James P. Newton

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.[1] Several of his cabinet card photographs remain including in the University of Memphis' collection.[2]

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.[3]

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).[1]

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

References
  1. Jenkins, Earnestine Lovelle (February 28, 2016). Race, Representation & Photography in 19th-Century Memphis – From Slavery to Jim Crow. Routledge. p. 280. ISBN 9781409468196.
  2. Jenkins, Earnestine (January 11, 2017). "The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis". University of Memphis. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  3. Jenkins, Earnestine (February 27, 2018). "Portrait of Annie Sybil Thomas Jarret by James P. Newton – First Black Professional Photographer in Memphis". protect.chickhistory.org. Archived from the original on January 25, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  4. "Cabinet Card Photos and the Historic Memphis Photographers". historic-memphis.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  5. "Maps | Memphis Heritage Trail".


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