| Names: | Born: William Stinson Soule
Other: Will S. Soule
Other: William S. Soule
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| | Dates: | 1836 - 1908 | | Born: | US, ME, Turner | | Died: | US, MA, Brookline | | Active: | US |
Served as a clerk at the trading posts at Fort Dodge (Kansas) and Fort Still (Oklahoma) from 1868 until 1874. During this period he made portraits of Indians, Indian scouts and military officiers.
Stereographs project
Business locations
Fort Sill, OK, US
Boston, MA, US
St. Albans, VT, US
[William Stinson Soule] Worked mainly in SI formats. B. 36, Turner, ME; prob. Worked briefly in brother John P. Soule's photo studio
~60; into army 61-64; had studio in
Chambersburg, PA ~65-67, burned out; went west
~67, post photog. for Fort Sill, OK, 68-75;
reported to have also worked at Camp Supply, OK
& Ft. Dodge, KS. ~75-82 lived briefly Lakewood,
NJ, Philadelphia, PA, Melrose, MA; 5 years at
St. Albans, VT, prob. photog. in all locs. but
no images seen. ~82 went to Boston, brief
partnership with William H. Evans as Evans &
Soule, producing rare stereos, next as Soule
Photograph Co., "Successors to John P. Soule" in association with W.B. Everett, prob. took over
non-stereo part of John P. Soule's business ~83.
Retired ~00, co. name changed to Soule Art Co.
operated by Everett alone, persisted until 03.
In west made several fine, scarce SI Indian
views, some of which were reproduced as
non-stereo lithographic stereos ~90s; sent negs.
to John P. Soule, who CR much of the work in 73;
some negs. eventually went to Henry T. Peabody.
Brother of John P. Soule, brother-in-law of
Horatio G. Smith; D. MA 08.
T.K. Treadwell & William C. Darrah (Compiled by), Wolfgang, Sell (Updated by), 11/28/2003, Photographers of the United States of America, (National Stereoscopic Association) |
| Credit: National Stereoscopic Association with corrections and additions by Alan Griffiths and others. |
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