William H. Dinsmore can be found only a few times in historical records as a photographer. In the 1901 Waterloo, IA, city directory the name appears under the category “Photographers” as Dinsmore, W H - Anita.”
William Henry Dinsmore
(1871-1942)
1871 Jan 29
Marshal County, IA, state records, William Henry Dinsmore is born to William Dinsmore and Sarah Wirick
1895 Dec 25
Cass, IA, state records, W H Dinsmore and Elnora Jane Van Styke are married; document shows WH Dinsmore as photographer
1897
Case County, IA, state record; birth of daughter Helen; W H Dinsmore listed as photographer
1898 Jun 23
Xounxil Bluffs (IA) Daily NonPareil, story tells of destruction of Dinsmore Gallery
1899 May 8
Anita, IA, Daily Iowa Capitol newspaper item, W H Dinsmore photographer is mentioned
1900 Jun 04
Grant, IA, US census, W H Dinsmore as photographer
1901
Anita, IA, city directory; W H Dinsmore as photographer
1901 Oct 12
Council Bluffs, IA, Daily News, item about W H Dinsmore new brick gallery
1902 May 24
Des Moines (IA) Leader, W H Dinsmore as vice president of Iowa Photographers
1903 April 16
Ottumwa (IA) Daily Courier; W H Dinsmore as vice president of Iowa Photographers
1904
Waterloo, IA, city directory, W H Dinsmore NOT listed
Des Moines, IA, city directory, W H Dinsmore NOT listed
1905
Iowa State Census, W H DInsmore, occupation not shown
1910 Apr 18
Anita, IA, US census, W H Dinsmore as photographer
1911 April 6
(Adams County (IA) Free Press mention of W. H. Dinsmore of Anita, attending a Knights of Pythias meeting in Corning, IA
1914 July 6
Des Moines (IA) Register; W. H. DInsmore of Anita, IA, is mentioned as a delegate to a state GOP convention
1914 Aug 13
Des Moines (IA) Register, display ads of civic nature with W H Dinsmore, photographer, added as supporter
1915
Anita, IA, Iowa state census, W H Dinsmore as photographer
1920 Jan 07
Anita, IA, US census, W H Dinsmore as artist; res Locust Street
1925
Anita, IA, Iowa state census, W H Dinsmore, occupation not shown
1929 May 01
Green (IA) Recorder, news item about W H Dinsmore representing Woltz Portrait Studio of Des Moines;
The city directory for years 1928 and 1929 list Woltz Studio in the business pages but Dinsmore is not in the residence pages
1930 Apr 10
Weimar, TX, US census, W H Dinsmore, as photographer
1935
Weimar, TX, US census, (from 1940 census) W H Dinsmore as resident
1940 May 14
Weimar, TX, US census, W H Dinsmore living with brother, no occupation shown
1942 Dec 22
Weimar, TX, state records, W H Dinsmore dies at age 71
So, right now, it appears that Walter Henry Dinsmore was a photographer in Waterloo and Anita, IA, at least from 1885 to about 1925. He then moved to Weimar, TX, and was photographer there until at least 1930. There are so few records and newspaper items, it is impossible to tell if and when he had his own studio.
23 Jun 1896
12 Oct 1901
12 Oct 1901
24 May 1902
27 May 1902
01 May 1929
432 Arch Street, Pniladelphia, PA
example from auction site
(NO connection to William H Dinsmore of Ohio has been made.)
Dover, ME
(NO connection to William H Dinsmore of Ohio has been made.)
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