Sunday, October 19, 2025

L F Dobler of Beloit Kansas

photographer: Dobler
Beloit, KS
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L F Dobler
(born Lewis Hogentogler)
(02 Feb 1850 – 25 Oct 1933)

1879 Oct 11
Beloit (KS) Gazette, item says Dobler and Blair have bought the gallery of C G Williams in Beloit
1885 Mar 01
Clyde, KS, US census, Louis Dobler as photographer
1886 Mar 05
Beloit (KS) Western Call, newspaper ad for Dobler Brothers, “first door east of First National Bank, upstairs”
1886
Sometime early in 1886 Charlie Dobler retired from the photo partnership
1886 May 21
Beloit (KS) Gazette, small ad for E W Henry, photographer, at “Dobler’s old gallery”
1886 June 25
Beloit (KS) Gazette, small item says Charley Nightingale, manager of Dobler Bros Photograph car, plans to locate permanently in Osborne, KS

1887 Jan 06
Beloit (KS) Courier, first ad found for L F Dobler, studio second floor of Hill’s business house, Main street
1888 Dec 01
Beloit (KS) Dental Herald, Small display ad for Dobler Gallery, next door to First National Bank, upstairs
1889 – 1896
Beloit, KS, L F Dobler runs ads for his gallery about weekly for these eight years
1895 Dec 20
Beloit (KS) Western Call, item says L F Dobler has opened a Gallery in Solomon (KS)
1897 Feb 26
Beloit (KS) Western Call; add for Margaret I’Donnell to take over L F Dobler photograph gallery
1898 Jan 14
Beloit (KS) Western Call, small item says L F Dobler has left for Warren Il
1900 Jun 02
Warren, IL, US census, Lewis Dobler as Grocer

1910 Apr 25
Warren, IL, US census, Lewis F Dobler as photographer
1920 Jan 05
Warren, IL, US census, Louis “Doubler” as photographer with own shop
1930 Apr 30
Chicago, IL, US census, Louis “Doubler” as photographer with own business
1933 Oct 28
Warren, IL, state record, Lewis F. “Doubler” as retired photographer, Lewis F Dobler dies at age 83

L F Dobler and his brother operated as Dobler Brothers gallery in Beloit, KS from late 1879 through 1885.

L F Dobler had a photograph gallery in Beloit, KS, steadily from January, 1887 through 1897.

L F Dobler had a gallery in Solomon, Kansas, in 1895.

Beloit (KS) Gazette -
10 NOv 1879
Beloit (KS) Courier -
01 Jan 1885
Beloit (KS) Courier -
07 Jan 1886

Beloit (KS) Western Call -
12 May 1886
Beloit (KS) Weekly Courier -
27 Dec 1894
Beloit (KS) Gazette -
21 May 1886
Beloit (KS) Gazette -
25 Jun 1886
Beloit (KS) Western Call -
10 Dec 1895
Beloit (KS) Western Call _
14 Jan 1898
Beloit (KS) Wesern Call -
14 Jan 1898
Freeport (IL) Journal Standard -
26 Oct 1933
photographer: L F Dobler
Beloit, KS
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photographer: L F Dobler
Beloit, KS
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photographer: L F Dobler
Beloit, KS
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photographer: L F Dobler
Beloit, KS
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photographer: L F Dobler
Beloit, KS
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reverse of card at left
photographer: L F Dobler
Beloit, KS
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photographer: L F Dobler
Beloit, KS
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photographer: L F Dobler
Beloit, KS
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