News of Yore: Pittsburgh’s Cartoonists, 1905

The Index
February 25, 1905

1. F. E. (Frederick Earl) Johnston, Leader
2. H. S. (Harry Samuel) Palmer, Press
3. E. W. (Eldridge Wallace) Jamieson, Dispatch
4. Charles Payne, Gazette
5. Jos. (Joseph) Rigby, Press
6. R. (Robert) Sidney Smith
7. O. (Oliver) Shiras, Chronicle-Telegraph

Father Pitt in Cartoons
The Index
October 6, 1906
William Parker Canfield, Robert Frazier, Eldridge Wallace Jamieson, 
Frederick Earl Johnston, Charles Milard Payne, Joseph Rigby, and 
Oliver Cameron Shiras

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WILLIAM PARKER CANFIELD


ROBERT FRAZIER


ELDRIDGE WALLACE JAMIESON

July 24, 1883 (World War I draft card) or 1884 (1900 census), Illinois

1900 United States Federal Census
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Household Members:
Name / Age
A Jamieson, 48
Carrie Jamieson, 45
E W Jamieson, 15

1910 United States Federal Census
Des Moines, Iowa
Household Members:
Name / Age / Occupation
E W Jamison, 26, Newspaper Cartoonist

1911 Des Moines, Iowa, City Directory
Name: Eldridge Jamieson, Cartoonist
Randolph Hotel

1917 Des Moines, Iowa, City Directory
Eldridge W Jamieson, Artist
Randolph Hotel

World War I Draft Card
Eldridge Wallace Jamieson
Cargill Hotel, Des Moines, Iowa
Photographer, Register Tribune

1920 United States Federal Census
Des Moines, Iowa
Household Members:
Name / Age / Occupation
Eldridge W Jamieson, 36, Newspaper Artist

1928 Denver, Colorado, City Directory
Eldridge W Jamieson, Commercial Artist
1315 Curtis

1929 Omaha, Nebraska, City Directory
Eldridge Jamieson, Artist
Henshaw Hotel

1930 United States Federal Census
Chicago, Illinois
Household Members:
Name / Age / Occupation
Eldridge W Jamieson, 46, Newspaper Artist

1940 United States Federal Census
Omaha, Nebraska
Household Members:
Name / Age / Occupation
Eldridge W Jamieson, 56, Artist

1941 Omaha, Nebraska, City Directory
E W Jamieson, Artist, W P Co
1913 Farnam

World War II Draft Card
Eldridge Wallace Jamieson, Art Department, Omaha World-Herald
Conant Stanford Hotel, Omaha, Nebraska

1948 Omaha, Nebraska, City Directory
E W Jamieson, Artist, World-Herald
Conant Hotel

California, Death Index
October 18, 1968, Los Angeles, California

OLIVER CAMERON SHIRAS
Birth: March 23, 1873 (Social Security Death Index); 1874 (1900 census) or 1876 (World War I draft card), Pennsylvania

1880 United States Federal Census
Sharon, Pennsylvania
Household Members:
Name / Age
David Shiras, 36
Lydia Shiras, 31
Daisy Shiras, 9
William Shiras, 7
Oliver Shiras, 6
Donald Shiras, 1 month

1900 United States Federal Census
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Name / Age / Occuparion
Oliver C Shiras, 26, Newspaper Artist

1910 United States Federal Census
Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
Household Members:
Name / Age /
Oliver Shiras, 36, Newspaper Cartoonist
Rebecca Shiras, 32

Michigan, Marriage Records
Oliver Shiras to Mary Pratt
June 15, 1912, Lake Shore Drive, Michigan

World War I Draft Registration Cards
Oliver Cameron Shiras
1921 East 70th Street, Cleveland, Ohio
Commercial Artist. Allied Publicity Bureau
Medium height and build with blue eyes, sandy hair

1920 United States Federal Census
Cleveland, Ohio
Household Members:
Name / Age / Occupation
Oliver C Shiras, 43, Advertising
Mary P Shiras, 25

1930 United States Federal Census
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Household Members:
Name / Age / Occupation
Oliver C Shiras, 55, Advertising
Mary P Shiras, 45
Jane B Shiras, 6
Mabel W Hunt, 35

1940 United States Federal Census
Hudson, Ohio
Household Members:
Name / Age / Occupation
Oliver Shiras, 65, Advertising
Mary Shiras, 35
Jane Shiras, 16

Death: June 17, 1967, Cleveland, Ohio
Grace Lawn Cemetery