Oswald P Menzel
(1872-1961)
1872 May 30
Niesky, Germany, US census, Oswald P Menzel is born to Carl E Menzel
and unknown mother
1873
Arrival in US, from US census, 1900-1930
1889 Oct 02
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood County Reporter, news item mentions Oswald
Menzel as clerk in Silber Clothing Store
1891 Nov 14
Centralia, WI, Enterprise and Tribune item says Oswald Menzel intends
learning photography with Mr O H Herbert
1892 Jun 30 and Sep 22
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood County Reporter item says Oswald Menzel is ill
with Asthma
1893 Jun 24
Centralia (WI) Enterprise and Tribune item says Dorward and Menzel’s
new gallery is to open July First
1893 Oct 07
Wisconsin Rapids (WI) Daily Tribune item says Dorward and Menzel have
dissolved partnership
1895 Mar 16
Centralia (WI) Enterprise and Tribune item mentions O P Menzel’s
photograph gallery
1895 Apr 27
Centralia (WI) Enterprise and Tribune item mentions O P Menzel the
Grand Rapids photographer will make last trip to Pittsville this
week
1895 Sep 28
Centralia (WI) Enterprise and Tribune item says O P Menzel has hired
Gertrude Harris, retoucher
1895-1896
Polks Wisconsin Gazeteer and Business Directory, O P Menzel as manager
of F L Smith Portrait Co
1896 Dec 12, 1897 Mar 13
Wisconsin Rapids (WI) Daily Tribune item mentions O P Menzel gallery
over post office in Grand Rapids, WI
1898 Mar 19
Wisconsin Rapids (WI) Daily Tribune item mentions O P Menzel made
regular visit to Necedah this week
1899 Nov 18
Centralia (WI) Enterprise and Tribune news item mentions O P Menzel
gallery is opposite Mrs Hamm store in Grand Rapids, WI
1900 Jun 09
Grand Rapids, WI, US census, Oswald Menzel as photographer
1902 Apr 26
Wisconsin Rapids (WI) Daily Tribune item mentions Gertrude Harris will
take charge of photographer Morterud Gallery formerly run by O P
Menzel
1903 Mar 05
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood County Reporter item says J O Herbert has
purchased the gallery formerly owned by Oscar Morterud (Note: This
apparently does not last as O P Menzel purchases the gallery back from
Morterud the following year.)
1904 Aug 09
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood County Reporter item says O P Menzel has
resigned t he newspaper to return to photograph gallery
1905 Jun 01
Grand Rapids, WI, Wisconsin state census, Oswald Menzel as
photographer
1905 Jul 07
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood County Reporter item says Adolph Henke will be
assisting O P Menzel in the studio
1906 Feb 25
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood County Reporter item says O P Menzel has made
33, 600 separate picures last year
1910 Apr 15
Grand Rapids, WI, US census, Oswald Menzel as photographer with own
studio
1912 Dec 26
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood County Reporter item says Oswald Menzel’s
father Ernest Menzel has died
1914 Jun 10
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune item describes O P Menzel as oldest
photographer in city
1915 Feb 17
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune item says O P Menzel is ill with
rheumatizm
1920 Jan 08
Grand Rapids, WI, US census, Oswald Menzel as proprietor of photo
studio
1921 Oct 20
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood County Reporter item says O P Menzel has sold
his gallery to W A Drumd
(1961 newspaper obituary says Oswald Menzel sells his photo studio
business because of failing health)
1922 Oct 05
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood County Reporter item says O P Menzel is at work
with Northern Photographic Supply
1923
Newspaper items say Menzel toured the US west coast late summer
1927
St Paul, MN, city directory, O P Menzel NOT listed
1928
St Paul, MN, city directory, Oswald P Menzel as salesman for Zimmerman
Bros (photography supplies); res Ryan Hotel
1929
St, Paul, MN, city directory, O P Menzel as salesman for Eastman Kodak
Stores; res Ryan Hotel
1930
St Paul, MN, city directory, Pages Missing
1930 Apr 14
Minneapolis, MN, US census, Oswald P Menzel as salesman for Kodak;
hotel guest
1930 Dec 16
Wisconsin Rapids (WI) Daily Tribune item mentions O P Menzel as
representative for Eastman Kodak
1931
St Paul, MN, city directory, O P Menzel as salesman for Eastman Kodak
Stores; res Ryan Hotel
1932, 1933
St Paul, MN, city directory, O P Menzel NOT listed
1935
Minneapolis, MN, 1940 US census, Oswald P Menzel residence
1940 Apr 17
Minneapolis, MN, US census, Oswald P Menzel as salesman for photo
supplies
1953
From 1961 newspaper obituary, Oswald Menzel retires from business
1961 Mar 16
Stevens Point, WI, Wisconsin death index, Oswald P Menzel dies at age
88
02 Oct 1890
Oswald P Menzel apparently operated his own photo studio from about
1889 to 1922. He sold his gallery to Oscar Morterud in 1902 and for a
period of about two years Menzel worked for the Grand Rapids Reporter,
a Wisconsin newspaper. In August of 1904 Menzel buys the studio back
from Morterud and returns to the photography business. His main studio
was in Grand Rapids, MN, but he also worked in nearby towns on a
weekly basis.
Late in 1921, Oswald Menzel sells his Grand Rapids studio to W A Drumb
a former newspaper man. Menzel then tours the west coast of the US
before beginning work selling photograph supplies. He works first for
Northern Photographic Supply and Zimmerman Brothers Photo supplies and
then finally for Eastman Kodak. He retires from selling in 1953
probably because of ill health.
14 Nov 1891
30 Jun 1892
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood County Reporter -
22 Sep 1892
Centralia (WI) Enterprise and Tribune -
24 Jun 1893
Centralia (WI) Enterprise and Tribune -
01 Jul 1893
16 Sep 18893
Wisconsin Rapids (WI) Daily Tribune -
07 Oct 1895
Centralia (WI) Enterprise and Tribune -
27 APr 1895
Centralia (WI) Enterprise and Tribune -
28 Sep 1895
26 Dec 1896
Wisconsin Rapids (WI) Daily Tribune -
13 Mar 1897
Wisconsin Rapids (WI) Daily Tribune -
19 Mar 1898
Centralia (WI) Enterprise and Tribune -
02 Jul 1898
Centralia (WI) Enterprise and Tribune -
18 Nov 1899
County Reporter - 04 Jan 1900
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood
County Reporter - 19 Sep 1901
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood
County Reporter - 19 Apr 1902
26 Apr 1902
Grand Rapids (WI) Daily Tribune
05 Mar 1903
County Reporter - 06 Aug 1904
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood
County Reporter - 09 Sep 1904
County Reporter - 01 Nov 1904
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood
County Reporter - 07 Jul 1905
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood
County Reporter - 15 Feb 1906
County Reporter - 10 Jun 1914
Wisconsin Rapids (WI)
Daily Tribune - 17 Feb 1915
County Reporter - 16 Sep 1920
County Reporter - 20 Oct 1921
Grand Rapids (WI) Wood
County Reporter - 05 Oct 1922
Grand Rapids (WI) Daily Tribune
16 Dec 1930
Daily Tribune - 17 Mar 1961
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