Joshua Willraham Oberholtzer

photographer: Oberholtzer
Paola, KS
example from contributor

Joshua Willraham Oberholtzer
(1855-1946)

20 Apr 1855
Philadelphia, PA, state records, J W Oberholtzer is born to Jacob Oberholtzer and Harriet Wilbraham
1880 Jun 09
Fulton, IL, US census, J W Oberholzer as photographer
1885
Webster, Iowa, state census, J W Oberholtzer as photographer
1891
Kansas City, MO, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as photographer at 907 Main; res 1022 Harrison
1891 Jul 31
Paola (KS) Western Spirit newspaper, item says J W Oberholtzer, recently of Kansas City, has opened a gallery in Paola, KS
1891 Sep 17
Kansas City (MO) Star, classified ad for re-toucher in Paola, KS
1892
Kansas City, MO, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as photographer, “Moved To Paola, KS”

1894 Feb 16
Paola (KS) Miami Republican, glowing write-up about J W Oberholtzer photographer
1895 Mar 01
Paola, KS, state census, J W Oberholtzer as photographer
1895 Jul 05
Paola (KS) Western Spirit newspaper, J W Oberholtzer as photographer, mention
1897 Sep 30
Paola (KS) Times, notice of Lodge Meeting (regular posting) J W Oberholtzer, W M
1899
Salem, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer NOT listed
1903
Salem, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as photographer at 9 Maple
1904
Salem, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer NOT listed
1905
Salem, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as “Moved from Town”
1905 (no 1906)
Medford, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer NOT listed

1907, 1909
Medford, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as photographer at 19 Forest
1910 Apr 15
Medford, MA, US census, J W Oberholtzer as photographer at 19 Forest
1912, 1914, 1916
Medford, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as photographer at 19 Forest
1918
Medford, MA, city directory, J W Oberholtzer NOT listed
1920 Jun 24
Orange, NJ, US census, J W Oberholtzer as photographer (“phototypist”)
1932
Orange, NJ, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as no occupation shown; res 1 N Sterling
1935
East Orange, NJ, city directory, J W Oberholtzer as no occupation shown
1940
East Orange, NJ, US census, J W Oberholtzer as no occupation shown
1946 Aug 13
East Orange, NJ, state records, J W Oberholtzer dies at age 91

photographer: Oberholtzer
Webster City, IA
example from contributor
Finished sometime between 1881 amd 1885

photographer: Oberholtzer
Webster City, IA
example from contributor
Finished sometime between 1881 amd 1885

reverse of card at left

photographer: Oberholtzer and Carter
Paola, KS
example from contributor

According to newspaper ads, J W Oberholtzer and Carter worked together in Paola, KS, from November of 1892 to February of 1894.
Oberholtzer continued in Paola until at least late 1897 before moving on.
Ernest Frank Carter was his step-son.

photographer: Oberholtzer and Carter
Paola, KS
example from contributor

photographer: Oberholtzer and Carter
Paola, KS
example from contributor

Paola (KS) Western Spirit -
31 Feb 1891

Miami (KS) Republican -
31 Jul 1891

Miami (KS) News -
31 Jul 1891

Miami (KS) Republican -
04 Sep 1891

Kansas City (MO) Star -
17 Sep 1891

Miami (KS) Republcan -
16 Feb 1894

Paola (KS) Western Spirit -
05 Jul 1895

Paola (KS) Times -
20 Feb 1896

photographer: Oberholtzer and Carter
Paola, KS
example from contributor

photographer: Oberholtzer and Carter
Paola, KS
example from contributor

photographer: Oberholtzer and Carter
Paola, KS
example from contributor

Not the one you were looking for? Here's the photographer's INDEX by name. All the Cabinet Card photographers of the 19th century found in LOST GALLERY are listed there.

Cabinet cards typically have the photographer’s name and address printed on the bottom edge or the reverse of the card. 19th century photographers moved around a lot. The basic idea here is to find WHEN a photographer was WHERE, which will help date an unidentified CABINET CARD from your family album.

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Wesley Samuel Howard

Photographer: Howard
Ashland, Kansas

There are no two imprints alike so far on this page. Were they all the same photographer? Probably not. But the real "Eureka" photographer of Ashland, KS, has not been discovered.

This cabinet card is possibly NOT by the photographer reviewed here.

There was a photographer named Howard that worked in Ashland, OHIO.

And there was Wesley Samuel Howard who worked in Ashland, OREGON.

Wesley Samuel Howard lived and worked in Paola, KS, which is over 300 miles from Ashland, KS. He became a fruit farmer in Ashland, OREGON! Is it all the same Howard? Time and more research will tell. He’s the photographer reviewed here until the REAL Ashland, KS, photographer is discovered.

Wesley Samuel Howard
( Apr 1850 - )

1850 Apr
Wesley Howard born in New York
1880 Apr 14
Wesley Howard marries Elizabeth Gibson in IN
1880 Jun 26
daughter Hattie Howard is born in KS
1884 May
son David G Howard is born in KS

1885
Kansas State census, as photographer in Paola, KS
1889
Pueblo, CO, city directory NOT listed
1893
Pueblo, CO, city directory as photographer at 115 ½ w 4th, res same
1899
Pueblo, CO, city directory as photographer at 115 W 4th; res 117 w 4th
1900
US census Pueblo, CO, as photographer at 115 w 4th st
1900 - 1909
Pueblo, CO, city directory as photographer at 304 n Main; res 1501 Court
1910
Pueblo, CO, city directory Howard Studio now operated by Tripp and York; W S Howard listed as Moved to Ashland, OR
1910 Jun 05
US census Ashland, OR, as fruit farmer
1911 - 1912
Ashland, OR, listed as Fruit Grower at 1064 Ashland
1914 - 1916
Ashland, OR, city directory NOT listed
1920 Jan 10
US census Ashland, OR, city directory as general farmer

Wesley Howard seems to have been a photographer in Paola, KS from about June of 1880 to 1885 when he moved his studio to Pueblo, CO. He operated in Pueblo, CO from about 1889 to about 1909. He then apparently quit the photography business and moved to Ashland, OR to become a fruit farmer.

Clay Center (KS) Times - 08 Jan 1890

The above shows again that there might have been more than one photographer named Howard in that corner of Kansas around 1890.

Clay Center, KS, is about 165 miles from Paola, KS, and 250 miles from Ashland, KS.

N W Howard of Eureka, Kansas

photographer: Howard
Eureka, KS
example from auction site
(example highly restored)

photographer: Howard
Eureka, KS
example from auction site

photographer: Howard
Eureka, KS
example from auction site

photographer: Howard
Eureka, Howard and Moline, KS
example from auction site

photographer: Howard
Eureka, KS
(and Wabash Av, Howard City, KS)
example from auction site

photographer: Howard
Eureka, kS
example from mjaux on flickr

photographer: Howard
Eureka, KS
example from auction site

photographer: Howard
Opera Block, Eureka, KS
Wabash Ave, Howard, KS
example from auction site

photographer: Howard
Opera House Block, Eureka, KS,
Severy, Howard County
example from contributor

photographer: Howard
Eureka, KS
example from contributor

photographer: Howard
Opera Block, Eureka, KS
example from contributor

Howard of Ashland, Kansas

photographer: Howard
Ashland, kS
example from mjaux on Flickr

Howard of Pueblo, Colorado

photographer: Howard
115 West 4th, Pueblo, CO
example from auction site
probably finished between 1893 and 1900

reverse of card at left

photographer: Howard
115 West 4th, Pueblo, CO
example from auction site
probably finished between 1893 and 1900

photographer: Howard
115 West 4th, Pueblo, CO
example from auction site
probably finished between 1893 and 1900

The card below was finished by Howard in Pueblo, CO, at 115 w 4th, between 1883 and 1900.

Photographer: Howard, 118 w 4th
Pueblo, CO
Contributed by rfinch on Ancestry.com

Not the one you were looking for? Here's the photographer's INDEX by name. All the Cabinet Card photographers of the 19th century found in LOST GALLERY are listed there.

Cabinet cards typically have the photographer’s name and address printed on the bottom edge or the reverse of the card. 19th century photographers moved around a lot. The basic idea here is to find WHEN a photographer was WHERE, which will help date an unidentified CABINET CARD from your family album.

This is a work always in progress.

Aditional information and New examples are always welcome. Any additional information will help narrow the time that these precious antiques were made.

All submissions should be free of glare and shadows.
Do not crop.
Leave a border around each card. The edges are sometimes an important clue to the age of the card.
Email to the address found in the profile at the bottom of this page.

Some examples on this page have been enhanced or restored for clarity and presentation here.

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, just let me know and they will be immediately removed.