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| Names: | Other: Isaac Rehn
Other: Rehn & Co.
Other: Rehn Gallery of Photography
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| | Dates: | 1815 - 1883 | | Born: | US, PA | | Died: | US, PA, York | | Active: | US |
Stereographs project
Business locations
Philadelphia, PA, US
[5-0] [Isaac Rehn] "Rehn Gallery of
Photography"; listed 58-00; pub rare [3 seen]
stereo views attributed to "Dr. Fitzgibbon" of
Indian ruins at Copan, Honduras; views are same
as those made by Salvin of England which were
pub. 63 by Smith, Beck & Beck of London; which
man was the real photog. unknown but Salvin's
look more like originals. 2 studio views of
women seen, prob. stage performers; made mainly
SI formats. Henry Odiorne also operated from
Rehn's studio 59-61. Was painter before
becoming photog.; held ¬ interest in Cutting's
ambrotype patent & exhibited ambros at the
Institute of American Manufactures in 56.
Involved in photolithography from 58. Imprint
also seen as "& Son".
T.K. Treadwell & William C. Darrah (Compiled by), Wolfgang, Sell (Updated by), 11/28/2003, Photographers of the United States of America, (National Stereoscopic Association) |
| Credit: National Stereoscopic Association with corrections and additions by Alan Griffiths and others. |
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