Reuben Henry Schell was born in Polo Illinois to Isaac Trumbaur Schell and Emeline R Huff , May 14 1876. Upon graduation of Polo High School Reuben attended C. A Steinmann's business school in Dixon Lee Illinois formally known as Northern Illinois Normal School and Dixon Business Collage in the early 1900s. C. A Steinmann's institution went out of business in 1906 and the building was destroyed by fire in 1915. During this same time frame Reuben began working at a Dry Goods store Carson Pirie Scott as a bookkeeper while living with his sister and Carrie and her husband Sheridan Elbridge Fry Attorney.   It is during his time at Carson Pirie that he meets Edith May Crawford who is also was also working at a Dry goods store (possibly the same one) as a salesperson. 1. 

In 1905 Reuben and Edith Married on June 21, and settled in Winnetka Illinois where in 1927  Reuben opened R. H Schell & Co. Dry Good Store on his own. Below is an image of the exterior circa 1927 Winnetka 

  

This image is from family photos of the displays at Reuben Schell Dry Good

This is the inside of Reuben Schell Dry Good 1927.  Reubens grew his business to at one time three locations.  One of his stores was crashed into by a wayward car, but they thrived for many years in Winnetka as a retail merchant in town. Much of the history of RH Schell Dry goods can be found in the Winnetka Talk 1927-1940

During the years Reuben and Edith had two children Marian Eleanor and Henry Crawford. Their home was located on Pine Street in Winnetka and their business was on 800-2 Elm. He and Edith were very social and attended many of the Schell Family reunions in Polo Ill  

Edith for the most part stayed home to raise the kids, was an avid sewer, and was quite social. Reuben was also a Police justice in Winnetka for a while. His original badge resides with his eldest daughter Diane.

He was part of the Rotary Club of Winnetka., he was the Village council president 1924-1926, and was also part of the chamber of commerce in Winnetka Illinois 1936-1930. In the later part of his career, he donated part of the land for Chestnut Court Books, which opened in 1940. Before retiring to Springfield Ohio in 1943 he sold the rest of his 800 block of Elm Street in Winnetka to National Tea Company which was a grocery store chain.

 He returned to sales working for Carson Pirie now operating the Boston Store as dept manager for the boy's Department. He attends the First Church of Christ Scientist as a worshiper.  Reuben died Nov. 24 1954 Thanksgiving after having been ill for six months, and is buried in Newcomer Cemetery Springfield Ohio. His wife Edith follows him in death a year later in 1956 and is buried beside him in Newcomer Cemetery. 

Joseph Moses Guttman and the history of Steelograph Company, Graphanally Eng. Co and steel engravings by Joseph Guttman

 As of 2023, the remains of the Steelograph company, its steel engravings, intaglio process, drawing, and variety of commercial work were donated by Mrs. Lea Guttman daughter in law and treasure (married to Harry Herbert Guttman)  of the firm's founder Dr. Joseph Guttman to the National Museum of American History around the 1980s

Joseph Guttman and a Jewish immigrant from Letitchov Russia ( now Ukraine) came to America by way of very unusual circumstances. Joseph Guttman was born to Isreal and Udel Guttman and was raised in Kamenetz Padolsk Russia where his family lived and thrived. In 1919 there was a violent pogrom that occurred that caused their family to flee. He came to the united states in 1920. When the family fled Kamenetz they separated for fear of being caught and persecuted and many of the family members arrived separately from each other to the United States. Joseph was the first family member to establish himself in New York. Upon arrival, he resides at 75 St. Marks Place, NY, At this location he resides with his wife Rebecca. 

Joseph establishes himself as a businessman after attending college in 1920 and founded his first company Graphanally Eng Co.NY as a solo entrepreneur producing steel engravings. Graphanally was active until 1933. He then founded Steelograph located at 1 Broadway, NY NY 10004. His original Steelograph company logo was designed by graphic artist Herb Lubalin. Steelograph expanded on his vision. He ran the original Steelography from 1933 until his death in 1963

Dr. J Guttman was the inventor of a unique steel engraving method that allowed his work to retain quality and workmanship while reducing the time it took to create each piece of steel art. His company specializes in creating steel engravings for high-end clients like Cartier, The Astoria, The Park Sheraton, The Gotham, Hotel New Yorker, The Fifth Avenue Hotel, The Benjamin Franklin Hotel in PA, and The Ambassador Hotel CA. Capturing images of real life and detailing the insides of these outstanding works of architecture. Some of his works include greeting cards, menus, postcards, wedding invitations, calling cards, and graphic works for small businesses like  Beatrice Morgan creator of beauty preparations, London Paris. One of his main lines was to create holiday cards for his clients to be created and sold in their gift shops. He then used famous artists and graphic artists like William Oliver Wilson, Edwin Stanton, Carl Muke, A. Peribonka, Otto Gebler, Sir David Wilke R.A., Hermann Prell, Francois Flameng, Robert Franz Curry, F. Nath, C.W.C Malchin, H. Stubenrauch, L. Matifas, F Willaert, G.H Boughton, to paint, colorize or illustrate these cards. His attention to detail was astounding and his graphic artwork was of the utmost quality. 

Some other examples of his work :

Upon Jospeh's death in 1963, his company changed hands to his son Harry Guttman who registered the company in 1975 under his and his son and wife's names. Harry took the business into the 2008's with his wife Ann as treasurer and son working its helm.

The above work assembled by Pamela Reinemann 

The Pogrom in Urkrane can be clearly understood by reading 

https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Kamyanets_Podilskyy1/kam016.html