Samuel B Hill
(1839 - 1917)
1844 Oct 29
Ohio (nearly every document gives different date and place) Samuel
Burnett Hill is born to Amos S Hill and Sarah Highlands
1860
Batavia, OH, US census; S B Hill at age 16 living with family
1870 Jun 04
Batavia, OH, US census, Samuel B Hill as farm worker
1879 Jan 05, 1879 May 07
Austin (TX) American Statesman item mentions S B Hill as photographer
at 817 Congress Ave, Austin, TX
1880 Jun 07
Austin, TX, US census, Sam B Hill as photographer
1881 Nov 06
Austin (TX) American Statesman item mentions S B Hill as photographer
at 817 Congress av
1882 Jun 23
Austin (TX) American Statesman item mentions S B Hill uses dry plate
process
1882 Oct 26
Austin (TX) American Statesman item mentions S B Hill as photographer
at 817 Congress av (Note that the next ad below it is for
H B Hillyer, photographer)
1883 Oct 07, 1883 Nov 04
Austin (TX) American Statesman item mentions S B Hill as photographer
at 818 Congress av
1885 Oct 15, 1886 Nov 17
Austin (TX) American Statesman item mentions S B Hill and J B Smith
dealing with lithographic stone quarry
1895
Austin, TX, city directory, Samuel B Hill as photographer at 915
Congress
1889 Aug 10, 1889 Nov 01, 1890 Oct 26
Austin (TX) American Statesman item mentions S B Hill as photographer
at 916 Congress
1892 Nov 17
Austin (TX) American Statesman item about the death of infant son of S
B Hill
1894 Mar 22
Austin (TX) American Statesman item mentions S B Hill as photographer
at 916 Congress
1895 Jan 18
Austin (TX) American Statesman item mentions S B Hill as photographer
has hired R Hastings to operate studio
1895 Jan 28, 1895 Feb 02
Austin (TX) American Statesman ad shows S B Hill as photographer at
915 Congress av
1895 Mar 01
Austin (TX) American Statesman item mentions S B Hill as photographer
has added Prof Waldman an optician to his studio
1898 Mar 07
Austin (TX) American Statesman item mentions S B Hill as photographer
at 915 Congress
1900 Jun 06
Austin, TX, US census, Samuel B Hill as photographer at 915 Congress;
res same
1901 Apr 07
Austin (TX) American Statesman item mentions S B Hill as photographer
no address followed by ad for W O Journeay at 814 Congress
1902 May 11, 1902 Sep 24
Austin (TX) American Statesman item mentions S B Hill as photographer
at 915 Congress
1903 Oct 23
Austin (TX) American Statesman ad shows S B Hill as photographer at
918 Congress (possibly a print error)
1903 Nov 29, 1905 Jul 09
Austin (TX) American Statesman ad shows S B Hill as photographer at
915 Congress
1906
Austin, TX, city directory, Samuel B Hill as photographer at 915
Congress
1906 Jan 18
Austin (TX) American Statesman item mentions S B Hill has sold his
gallery to A B Nuckols
1906 Jan 28, 1906 Feb 04
Austin (TX) American Statesman small ad says S B Hill is not
developing “Kodaks” at 104 e Tenth
1908 Feb 01
Austin (TX) American Statesman item says S B Hill is not guilty of
Assault and Battery
1909
Austin, TX, city directory, Samuel B Hill as photographer at 201 w
7th
1910
Austin, TX, city directory, Samuel B hill as real estate agent
1910 Apr 24
Austin, TX, US census, Samuel B Hill as real estate agent
1912, 1914
Austin, TX, city directory, Samuel B Hill as real estate agent; res
601 e 15th
1912 Jun 23
Austin (TX) American Statesman item mentions S B Hill as real estate
agent at 104 e Tenth
1912, 1914
Austin, TX, city directory, Samuel B Hill as real estate agent; res
104 w 7th
1914 Sep 20
Austin (TX) American Statesman ad mentions S B Hill as real estate
agent at 104 w Seventh st
1915 Apr 15
Austin (TX) American Statesman ad mentions S B Hill as real estate
agent at 104 w Seventh st
1917 Jul 03
Austin, TX, state records, Samuel B Hill dies at age 72
Only three addresses have been found for the S B Hill studio in
Austin, TX: 817 Congress, 1879 through 1885; 915 Congress 1885 through
January of 1906 and then briefly, 104 East tenth. If a cabinet card is
imprinted with the address, a date can be established easily.
It appears that Sam Hill switched officially from photography to real
estate sometime between 1909 and 1910. But that is possibly only
partly true. It is quite possible that he kept the studio at 104 East
10th in name only, operated by another photographer, although no
advertisements have been found to support this.
05 Jan 1879
Austin (TX) American Statesman -
07 May 1879
Austin (TX) American Statesman -
06 Nov 1881
15 May 1881
Austin (TX) American Statesman -
23 Jun 1882
Austin (TX) American Statesman -
26 Oct 1882
07 Oct 1883
Austin (TX) American Statesman -
04 Nov 1883
Austin (TX) American Statesman -
15 Oct 1886
18 Jan 1895
Austin (TX) American Statesman -
28 Jan 1895
Austin (TX) American Statesman -
02 Feb 1895
03 Oct 1899
Austin (TX) American Statesman -
06 Oct 1899
Austin (TX) American Statesman -
07 Apr 1907
photographer: S B Hill
Austin, TX
example from Portal on Texas History
owner dated 1885 on reverse
This photograph is part of the collection entitled:
Rescuing Texas History
and was provided by the Private Collection of
T. B. Willis to The Portal to Texas History,
a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries
At the right is an unusual example. It has been trimmed at the bottom
as some cabinet cards are done so they fit into the album pockets
easier. But this one was imprinted upside down AND after the
photo print was mounted to the card.
This page is free for educational and research purposes only but, as always, if the original owner of any of these examples objects to the use on this page, they will be immediately removed.
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