Bio of HIBBARD, Charles J., Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

C. J. HIBBARD (Charles J. Hibbard) - Vol II, pg 373-374
C. J. Hibbard is a self-made man who has constructed his own success, and his
tudio at No. 412 Nicollet avenue, Minneapolis, is equipped with everything
necessary lor the production of high class work. The Hibbard family is of
English origin and was founded in America in 1696. Mr. Hibbard was born near
Rochester, New York, and when he was but a year old his parents removed to the
west, settling in Wisconsin. He acquired his education in the public schools of
the Badger state, of which he remained a resident until 1876, being at that time
a young man of twenty-one years. He then journeyed eastward and on his arrival
in one of the New England states was obliged to seek employment immediately, as
he was without funds. He secured the position of assistant to a traveling
photographer and readily acquired a knowledge of the business, working in the
vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts, during the years 1877-1882. He was keenly
interested in photography and soon became an artist in his line. In 1885 he came
to Minneapolis, using the camera as a means of diversion and pleasure until
1899, when he decided to devote his life to this art, and for four and a half
years was photographer for the department of botany of the University of
Minnesota. During that time he photographed plants and flowers in their natural
habitat all over the state of Minnesota, not only those growing on land but also
aquatic plants, in addition to the fauna of the state. In 1905 he went to Cuba
for the purpose of taking photographs for cne of the corporations established on
that island and also for the Munson Steamship Company, and the next three years
he spent in Boston, doing miscellaneous work. In 1907 Mr. Hibbard made
photographs of the Blashke glass flowers in the. botanical museum of Harvard
College. During his career he has met and photographed many notable men,
including Henry Wadsworth Long­fellow, America's beloved poet; General Ambrose
E. Burnside, a distinguished officer in the Union service during the Civil war;
Thomas Lipton, and John Jacob Astor, a representative of one of the most
prominent pioneer families in this country, instructing the last named gentleman
in the use of the camera. He does all kinds of photographic work and his
photographs of buildings in course of construction have been found very valuable
as a means of settling disputes between architects, builders and owners. He has
devoted practically his entire life to the study of photography and his
familiarity with every phase of the art supplements his appreciation of form,
color and grouping. The high quality of his work is indicated in the fact that
many of his slides are to be found in the Field Museum of Chicago, Illinois, and
the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mr. Hibbard married Miss Sarah E. Van De Walker and they have an extensive
circle of friends in the city. His public spirit finds expression in his
identification with the Civic & Commerce Association and he is also a member of
the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, the Young Men's Christian Association, the
Automobile Club, the Minneapolis Athletic Club, the Advertising Club and the
Lake Harriet Commercial Club. He is an expert photographer whose ability places
him with the foremost in his profession, and his work represents the highest
degree of efficiency in his art