Mary Ann Eckert

 

Mary Ann Eckert Sources at Lewis & Clark Library Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center

 

 

Mary Ann Eckert (died May 6, 1888) was an early day Helena photographer, particularly well known for the phtograph of the hanging of Compton and Wilson on Helena's hangman's tree. She began her career in Helena in the 1860s. Eckert owned property in the "red-light" district of Helena.

 

 

Sources at Lewis & Clark Library

 

1. Baumler, Ellen. Spirit Tailings: Ghost Tales for Virginia City, Butte, and Helena. Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press, 2002. 94-97. [Shelfmark M 133.1097 B]
2. Baumler, Ellen and Dave Shors. Lost Places, Hidden Treasures. Helena, Montana: Farcountry Press, 2002. 6. [Shelfmark M 978.6615 B]
3. Morrow, Delores J. "Female Photographers on the Frontier: Montana's Lady Photographic Artists." Montana: The Magazine of Western History 32 (1982): 77. [Shelfmark REF Summer 1982 V32 N3]
4. Helena Weekly Herald, 8 May 1888.
5. Helena Weekly Independent, 10 May 1888.
6. Baumler, Ellen. "The Secrets and Lies of Mary Ann Eckert," Still Speaking Ill of the Dead. Axline and Foley, editors. Helena, Montana: TwoDot Press, 2005. 77-87. [978.6 STILL]

 

Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center

 

1. Baumler, Ellen. "The Secrets and Lies of Mary Ann Eckert," Still Speaking Ill of the Dead. Axline and Foley, editors. Helena, Montana: TwoDot Press, 2005. 77-87.
2. Helena Weekly Herald, 8 May 1888.
3. Helena Weekly Independent, 10 May 1888.
4. Baumler, Ellen and Dave Shors. Lost Places, Hidden Treasures. Helena, Montana: Farcountry Press, 2002. 6.
5. Photograph of the hanging of Compton and Wilson, MHS Photo Archives, 948-121.

 

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