| Title |
Busch, Edward |
| Date |
ca. 1839 - October 13, 1876 |
| Description |
Edward A. F. Busch, born about 1839 in Saxony, Germany worked as a map engraver and lithographer in Philadelphia 1869-1876.
Busch immigrated to the United States during the 1860s. He worked first with Theodore Bosin in the short-lived firm of Bosin
& Busch in 1869-1870 and then on his own until his death on October 13, 1876.
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He worked with the map publishing firm of Griffith Morgan Hopkins (with whom he shared a business address) and engraved all
of Hopkins's atlases throughout the early 1870s, including the six-volume "City Atlas of Philadelphia" (1875-1876). He was
succeeded by Walter S. MacCormac (1850- 1913) after his death. Busch was married to Bertha (b. ca. 1846), with whom he had
five children, Edward (b. ca. 1864), Minnie (b. ca. 1866), Carl (b. ca. 1867), Lillie (b. ca. 1869), and Rose (1870-1873).
Following his death in 1876 from dropsy, he was buried in Glenwood Cemetery.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Bosin, Theodore. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1870 |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories 1868-1877 |
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Philadelphia Death Certificate 1876 |
