photographer:
Soderberg
Sutton, Nebraska
photographer:
Soderberg
Sutton, Nebraska
Pahr and Pont Soderberg are the same person. Both are listed in
various documents with wife Anna and son Clyde. Son Clyde is listed as
an electrician or electrical salesman.
There exists a cabinet card imprinted by a Smith and Soderberg working
in Marengo, IA, in the 1880’s but no evidence has been found to show
that Parh (Pont) Soderberg was ever in Iowa. Such a partnership could
only have been in that brief period between his immigration in 1871
and 1884 when he is reported working in a photograph studio on a rail
car, in Lincoln, NE. By 1889 he was living in Sutton, NB.
Sometime during 1916 or 1917 Pahr (Pont) Soderberg and his wife Anna
moved to Pasadena, Los Angeles, CA. He appears to retire from
photography altogether. And the given name Pahr is used from that time
on.
Sometime between 1920 and 1924, their son Clyde Payne Soderberg and
his wife Francis, divorced, and he moved in with his parents in
California. In 1937, Clyde’s son, Robert, also moves to California at
the same address according to city directories and school
yearbooks.
1852 Jan 08
Arvika Sweden, Pahr (Pont) Soderberg is born
1871
Pahr Soderberg arrives in the United States
1883
(from 1887 Jan 21 (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal) Soderberg and
partners build an opera house
1884 Jan 01
The (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal news item Soderberg is in Lincoln
with his “photograph car”
1887 Jan 21
The (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal news item describes Opera House
managed in 1883 by Pont Soderberg
1887 May 22
The (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal news item mentions Pont Soderberg
is at Harvard (NE) taking pictures. Harvard is on the rail line that
includes Sutton, NE
1887 Dec 22
Brown County World, Hiawatha, KS, news item Eliza Payne and Soderberg
marry; mentions Soderberg has “…accumulated a handsome fortune…”
1889 May 22
Sutton, NE, son Clyde Payne Soderberg is born
1891 Nov 01
The (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal item mentions Soderberg is in
Clay Center (KS) that week
1900 Jun 08
Sutton, NE, US census as photographer; res 89 Maltby av
1909 Apr 20
Clay County, Clay Center, NE(?) Naturalized as citizen
1910 Apr 27
Sutton, NE, US census as photographer; res 80 Maltby av
1911 Apr 13
Sutton, NE, applies for passport to travel with wife Anna, “5 or 6
months”; signature Pahr Soderberg; copy at right
1916
Pasadena, CA, city directory NOT listed
1917
Pasadena, CA, city directory lists Pahr and Anna at 1925 Casa
Grande
1918
Pasadena, CA, city directory NOT listed
1919
Pasadena, CA, city directory show Pahr and Anna at 597 Claremont dr
1920
Pasadena, CA, city directory not available
1921 - 1925
Pasadena, CA, city directory lists Pahr Soderberg and Anna at 1181
Stevenson av; Clyde not shown
1927- 1947
Pasadena, CA, city directory lists Pahr Soderberg, wife Anna and son
Clyde at same address 1181 Mar Vista; in 1938 and a few years after
that, Clyde’s son Robert joins them at the same address
1948 Jul 25
Parh (Pont) Soderberg dies in Los Angeles County, CA
The photographs, above left, must have been finished between about
1889 and 1916 before Soderberg moved to California
The (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal - 01 Jan 1884
The (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal - 21 Jan 1887
The (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal - 03 Mar 1887
The (Lincoln) Nebraska State Journal - 22 May 1887
Brown County (Hiawatha, KS) World - 30 Dec 1887
photographer: Soderberg
Sutton, NE
example from auction site
photographer: Soderberg
Sutton, NE
example from auction site
photographer: SoderbergSutton, NE
example from auction site
Note the same post used in two of these cards
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