Oberlin, KS
example from LOST GALLERY
Arthur Seth Steele
(1865-1945)
1865 Jan 24
Hendricks, NE, state records, Art S Steele is born to George Steele and Elizabeth Jane Curtis
1885 Jun 08
Hendricks, NE, state census, Seth A Steele age 20
1888 May 26
Oberlin (KS) Opinion, news item says Art Steele attended Van Epps photo gallery in Colby, KS, for a few weeks
1889 Jul 20
Oberlin (KS) Opinion, news item says Art Steel will open a new gallery on the West side of Penn avenue
1889 Aug 17
Oberlin (KS) Opinion, as for E E Van Epps says studio is located above the Opinion newspaper office
1889 Oct 10
Decatur County (KS) News, display ad for Art S Steele photo gallery on Penn Avenue
1890 Mar 07
Oberlin (KS) Opinion, ad for E E Van Epps photographer and crayon artist
1890 May 01
Decatur County (KS) News, ad for Art S Steele gallery on Penn Avenue
1890 Aug 14
Decatur County (KS) News, ad for Art Steele gallery, dozen cabinet cards for $3.00
1891 Apr 02
Decatur County (KS) News, ad for Art Steele Gallery
1892 Oct 13
Decatur County (KS) News, ad for Art Steele Gallery
1894 Jun 15
Oberlin (KS) Opinion, item says Art Steele will move his gallery to rooms over E I Randall shoe store; he plans open a location at Herndon, KS, to operate twice a month
1896 Mar 22
Oberlin (KS) Times, item says B G Worthington of Lamar, Mo, will operate the Steele Gallery while Art Steele is attending a lodge meeting at Topeka
1896 Apr 17
Oberlin (KS) Times, item says Art Steele has rented the Furman Gallery in Danbury, KS
1896 May 01
Oberlin, (KS) Times, item says Art Steele has completed the first session at Danbury
1896 Nov 06
Oberlin (KS) Times, item says Art Steele was elected clerk of Oberlin Township
1897 May 14
Oberlin (KS) Times, item refers to “Mayor Steele” as the best photographer in the state
1900 Jun 20
Oberlin, KS, US census, Art S Steele as photographer; Byron Worthington as boarder
1900 Sep 21
Oberlin (KS) Times, item says Art Steele has been ill and has hired a photographer to operate the gallery
1904 Dec 08
Oberlin (KS) Herald, item says J H Young has purchased the photograph business of Art Steele
1905 Jan 13
Oberlin (KS) Times, item says Art S Steele has made his last trip to Norcatur, KS
1906 Jun 28
Oberlin (KS) Herald, Ad for Byron Worthington to open new studio; says he spent EIGHT YEARS with Art S Steele
1909 Oct 15
Oberlin (KS) Times, item says Art Steele, who operates the telephone company in Oberlin, is going to Kansas City for treatment of eyes;
1909 Dec 17
Oberlin (KS) Times, item announces annual meeting of the Central State Telephone Company, Art Steele. President
1910 May 17
Oberlin, KS, US census, Arthur S Steele as telephone operator
1920 Jan 07
Oberlin, KS, US census, Arthur S Steele as no occupation shown
1925 Mar 01
Oberlin, KS, state census, Art S Steele as banker
1930 Apr 15
Oberlin, KS, US census, Arthur S Steele as bank vice-president
1940 Apr 24
Oberlin, KS, US census, Art S Steele as no occupation shown
1945 Aug 04
Oberlin, KS, state records, Art Steele dies at age 80
1945 Aug 09
Herndon (KS) Nonpareil, obituary says Art S Steele was photographer before he operated a telephone exchange for 35 years and then was associated with the First State Bank
It appears that Arthur Seth Steele was photographer from about July 1889 to Dec 1904. During that period he had an established studio in Oberlin, KS, and travelled regularly to branch studios in Danbury, NE, and Herndon and Norcatur, in Kansas.
Oberlin, KS
example from auction site
Oberlin, KS
example from auction site
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08 Dec 1904
13 Jan 1905
28 Jun 1906
15 Oct 1909
24 Dec 1909
09 Aug 1945
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