In 1959, the Longs sold Lafayette Studios to Chester Wainscott and Goy Goforth and retired. By 1941, they moved again, settling into 141-143 North Limestone it was to be the studio's home until 1984. In the late 1930s, the Longs moved again, this time to the Starman Studio space, at 301 West Main Street. Around this time, Bob Long left his job at the Kentucky Theatre and focused on building Lafayette Studios into Lexington's most successful photographic studio. By the early 1930s, the Longs bought out their main competitor, Starman Studios. In 1925, they expanded their business and moved the studio space to 311 West Main Street. Bob and Ida Long already had a few years experience in still and moving image photography and Bob Long worked as a projectionist at the newly opened Kentucky Theatre on East Main Street. "Bob" Long and his wife, Ida Nelson Long, opened Lafayette Studios in 1923, operating it out of the New Johns Building at 108 Walnut Street (now Martin Luther King Boulevard) in Lexington, Kentucky. Repository University of Kentuckyīiography / History Robert J.
Finding Aid Author Richard Leigh, Jacob Broderick, Christian Trombetta and Jessica Powell under the supervision of Jason Flahardy Preferred Citation 96PA101:, Collection on Lafayette Studios, University of Kentucky Archives. Most invoice groups (represented as whole numbers) contain more than one image. University of Kentucky Archives has no information on the content or fate of the missing invoice groups. The numbers are not contiguous and the many gaps in the collection represent missing invoice/work orders. Multiple images in an invoice group are represented by the invoice number, followed by an alphabetical qualifier: a, b, c, etc. The numbers are in a rough chronological order. Arrangement The collection is arranged by Lafayette Studios-assigned invoice number, listed in the guide as the item number for each image. Extent 6,543 items Subjects Historic buildings-Kentucky-Lexington. Title Lafayette Studios photographs: 1930s decade Date 1930-1939 Creator Long, Robert J.
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