelt.

Some Jessie Tarbox Beals images

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