Roosevelt, Douglas MacArthur and Dwight D. During World War II she painted portraits of Franklin D.
In 1939 Steinke left NBC and was commissioned by ASCAP to draw portraits of some of its members including Jerome Kern. This was followed by her drawing illustrations for a souvenir book of the NBC Symphony Orchestra that included over 100 of her sketches, including Arturo Toscanini. They were so successful that NBC then hired her as a resident artist to draw portraits of such stars as Fred Allen, Kate Smith and Rudy Vallee. In 1937 she received her first major commission, to create murals for the Children's Studio in the National Broadcasting Company.
