Monday, January 9, 2023

Simon Leonard Stein


Photographer: Stein
Milwaukee
example from LOST GALLERY

This is the reverse of the card on the left.
on reverse:
Copied by Stein -Photographer

Simon Leonard Stein
(1854 – 1922)

1854 Auq 12
Katharina, Austria, US census, state records, Simon Leonard Stein is born to Jacob Stein and Adelheide Schwager
1866 July
Naturalization record, Simon Stein arrives in US
1870 thru 1873
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Simon Stein NOT listed
1874
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Simon L Stein as “operator”; res 304 3rd
1875 - 1877
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Simon L Stein as photographer; bds 385 6th ; working for another studio
1878 - 1879
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Simon Stein employed as photographer; res 411 Cherry
1880
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Simon Stein as photographer at cor 3rd & State (310 State), res 411 Cherry
1881
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Simon Stein as photographer at cor 3rd and State, res 516 State

1882
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Simon Stein as photographer at cor 3rd and State; res 516 State
1883 Jul 21
Lincoln, WI, state records, son Julian Stein is born
1883 - 1895
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Simon Stein as photographer at 310 State
1896 - 1904
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Simon Stein as photographer at 126 Wisconsin; res 160 Juneau
1905 - 1908
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Simon Stein as photographer at 126 Wisconsin; res 638 Farwell (son Julian at same res)
1909 - 1916
Milwaukee, WI, city directory Simon & Julian Stein as Stein and Son, photographers at 128 Wisconsin
1917 - 1920
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Simon L Stein as photographer at 128 Wisconsin
1921
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, S L Stein and Son (Simon) as photographers at 128 Wisconsin
1922 Mar 4
Milwaukee, WI, state records, Simon Stein dies at age 67

Nathan Louis Stein
(brother of Simon L Stein)
(1856-1921)

1856 Nov 25
Austria, US census and Immigration records, Nathan Louis Stein is born to Jacob Stein and Adelheide Schwager
1873 Sep 03
Naturalization card, Nathan L Stein arrives in New York
1890
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Nathan L Stein NOT listed
1891
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Nathan L Stein as photographer at 310 State, res 1315 Prairie
1892
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Nathan L Stein as manager at 456 Mitchell
1894
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Nathan L Stein as photographer at 456 Mitchell

1893 Sep 03
Milwaukee, WI, state records, Mathan L Stein and Rachel Whitehead are married
1894 - 1897
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Nathan L Stein as photographer at 456 Mitchell
1898 - 1903
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Nathan L Stein as photographer at 452 Mitchell, res 638 First av
1904 - 1909
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Nathan L Stein as photographer at 452 Mitchel; res 597 Greenbush
1910 Apr 01
Milwaukee, WI, US census, Nathan L Stein as photographer res 597 Greenbush
1911 - 1920
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Nathan L Stein as photographer at 452 Mitchell
1920 Jan 05
Milwaukee, WI, US census, Nathan L Stein as photographer
1921 Sep 01
Milwaukee, WI, FindSGrave, Nathan L Stein dies at age 64

Note: examples at right are not exactly cabinet cards but very similar.

photographer: N L Stein
Milwaukee, WI
example from auction site
photographer: N L Stein
452 Mitchell Street, Milwaukee, WI
example from auction site

Julian Henry Stein
(son of Simon L Stein
(1883-1897)

1883 Jul 21
Milwaukee, WI, state records, Julian Henry Stein is born to Simon Leonard Stein and Bertha Guttenstein
1905 - 1908
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Julian H Stein as photographer; no studio listed, probably working for father, Simon Stein; res 638 Farwell av (same address as father)
1909 - 1916
Milwaukee, WI, city directory Simon & Julian Stein as Stein and Son, photographers at 128 Wisconsin
1917 - 1918
Widewater, Stafford County, Virginia, US WW 1 Draft registration, listed as farmer
1917 Nov 26
Washington, DC, state records, daughter Catherine Betty Stein is born
1920
Washington, DC, city directory, “Julia” Stein as photographer; res 1331 Mt Pleasant nw

1920 Jan 17
Washington, DC, US census, Julian H Stein as photographer; res 3364 Mt Pleasant
1921
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Julian Stein with Stein and Son (Simon and Julian) 128 Wisconsin;
1922 - 1930
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Julian H Stein as photographer at 425 Milwaukee
1931 – 1935 (1936 incomplete)
Milwaukee, WI, city directory, Julian Stein as photographer at 733 N Milwaukee
1937 Jan 21
Milwaukee, WI, state records, Julian Stein dies at age 53

Milwaukee City Directory 1924
This advertisement would be for Julian Stein

Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
29 Jan 1937



photographer: S L Stein
Milwaukee, WI
from the collection of Derek Wood on Flickr

photographer: S L Stein
310 Sate, Milwaukee, WI
example from Rescued Photo

photographer S L Stein
310 State St, Milwaukee, WI
(note this card says "Copied by...")
photographer S L Stein
310 State St, Milwaukee, WI
example from auction site
photographer S L Stein
310 State St, Milwaukee, WI
example from auction site
reverse design of both cards at left

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5 comments:

  1. Nathan Stein was the younger brother of Simon. Although I am not related to the Stein family, I have two photographs taken by Nathan, so did a deep dive on him. The relationship is shown by Nathan and Simon's marriage records. "The photographer was Nathan Stein, an Austrian immigrant. In 1891, he was working at the studio of his elder brother, Simon Stein at 910 State St. By 1892 he has his own studio at 456 Mitchell St (on the corner of 2nd Ave). The photo says that it's the Stein's South Side Branch, so perhaps it was an offshoot of Simon's studio.
    By 1898, Nathan had moved his studio next door to 452 Mitchell St, because Albert Kunzelmann, who lived above the store at 458 Mitchell, created a storefront that encompassed 454-458 Mitchell." https://www.facebook.com/familytreetimemachine

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    1. Thank you! At your prompt, I have begun a complete revision of the Stein page. Any suggestions or examples are welcome! Email address is in the profile at the bottom of the page.

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  2. I am trying to date a portrait photograph in a folder with embossed PORTRAITS BY PHOTOGRAPHY in an oval around the name Stein in script. at the bottom of the oval is embossed 425 MILWAUKEE ST in small print and below that MILWAUKEE in larger print.

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    1. Julian Stein had a studio at 425 Milwaukee from 1922 to 1930. The folder you describe would be a format consistent with that same time period.

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    2. Thank you. I see on the bottom border, Julian H Stein, which appears to be signed.

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