. History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and its people. r oftheir lives. He acquired his education in the schools of this state. He has beeninterested in art from his childhood and was an art student under Eckert, a notedartist of those days, from whom he received his first lessons when but ten yearsof age. He not only learned the actual work of the artist, but also was instructedby Mr. Eckert in the study of human character and in connection therewith he tookup the study of phrenology, in which he became most proficient. He practicedphrenology with great success for about seven years and throug
. History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and its people. r oftheir lives. He acquired his education in the schools of this state. He has beeninterested in art from his childhood and was an art student under Eckert, a notedartist of those days, from whom he received his first lessons when but ten yearsof age. He not only learned the actual work of the artist, but also was instructedby Mr. Eckert in the study of human character and in connection therewith he tookup the study of phrenology, in which he became most proficient. He practicedphrenology with great success for about seven years and throughout the periodalso did art work, traveling through the summer and spending the winters in hisstudio. Nature splendidly endowed Mr. Spurr with talent of that character andthe development of his native powers has made him an artist of rare ability. Fora time he was located in Des Moines and came from that city to Waterloo, biitprevious to establishing his home here he spent two years upon the road, demon-strating art photography in different E. WILLAED SPURR HISTORY OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY 437 Coming to Waterloo in 1905, Mr. Spurr established his studio here in theSyndicate building, on the fourth floor, and called it the One Man studio, doingall of his own work. His rare ability, however, was soon recognized and thebusiness grew rapidly, requiring a number of employes. In 1910 he removed tohis present quarters on East Fourth street, where he has one of the finest studiosin the state. His photographic work has taken awards and prizes throughout theentire country. In 1899 he won the Iowa bronze medal; in 1900, the Iowa bronzeminiature medal, the Iowa gold medal, the special per cent diploma, GrandPortrait Class, of the North Western Photographic Association of America,and the special A class diploma at the convention held at Milwaukee, Wisconsin;in 1901, the Iowa silver loving cup, Sweepstakes, the Iowa gold medal, PrizeWinners Class, the Iowa gold medal, Draped Fine Art M
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