William Santee Rogers

Photographer: W. S. Rogers
Wichita, Kansas

William Santee Rogers
(1853 – 1930)

1853 Oct 09
Wisconsin, state records, W. S. Rogers born to Almira Santee and Jacob Rogers
1879 Feb 26
Wichita, KS, state records, W S Rogers and Susan Margaret Coggeshall are married
1880 Jun 01
Wichita, KS, US census, W S Rogers as clerk in store
1883
Wichita, KS, city directory, W S Rogers as photographer at 94 E Douglas
1885
Wichita, KS, city directory, W S Rogers as photographer at 110 E Douglas Av; res cor 3rd and Mosley
1886 - 1889
Wichita, KS, city directory, W S Rogers as photographer at 106 E Douglas

Note that all of the business addresses are for an upper floor of a building.

1891
Wichita, KS, city directory, W S Rogers as photographer at 104 E Douglas (Address possibly a mis-print since he is listed at 106 before and after)
1892, 1894
Wichita, KS, city directory, W S Rogers as photographer at 106 E Douglas
1896
Wichita, KS, city directory, W S Rogers as photographer, res 915 N Market;
1898
Wichita, KS, city directory, W S Rogers as photographer at 213 N Main; NOT listed in business section
1900 Jun 01
Wichita, KS, US census, W S Rogers as photographer, res 918 N Market (address number probably error)
1900 - 1907
Wichita, KS, city directory, W S Rogers as photographer, res 915 N Market; NOT listed in business section)
1908
Wichita, KS, city directory, W S Rogers listed but not as photographer, NOT in business sectioin

1909 - 1911
Wichita, KS, city directory, W S Rogers as photographer, res 941 N Market; NOT in bus section
1910 April 21
Wichita, KS, US census, William S Rogers as photographer, res 941 N Market
1912 - 1923
Wichita, KS, city directory, W S Rogers as photographer at 115 E 9th ;Son Guy A Rogers studio;; res 941 N Market
1920 Jan 14
Wichita, KS, US census, W S Rogers as photographer; res 941 N Market
1924 - 1929
Wichita, KS, city directory, W S Rogers as photographer, Guy A Rogers as photographer at 3102 E Central
1930 May 27
Wichita, KS, state records, W S Rogers dies at age 76

William Santee Rogers didn’t move around much. After he gave up his studio around 1923, he worked for his son Guy Rogers in that studio.

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

reverse of card at left

W. S. Rogers
Wichita, Kansas
example from mj Aux on Flickr

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

photographer:Rogers Studio
C A Pipher, proprietor
Kingman, KS
This is possibly 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)

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