W B Cuyler

Photographer: W. B. Cuyler
Greenfield, Ind.

W. B. Cuyler (1846 - 1925) began photography in 1870 at the age of 24 continuing in this single occupation until his death in 1925. Around September of 1908 Cuyler moved from Greenfield, IN, to Indianapolis, IN.

1846 Mar 23
Newmarket, Canada, state records, William Benjamin Cuyler is born to William Cuyler and Julia Purdy
1870 Jun 23
Bruce, MI, US census Benjamin Cuyler as photographer living at a boarding house
1872 Apr 18
Almont, MI, Benjamin Cuyler and Harriette Woodrow are married
1873
Romeo, MI, city directory W B Cuyler as photographer as photographer
1880 Jun 123
Romeo, MI, US census, William B Cuyler as photographer
1891 Feb 10
Appleton City, MO, state records, W B Cuyler and Lucie Madge Burdge (also a photographer)are married

1899 Apr 27
Greenfield (IN) Hancock Democrat news item says Cuyler has closed his gallery in New Palestine, IN
1900 Jun 19
Center, IN, US census, Benj W Cuyler as photographer; res Grant Street
1908 May 08
Muncie (IN) Star-Press news item says Cuyler is a candidate for congress
1908 Aug 13
Greenfield (IN) Hancock Democrat news item says W B Cuyler has purchased the Grigson Studio 1546 College Avenue in Indianapolis and will move there in September
1909 Sep 29
Greenfield (IN) Hancock Democrat news item says W B Cuyler will be in his studio every day except Sunday until further notice (Apparently after the move to Indianapolis, IN, he maintained a studio in Greenfield, IN.)
1909
Indianapolis, IN, city directory W B Cuyler as photographer at 1546 College

1910 Apr 20
Indianapolis, IN, US census, William B Cuyler as photographer; res 1546 College (
William B. Cuyler and his wife Lucy M. were both photographers according to the US Census of 1910.)
1912, 1913
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, William B Cuyler as photographer; res 1558 College,
1913 May 10
Indianapolis (IN) Star news item says William B Cuyler has purchased 1527 College for 6,200 dollars
1914-1924
Indianapolis, IN, city directory, William B Cuyler as photographer; res 1527 College
1925 Mar 25
Greenfield, IN, FindaGrave, William B Cuyler dies at age 78

It appears that W B Cuyler spent most of his business career in and around Greenfield and Indianapolis, Indiana. Although the date of his move from Greenfield to Indianapolis is a bit cloudy it must have been between 1908 and 1909.

Greenfield (IN) Hancock Democrat -
28 Apr 1898


Greenfield (IN) Hancock Democrat -
27 Apr 1899


Muncie (IN) Star Press -
08 May 1908


Greenfield (IN) Hancock Democrat -
13 Aug 1908

Greenfield (IN) Hancock Democrat -
10 Sep 1908


Greenfield (IN) Hancock Democrat -
10 Sep 1908

Greenfield (IN) Daily Reporter -
29 Sep 1908


Rushville (IN) Republican -
07 May 1909


Indianapolis (IN) Star -
10 May 1913


Greenfield (IN) Hancock Democrat -
10 May 1923

Greenfield (IN) Daily Reporter -
13 Mar 1925

Greenfield (IN) Daily Reporter -
14 Mar 1925

photographer; W B Cuyler
Greenfield, IN
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photographer; W B Cuyler
Greenfield, IN
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photographer; W B Cuyler
Greenfield, IN
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John Wesley Kratzer

John Wesley Kratzer - Charles E Kratzer - Lemuel E Kratzer

photographer: Kratzer
East Main St.
Hillsboro, O.

John Wesley Kratzer (1841 - 1897)
Lemuel Ellsworth Kratzer (1863 - 1937)
Charles E. Kratzer (1865 - 1828)

Lemuel Kratzer and his brother Charles E. were responsible for most of the cabinet cards imprinted “Kratzer” and done in small towns around Cincinnati, OH, between 1890 and 1928.

Their father John Wesley Kratzer, age 40, only in the 1880 census is listed as a Photo Artist. In all other documents found, he was a farmer or a truck driver.

The brothers appear to have worked other small towns in the area including, Hillsboro, Oxford, Blanchester, New Vienna, Mount Orab, and Upper Sandusky. Deciding which went where is a little speculative, but Lemuel appears to have stayed closer to Lebanon, OH, while Charles went to Upper Sandusky and New Vienna.

Another family tree on Ancestry promotes a James William Kratzer as photographer in Mount Orab, Brown County, OH, but no documents have been found to support this.

Here is a combined timeline assembling all the documents found for all three men. Personal information such as marriages and births, is included to help place establish locations of these photographers.

1841 Jun 18
John Wesley Kratzer was born in Mount Orab, Brown County, OH
1860 Jun 27
US census John Wesley Kratzer, age 19, as domestic in Green, Brown County, OH
1861 Apr 07
John Wesley Kratzer marries Lavinia Day in Brown County, OH
1861 Jul 01
John Kratzer civil war registration in Clay, OH, as farmer
1863 Nov 24
Lemuel Ellsworth Kratzer was born in Mount Orab, Brown County, OH
1865 Feb 27
Charles E. Kratzer was born in Brown County, OH
1870 Aug 30
US census John Kratzer as teamster in Green, Brown County, OH
1880 Jun 01
US census John Kratzer as photo artist in Green, Brown County, OH

1889 Feb
Lemuel Kratzer’s daughter Eva is born in OH
1890 Jan 16
News Herald Hillsboro, OH, news ad for Kratzer Gallery east Main st, over Detwiler’s book store in Hillsboro, OH, J. W. Kratzer
1891
News Herald, Hillsboro, OH, news item (1891 Jan 26) J W and C E Kratzer buy out J Z Foulk studio
1891 Feb 12
News Herald, Hillsboro, OH, news item for Charles Kratzer visits New Vienna, OH
1891 Sep 17
News Herald, Hillsboro, OH, news ads two identical ads one for J. W. Kratzer at East Main St and the other for Charles E. Kratzer, at North High Street
1893 Jan 26
News Herald, Hillsboro, OH, J W and C E Kratzer bring suit against J Z Foulk for engaging in photo business at the Bell building with C B Detmar of Cincinnati, OH; “When the plaintiffs bought out Mr Foulk’s business two years prior, a contract was entered into by which the latter was not to enter the business here again.”

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1893 Feb 23
News Herald, Hillsboro, OH, news ad for photographic Studio for Foulk and Dettmar in the Bell Building, w Main st
1893 Dec 28
New Vienna (OH) Reporter, news item marriage announcement for Charles E Kratzer and Jessie M Gordon (news item appearing in the News Herald Hillsboro, OH) Item mentions that Charles Kratzer was formerly a photographer in New Vienna, OH.
1893
(above news item) John Wesley Kratzer is living in Winchester, OH
1893
(above news item) Lemuel E Kratzer is living in Lebanon, OH
1893 Dec 19
Ohio County Register Charles Kratzer marries Jessie M Gordon in Union, Highland, OH,
1894 May 03
News Herald, Hillsboro, OH, Charles Kratzer leaves for Upper Sandusky, OH, where he has purchased a gallery
1894 Sep 27
Lemuel Kratzer’s wife Clara Kratzer dies in Lebanon, Warren, OH
1895
Lemuel Kratzer marries Martha Maria Robinson in Warren County, OH

1897 Mar 16
John Wesley Kratzer is buried in Leesburg, Highland County, OH.
1898 Aug
Lemuel Kratzer’s son Robert Walker Kratzer is born in Lebanon, OH
1900 Jun 01
US census Charles Kratzer as photographer in Union, Highland, OH, living with in-laws
1900 Jun 11
US census L E Kratzer as photographer in Turtle Creek, OH;
1903 Mar 11
Lima (OH) News obituary for son Lawrence shows L E Kratzer living in Lima, OH
1910 Apr 18
US census Charles Kratzer as farmer in Union, Highland, OH
1910 May 03
US census Lemuel Kratzer as photographer in Turtle Creek, Warren, OH
1920 Jan 05
US census Charles Kratzer as photographer on Highland st in Green, Clinton, OH;
1920 Jan 07
US census Lemuel Kratzer as no occupation in Turtle Creek, Warren, OH

1928 Mar 01
Charles E. Kratzer dies of “Acute Indigestion”, age 63, in New Vienna, Clinton County, OH; death certificate shows him as photographer
1937 Mar 10
Lemuel Ellsworth Kratzer dies at age 73 in Turtle Creek, Warren County, OH

The cabinet card here was likely finished between 1891 and 1894 when the father John Wesley and the two sons Charles and Lemuel were living and working mainly in Hillsboro, OH.

Hillsboro News Herald - Jan 16 1890

Hillsboro News Herald - 12 Feb 1891

Hillsboro News Herald - 17 Sep 1891

Hillsboro News Herald - 26 Jan 1893

photographer: Kratzer
Lebanon, OH
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photographer: Katzer
Lebanon, OH
"Successor to Slater"
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photographer: Kratzer
Lebanon, OH
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photographer: Kratzer
Lebanon, OH
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photographer: Kratzer
Lebanon, OH
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photographer: Kratzer
Lebanon, OH
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photographer: Kratzer
East Main Street, Lebanon, OH
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photographer: Kratzer
Hillsboro, OH
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photographer: Kratzer
Hillsboro, OH
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photographer: Kratzer
Hillsboro, OH
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photographer: J W Kratzer
Winchester, OH
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David Smith Cole

Photographer
Cole
Washington Iowa

David Smith Cole
(1843 - 1916)

Timeline
1843 Nov 22
Franklin, OH, David Smith Cole is born
1860
Marion, IA, US census, D S Cole at age 17
1861
D S Cole Enlisted for the Union in the Civil War
1864 Jul 22 - 1865 Apr 28
Civil War Prisoner in Andersonville
1865
Washington, Iowa, D S Cole establishes the first Photograph Studio in Washington. IA
1867 Nov 02
D S Cole marries Mary C. Auld (1848-1882)
1870
Cedar, IA, US Census, D S Cole as blacksmith with father

1880
Brighton, IA, US census D S Cole moves as gunsmith
1903
D S Cole spends 18 months in the Phillipines
1915
Washington, IA, Iowa state census D S Cole as photographer
1916 Oct 31
Brighton, IA, Find-a-grave, D S Cole dies at age 72

The book “History of Washington County, Iowa” has an interesting account of D. S. Cole’s life. It is added just below.

Greene Recorder (Iowa)
25 Dec 1912

photographer: D S Cole
Brighton, IA
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photographer: Cole's Studio
Washington, IA
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Orville M Remington

Photographer:
Coleman & Remington
Hoppin Homestead Building
Providence R. I.

Orville M. Remington (1839 - 1894) is shown as Photographer in City Directories from 1850 through 1882, when he became a newspaper editor and a short service as an insurance salesman for Aetna Life.

Around 1863 he had a short service in the Civil War reaching the rank of Second Sergeant apparently never leaving his home of Providence, Rhode Island.

There could be photographs credited to Remington as early as 1850 and up to 1868 when he joined with W. W. Coleman. City Directory entries indicate he and Coleman were apparently partners from 1868 to 1883.

After 1883 Remington apparently gave up the photography business.
(Also see W. W. Coleman)

photographer: Coleman and Remington
25 Westminster Street, Providence, RI
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photographer: Coleman and Remington
25 Westminster Street, Providence, RI
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photographer: Remington
92 Seneca Street, Buffalo, NY
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photographer: Remington
92 Seneca Street, Buffalo, NY
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The two cards at the left by a Remington have not been connected to O M Remington yet.

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William W Coleman

Photographer:
Coleman & Remington
Hoppin Homestead Building
Providence R. I.

William W. Coleman (1830-1908)


There are many examples of the work by this partnership to be found on genealogy and sales sites.

Another example found, gives the address as 25 Westminster Street, Providence.

In a paragraph discussing the origin of the pictures used in the book “Works of Edgar Allen Poe: Poems” by Poe and Edmund Clarence Stedman, the name William Coleman was given credit for a photograph of Poe.

William Coleman and O. M. Remington were cited on the Edgar Allen Poe Society website.

One CDV photograph from the Harvard University Library credited to Coleman and Remington was dated 1869.

Coleman was a lifelong photographer. He apparently never married and lived in boarding houses all his life. There are many city directory listings for him and for Coleman and Remington. The earliest reference to Coleman as a “Photographist” is in the 1862 Providence, RI, city directory and the last reference as a photographer is in the 1903 Providence, RI, city directory. He died in 1904 at the age of 74.

Although he was listed as “photographer” in the residential sections of the city directories, he was never listed in the business section under photographers. This means he probably didn't have a studio of his own but worked instead for other photographers.

He and Remington were apparently partners from 1868 to 1876.

See also O. M. Remington

photographer: Coleman and Remington
25 Westminster Street, Providence, RI
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photographer: Coleman and Remington
25 Westminster Street, Providence, RI
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Not the one you were looking for? Here's the photographer's INDEX by name. Listed here are all the Cabinet Card photographers of the 19th century found in LOST GALLERY. This is a work in progress. For a look at the original postings go to LOST GALLERY.

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, they will be immediately removed.