Leonard's Studio

Back in August of 1996 I was visiting Racine and was walking through the old downtown taking pictures. In the 300 block, I noticed a closed-up door with Leonard Studio set into the entrance way. Later on, I was looking through Ead's Illustrated History of Racine and came across an advertisement for Leonard's Studio at the same address. Apparently it was a well-established photo studio with "A Lady always in attendance" to put the women of 1884 at ease. On a hunch, I looked through my 1940 Racine phonebook and found, at the same location, a Harry J Leonard doing commercial photography -- specializing in work "Out of Studio" for legal purposes. So, over at least a 52 year span, someone in the Leonard family was taking pictures in Racine. I would love to find out more information about the Leonards and their business.