1856 October
3, James Henry Hare is born in London to George Hare, who, after
a successful cabinet making business, becomes a successful camera manufacturer.
Jimmy Hare attends St. John's College in London. He leaves voluntarily
after one year and becomes
an apprentice in his fathers camera shop
1879 Jimmy and his father have a disagreement when Jimmy tells his father that
they should begin making smaller handheld cameras which were just becoming technologically feasible.
Jimmy leaves his father's business to work for another London firm.
1879 August
2, Jimmy marries Ellen Crapper.
1880's
(early)
Begins to lose interest in camera manufacturing, takes up
free-lance photograpy as a hobby, sells work to various London journals.
1889 Becomes
technical adviser for E.& H.T. Anthony & Co. in Brooklyn, NY.
1895 Becomes
full-time photographer for Illustrated American Magazine.
1898 February
15. One month after a fire destroyed the Illustrated American's
headquarters, Jimmy
presents himself at the office of Colliers Weekly proposing to photograph
the wreckage of the
battleship Maine, and life in Spanish Cuba. Robert J. Collier recalled
two decades later, "The
Maine blew up, and Jimmy blew in." A few days later, Jimmy was in
Cuba.
1904 Goes
to the Far East to photograph the Russo-Japanese war.
1908 Takes
the first photo of a plane in fight.
1911 Goes
to Mexico to cover the Mexican Revolution.
1912 Goes
to Europe to cover the First Balkan War for Colliers and the Illustrated
London Sphere.
1913 Profiled
by American Magazine among its "interesting people", citing "the
ability to catch the dramatic
elements in teh event he is picturing."
1914 Learns
that Collier's would not be sending him to Europe to cover World War I,
contacts Leslie's
Weekly to offer his service. Hired and sent to England.
1931 Retires.
1939 Becomes
honorary president of the Overseas Press Club.
1946 June
24, Dies while staying with one of his daughters in Teaneck, NJ.