Title |
Herline, Edward (Otto) |
Alternate title |
Herline & Hensel |
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Herline & Co. |
Date |
June 1825-1902 |
Description |
Edward Otto Herline, born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in June 1825 was a Philadelphia engraver and lithographer known for
his artistry who produced lithographs for all branches of the field, including book illustrations, maps, and advertising and
view prints. One of six children of printer Gustaff Herline and Kunigune Siebenkaes, Herline emigrated to New York with his
brother Gustavus (1829-1884, a lithographer in Cincinnati and later a silver plater in Pittsburgh) on the ship Alfred in July
1848.
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Herline soon thereafter relocated to Philadelphia, married German-born Amelia Zeitz (1828-1887), the daughter of a Philadelphia
shoemaker, and worked as a lithographer by 1850. Working under the firm name Herline & Co. by 1856, Herline worked in a series
of partnerships thereafter, including most notably with Daniel Hensel (1830-1919) with whom he entered into business at 630
Chestnut Street in 1857.
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Partnered with Hensel until ca. 1866, the firm was active in chromolithography, issued lithographs for the German American
community, and produced prints for government reports, including near $100 worth of work for "Governor Stevens's" report
in 1860. The firm proved successful and Herline earned enough income to be taxed throughout the Civil War from his home address
at 1717 Wylie Street. By 1867, Herline relocated his residence to 1017 Wistar Street and served as sole proprietor of an establishment
noted to produce labels, certificates, and checks that "employs a large number of persons." Those employed by Herline included
artists James T. Palmatary, Emil F. Beaulieu, and Peter Moran.
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Circa 1869, Herline took on another new partner (Howard B. Hamilton) and a home address (504 N. 11th) that housed his immediate
family, a niece Julia Shomaker, and housekeeper. The new partnership, again called Herline & Co., operated from 630 Chestnut
Street, then 39 South Tenth Street until 1872. Over the next five years, Herline would work as a painter, partner in the lithographic
firm Herline & Kane (328 Chestnut), and move his residence to 475 North Fourth Street before settling at 78 Garden Street
in Hoboken, NJ as of 1880.
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While residing in NJ, Herline worked as an engraver and by 1900 as a glass sign manufacturer with his sons Emil F. (1850-1914)
and Adolph (1852-1918) until his death in 1902. At the end of his life, Herline, a widower, lived with his daughter Helen
(b. ca. 1856) and son-in-law Julius Lach in Jersey City. His colleague sons resided at the address as well while his fourth
child Edward Otto, Jr. (b. August 28, 1855) resided elsewhere.
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Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
References |
See Hamilton, Howard B. and Herline & Hensel. |
Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
Bibliographic citation |
Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 |
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Electronic correspondence with David Randall, July 2009 |
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Freedley, Philadelphia And Its Manufacturers (1867), 547 |
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Groce & Wallace, 310 |
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Last, 194 |
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Library Company of Philadelphia research file |
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Merrill, 99 |
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Pennsylvania, Vol. 133, p. 710, R.G. Dun & Co. Collection, microfilm, Hagley Museum & Library |
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U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists 1862-1865 |
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WWWAA, 1539 |