Background
Reid, Albert Turner was born on August 12, 1873 in Concordia, Kansas, United States. Son of William Emery and Jean Margaret (Turner) Reid.
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Albert Turner Reid
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Educated Clyde (Kansas) High School, Lawrence (Kansas) Business College, University of Kansas. Studied at the New York School of Art and at Art Students’ League. Honorary Master of Arts, Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina, 1935.
Career
Mistress Robert South. Wild). Married second, Dorothy Chisholm;Artist on Kansas City Star, 1897-1899. With Chicago Record, 1899, the New York Herald, 1899-1900, Judge, 1900, McClure’s, Saturday Evening Post, American and other magazines, 1901-1915.
Founded public Leavenworth Post (daily), 1905-1923.
President Standard Farm Papers Association, 1914-1915. President public Kansas Farmer, Topeka, 1908-1916.
Vice-president Kansas Life Insurance Company, 1912-1918. Owner of the Albert T. Reid Syndicate, since 1919.
Designed and directed Kansas Semi-Centennial, Topeka, 1911.
President Kansas Commission to Panama Pacific and San Diego expns., 1915. Director pictorial publicity, Republican at Committee, 1919-1920.
Achievements
Membership
Member.; Mason (32°). Clubs: Downtown Athletic (New York).
Connections
Married Vera Low;; married second, Dorothy Chisholm.
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November 26, 1955 (aged 82) -
Resting place
Buried Clyde, Kansas -
Nationality
American
Awards
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Awarded San Francisco Exposition and George Washington bi-centennial medals. Cited by Kansas State History Society for services to Kansas. Received grand prize for mural at San Francisco Exposition.tempSpaceAwarded Gold Medal of Honor, American Artists Professional League. Received award of Kappa Pi. Painted murals, Romance of the Mail, for post offices at Sabetha and Olathe, Kansas, and Sulphur, Oklahoma.Awarded San Francisco Exposition and George Washington bi-centennial medals. Cited by Kansas State History Society for services to Kansas. Received grand prize for mural at San Francisco Exposition.tempSpaceAwarded Gold Medal of Honor, American Artists Professional League.
Received award of Kappa Pi. Painted murals, Romance of the Mail, for post offices at Sabetha and Olathe, Kansas, and Sulphur, Oklahoma.