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Title: Ferdinand Hotz
Description: Quarter-length portrait of the photographer Ferdinand Hotz (March 14, 1868 - December 28, 1946) as a young man. He wears a fine suit and a single pearl stud.
Image ID: 96866
Creation
Date: 		1888 ca.
Creator
Name: 		Morrison Studio
City, State: Chicago, Illinois
Collection
Name: 		Hotz, Ferdinand
Genre: Photographs
Additional
Information: 		Hotz immigrated from Wertheim, Germany to Chicago in 1884 and was sponsored by his uncle, Ferdinand Carl Hotz, M.D., an ophthalmologist. Two other uncles, Christof and Christian Hotz were also living in Chicago, and were partners in the Schuttler and Hotz Wagon Company. Ferdinand learned the jeweler's trade working at Juergens and Anderson & Company in Chicago from 1884 to 1887. This cabinet card portrait was loaned for scanning by Hotz's grandson, G. Leonard Apfelbach, M.D.
Subjects: Hairstyles
Indoor photography
Portrait photography
Jewelry
Photographers
Clothing and dress
Suits (Clothing)
Moustache
 

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