| Title |
Herr, George |
| Date |
ca. 1843-October 15, 1920 |
| Description |
George Herr, born ca. 1843 in Germany, worked as a lithographer, printer, engraver, and painter in Philadelphia 1860-ca. 1910.
His family immigrated to the United States by 1848; the year his younger brother Charles was born in Pennsylvania. By 1860
George was a lithographer's apprentice in Philadelphia living with his parents Jacob (b. ca. 1801) and Margaret (b. ca. 1812)
and brother in Ward 20. George continued in the lithographic and printing trade and resided with his mother in Kensington
at 1532 Thompson Street (Ward 29) after his father's death by 1880. George lived at 1001 Vine Street in Center City (Ward
10) in the 1890s, and boarded alone in many locations until his death on October 15, 1920, with his last address at 4325 Pine
Street.
|
| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1910 |
|
Groce & Wallace, 310 |
|
Merrill, 99 |
|
Philadelphia Inquirer, October 18, 1920 |
|
WWWAA, 1541 |
