Category:Matthew Joseph Steffens
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See also category: Richard Joseph Steffens.American photographer  | |||||
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| Date of birth | 1854, c. 1851 | ||||
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| Date of death | 30 April 1928 Chicago | ||||
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English: Matthew Joseph Steffens (1854-1928), also known as Matthew J. Steffens and M. J. Steffens, American photographer active in Chicago in 1870-1915 where he ran the Steffens Photo Studio. Born at Hontheim, Germany June 10, 1852, the son of Jacob and Christine (Thullen) Steffens. Arrived in Chicago in 1867 as a young orphan. Worked as a painter at the Pullman Palace Car Company shops in Chicago and Detroit. In 1870s, he opened a daguerreotype studio on Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago; in 1886, he moved it to 22nd St. east of Prairie Avenue and added a gallery. Became a prominent Chicago society photographer. Patented an Aerial Photographic Apparatus in 1887.
Reference: Thomas G. Yanul. Matthew J. Steffens, the Commodore.
Media in category "Matthew Joseph Steffens"
The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total.
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Aerial photographic apparatus patented by Matthew J. Steffens, 1887.png 2,320 × 3,408; 62 KB
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Commodore M. J. Steffens and Frank Scott Clark.jpg 845 × 1,323; 228 KB
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Mathew J. Steffens, Portrait Magazine, 1910.jpg 525 × 849; 72 KB
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Portrait of Mathew J. Steffens.jpg 371 × 508; 24 KB
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Portrait of Matthew Joseph Steffens by William S. Ellis.jpg 626 × 856; 42 KB
