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'''Charles Thomas Cottrell''' ([[1863]]-[[1952]]) was a professional photographer in Pensacola from the 1890s to sometime in the late 1920smid-1940s. Originally from Kentucky, he moved to Pensacola in [[1893]]. He established a photography studio at 204½ South [[Palafox Street]] circa [[1900]].<ref>http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flescamb/people/businesses1905.htm</ref>
Cottrell's studio was known as the "Glass House" due to its large glass wall and skylights, which allowed Cottrell to use daylight instead of artificial lighting, giving a softer, more natural look to portraits. While portrait photography accounted for a portion of his business, the majority of his income derived from artistic landscape photographs, which he sold as picture postcards. He also invented a mixture called "Nostane," sold through photographic supply stores to remove chemical stains from photographers' hands.
