[3] In 1937 she received her first major commission, to create murals for the Children's Studio in the National Broadcasting Company.

[3] 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.

[citation needed] In 1939 Steinke left NBC and was commissioned by ASCAP to draw portraits of some of its members including Jerome Kern.

[citation needed] in 1946 she married photo-journalist Don Blair and they spent the next decade traveling the world during with time she produced work for Standard Oil and the Hudson's Bay Company.

[4] In 1995, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame hosted a major retrospective of Steinke’s career and she was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.