William Santee Rogers

Photographer: W. S. Rogers
Wichita, Kansas

William Santee Rogers
(9 Oct 1853 - 27 May 1930)

All data gathered from US Census, Find-A-Grave website and City Directories.
1853
W. S. Rogers born in Wisconsin
1879
marriage to Susie Margaret Coggeshall in Wichita, KS
1880
US census as clerk in store in Wichita, KS
1883 - 1892
Wichita, KS city directory, as photographer at 106 E Douglas
1894 - 1908
Wichita, KS city directory, as photographer at 915 N Market
1909 - 1924
Wichita, KS city directory, as photographer at 941 N Market
1925 - 1028
Wichita, KS city directory, as photographer at 937 N Market
1930
death in Wichita, KS

After W. S. Rogers semi-retired around 1924, his son Guy Albert carried on the studio at 2012 e Central, Wichita, KS.

The cabinet card here could have been done any time in his career between 1883 and 1928.

W. S. Rogers
Wichita, Kansas
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer:Rogers Studio
C A Pipher, proprietor
Kingman, KS
This is probably a branch of the Wichita studio
example from auction site

(This example is probably a CDV but it has been cropped and trimmed so much the size and shape is not possible to determine.)
(Kingman is just 44 miles west of Wichita. and on a rail line)

photographer: Rogers
106 E Douglas, Wichita, KS
example from auction site

photographer: Rogers
Wichita, KS
example from auction site

photographer: Rogers
Wichita, KS
example from auction site

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