Oscar Grossheim's Studio
Ben Nelson and Friend, 1903
Bessie Scott, 1901
Ida Fox, 1902
Joseph King, 1903
Link Bowline's Band, 1927
Link Bowline's Band, 1927
Mabel Johnson, 1906
Maggie Bisdorf, 1902
Mr. I. S. Pepper, 1902
Mr. Metzger, 1902
Mrs. Fox, 1901
Rita Oberhaus, 1930
Rita Oberhaus, 1934
Rita Oberhaus, 1934
Rudolph Schmidt, 1901
Wm. T. Harkey - little girl, 1932
Oscar Grossheim (1862-1954), hijo de emigrantes alemanes, se inició en la fotografía como aprendiz de un estudio local a la corta edad de 15 años y pocos años después se independizó junto a su hermano para montar lo que bautizaron como el Estudio Berlín, prosperando en poco tiempo lo suficiente como para repartirse la sociedad y dedicar Oscar un edificio entero a su labor como fotógrafo, llegando incluso a desarrollar una cámara pórtatil que llamo la atención de George Eastman (Kodak), todo ello desde la pequeña localidad de Muscatine (Iowa, EE.UU.). Las aproximadamente cincuenta mil placas de cristal de su producción estuvieron durante décadas guardadas en la oscuridad de un almacén fuera del ojo público, hasta que fueron donadas a la Biblioteca Pública por un particular. La institución ha digitalizado unas cuatro mil que se pueden ver en la página del Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive.
Oscar Grossheim (1862-1954), son of German immigrants, started in photography as an apprentice to a local studio at the age of 15 years and became independent a few years later along his brother to set what they christened as the Berlin Sudio thriving enough in a short time to divide society, Oscar devoting an entire building to his work as a photographer, even developing an own portable camera that caught the attention of George Eastman (Kodak), all this in the small town of Muscatine (Iowa, USA). The approximately fifty thousand glass plates of his production remained for decades kept in the dark of a an attic storage far from the public eye, until they were donated to the Public Library. The institution has digitalized four thousand of them, which can be seen in the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive website.
Oscar Grossheim (1862-1954), son of German immigrants, started in photography as an apprentice to a local studio at the age of 15 years and became independent a few years later along his brother to set what they christened as the Berlin Sudio thriving enough in a short time to divide society, Oscar devoting an entire building to his work as a photographer, even developing an own portable camera that caught the attention of George Eastman (Kodak), all this in the small town of Muscatine (Iowa, USA). The approximately fifty thousand glass plates of his production remained for decades kept in the dark of a an attic storage far from the public eye, until they were donated to the Public Library. The institution has digitalized four thousand of them, which can be seen in the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive website.
Oscar Grossheim in studio with camera, 1920s
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