Henry Sonnenberg

photographer: H Sonnenberg
Pittsburgh and Allegheny, PA
example from LOST GALLERY

reverse of cardd at left finished probably between 1890 and 1894

Heinrich (Henry) Sonnenberg
(1851-1943)

1851 Jun 16
Monabaur Germany, Henry (Heinrich) Sonnenberg is born to George Michael Friedrich and Wilhelmina J Halmestein (Heinrich was the younger brother of Jacob Sonnenberg
1872, 1873
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, NO Sonnenberg listed
1874
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, H Sonnenberg as photographer at 117 Federal (shown as J E Sonnenberg)
1875
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, H Sonnenberg as photographer at 121 Federal
1876
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, H Somenberg (as printed) as photographer at 121 Federal
1877 through 1882
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, Henry Sonnenberg as photographer at 121 Federal
1883, 1884, 1885
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, H Sonnenberg as photographer at 123 Federal, A

1896, 1897
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, Henry Sonnenberg as photographer at 223 Fifth and 52 Federal
1898
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, Henry Sonnenberg as photographer at 52 Federal
1899
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, Henry Sonnenberg as photographer at 223 Fifth
1900, 1901
City directory NOT available
1902
Braddock, PA, city directory, Henry Sonnenberg as photographer NOT listed
1902
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, Henry Sonnenberg as photographer at 28 Lacock (not listed in business pages)
1903
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, Henry Sonnenberg NOT listed in residential or business pages
1904
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, Henry Sonnenberg as photographer 1308 Boyle, A
NO Sonnenberg listed in business pages
This is the only time this address appears. It may simply be a misprint.

1905, 1906
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, NO Sonnenberg listed bus or res
1906
Braddock, PA, city directory Henry Sonnenberg as photographer at 80 Pennsylvania
1908, 1909
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, Henry Sonnenberg NOT listed in residential or business pages
1910 May 02
Pittsburgh, PA, US census, Henry Sonnenberg as photographer
1911 to 1919
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory: Many years or pages missing; NO Henry Sonnenberg found
1919
Jacksonville, FL, city directory, Henry Sonnenberg in appliance sales

1920 Jan 20
Pittsburgh, PA, US census, Henry Sonnenberg as photographer

Note: this is the last document showing Henry Sonnenberg as a photographer. No other documents have been found that places Henry Sonnenberg and family in Pennsylvania except a curious item that says he died in Tuttle Creek, PA. All items found after January 1910, place him, and wife and children, in Jacksonville, Florida, in the appliance business.

Also, he clearly had two residences established in 1919 and 1920, one in Pittsburgh, PA, and one in Jacksonville, FL. After that, all items found place him in Jacksonville and NOT in the photography business.

photographer: H Sonnenberg
Pittsburg, PA
example from auction site

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.

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John E Sonnenberg

photographer: J E Sonnenerg
37 Cedar Ave, Allegheny City , PA
example from LOST GALLERY

reverse of card at left
(The edge on this one did not scan well. It is a small deckled edge with a gold trim.)

Jacob “John” E Sonnenberg
(1840-1911)

1840 Jun 09
Monabaur Germany, Jacob E Sonnenberg is born to George Michael Friedrich and Wilhelmina J Halmestein
1872
New York, arriving passenger list, J E Sonnenberg arrives in US with family
1872, 1873
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, NO Sonnenberg listed
1874
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, J E Sonnenberg as photographer at 120 Ohio
1875
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, J E Sonnenberg as photographer at 112 Ohio
1876
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, J E Somenburg (as printed) as photographer at 112 Ohio
1877, 1878, 1879
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, J E Sonnenberg as photographer at 120 Ohio, A

1880
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, Jacob E Sonnenberg as photographer at 120 E Ohio, A
1881, 1882
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, John E Sonnenberg as photographer at 120 Ohio, A
1883,1884
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, John E Sonnenberg as photographer at 120 Ohio, A
1885
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, John E Sonnenberg as photographer at 120 Ohio, A
1886
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, John E Sonnenberg as photographer at 120 Ohio, A
1887
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, John E Sonnenberg as photographer at 99 Fifth Av, 120 Ohio, and 67 Cedar Av
1888
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, John E Sonnenberg as photographer at 67 Cedar Av, A
1899
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, John E Sonnenberg as photographer at 67 Cedar Av, A

1890
(no image available) Jacob Sonnenberg as photographer at 67 Cedar av, A
1891
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, J E Sonnenberg as photographer at 99 Fifth, 67 Cedar and 120 Ohio
1892
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, J E Sonnenberg as photographer at 120 Ohio
1893
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, J E Sonnenberg as photographer at 67 Cedar and 136 Ohio
1894
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, J E Sonnenberg as photographer at 67 Cedar and 137 Ohio
1895
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, Jacob E Sonnenberg as photographer at 67 Cedar and 136 Ohio
1896
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, J E Sonnenberg as photographer and artist at 67 Cedar
1897
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, J E Sonnenberg as photographer at 67 Cedar adn120 Ohio

1898
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, Jacob E Sonnenberg as photographer at 120 Ohio; res 67 Cedar
1899
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, John Sonnenberg as photographer at 67 Cedar
1900, 1901 NOT available
1902, 1903
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, J E Sonnenberg, 908 Cedar av Allegeny
1904
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, Jacob E Sonnenberg as photographer; res 908 Cedar, A
NO Sonnenberg listed in business pages
1905 (Social directory only)
1906
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, NO Sonnenberg listed bus or res
1907
Pages missing
1908, 1909
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, Jacob E Sonnenberg as photographer at 908 Cedar Av
1910 May 02
Pittsburgh, PA, US census, John E Sonnenberg as photographer

1911
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory pages missing
1911 Jan 29
Pittsburgh, PA, state records, J E Sonnenberg dies at age 70
1912
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, NO Sonnenberg listed
1913
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, J E Sonnenberg as photographer at 908 Cedar
1915 (1914 not available)
Pittsburgh, PA, city directory, NO Sonnenberg listed

Jacob (or John or J E) Sonnenberg and Henry (Heinrich or H) Sonnenberg were brothers. No record of them working together has yet been found but they kept separate studios from about 1874 to about 1904. John Sonnenberg died in 1911 and Henry died in 1943.

Henry had moved to Florida by 1920.
Henry Sonnenberg is reviewed HERE

This is a recap of the John Sonnenberg studio locations. Cabinet cards may be imprinted with these addresses.

120 Ohio – 1874
112 Ohio – 1875 and 1876 (it is possible that this is a misprint, 2 years in a row)
120 Ohio – 1877 to 1886
120 Ohio, 99 Fifth and 67 Cedar – 1887 to 1891
120 Ohio - 1892
136 Ohio and 67 Cedar – 1893, 1895
67 Cedar – 1896
120 Ohio and 67 Cedar – 1897, 1898
67 Cedar – 1899
908 Cedar – 1902 to 1910

photographer: J E Sonnenerg
136 Ohio and 37 Cedar Ave, Allegheny City , PA
example from auction site

photographer: J E Sonnenerg
Allegheny City , PA
example from auction site

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.

New examples and additional information 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.

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.

L M Rice

photographer: Rice
Warren OH
example from auction site

Luther Melville Rice
(1826-1913)

1826 Feb 12
Marlborough, MA, state records, Luther Melville Rice is born to Levi Rice and Lucinda Bigelow
1852 Jun 15
Leicester, MA, state records, Luther Rice as photographer marries Hanna M Stevens
1863 Jul 01
Marlboro, MA, Civil War Draft Registration, L M Rice as artist; Howard Richardson, photographer, on same list
1869 Aug 25
Warren, OH, Western Reserve Chronicle, item says L M Rice has photographed the First National Bank
1870 Jul 15
Warren, OH, US census Luthor M Rice as photographer; on same page with Isaac D Bliss and Chester H Stoddart, photographers, Eugene Chase, colorist

1872 Jan 03
Warren, OH, Western Reserve Chronicle, item says L M Rice and I D Bliss have dissolved partnership
1880 Jun 24
Warren, OH, US census, L M Rice as photographic artist
1880 Jul 30
Warren, OH, Astabula, OH Weekly Telegraph item says L M Rice has photographed General Garfield
1889-1890
Trumbull County, OH, directory, L M Rice as photographer at 403 E South
1900 Jun 11
Chagrin Falls, OH, US census, L M Rice as photographer
1912
Short bio on Turnbull Memory says that Rice studio was at 13 ½ East Market Street, in Warren. OH

1913 Apr 04
Chagrin Falls, OH, FindAGrave Luther M Rice dies at age 87

Not much has been found about Luther Melville Rice. He did operate out of Warren, OH, mostly. Born in 1826, he was 25 or 30 years older than most of the cabinet card era photographers in the Midwest. He worked in the early years as a daguerreotypist and was an experienced photographer by the time cabinet cards became popular around 1860.

Warren, OH, Western Reserve Chronicle -
25 Aug 1869

Warren, OH, Western Reserve Chronicle -
03 Jan 1872


Ashtabula (OH) Weekly Telegraph - 30 Jul 1880


Photographic Times and American Photographer - 1883

photographer: L M Rice
Warren, OH
example from auction site

photographer: L M Rice
Warren, OH
example from annonymous contributor

photographer L M Rice
Chagrin Falls, OH
example from pinterest
(Chagrin Falls is just 46 miles from Warren)

photographer L M Rice
Warren, OH
example from auction site

photographer L M Rice
Warren, OH
example from auction site

photographer L M Rice
Warren, OH
example from contributor

photographer L M Rice
Warren, OH
example from contributor

photographer: L M Rice
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

photographer:
(credited to Rice; highly restored; reverse not available)
example from pinterest

The card at the right is from L Rice of Victoria, Texas. So far no connection has been made to L M Rice of Ohio.

Fhotographer: L Rice
Victoria, TX
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

The card at the right is from L M Rice of Bastrop, TX. This is probably the same as the above Rice working in Victoria, TX.

So far no connection has been made to L M Rice of Ohio.

photographer: L M Rice
Bastrop, TX
example from auction site

The card at the right is by a photographer Rice of Washington D C.

No connection to L M Rice has been found.

photographer: Rice
1217-1219 Penn av, Washington, DC
example from auction site

reverse of card at left

The card at the right is by photographer Warren Rice of Warren, OH.

No connection to L M Rice has been found.

A small timeline can be seen here.

photographer: Warren Rice
Warren, OH
example from auction site

photographer: Rice
Oberlin, OH
example from contributor

The card at the left is by a photographer named RICE, of Oberlin, Ohio. It is not known which Rice this is. The monogram is very obscure.

No connection to L M Rice has been found.

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.

Warren Rice of Ohio

photographer: Warren Rice
Warren, OH
example from auction site

Warren Rice (1876-1920)

1876 Sep
New York, NY, state records, Warren Rice is born to Lucas Rice and Mary Martin
1900
Warren, OH, US census, Warren Rice and three brothers are all photogrpahers
1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910
Warren OH, city directory, Warren Rice as photographer at 13 ½ E Market
1911
Youngstown, OH, city directory Warren Rice, no occupation shown;
1914
Youngstown, OH, city directory, Warren Rice as photographer for Arc Engineering co;
1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
Youngstown, OH, city directory, Warren Rice as photographer for Youngstown Arc Eng Co;
1920
Youngstown, OH, city directory Warren Rice as photographer for Bell Federal, 213 N Phelps;
1920 Mar 23
Youngstown, OH, state records, Warren Rice dies at age 43

It looks like Warren Rice was photographer at 13 ½ E Market from 1902 to 1910 and perhaps a year before. In 1911 he and his wife moved to Youngstown and worked as a photographer but not for his own studio.

photographer: Warren Rice
Warren, OH
example from auction site

photographer: Warren Rice
Warren, OH
example from auction site

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.

New examples and additional information 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.

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.

Henry A Wenzel

Photographer: Wenzel
Plain City Ohio
example from LOST GALLERY finished between 1895 and 1916

There is a splendid accounting of Wenzel, the photographer, at The Plain City Historical Society.

Henry A. Wenzel
(11 Jan 1863 - 4 Dec 1925)

Data from US census and Ohio city directories and narrative from Shirley Ann Gher from Plain City Historical Society;(Note: sources do not agree on all facts and/or dates)

1863 Jan 11
Columbus, OH, Henry Wenzel is born to Henry W and Frederica Wenzel
1879
Columbus, OH, city directory Henry Wenzel at age 16 works as apprentice for the G C Urlin studio
1880-1887
Columbus, OH, city directory, Henry Wenzel works as photographer or apprentice for the studio of G C Urlin; Urlin partners with John Pheifer briefly during that period; also, Henry Wenzel works with Lorenzo N Baker for a brief period in 1886 (sources do not agree on when Baker worked with Wenzel, but it was sometime between 1886 and 1895)
1887
Columbus, OH, state records, Henry Wenzel and Nellie C Wilson are married
1889-1894
Columbus, OH, city directory, Henry Wenzel as photographer with Goble and Wenzel; studio at 262 ½ S High St

1895
Columbus, OH, city directory, Henry Wenzel has brief partnership with Baker Gallery, High & State; making two day trips to Plain City, OH
1895
Plain City, OH, Historical Society, Henry Wenzel opens permanent studio
1900
Plain City, OH, US census, Henry Wenzel as photographer
1906
Plain City, OH, Historical Society, finished new house on West Main St.
1910
Plain City, OH, US census Henry Wenzel as photographer
1912
Plain City, OH, Henry Wenzel photographs tornado damage
1913-1916
Plain City, OH, city directory, Henry Wenzel as photographer
1917-1924
Springfield, OH, US census & city directories Henry Wenzel works for Robbins & Myers (Electric Motors)
1925 Dec 24
Columbus, OH, state records, Henry Wenzel dies age 62

An example of a card from Baker's Studio while it was operated by ALfred C Thurston and H Thurston. Note the photographers names are added with a rubber stamp.

Baker's Art Gallery
Columbus, OH
from History in Photos Blog

photographer: Wenzel
Plain City, OH
from Plain City Historical Society
Wenzel was in Plain City from 1895 to 1916

photographer: Wenzel
Plain City, Ohio
example from auction site
Wenzel was in Plain City from 1895 to 1916

Wenzel worked as apprentice for Urlin and Pfeifer for about 8 years, 1879-1887

photographer: Urlin and Pfeifer
Mammoth Art Palace, Columbus, OH
example source unknown

photographer: Urlin and Pfeifer
Mamouth Art Gallery, Columbus, OH
example from auction site

Examples at the right are from the Pfeifer Studio. John A Pfeifer studio was located at 228 and/or 232 S High Street between 1883 and 1887. The only time the city directory listed BOTH addresses was 1886 and 1887.

photographer Pfeifer
Columbus, OH
example from auction site

photographer Pfeifer
Columbus, OH
example from auction site

photographer: Gobel and Wenzel
Columbus, OH
example from auction site
(1889-1894)

photographer Goebel and Wenzel
Columbus, OH
from about 1889 to 1894

photographer: Goebel and Wenzel
114 1/2 So High Street, Columbus, OH
example from auction site

more examples from the Urlin Galleries

photographer: Urlin and Becker
Cleveland, OH
example from auction site purchase

photographer: Urlin and Becker
Cleveland, OH
example from auction site purchase

photographer: Urlin and Becker
Cleveland, OH
example from auction site

reverse of all three cards at left

photographer: G C Urlin
Mammoth Art Gallery, Columbus, OH
example from auction site

The connection here is not know yet. Obviously, Becker and the Wilshire Building are the same. But was "Pifer" the same as "Pfiefer"?

Well, NO. It wasn't. The Pifer in this partnership was George N Pifer. The partnership lasted 1892 through 1897. The studio was apparently closed as no other photographer is listed at that address.

A small review is HERE

photographer: Pifer and Becker
Wilshire Building, Cleveland, OH
example from auction site

Reverse of card at left

photographer: Pifer and Becker
Wilshire Building, Cleveland, OH
example from auction site

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.

New examples and additional information 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.

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.