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Schwinke, Edmund August[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Male 1888 - 1977  (88 years)


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  • Name Schwinke, Edmund August 
    Birth 8 Mar 1888  Warren, Marshall County, MN Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Gender Male 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1914  Fort Rupert, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 21 Jan 1977  Oak Hill, Jackson County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Burial 24 Jan 1977  Calvinistic Methodist (CM) Cemetery, Oak Hill, Jackson County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Association Curtis, Edward Sheriff (Relationship: Employee) 
    Person ID I1996  Camera Workers | S, vol. 2, 1901-1950
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2021 

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Cinematographer (visit); Commercial (visit).
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: According to his obituary on FindAGrave.com, he had worked (unspecified jobs) in New York, Ontario and Manitoba before moving to Oak Hill, OH, in 1917. There is no mention in the obituary of his time in Seattle, WA, nor of his working with the Seattle photographers E.S. Curtis and Ella McBride. An online biography about McBride states, "Edmund Schwinke, one of the photographers closely associated with Curtis joined McBride as partner in her studio from 1917 through 1922 despite the fact that he had relocated to Oak Hill, Ohio, at the beginning of their partnership." (David F. Martin, McBride, Ella E. (1862-1965), HistoryLink.org Essay 8513; URL [accessed 30 Apr 2021]: https://www.historylink.org/File/8513).
      Schwinke was the motion picture camera operator and still photographer in 1914 during the filming of "In the Land of the Head-Hunters" (restored title, "In the Land of the War Canoes" ) by Edward S. Curtis. At the time, Schwinke's residence was in Seattle, WA. Curtis, for whom McBride had worked as an assistant, was the connection between Schwinke and McBride.
      Schwinke served in the U.S. Army during World War One.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1124] COLLECTION: BURK.

    2. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site), 1594.
      Schwinke Edmund (McBride Studio) res Oak Hill Ohio
      Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1920

    3. [S924] Ancestry.ca (Web site), 1283.
      Schwinke Edmund (McBride Studio) res Oak Hill Ohio
      Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1921

    4. [S423] Bill Holm and George Irving Quimby, Holm (1980), (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1980).

    5. [S1123] Brad Evans and Aaron Glass, eds., Evans and Glass (2014), (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2014), 971.1100497953 RET.

    6. [S1122] Rutgers (2021), (Rutgers University, School of Arts and Sciences, 2021).

    7. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site).
      Edmund August Schwinke
      URL (accessed 30 Apr 2021): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119730470/edmund-august-schwinke