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Creator Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
Title Bohl Bohlen, Merchant - His Store and Descendants
Date ca. 1922
Description Shows a row of townhomes on a cobblestone street. People converse in front of the building and a horse-drawn carriage waits in the street.
Notes Bohl Bohlen came to America from Germany in 1790 and advertisted a little later as an importer located at 7 North Water Street, and afterward was located in the large residence upon South Fourth Street, which was removed in 1871 to make room for the building of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. A son was Gen. W. Henry C. Bohlen, who became colonel of the 75th Regiment P.V., composed of German citizens, in 1861. Genreal Bohlen was killed at Freeman's Ford, in the Shendoah Valley, August 22, 1862. His wife was a Miss Borie. One of two daughters, Sophie, married Baron Brantien of Holland, and, later, wed Gustav Halbach. A son of this couple, Dr. Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach, married Antoinette Bertha Krupp in 1906 and thereby became the head of the great Krupp establishment at Essen, Germany.
Taylor Catalog Number: 158
Is part of Frank H. Taylor Collection
Identifier Taylor - Case 7-14 [2717.F]