| LC control no. | n 89672994 |
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| Personal name heading | Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935 |
| Variant(s) | Beam, George Lytle, 1868-1935 |
| See also | Employer: Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
| Biography/History note | George L. Beam (1868-1935) was an American photographer for the Denver & Rio Grande railroad company. George L. Beam was born May 18, 1868 in New Paris, Ohio. At the age of five him and his family moved to Lawrence, Kansas where he grew up and saw the deaths of his mother and two siblings. When he was twenty-one years old he established himself as a used foreign and domestic postage stamps dealer. He and his father moved to Denver, Colorado around 1890. In Denver Mr. Beam worked for the Chain Hardy & Co. as a stenographer, but soon there after he began working as a stenographer for the Chief Storekeeper and Purchasing Agent of the Denver & Rio Grande until 1893. In 1894 he became a secretary to Shadrach K. Hooper (the general passenger and ticket agent) for the Rio Grand. He was skilled with photography and was well established as the Rio Grande company photographer by 1905 when he photographed President Theodore Roosevelt in the Royal Gorge. He became a well respected photographer, taking photographs for the Denver & Rio Grande company along with other scenic views of the Western United States. At the age of 62 he married Fay L. Kuellmer in Colorado Springs on June 7, 1930. He died March 16, 1935 at the age of 66 in Denver and was buried in Lawrence, Kansas. |
| Located | Lawrence, Kan. |
| Birth date | 18680518 |
| Death date | 19350316 |
| Place of birth | New Paris, Ohio |
| Place of death | Denver, Colo. |
| Affiliation | Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company |
| Profession or occupation | Photographer Stenographer |
| Found in | Thode, J.C. George L. Beam ... c1986-c1989: v. 1, t.p. (George L. Beam) p. facing t.p. (George Lytle Beam) p. 6 (tombstone: George Lytle Beam, 1868-1935) George L. Beam and the Denver & Rio Grande, 1986: p. 12 (b. May 18, 1868 in New Paris, Ohio; moved to Lawrence Kansas; mother and siblings passed away; stamps dealer; moved to Denver, Colo. around 1890) p. 13 (worked for the Chain Hardy & Co. as a stenographer; stenographer for the Chief Storekeeper and Purchasing Agent of the Denver & Rio Grande until 1893; secretary to Shadrach K. Hooper in 1894; skilled at photography) p. 14 (Rio Grande company photographer; photographed President Theodore Roosevelt in the Royal Gorge, 1905) p. 15 (married Fay L. Kuellmer June 7, 1930 in Colorado Springs, Colo.; d. March 16, 1935 in Denver, Colo.; buried in Lawrence, Kan.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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