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OriginalBirthState: IN
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DeathDay: 19
DeathYear: 1950
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Parents: William A. and Emma (Pidgeon) Heyer
Children: Frederick, William F, Carol Beck
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Spouse2Name: Zelah M. Hardin
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EducationCareer: self taught as a boy
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OriginalNotes: Indianapolis News, July 7, 1939, p. 15
[Includes photo of Heyer, age 12.] He was an Indianapolis News newsboy from 1895 to 1898. "When I was a youngster, I was always interested in photography. One day I saw a little square camera displayed in a downtown show window. Well, every evening for a week I flattened my nose against that window pane, looking at that camera. I knew positively life was not worthwhile without it. Finally I saved up the price of it, $1, from my route collections and bought it. I remember it took one picture at a time on a plate, two inches by two inches." He bought some chemicals and by following intrsutions did his own developing and printing. He resolved that all his life he would stick to photography. Heyer, who today has charge of the photographic and blueprint department of the Dean Brothers Pump Works, was a newsboy [Indianapolis News] from 1895-1898. In 1898 he sold his route and the following year quit school to go to work as stock boy for the William H. Block Company. An ad which he read in The News said the Dean Brothers sought a boy to do photographic work and real blueprints--exactly the sort of work Heyer desired above all else. He accepted the job. In 1909 he went to the Stafford Engraving Company in the commercial art department, where he remained until 1918, and then he joined the Insley Manufacturing Company. In 1930 he went into business for himself. He set up a dark room on the back porch and did photographic and commercial art work. Six years later he went back to Dean Brothers. At the time of the article he lived at 1215 North Grant Avenue.

Indiana Death Certificates, ancestry.com
William Edward Heyer, commercial artist, 1215 N. Grant; b. September 23, 1883 in Indianapolis to William A. and Emma (Pidgeon) Heyer; married, informant Zella Heyer; died March 19, 1950 in Indianapolis

Indiana Marriage Collection (ancestry.com)
Zelah M. Harden m. William E. Heyer, May 29, 1917, Marion County, IN

[Heyer and Zelah Harden divorced as she remarried in 1934.]

World War I Draft Registration Card: William Edward Heyer, 3711 Robson St, Indianapolis, age 34, b. Sept. 23, 1883, mechanical draughtsman Insley Mfg. Co, wife Zelah Heyer

1930 Census, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1219 Grant St.
William E. Heyer, 46, b. IN, photographer, manufacturing co.
Zelah M., wife, b. IN
Billyfoch [William Foch], son, 11, b. IN
Carel E., dau., 2 9/12, b. IN

1940 Census, Indianapolis, Marion Couny, 1215 Grant Ave.
William E. Heyer, 56, b. IN, 7 years of school, in same house in 1935, commercial artist pump manuf
Zella M, wife, 54, b.. IN
Carol E., dau., 12, b. IN
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OriginalSource: Indianapolis News, July 7, 1939, p. 15
Heyer, who today has charge of the photographic and blueprint department of the Dean Brothers Pump Works, was a newsboy [Indianapolis News] from 1895-1898. In 1898 he sold his route and the following year quit school to go to work as stock boy for the William H. Block Company. An ad which he read in The News said the Dean Brothers sought a boy to do photographic work and read blueprints--exactly the sort of work Heyer desired above all else. He accepted the job. In 1909 he went to the Stafford Engraving Company in the commercial art department, where he remained until 1918, and then he joined the Insley Manufacturing Company. In 1930 he went into business for himself. He set up a dark room on the back porch and did photographic and commercial art work. Six years later he went back to Dean Brothers.
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OriginalSource: 1934 Polk Indianapolis City Directory, p. 779
Wm. E. Heyer (Zella) photog h 1215 N Grant av

1936 Polk Indianapolis City Directory, p. 779
Wm. E. Heyer (Zella) photog h 1215 N Grant

Indianapolis News, July 7, 1939, p. 15
In 1930 he went into business for himself. He set up a dark room on the back porch and did photographic and commercial art work. Six years later he went back to Dean Brothers. [His address at the time of the article was 1215 N. Grant Ave., in the 1930 census he owned at 1219 N. Grant, in 1940 he lived at 1219 N. Grant]
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OriginalSource: Indianapolis News, July 7, 1939, p. 15
Heyer, who today has charge of the photographic and blueprint department of the Dean Brothers Pump Works, was a newsboy [Indianapolis News] from 1895-1898. In 1898 he sold his route and the following year quit school to go to work as stock boy for the William H. Block Company. An ad which he read in The News said the Dean Brothers sought a boy to do photographic work and read blueprints--exactly the sort of work Heyer desired above all else. He accepted the job. In 1909 he went to the Stafford Engraving Company in the commercial art department, where he remained until 1918, and then he joined the Insley Manufacturing Company. In 1930 he went into business for himself. He set up a dark room on the back porch and did photographic and commercial art work. Six years later he went back to Dean Brothers.
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